Centre: Summer Small World Explicit / Intentional Teaching: Teacher Directed Centre: Weather

Children will have the opportunity to explore a Mat session/ Introduction Word Wall
Summer Small World. A large clear tray with a 1. Ask students to make a circle on the mat.
beach scene will With support from the educator,
2. Introduce the topic of summer to students –
be provided with children will construct a weather
begin with a discussion about what
a small amount word wall. In small groups, each
happens in summer, the kinds of things you
of jelly to show student will think and further
would see and how it can make you feel.
the water, sand verbalise a word individually
3. Ask the students to think of a word that they
to show the about summer. That may
believe represents summer and tell their
shore, sea include, hot, beach, yellow,
shoulder partner.
creatures in the
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small-world-play/
happy, sunburn etc. https://www.supplyme.c
4. Then ask each child what word their partner om/products/30-
ocean and said to them and write it on a class
summer-word-wall-

people, beach umbrellas and plasticine to allow Each student will be asked to words-a7560

brainstorm on the board

the children to manipulate the scene. tell a word each to the educator then the educator
5. The educator continues to do this for 6-8
will write it down and the students will decorate the
partners.
word with a variety of materials. These will include
6. Once all students have had their turn the
buttons, glitter ribbon etc. Once completed, the child
educator will inform students of each of the
will stick their word up on the weather word wall.
activities available to them.

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Centre: Sun Catcher Conclusion: Centre: Yoga
Children will have the opportunity to engage in 1. Give the children an opportunity to do a Within a corner of the room, a yoga area will be set
making a sun catcher. An ‘think pair share’ with a partner about up. In this yoga
example will be provided the activities they completed during the area, calming
which will be hanging in session. background music
front of them. The children 2. Once students have shared with their will be playing and
will have gemstones, partner ask the students to stand up yoga mats will be
cellophane, buttons and and dance and sing to ‘The Summer spread out. Yoga
a variety of other Song’ cards will be
materials to decorate the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVhh0oATqBI available for the https://www.udemy.com/course/how-to-teach-
yoga-to-kids/
children to copy
CD’s with. Each child
the moves and at some moments a video of different
will do both sides http://mykidcraft.com/cd-suncatchers/
yoga moves will be showing. These yoga moves will
each. be inspired by summer icons such as a sun, bird,
flower, wave etc.

Centre: Shadow Puppets Objective/s: Centre: Light table

Children will explore a Shadow puppet corner 1. Students identify one word that relates to This learning centre will
which will have a summer allow children to explore
few pre-made Summer using light. Within
puppets however 2. Students ability to justify their word choice the light table there will be
will also have the to how that word relates to summer. different shades of yellow,
resources to make red and orange cellophane,
their own puppets. buttons, pop sticks, fabrics,
The scene will be etc. Each material in the
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set as a beach https://www.kidspot.com.au/things-to-do/activity-
articles/make-a-shadow-puppet-theatre/news-
light tray will reflect the table/

scene with a story/d9ed634b2e68caea28c52c263771a400 colours seen during

background and a summer.

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large space for multiple children to act out. The
materials provided will be pre-made puppets,
sticks, pieces of card cut in head, arms, glue etc.

Assessment & Recording: (What are we assessing? How are we assessing? How are we recording?)

The educator will use a brief checklist and observations obtained during the teacher directed activity. The educator will record notes based
on the student’s ability to;
- Students identify one word that relates to summer
- Students ability to justify their word choice to how that word relates to summer.

Weather Word Wall – Checklist and observational notes

Name Students identify one word that Students ability to justify their word Notes
relates to summer choice to how that word relates to
summer.

Courtney Large

Olivia Beaton

Grace Briffa

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Highlight one or two outcomes specifically connected to your objective/s.
OUTCOME 1: Children have a
strong sense of identity
Children feel safe, secure, and
supported
Children develop their emerging
autonomy, inter-dependence,
resilience and sense of agency
Children develop knowledgeable
and confident self identities
Children learn to interact in
relation to others with care,
empathy and respect
OUTCOME 2: Children are
connected with and contribute to
their world
Children develop a sense of
belonging to groups and
communities and an understanding
of the
reciprocal rights and
responsibilities necessary for
active community participation
Children respond to diversity with
respect
Children become aware of fairness
Children become socially
responsible and show respect for
the environment
OUTCOME 3: Children have a
strong sense of well being
Children become strong in their
social and emotional wellbeing
Children take increasing
responsibility for their own health
and physical wellbeing
OUTCOME 4: Children are
confident and involved learners
Children develop dispositions for
learning such as curiosity,
cooperation, confidence,
creativity, commitment,
enthusiasm, persistence,
imagination and reflexivity
Children develop a range of skills
and processes such as problem
solving, enquiry, experimentation,
hypothesising, researching and
investigating
Children transfer and adapt what
they have learned from one
context to another
Children resource their own
learning through connecting with
people, place, technologies and
natural and processed materials
OUTCOME 5: Children are
effective communicators
Children interact verbally and
non-verbally with others for a
range of purposes
Children engage with a range of
texts and gain meaning from
these texts
Children express ideas and make
meaning using a range of media
Children begin to understand how
symbols and pattern systems
work.
Children use information and
communication technologies to
access information, investigate
ideas and represent their thinking