Kindy Museum

In the Kindy, the children have been looking at objects from the past. The classroom created a 'Kindy Museum' with the items brought in by the students and the teacher. 

The student bring in the items as part of the newsbox and the items are left there for a period of time. The children are to observe museum rules and make sure they look but don't touch as the items are precious. 

Historical Knowledge and Understanding:

How the stories of families and the past can be communicated, for example through photographs, artefacts, books, oral histories, digital media, and museums (ACHHK004)

Historical Skills:

Chronology, terms and concepts

· Distinguish between the past, present and future (ACHHS016)

Analysis and use of sources

· Identify and compare features of objects from the past and present (ACHHS019)

Explanation and communication

· Use a range of communication forms (oral, graphic, written, role play) and digital technologies (ACHHS022)

You can find out more about this activity at the Hike through History in Term 4. Please see the IPL web site for details and to register. You can also register for the next History Cafe which will be held on Tuesday the 22nd of October in Term 4. 

That's all for now! Have a great Holiday!
Mr Stephen Powell TDS Coordinator Year 2/3 Level 3 Classroom Teacher 

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C Y O'Connor Research

The Year 2/3 Class have been researching C Y O'Connor.
As a class the students were interested in finding out about C Y O'Connor and the pipeline. The pipeline runs past the school and is of great interest to the students.

Historical Knowledge & Understandings:
Year 2: The history of a significant person, building, site or part of the natural environment in the local community and what it reveals about the past (ACHHK044)
Year 3: The role that people of diverse backgrounds have played in the development and character of the local community (ACHHK062)
Historical Skills:
Historical questions and research
Year 2: Pose questions about the past using sources provided (ACHHS049)
Year 3: Pose a range of questions about the past (ACHHS067)
Analysis and use of sources
Year 2: Explore a range of sources about the past. (ACHHS050)
Year 3:Locate relevant information from sources provided (ACHHS068)

"The students brainstormed a range of questions and these were typed up as a class. As new information came into the class either via web sites, books and even leaflets the children discovered in the community, they looked to see if any questions could be answered. 
The research was done by the whole class and when the sources were exhausted, the children chose which questions they would display as a poster. This was their first project and guidelines for setting out were provided. They also chose which image to place on their work. This was completed over a number of weeks and was integrated into English"

(Year 2/3 - Mr Stephen Powell) 

http://www.goldenpipeline.com.au/trail/media/X165.jpg (in public domain)

That's all for now!

Mr Stephen Powell 
TDS Coordinator 
Year 2/3 Level 3 Classroom Teacher 

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Integrated Planning

In our History Cafes we have started to investigate integrated planning. Sawyers Valley Sharing has developed a planning tool that you may find useful when planning for History. 

To see the full version of this planning document click on the link below.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-AAW8i6fqfwRmd3WTdxSVE0YnM/edit?usp=sharing

That's all for now!

Mr Stephen Powell 
TDS Coordinator 
Year 2/3 Level 3 Classroom Teacher 

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• All the content descriptions for that year and subject have been used; and
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History Cafe

The History Cafe planned for Wednesday the 11th of September has been cancelled. The next cafe will be held on Tuesday the 22nd of October in Term 4. 

Did you read School Matters? 

There is a terrific write up about our old school house! 

Check it out!

Go to: http://det.wa.edu.au/edenews/detcms/navigation/school-matters-features/?oid=Category-id-9304531 to download the PDF or just read it online.

That's all for now!

Mr Stephen Powell 
TDS Coordinator 
Year 2/3 Level 3 Classroom Teacher 

Snapshots

If you are looking for some ideas for your year level the Schools Curriculum and Standards Authority (SCASA) have some snapshots for History, currently Years 1-10.

http://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/assessment_principles_and_practice/snapshots

The snapshots have been designed to be a starting point for discussion in regards to assessment.

Each snapshot has the content description focus and links to achievement standards. It describes the nature of the assessment task, the purpose, stage in the teaching sequence, the assessment task, criteria and how the teacher uses the information.

SCASA has also developed some alternative documents for planning. Click the link below to have a look. They can be downloaded in PDF or Word.

http://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/Resources/Curriculum_Planning_Resources

That's all for now!

Mr Stephen Powell 
TDS Coordinator 

Year 2/3 Level 3 Classroom Teacher 

My Story Books - Pre-Primary History!

MY STORY BOOK

The children gathered information to make a book about them and their family history. They posed questions to family members about where they were born, where they have lived, where their parents and grandparents were born. They brought the information to school and used a written model to type the information into a word document.

They used Tux paint to illustrate their book.  

(Carey Stewart - Level 3 Pre-Primary Classroom Teacher)

REMINDERS:

Hike through History (K-3) Thursday 5th of September 2013 (2 places available). Email stephen.powell@education.wa.edu.au

History Cafe - Wednesday 11th of September 2013 @ Sawyers Valley PS. 3:30 - 5:00. 

Register online at IPL.

APOLOGY:

Sorry if you received an email that promoted resume writing. This was done by an unknown hacker and I have now changed the settings so this shouldn't happen again.

That's all for now!

Mr Stephen Powell 
TDS Coordinator 
Year 2/3 Level 3 Classroom Teacher