Whole School Curriculum and Assessment Plan: T–6

Casuarina Street Primary School

2016 Upper Primary 5-6

EVEN YEARS

CYCLE A

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

Term ONE Term TWO Term THREE Term FOUR Theme and Purpose Australia Our Nation Cultural Connections

English (AC)

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. Assessment: Year 5: Analysing a main character from (written). Year 6: Analysing and comparing a main character from two stories (written).

Suggested Texts:

The Forests of Silence, Deltora

Quest.

Rowan and the Keeper of the

Crystals

The Secret Garden

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. Assessment: Year 5 and 6: Constructing a persuasive argument (written). Analysis of a Cartoon (reading). Suggested Texts: Newspaper articles/media related to history context:- NT News, Katherine Times, The Australian; Political Cartoons/ in various Behind the News http://www.abc.net.au/btn/ Katherine Times http://www.katherinetimes.com.au/ The Australian http://www.theaustralian.com.au/

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. Assessment: Year 5 and 6: Participating in a panel discussion (spoken) Creating a multimodal animated story (written/multimodal). Suggested Text: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series http://kidsloveshortfilms.com/ Short animations on cyber safety: http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/ 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. Assessment: Year 5 and 6: Reading Comprehension Test – read and comprehend a biographical text. Memoir (written) Suggested Text: Bridget A New Australian 1915 Specky Magee Note: Combined units 3 and 4. Students animated their memoirs.

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. Assessment: Year 5 and 6: Diary Entry (written) Reading Analysis Comprehension Test – analysing and comprehending a diary entry. Suggested Text: 1915 Take Me Back ‘Diary of Anne Frank’ The Flood Anh Do – The Little Refugee

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. Assessment: Year 5 and 6: Analysis of a poem (written) Poetry Comprehension and Analysis Test- Suggested Texts: Waltzing Matilda Advance Australia Fair From Little Things Big Things Grow by Paul Kelly Resources about Poetry Analysis for NT kids: http://www.education.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/5248/poetry.pdf Indigenous Resource for Poetry/ Story-telling: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/messagestick/stories/s2995107.htm

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. Assessment: Year 5 and 6: Reading Comprehension Test – read and comprehend a literary text. Persuasive Speech (written and spoken) Suggested: Current Motivational speakers Local issues – Linked to geography

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. Assessment: Observation Year 5 and 6: Persuasive Audition (written) George’s Marvellous Medicine & Charlie and the Chocolate Factory R. Dahl Horrible Histories and Horrible Science

Mathematics (AC)

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 (leading to sports day)

Chance and Data in. and rep.

Unit 3:

Using units of measurement and shape (Week 1 & 2)

Number and place value

Fractions and decimals

Patterns and algebra Maths Project – Sports Day

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. Maths Project - History

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.

N.B. Be sure to cross reference with National Curriculum as C2C units don’t cover all areas to be assessed in Semester One.

Science (AC)

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 –Year 5: Desert Survivors Year 6: Marvellous Micro-organisms

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 – Year 5: What’s the matter? Year 6: 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 – Year 5: Light Shows Year 6: It’s Electrifying/ Essential Energy

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 –Year 5 Earth’s Place in Space Year 6: Earthquake Explorers/ Creators and Destroyers

History/Geography (AC)

Geography History

5/6 KIQ’s: Factors that shape the human and environmental characteristics of places

1. How do people and environments influence one another? 2. How do people influence the human characteristics of places and the management of spaces within them? 3. How can the impact of bushfires or floods on people and places be reduced?

ERP – Educational Research Projects & Expo

5/6 KIQ’s: Australia as a Nation

1. Why and how did Australia become a nation? 2. How did Australian society change throughout the twentieth century? 3. Who were the people who came to Australia? Why did they come?

4. What contribution have significant individuals and groups made to the development of Australian society?

ERP – Educational Research Project and Expo

The Arts

Year 5 and 6 Achievement Standard Drama - By the end of Year 6, students explain how dramatic action and meaning is communicated in drama they make, perform and view. They explain how drama from different cultures, times and places influences their own drama making. Students work collaboratively as they use the elements of drama to shape character, voice and movement in improvisation, play building and performances of devised and scripted drama for audiences Media - By the end of Year 6, students explain how points of view, ideas and stories are shaped and portrayed in media artworks they make, share and view. They explain the purposes and audiences for media artworks made in different cultures, times and places. Students work collaboratively using technologies to make media artworks for specific audiences and purposes using story principles to shape points of view and genre conventions, movement and lighting. Visual Arts - By the end of Year 6, students explain how ideas are represented in artworks they make and view. They describe the influences of artworks and practices from different cultures, times and places on their art making. Students use visual conventions and visual arts practices to express a personal view in their artworks. They demonstrate different techniques and processes in planning and making artworks. They describe how the display of artworks enhances meaning for an audience.

Report in Semester 1 Drama, Visual Arts, Media

HPE

Health Education Personal, Social and Community Health – Being Healthy, Safe and Active, Communicating and interacting for health and wellbeing. Promoting Health, Food Choices, Be healthy

Physical Education Movement and Physical Activity – Moving our Body, Understanding Movement Students participate in fair and safe games. Learn movement sequences and motor skills. Sports Day

Physical Education Movement and Physical Activity – Moving our Body, Learning through Movement Physical activities that promote fitness.

Health Education Personal, Social and Community Health – Contributing to healthy and active communities, Communicating and interacting for health and wellbeing Life changes Growth and development

Technology & Design

Report in Semester 2 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. – Inventions using material from the tip shop

ICT Capabilities

Explicitly teach ethical protocols – internet safety, cyber bullying Investigating with ICT’s, maintaining equipment safely:

Researching - Use a variety of search engines to research information (Geography, Mathematics Data representation, Survey Questions English);

investigate a broad range of information and identify bias.

Creating with ICT’s: Use ipad, movie maker, camera to create animated story. Literacy – Use of software, programs, website subscriptions to read, analyse

and publish information. Maths – Create charts, graphs using different software e.g. excel

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 Prezi, GoAnimate, Powerpoint

Communicating with ICT’s: Film your persuasive speech

Film and present your audition

Community Links

Katherine Beat Festival: Rivers Leader forum: from the Arts to talk to 5/6 students

Send Persuasive Texts on Community Issues to Katherine Times, Publish class magazine: Vol 1: Burning Issues Student Leadership Presentations and Voting Maths: Units of Measure Swimming program

GRIP Conference

Art Gallery – GYRACC Katherine Youth Art Prize, Green snaps Photography Competition, Katherine Show Visual Arts display. Katherine Beat Festival

ANZAC Day Leaders forum from the RAAF to talk to 5/6 students Maths Project Fundraiser for Financial Mathematics Yr 5/6 Camp

Publish class magazine: Vol 2: Memoirs Visit from the Fire and Rescue about floods, bushfires, Ranger.

Geography- Excursion to the Nitmiluk Visitor Centre & Museum ERP Expo

5/6 Camp: Adventure Bound Leaders forum: from engineering / design to talk to 5/6 students

Publish class magazine: Vol 3: Poetry Analysis / Anthology Historical Dress-Up Day (Fundraiser for Year 6)

Growth & Development with KHS Nurse Year 6 Transition Days/ Graduation School Captain Speeches Leaders forum: Motivational speakers Publish class magazine: Vol 4: Yearbook Highlights (from which official yearbook back comes from) ERP Expo/Concert/Musical/Remembrance Day