Warrington School/Curriculum/Planning/Term One - Year 7/8 Wiki Planning

=Theme: Te One - The Beach=

Te One-Okahau - Warrington Beach
Visit Seacliff Artists Juliet Novena Sorrel and Liz Abbott, the beach, rock pools and have one 2m blue shark visit us

A: Recording the visits

 * Paper, photos and memories
 * Writing thank you cards to Seacliff helpers and artists
 * Cards created from materials found in the classroom
 * Own print and hand written thanks

B: Print makers

 * Find our about a print maker or local artist
 * Write and ask questions of this person
 * Log your involvement - notebook, wiki, blog, document
 * Or in any other agreed format
 * Use an on-line thesaurus to locate more interesting words

C: Record impressions

 * Use books, field sketches and memory
 * To create ideas that could be reproduced as a print
 * Print with a Te One-Okahau theme
 * or Sutton theme

D: Print making

 * Choose a print style and find out how they are produced
 * Create instructions and reproduce a print using ideas from "C"
 * Photograph and record your progress
 * Log your involvement - notebook, wiki, blog, document

E: Technology Exploration

 * Choose one of the Schools envirethical science and technology areas
 * BBOSI Computers, Blueskin Bay FM, Non-Toxic Cleaners, Stream Restoration, Classroom Teaching, Sugar OLPC or Fair Trade
 * Log your involvement - notebook, wiki, blog, document

F:Own Goal

 * Working on your own goal
 * Described on the Year 7/8 online document
 * Log your involvement - notebook, wiki, blog, document

G: Maths - Measurement

 * Work on set pages of maths book, work sheet or whiteboard example
 * Explained to each group by teacher
 * Checked and shared

H: Homework

 * Undertake and complete weekly homework task
 * Read books
 * Participate in an after school activity

I: Handball

 * Learn how to play handball
 * Compete in group games
 * Teach the younger children

J: Poetry

 * Locate a NZ poem or poet to share
 * Hand presentation of the poem
 * Include what it is you like about the poem
 * Recreate your own poem in a similar style

K: Seabed, foreshore and territorial waters

 * Explain with maps and diagrams what these mean
 * Use own words
 * Log your involvement - notebook, wiki, blog, document

Adjust above work for the year 5 and 6s

 * By completing as whole group
 * Age/skill appropriate

Key Competency

 * Managing self
 * Time
 * Material/resources
 * Disruptions