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 

Graphing History in Pre-Primary!

The Pre-Primary Class have been working on graphing and making tables in History.

After gathering information and completing their "My Story" books the children were introduced to some different ways of recording information in tables and graphs. They found the information about where they have lived, how many people in their families and where their grandparents were born and used various means of representing their information pictorially. As a whole group we used the table and graphs to compare and interpret the information from their books. (Carey Stewart - Level 3 Pre-Primary Classroom Teacher)

A reminder that our next Hike Through History is on 

NEXT THURSDAY - 5TH SEPTEMBER 2013. 

Please go to the IPL web site via the portal to register as places are limited.

Also, our next History Cafe is on the 11TH OF SEPTEMBER 2013. 

Registrations are also on the IPL web site.

If you get some time, please have a look at another Teacher Development School's blog. Cooloongup Primary School  is an English Focus School for the Australian Curriculum.

That's all for now!

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

Kindy News!

The kindy children love talking about History and Tonya Wood has incorporated History into her news telling sessions.

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)

Lesson Sequence:
Prior to Lesson:
1. A ‘Newsbox’ has been sent home with 3 students including instructions regarding the collection of an item from home that is significant to the child’s family history. 
2. Teacher should look in the ‘Newsbox’ when the child brings it in and locate the modern item or a picture of the item for comparison later.

Lesson
1. Children sit in a circle in a small group of 6 – 8 children. The child with the ‘Newsbox’ is to show and discuss the item they have brought along. The child is encouraged to use the news telling framework of ‘Who, What, Where and When’.  
2. Children within the audience are encouraged to ask questions related to the item or make comments as they relate it to their own experience.
3. The teacher should show the modern day equivalent of the item (a photograph will suffice) and ask for the children to identify and compare features of the items from the past and present.
4. The item is then placed in the ‘Kindy Museum’.
5.  This activity can be followed up with the group of children doing a painting, drawing or collage to show the items from the past and present.

6. Activity is repeated with another small group of children and another child sharing their ‘Newsbox’.

Here are some pictures of paintings completed after the Newsbox session.

"There's brown in the light, it was used for the train."

 

 "The lantern and I painted the train. The lantern stopped the train"

 "Mum use to turn it and get coffee. It was hard"

"A truck 'a' olden days truck"

To see how this all works in the kindy classroom, come along to the next "Hike through History: K-3" on the 5th of September. Places are limited, so make sure you visit the IPL website to register your place!

Happy History Teaching!

Mr Stephen Powell 

TDS Coordinator Year 2/3 Level 3 Classroom Teacher 

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"Centra Censation!" History Professional Learning Online

I have officially earned my 'L' plates and had my first Centra lesson with teachers from Kalbarri Eneabba, Corrigin and Ellenbrook! I will let you know when the next session will happen. 

Please come along to the next cafe as we are starting to work on planning documents to share with each other!

Dates to remember:

5th September ~ Hike through History: K-3 (8:30 - 12:00)
11th September ~ History Cafe (3:30 - 5:00) 

Go to the Institute for Professional Learning to register.

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

Hike Through History

Wow! Wow! Wow!

We had a fantastic morning with 3 very motivated teachers who hiked up the hill to Sawyers Valley to see K-3 students involved in History lessons!

Here is some of their feedback!

"Thank you for a great morning. I got lots of ideas that I can't wait to implement in my classroom."

"I learnt so much from this History Hike. It is by far the best and most effective form of PD that I've been exposed to for quite some time!"

"It was really great to see the process in action...Thanks for providing this great opportunity to see the lessons and for sharing your school, classrooms and students."

Thank you Meika and Jeanette (Quinns Beach Primary School) and Lynnette (Curtin Primary School) for you participation and enthusiasm today.

Our next History Hike is on Thursday the 5th of September! Please register via the IPL website. 

If you are having any difficulties registering, please email me stephen.powell@education.wa.edu.au

Have a great day!

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

History Reminders!

Welcome back one and all to a new term and hopefully you are starting to get into the swing of things, in particular History!

A couple of reminders:

• We have our 3^rd History Café next Wednesday (7/8/13) starting at 3:30. We will be looking at Integrating History and developing some learning plans. Very exciting! And there will be cake! It is not too late to register via the IPL website. If it closes, please just send me an email.
• We are also offering our very first online professional learning via Centra (13/8/13) commencing at 3:30 pm. You can enjoy a History PD from the comfort of your home or school office. Just post me an email if you are interested. It will be a very basic introduction to Australian Curriculum: History. Hopefully all systems will work and I won’t get too muddled!
• We have our first 'Hike Through History K-3' sold out for tomorrow! We have another one planned for the 5th of September - go to the IPL website to register as places are limited.
• Our second History Cafe for the term will be on the 11th of September commencing at 3:30 pm. IPL website to register.

Researching tip!

I was talking with a teacher the other day and they hadn't heard that you can reduce the reading level for students when using a search engine. It may help reduce the number of pages in a search. To modify the reading level it is best to watch this youtube clip. I hope this can be of some help!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1_Cp33rFBY 

That is all for now.

We hope to see you soon!

Mr Stephen Powell 

TDS Coordinator 

Year 2/3 Level 3 Classroom Teacher