Visual Arts


LOTE (Italian)

with Mrs Filomena Mariani

Grade Prep

During Term One the Prep children will be introduced to the Italian language and aspects of the country’s culture.  The program will focus mainly on conversational language and will include singing and dancing.  Topics covered will include greetings, colours and parts of the body.  I will also use puppets for engagement and in role-plays.

The theme I will be teaching is “All About Me” and we will look at the family, interests, celebrations and school life.  Prep children will also learn about numbers 1-10, days of the week and the Seasons.

Grade 1/2

During Term One the grade 1/2  children will be introduced to the Italian language and aspects of the Italian culture.  They are going to learn several songs related to greetings and members of the family.  Through the use of role-plays and drama, the children will also be able to develop their skills of speaking and listening, reading and writing about the topic, “All About Me”.

The children will play games such as memory to reinforce vocabulary and learn simple songs\chants adapted to the topic.  The grade 1\2 children will learn the colours, numbers 1-20, days of the week and the seasons.

Grade 3/4

During Term One the grade 3\4 children will be first introduced to the greetings.  They will be able to reply

Ask: ‘Come tichiami?’ (what’s your name?) and

‘Come Stai?’ ‘How Are You?’  Students will explore various topics, Italian geography and culture, family. leisure activities and food. They will be engaged in cooperative group work.

There will be lots of opportunities to consolidate and  extend language skills through songs, rhymes, chants, oral language games and role-plays.  We will also make use of the interactive whiteboard and link to Italian websites and “Languages On-Line”.

Grade 5/6

During Term One the grade 5\6 children will be first introduced to the greetings.  They will be able to reply to

“Come ti chiami?”(What’s your name?” and “Come Stai?”(How Are You?”) 

The children will explore various topics, such as Italian geography and culture, family, leisure activities and food.  They will be engaged in cooperative group work.  There will be lots of opportunities to consolidate and extend language skills through songs, rhymes, chants, oral language games and role-plays.

We will also make use of the Interactive whiteboard and link to Italian websites and ‘Languages On-Line’.

 The Grade 5\6 children will complete a mini-project on “About Me’ and participate in an oral presentation to their class mates in the Italian language.

Science

with Mrs Cathy James

Hello everyone my name is Cathy James and I am very excited to be the new science teacher at WHPS.  This term, the Preps, 1/2's, and 3/4's will be learning all about the five senses to tie in with our school theme of 'all about me'.  The focus will be 'hands on' learning with plenty of experiments to touch, see, taste, smell and hear.  The 3/4's
will take things a little further and look at the function and structure of the eyes, ears, tongue and nose. We may be able to have a close up look in the 3/4 grades at an animal’s tongue and eye.

The 5/6's term will revolve around the study of the brain to compliment their leadership theme and we will also touch on the nervous system to see how that links with the brain.   First up in a hands on session the senior grades will learn what a brain feels like and throughout the term we will look at the brains main parts and its function.  We will study the role of sleep on the brain and also how we can best protect it. There will be an opportunity to dissect a sheep’s brain to have a good look inside!

I am really looking forward to discovering lots of new things with the children.

Physical Education

Currently being updated


Library

 Watsonia Heights Library is a fantastic Resource Centre.  There is a variety of books, texts, posters, cassette tapes, videos, and computers and much more for both staff and students to access.  Children learn how to access information through a variety of Medias during their weekly Library lesson.  The Library also provides classrooms with a range of reading materials and research information.  Students attend the library weekly with their grade to learn how to use a library. They can also borrow a number of books to take home.