Thai Culture Day

Student Led Conferences

Student Led Conferences  Wednesday 1st May  2013

Student Led Conferences will include the students guiding their parents through activities in subject areas such as language, math, U of I, and specialists, spending time with the student’s portfolio, writing up reflections and a short teacher, parent, student conference. This should last about 1 hour.

Wherever possible the student will act as interpreter. If this is not possible please arrange with the official language interpreter mutually agreeable times.  Please include ELL teachers. Please talk with other teachers to ensure there are no sibling timetable clashes. KG will be having their SLC’s on the same day so please coordinate with teachers there if any of your students have younger siblings attending KG.

During this day the student should guide their parent through all specialist rooms including the library, ICT lab etc.

Teachers can arrange their schedule the way they would like it based on this template.

Time	Students
8.30 – 9.30	Shuhan	Kate	Kaede
9.30 – 10.30	TT	Amy	Talon
10.30 11.30	Copter	Annie	Hayama
11.30 – 12.30      pm	Sophia
1pm- 2pm	Lunch

Tuesday 30^th April 2013     8.30am  Tanoo and Jang Jang

                                       3pm      Fuchang and Ayumi

Thursday 2^nd May 2013       8.30am  Yi Yi  and Jasmine

                                      3pm   Tye

UOI 4th Term - Songs, Rhymes and Movement

UOI 4^th Term April 2013     

Songs, Rhymes and Movement       

Transdisciplinary Theme:  How we Express Ourselves                                            

CENTRAL IDEA:

 Songs, rhymes and movement express many aspects of our world.

SCHEDULE OF UNIT OF INQUIRY April 22 to June 7        7 weeks                                                  

April 22 – May 3                                                                                            2 weeks 

Question 1  How we express ourselves through songs, rhymes and movement?

Tuning In:  What are songs, rhymes and movement and what do you know about songs/rhymes/movement?    

Children bring in their favourite song/rhyme/movement and perform it.

Listening to songs/rhymes and performing movement  

Draw a reflection picture of favourite song/rhyme/movement.

May 6 to May 23                                                                                       3 weeks

Question 2 How do songs, rhymes and movement help us learn about our world?

Listen to songs/rhymes and tell us what it is about and what you learned from it.

Listen and perform a movement and tell us what you can and learned from it.

Listen to songs/rhymes/movement from other cultures.  Discuss/reflect

Parents, colleagues come in and teach a song/rhyme/movement from other culture. 

Ms Elena teach us a Romanian song and dance.

Aboriginal song and dance ‘Inanay’.

Thai teachers teach Thai songs, rhymes and movement.

PE teachers teach children the Hakka dance with a poi. 

PE teachers teach other movements

May 27 to June 7                                                         2 weeks 

Question 3 How do songs, rhymes and movement make us think and feel differently?

Recite/sing/move to different songs and rhymes. Are they happy, sad, funny, scary, difficult, easy, fast, slow or just lots of fun?   

After performing a song/rhyme or movement, a rubric is completed of how the song/rhyme/movement made them think and feel and why?

Drawings, painting, role-play.

Assessment and Closure

Friday June 7   at 9am Children perform a song, rhyme or movement for their Parents.

Using a Rubric the children will be assessed and complete a self assessment of their knowledge and understanding of the Unit.

END OF UNIT AND END OF YEAR   -   HAPPY HOLIDAYS