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Bringing the Australian Curriculum to life in my
classroom
Lorna FenechDeputy Principal
Adelaide West Special Education Centre
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1. Introduction to the students
2. Considerations for the term 2 program
3. Using Learning Design
4. A possible planning pro-forma
5. What happened?
6. What will term 3 bring?
7. Discussion
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Bella
DennisEmma
Introduction to the class
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Jenny
Tim
Milly
Molly
The Students
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Literacy continuumComprehending texts
Literacy continuumComposing texts
Numeracy
Bella 1c 1b 1a
Dennis 1b 1b 1a
Emma 1d 1c 1a
Jenny 1b 1a 1a
Milly 1b 1a 1a
Molly 1b 1b 1a
Tim 1b 1b 1a
Self Awareness• Recognising emotions, identifying likes/dislikes, needs
and wants, self understanding
Self Management• Self discipline, goal setting, following routines, resilience
Social Awareness• Diversity of perspectives, exploring relationships
Social Management• Communication, collaboration, negotiation,
responsibility
Personal and Social
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So how will we
get there?
How will we know if they
got it?
What do we want them
to learn?
The ‘what’ – curriculum
The ‘how’ – pedagogy
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Learning Design
• Think deeply about the intended learning for students as well as drawing on what they already bring.
• Find ways to connect the curriculum with the learners so they are truly engaged in their learning.
• Design learning experiences that are rich in assessment processes which both inform the teaching and students’progress.
Doing this thinking together
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What do they bring?
• They all have homes – ask for photos• Some of them have moved home recently• They all eat – discuss preferences in food• They all have families – again ask for
photos
• Demonstrating an understanding of who is old and who is young
• Interest in animals and their needs• Ability to distinguish between different
animals/places/people by using a range of citieria
What could the intended learning look like?
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How will I know if they’ve got it?
Students can:• Match pics of themselves with their families• Match photos with their names/homes• Match pictures of animals with
food/habitats/babies• Use communication methods to indicate
same/different for homes – theirs and animals
• Indicate old and new for photos of• people and/or homes
• Four blocks work re literacy• Lots of repetition• Lots of sorting/matching• Physical activity to support learning• Excursions to local community to discuss
importance of place
How do we support/challenge/engage the
learners?
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What is the intended learning and why is it important?
Living things have homes (habitats) that meet their needs
Distinguishing between old and youngPeople all need similar things from their homes and families but there will be some differences.Understanding of ATSI culture – importance of
placeWe can learn about places and people by using
pictures
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Four Blocks - Use of texts to help focus on Learning Areas
Use of General Capabilities to link to NEP goals for individual students
Pro-forma
Design the learning plan
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• Guided Reading Purposes • Read to see which of Sid's owners you
like best • Read to see how many actions Sid does
Read to see how many children are in the story
• Read to see what animals there are in the story
• Read to sequence the story
• Writing Tasks • Write about the cats name you like best
Write about a picture of yourself • Write a group book about cats • Write about your favourite animal • Write about what cats like to eat
Week Book Science/History Activities
1 My Grandad marches on ANZAC day
Looking at photos – who do they recognise?Sorting photos old/young
2 The Crooked Little House Building houses from different materials – prediction of strengthWhy do people move house?Looking at photos of buildings and identifying things that are the same/different
3 Six Dinner Sid What do cats need to live?Is that the same as us?
4 Six Dinner Sid – the Highland Adventure
Living things can live in different places if their needs are metWhat do different living things eat?
5 You and Me: Our Place Using our senses to explore the worldImportance of place to ATSI peopleWhat creatures live in the sea?
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Week Book Science/History Activities
6 Why I Love Australia Difference between pictures and photosWhat living things live in different areas of Australia?
7 My Island Home People live in different places for different reasonsSame/different pictures of different placesLocal Excursion – places in our community
8 There’s a Hippopotamus on our Roof Eating Cake
Same/different – our food/animal food
9 Oh Dear! What living things live on a farm? What are their babies like?What do they need from their homes?What do they eat?
10 Toffee’s New Friend Moving house/country
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Putting the planning into practice – what happened in the
classroom?
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Guided Reading Purposes Read to see which is your favourite person in the book
Read to see which action that uncle Tobias does that you like bestRead to see what animals there are in the story
Read to see what is your favourite picture in the storyRead to see what you think is the best thing to do at the beach
Writing tasksAll week – write about pictures of yourself in different places at school
Contact me:
Lorna Fenech
Deputy Principal
Adelaide West Special Education Centre
Tel: 8248 9104
Email: [email protected]
Blog: lfenech.edublogs.org