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Curriculum
The Victorian Curriculum F–10 sets out what every student at MPPS and all Victorian schools should learn during their first eleven years of schooling. The curriculum is the basis of all our MPPS planning documents and guides our teaching at MPPS, as well as forming a common set of knowledge and skills required by students for life-long learning, social development and active and informed citizenship. Further to this the Victorian Curriculum F–10 incorporates the Australian Curriculum and reflects Victorian priorities and standards.
Further information is available http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/
Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships (RRRR) is a comprehensive approach to the primary prevention of violence against women and children. As a school we are dedicated to promoting and modeling respect, positive attitudes and behaviours with the aim of teaching our children how to build healthy relationships, resilience and confidence. The whole school approach to RRRR goes beyond curriculum, recognising that to drive real change, classroom learning needs to be reinforced by what is modelled within the school community.
Further information is available http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/Pages/respectfulrelationships.aspx
Further information is available http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/
Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships (RRRR) is a comprehensive approach to the primary prevention of violence against women and children. As a school we are dedicated to promoting and modeling respect, positive attitudes and behaviours with the aim of teaching our children how to build healthy relationships, resilience and confidence. The whole school approach to RRRR goes beyond curriculum, recognising that to drive real change, classroom learning needs to be reinforced by what is modelled within the school community.
Further information is available http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/Pages/respectfulrelationships.aspx
Labelling Your Child's BelongingsPlease label all lunchboxes, containers, drink bottles and school uniform items so they are easily identifiable.
Responsibility is one of our school values and we encourage students to be responsible for their belongings. Brain Food
Students eat brain food once a day. Brain food consists of fresh fruit or vegetables, but no processed foods. We encourage students to bring brain food each day.
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Student diaries
Yan Yean Learning Community is expected to read 20-30 minutes most evenings. You can see what your child is reading as it should be recorded in their diary each evening.
Diaries need to come back to school every day as students use them during their learning and to record important dates and special events. You can: read to your child, listen to your child read or have your child read to you. Talk to your child about their reading. It’s fun to discuss storyline, characters, setting and predict what is going to happen next. |
Yan Yean Curriculum Snapshot
Term 2, 2022
English
ReadingThis semester Yan Yean students will be participating in guided or reciprocal reading groups, focusing on the comprehension strategies of finding the main idea in a text, fact and detail, and understanding sequence
Our community will read... Grades 4 and 5 History Mysteries- The Lost Explorer by Mark Greenwood In 1848, the famous explorer Ludwig Leichhardt sets out on an epic journey. His aim is to cross Australia from east to west but he never reaches his destination and no one from his expedition is ever seen again. Countless search parties set out to look for the expedition but no trace is ever found. Until, a young boy is given an artefact with an incredible story. Grade 6 The Night They Stormed Eureka by Jackie French Jackie French recreates life on the goldfields and the Eureka Rebellion through the eyes of a contemporary young teenager from a troubled home who finds herself taken back to 1854 to experience the trials and tribulations of life with a family on he goldfields. |
WritingIn term 1, we will embed our whole school writing approach by looking at the following text types and writing strategies
Reading EggsReading Eggs is an online program that focuses on a core curriculum of phonics and phonemic awareness, sight words, vocabulary comprehension and reading for meaning. We allocate the students with set tasks that they work on at school but are also encouraged to work on at home.
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Sound WavesThis year at MPPS we are continuing to use Sound Waves in our curriculum. This is a word study program designed to develop reading, spelling and writing skills through phonemic awareness. This is essentially a knowledge and understanding of sounds and sound patterns of our language. Our students will be working through their student activity books each week to study a different sound and the different letter patterns used to represent that sound. They also have an online login code that provides access to games and activities that helps students consolidate the spelling words that are being studied in the classroom. Students are encouraged and expected to access Sound Waves at home to reinforce their understanding of the sound we are studying that week. You can help your child by accessing Sound Waves at home and playing the games and completing the activities found there.
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Mathematics
You can support your child’s maths learning by using Mathletics at home and creating real life experiences involving maths like cooking, shopping, reading a calendar and timetables.
Number
In the area of number we will be investigating strategies for addition and subtraction. Students will use rounding and estimation to check the reasonableness of calculations involving money, decimals and fractions. We will have daily opportunities to improve our number fluency be developing mental maths strategies for addition and subtraction
Chance and Data
Students will have the opportunity construct displays, including column graphs, dot plots and tables, appropriate for data type, with and without the use of digital technologies.
Space and Measurement
Students will investigate the concept of time by converting between units of time, using am and pm notation to solve time problems, measure, calculate and compare elapsed time and interpret and use timetables.
STEAM
Integrated Studies
MAPPEN Level 4 Change Unit - Into the Unknown Overview
Overview
Your students will learn about changes over time and how those changes affect our lives. They will consider changes in their community as they explore historic buildings in the local area. Students will learn about people who shaped our interconnected world as they research the life and legacy of an explorer from the 'Age of Exploration'. They will also learn about the significance of celebrations and symbols in Australia and around the world.
Concept Phrase
Impact of Change
Rationale
Learning about how people voyaged into the unknown during the 'Age of Exploration' can help us to prepare for and explore the future with enthusiasm and wonder.
Investigation Into
Your students will consider changes in their life in the context of our history. They will be motivated by the people who shaped the global world and apply the lessons that they learnt from explorers in their lives. Students will respect the importance and origins of commemorations in Australia and around the world. They will develop an ability to interpret and present information to their peers.
MAPPEN Levels 5 & 6 Change Unit - Museums in Motion Overview
Overview
Your students will learn about the concept of change through the lens of Australian history. They will learn about the causes and the reasons why people migrated to Australia from Europe and Asia. Students will learn about the events and people that have shaped our country as they work towards opening the Museum In Motion.
Concept Phrase
Catalysts for Change
Rationale
We can better understand who we are by learning about the events and people who shaped our country.
Investigation Into
Your students will consider changes in their life in the context of history. They will be motivated by the people who shaped early Australia and apply the lessons that they learnt from studying their lives. Students will use what they have learnt about the diverse origins of immigrants to Australia as they participate in conversations about our history. They will develop respect for cultures different from their own. Students will develop an ability to present information and perform in front of groups.
Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships (RRRR)
YYLC students will identify their strengths, the character strengths they admire in others and will demonstrate what character strengths might look like in action.
MAPPEN Level 4 Change Unit - Into the Unknown Overview
Overview
Your students will learn about changes over time and how those changes affect our lives. They will consider changes in their community as they explore historic buildings in the local area. Students will learn about people who shaped our interconnected world as they research the life and legacy of an explorer from the 'Age of Exploration'. They will also learn about the significance of celebrations and symbols in Australia and around the world.
Concept Phrase
Impact of Change
Rationale
Learning about how people voyaged into the unknown during the 'Age of Exploration' can help us to prepare for and explore the future with enthusiasm and wonder.
Investigation Into
- Changes over time in the local community.
- The significance of celebrations and symbols in Australia and around the world.
- How to use a timeline to sequence important events.
- Explorers who changed the world during the 'Age of Exploration'.
- What has changed and what has stayed the same in our community?
- Who helped to shape the global world that we live in?
- What is the significance of commemorations and symbols in Australia and around the world?
- How can we sequence important events from history?
Your students will consider changes in their life in the context of our history. They will be motivated by the people who shaped the global world and apply the lessons that they learnt from explorers in their lives. Students will respect the importance and origins of commemorations in Australia and around the world. They will develop an ability to interpret and present information to their peers.
MAPPEN Levels 5 & 6 Change Unit - Museums in Motion Overview
Overview
Your students will learn about the concept of change through the lens of Australian history. They will learn about the causes and the reasons why people migrated to Australia from Europe and Asia. Students will learn about the events and people that have shaped our country as they work towards opening the Museum In Motion.
Concept Phrase
Catalysts for Change
Rationale
We can better understand who we are by learning about the events and people who shaped our country.
Investigation Into
- Events that shaped early Australia.
- People who shaped early Australia.
- Using the internet to research.
- Planning, designing and constructing a diorama.
- Performing as a historical character.
- What were the events or discoveries that shaped early Australia?
- Who shaped early Australia?
- How can we use the internet to research?
- How can we plan, design and construct a diorama?
- How can we perform as a historical character?
Your students will consider changes in their life in the context of history. They will be motivated by the people who shaped early Australia and apply the lessons that they learnt from studying their lives. Students will use what they have learnt about the diverse origins of immigrants to Australia as they participate in conversations about our history. They will develop respect for cultures different from their own. Students will develop an ability to present information and perform in front of groups.
Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships (RRRR)
YYLC students will identify their strengths, the character strengths they admire in others and will demonstrate what character strengths might look like in action.
Japanese
YYLC students will explore the systems of language in Japanese by communicating collaboratively. They will investigate Japanese culture by looking at celebrations, food, dress, and music.
Class Dojo
To help us create a positive culture in our Learning Community, we use Class Dojo to acknowledge positive behaviours that display our CARE values. Teachers can encourage students to display skills or values using Class-Dojo as an incentive — whether it's working hard, being kind, helping others. This is done by awarding points that are displayed electronically in the Learning Community or Specialist class. Using Class Dojo can help student’s emotional literacy grow as they have the opportunity to receive immediate, regular and positive feedback in a fun visual way.
Specialist Classes
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PE Group 1 &2 |
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PE Group 4 & 5 |
PE Group 3 |
Performing Arts Group 3 & 4 |
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Performing Arts Group 2 |
Performing Arts Group 1 and 5 |
Visual Arts Group 5 |
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Visual Arts Group 1&3 |
Visual Arts Group 2 &4 |