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Whole School Curriculum and Assessment Plan: T–6
Casuarina Street Primary School
2017
Upper Primary 5-6 ODD YEARS
CYCLE B
Contents
Year on a Page
Year Level Plans for English and Mathematics
Year Level Plans for other focus learning areas included in map
AC Achievement Standards, CSPS Summary Records and Programming, Assessment and Reporting@CSPS guide
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SEMESTER ONE SEMESTER TWO
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Theme and Purpose
‘The Australian Colonies’ CSPS Core Competency 1. Understanding others and being able to build new relationships
‘Global Jetsetters’ CSPS Core Competency 2. To set and achieve goals for
yourself
English 5 hours/week
Unit 1: Analysing characters in stories Students read and view stories, including traditional stories that feature stereotypical and non-stereotypical characters. They will show understanding of character development in relation to plot and setting through written responses. Suggested Texts: Captain Underpants, Red Dog, Loaded Dog
Unit 2: Creating persuasive arguments Students read, view and analyse a range of persuasive written and media texts. They create a written persuasive argument in response to a current issue within the media and publish it in a class magazine. Suggested Texts: Newspaper articles/media related to history context
Unit 3: Creating an animated story Students listen to, read, view and interpret a range of animations, including film and digital texts. Students present a point of view about personal conflict and ethical dilemmas faced by characters through a panel discussion. They produce an animated story exploring a character’s behaviour when faced with an ethical dilemma.
Suggested Texts: Firework Maker’s Daughter, How to train your dragon
NAPLAN – Year 5
Unit 4: Reading and interpreting Australian literature Students listen to, read and view autobiographical narratives, picture books and biographies and respond to a biographical text. They select a memory from their life and compose a literary memoir. Suggested Texts: When I was little like you
Unit 5: Interpreting literary texts Students listen to, read and view extracts from literary texts set in earlier times. They demonstrate their understanding of how the events and characters are created within historical contexts. They create a literary text that explores personal experiences. Suggested Texts: Bombing of Darwin, The Flood, Ziba came on a boat
Unit 6: Responding to poetry Students listen to, read and view a range of poetry, songs and anthems from different times to create a folio of responses analysing authors’ use of language and its impact on the message and ideas of text.
Suggested Texts: National Anthem, For the fallen, Wild Colonial Boy
Unit 7: Persuading through motivational speeches Students will examine how language is used to persuade in famous motivational speeches from political and cultural (arts and sport) contexts. Students will deliver a persuasive speech with the purpose of creating an emotional response.
Suggested Texts: Current Motivational speakers and speeches
Unit 8: Exploring literary texts by the same author Students listen to, read and view literary texts by the same author to create written responses focusing on language and literary techniques that contribute to an author’s style. Students select favourite characters from one of the texts studied and prepare a group audition script in role as those characters. They present a short audition and justify their character’s suitability for a further role in a new book. Suggested Texts: Don’t pat the wombat, Firework Maker’s Daughter
Mathematics 4 hours/week
Unit 1:
Number and place value
Fractions and decimals
Patterns and algebra
Using units of measurement
Location and transformation.
Unit 2:
Number and place value
Fractions and decimals
Money and financial mathematics
Chance and Data interpretation and representation.
Unit 3:
Using units of measurement and shape (Week 1&2)
Number and place value
Fractions and decimals
Patterns and algebra
Unit 4:
Number and place value
Using units of measurement
Fractions and decimals
Data representation and interpretation.
Unit 5:
Number and place value
Using units of measurement
Fractions and decimals
Location and transformation
Patterns and algebra.
Unit 6:
Number and place value
Fractions and decimals
Chance, Data representation and interpretation
Money and financial mathematics.
Unit 7:
Geometric reasoning and shape (Week 1 &2)
Using units of measurement
Number and place value
Fractions and decimals
Unit 8:
Number and place value
Units of measurement,
Fractions and decimals
Patterns and algebra
Data representation and interpretation.
Science 1.75 hours/week
Unit 1: Diversity and interaction in the living world Students examine the structural features and adaptations that assist living things to survive in their environment. They investigate the relationship between the growth and survival of living things and the physical conditions of their environment. They also classify and examine the relationships between organisms, ecosystems and human interactions. Suggested Unit Primary Connections – Marvellous Microorganisms
Unit 2: Why Does Matter Matter? Students broaden their classification of matter to include gases and begin to see how matter structures the world around them. They investigate changes that can be made to materials and how these changes are classified as reversible or irreversible. They also distinguish the differences between pure substances and mixtures and plan appropriate methods to separate mixtures. Suggested Unit Primary Connections – Change Detectives
Unit 4: Show Physics Students will explore aspects of the physical sciences including: light, electricity and forces. They will investigate the properties of light and the formation of shadows. They explore the role of light in everyday objects and devices. They will explore and infer that electrical circuits provide a means for transferring and transforming electricity. Students will investigate electricity generation using renewable energy sources. Students will explore different forces including friction, gravity and air resistance. They will plan and conduct investigations relating to forces using fair testing procedures in order to explore changes in motion of objects and the impact of different forces on moving objects.
Suggested Unit Primary Connections - It’s Electrifying
Unit 3: Earth and beyond Student will explore the place of Earth in the solar system and then use this knowledge to look for patterns and relationships between components of this system. They explore predictable phenomena such as eclipses, tides, phases of the Moon and the seasons. They will examine different cultural understandings, and how scientific understandings of space have changed over time due to developments in technology. Students will explore how sudden geological and extreme weather events can affect Earth’s surface and consider the effects of earthquakes and volcanoes on the Earth’s surface and how communities are affected. They will gather, record and interpret data relating to weather and weather events. Students explore the ways in which people use scientific observations to prepare for disaster in Australia and throughout Asia. Suggested Unit
Primary Connections – Earthquake Explorers
HASS 1.25 hours/week
History Civics and Citizenship Geography Economics and Business
5/6 KIQ’s: Australian Communities – their past, present and possible futures
1. What do we know about the lives of people in Australia’s colonial past and how do we know?
2. How did an Australian colony develop over time and why? 3. How did colonial settlement change the environment? 4. What were the significant events and who were the significant people that
shaped Australian colonies?
5/6 KIQ’s: 1. What is democracy in Australia and why is voting in a democracy
important? 2. Why do we have laws and regulations? 3. How and why do people participate in groups to achieve shared goals?
5/6 KIQ’s: 1. How do places, people and cultures differ across the world? 2. What are Australia’s global connections between people and places?
3. How do people’s connections to places affect their perception of them?
5/6 KIQ’s:
1. Why do I have to make choices as a consumer? 2. What influences the decisions I make? 3. What can I do to make informed decisions?
The Arts 1.25 hours/week
Year 5 and 6 Achievement Standard Dance - By the end of Year 6, students explain how the elements of dance, choreographic devices and production elements communicate meaning in dances they make, perform and view. They describe characteristics of dances from different social, historical and cultural contexts that influence their dance making. Students structure movements in dance sequences and use the elements of dance and choreographic devices to make dances that communicate meaning. They work collaboratively to perform dances for audiences, demonstrating technical and expressive skills. Music - By the end of Year 6, students explain how the elements of music are used to communicate meaning in the music they listen to, compose and perform. They describe how their music making is influenced by music and performances from different cultures, times and places. Students use rhythm, pitch and form symbols and terminology to compose and perform music. They sing and play music in different styles, demonstrating aural, technical and expressive skills by singing and playing instruments with accurate pitch, rhythm and expression in performances for audiences.
Report Semester 2 ‘Dance and Music’
HPE 2 hours/week
Health Education Physical Education Physical Education Health Education
Investigate community resources and ways to seek help about health, safety and well being
Plan and practise strategies to promote health, safety and well being
Investigate the role of preventive health in promoting and maintaining health, safety and well-being for individuals and their community.
Demonstrate ethical behaviour and fair play that aligns with rules when participating in a range of physical activities.
Participate positively in groups and teams by encouraging others and negotiating roles and responsibilities.
Participate in physical activities from their own and others’ cultures, and examine how involvement creates community connections and intercultural understanding.
Participate in physical activities designed to enhance fitness, and discuss the impact regular participation can have on health and well-being.
Practise skills to establish and manage relationships.
Examine the influence of emotional responses on behaviour and relationships
Investigate resources and strategies to manage changes and transitions associated with puberty.
Technologies (AC) 1.5 hours/week
Report Semester 1 ‘Digital Technologies’
Year 5 and 6 Achievement Standard By the end of Year 6 students describe some competing considerations in the design of products, services and environments taking into account sustainability. They describe how design and technologies contribute to meeting present and future needs. Students explain how the features of technologies impact on designed solutions for each of the prescribed technologies contexts. Students create designed solutions for each of the prescribed technologies contexts suitable for identified needs or opportunities. They suggest criteria for success, including sustainability considerations and use these to evaluate their ideas and designed solutions. They combine design ideas and communicate these to audiences using graphical representation techniques and technical terms. Students record project plans including production processes. They select and use appropriate technologies and techniques correctly and safely to produce designed solutions.
ICT Capabilities
Explicitly teach ethical protocols – internet safety, cyber bullying Investigating with ICT’s: Researching - Use a variety of search engines to research Historical Inquiry
Creating with ICT’s: Use ipad, movie maker, camera to create animated story. Literacy – Brainstorming, concept mapping, graphic organisers Maths – Create charts, graphs using different software
Explicitly teach ethical protocols – internet safety, cyber bullying Creating with ICT’s: Use ipad to create and edit a news report Utilise a variety of search engines to research KIQ’s Presenting Work – Use various programs
Communicating with ICT’s: Film your persuasive speech Filming, recording
Community Links
Send Persuasive Texts on Community Issues to Katherine Times Student Leadership Presentations and Voting Swimming program Fundraising for Camp Parliamentary Education Role Play
Sports Day Art Gallery – display art work during open evening (fundraising event) Science Gallery - display art work during open evening (fundraising event) ANZAC Day Excursion to the RAAF Base Visit local council Guest speaks – local MP’s
5/6 Camp Yijard Rivers Arts and Culture Centre Fundraising for graduation
Year 6 Transition Days Concert/Musical Year 6 Graduation