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

Seacliff Artist - Juliet Novena Sorrel teaching Warrington students outside her studio

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

2m Blue Shark visit - found dead on the beach or valiantly wrestled alive onto a surfboard

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

The Wawa Challenge Shield starting line-up

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

Work in progress, expect frequent changes. Help and feedback is welcome. See discussion page.