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
Yan Yean Curriculum Snapshot
Term 2, 2024
English
ReadingThis semester Yan Yean students will be participating in reciprocal reading groups or literature circle discussion, focusing on the comprehension strategies of examining poetry, learning information from illustrations and graphics and summarising.
Our community will read... My Place By Nadia Wheatly and Donna Rawlins My Place depicts the history of one particular piece of land in Sydney from 1788 to 1988 through the stories of the various children who have lived there. It aims to teach the reader about the history of Australia, about families, settlers, multiculturalism, and the traditional owners of the land. Each child’s story covers a decade in time, showing their particular dress, customs and family life. The book also features maps that the successive generations of children have ‘drawn’ which demonstrate the things that have changed – as well as the things that have remained constant. |
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.
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 Levels 5 & 6 Change Unit - Museum In Motion
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.
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.
Essential Questions
- 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?
Future Action
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 situations in which they should seek help in working through problems
• Identify a list of trusted people to seek out when needing help
• Normalise and de-stigmatise help-seeking behaviour
• Contribute to groups and teams
Buddies
Grade 6 students will work together with their Prep buddies on structured activities to develop positive relationships and social interaction. The Grade 6 students will have the opportunity to take on responsibility, demonstrate their leadership skills and learn how to be a positive role model for younger students.
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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Japanese All groups |
Interschool Sports |
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Performing Arts YYLC 3 |
Performing Arts YYLC 4 |
Performing Arts YYLC 1 and 5 |
Performing Arts YYLC 2 |
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Visual Arts All groups |
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PE YYLC 5 |
PE YYLC 2, 3 and 4 |
PE YYLC 1 |