Kindergarten Curriculum Overview
Crestwood Public School Term 2 2021
Overview of Teaching & Learning
Programming is the process of selecting and sequencing learning experiences which enable students to engage with syllabus outcomes and develop subject specific skills and knowledge. The process of programming is typically shared and offers an opportunity for collaboration, professional reflection and evaluation.
Programs:
- reflect the needs, interests and abilities of students
- are based on syllabus outcomes and include a variety of teaching, learning and embedded assessment activities, strategies and resources to address the learning needs of all students
- are flexible and dynamic documents that change in response to student learning needs, school context, teacher evaluation and feedback
English
Phonics continues to form the basis of all English programs throughout Term 2. Students are explicitly taught single sounds, digraphs and sight words to support their learning in reading and writing.
Students communicate with peers and known adults in informal and guided activities demonstrating emerging skills of group interaction.
Handwriting is taught in the order of the sounds the students learn. Both uppercase and lowercase letters are taught using the correct formation of letters in NSW Foundation Font.
Mathematics
Addition and Subtraction will be introduced in term 2. The students will combine, separate and compare collections of objects, and describe and record their findings using informal and formal methods.
Multiplication and Division will be introduced by creating groups of objects, the students will understand the concept of equal and will share objects into groups equally.
Students will order and compare lengths of a variety of objects and will be encouraged to use the correct terminology when describing their conclusions.
The concept of area being the space inside of a region is introduced by covering surfaces completely.
Both analog and digital clocks will be introduced and duration of time taken is also introduced.
Science & Technology
Students will also explore how living things respond to regular changes in their environment. We look at animals that migrate or hibernate as well as the changes in human behaviour and clothing.
HSIE (History)
Creative Arts
Students will listen to a variety of music styles and express through dance how they feel. They will observe and comment on other group performances to help reflect and refine their movement at a relevant level for Kindergarten.
In music with Mrs French, Kindergarten are continuing to learn about beat and rhythm. They are listening to music and learning to write down some of the things they hear using symbols.
Personal Development, Health, Physical Education
Students are expected to participate in 150 minutes of physical activity each week. This is predominantly through Be Skilled, Be Fit and grade sport. The balance is achieved through class activities.
During Term 2, students will participate in child protection lessons. They will learn about being respectful, developing positive relationships and support networks, identifying different parts of the body, appropriate and inappropriate touching as well as recognising safe and unsafe situations. They are learning how to develop assertiveness using the concept of No, Go, Tell.
Library
This term we will continue to promote the Premier’s Reading Challenge and showcase quality literature from the booklist. Shared reading will involve listening to quality texts from the Premier’s Reading Challenge. Students will then complete a response activity such as drawing, labelling or matching pictures to text. Focus texts will be examples of stories with a clear narrative structure and vibrant characters.