This beautiful animated film short won an Oscar this week:
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011)
This beautiful animated film short won an Oscar this week:
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011)
Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 students are investigating the nursery rhyme, “Little Boy Blue”. Here are the Youtube clips we will be using to expand their field knowledge:
Little Boy Blue sight words
Little Boy Blue animation
Blowing horns
Blowing 2 shofars
Cow horn
Haystack building using pitchforks
Square baling
Our Stage 2 students are about to commence a Guided Inquiry science & technology unit on “Buildings and bridges” (Built environments strand). It’s part of a two-year cycle, so the first thing I did was go back through the blog to see what online resources I used last time.
Although I was responsible for developing field knowledge last time, the emphasis was on HSIE (Human society & its environment), but some of the Youtube clips on Introducing British colonisation will be very useful.
Some excellent footage of the Queen Victoria Building in Sydney’s CBD:
Queen Victoria Building, Sydney
Interesting to see an outsider’s view of the Sydney Opera House:
Sydney Opera House – Great Attractions (Sydney, Australia)
Supplementing this material will be the Flickr slideshow I created of local bridges two (or three?) cycles ago. How time flies!
Sydney Harbour Bridge and other bridges
As with last year’s Guided Inquiry units, the brief clips will be discussed and consolidated after considering the students’ “Plus, minus, interesting” matrices, which will encourage/develop some note-taking skills.
Stage 3 students will be undertaking a Guided Inquiry exercise this term on the topic of Antarctica. For most classes, the science & technology aspects will be part of the work taught by Ms Stockton, the RFF (Release-from-Face-to-Face) teacher, so the library sessions will emphasise the achievement of HSIE (Human society & its environment) outcomes, and will complement the field knowledge being developed in S&T.
The following useful resources were invaluable the last time the curriculum cycle visited “Antarctica”.
Antarctica (Flickr slideshow), images courtesy of Mrs Coote’s brother
Introducing Antarctica (Youtube clips)
Mawson 100421 around station
Antarctica: Being there (TaLe)
As with last year’s Guided Inquiry units, the brief clips and links will be discussed and consolidated after considering the students’ “Plus, minus, interesting” matrices, which will continue to develop the students’ note-taking skills.
Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 students are learning about the nursery rhyme, “Mary had a little lamb”. Here are some relevant Youtube clips to expand their field knowledge:
Mary had a little lamb | Nursery rhymes by HooplaKidz
Mini the lamb drinking milk