Visual Art
If you were a plant, what would you look like?
ACARA:
Design Principles:
APST:
TfEL:
EYLF:
Elements:
Exploring a range of plants from different time periods, art contexts, artists, genres such as Carnivorous Plants, etc. Including references to character strengths.
Photosynthesis:
THEME: Identity, Weather, Envrioments
OUTCOME 4: Children are confident and involved learners
OUTCOME 5: Children have a strong sense of identity
OUTCOME 2: Children are connected with and contribute to their world
DOMAIN 2: Create safe conditions for rigorous learning. 2.2: Build a community of learners.
DOMAIN 3: Develop expert learners 3.3 Explore the construction of knowledge
DOMAIN 1: Learning for effective teaching. 1.4: Engage with the community
DOMAIN 4: Personalise and connect learning. 4.3: Apply and assess learning in authentic contexts.
STANDARD 4: Create and maintain safe and supportive learning environments. Focus Area 4.1: Apply and assess learning in authentic contexts
STANDARD 7: Engage professionally with parents/carers and in the community. Focus Area 7.3: Apply and assess learning in authentic contexts
STANDARD 1: Know students and how they learn. Focus Area 1.4: Apply and assess learning in authentic contexts
Explore ideas and practices used by artists, including practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, to represent different views, beliefs and opinions (ACAVAM114 - Scootle)
Explain how visual arts conventions communicate meaning by comparing artworks from different social, cultural and historical contexts, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artworks (ACAVAR117 - Scootle )
Shape
Texture
Colour
Value
Line
Proportion + Scale
Contrast + Emphasis
Rhythm + Repititon
Pattern
Balance
CLASS CONTEXT:
Reference IDEAS:
From this context, it is assumed children are interested in the life cycle of plants, colour in their environment and symbolism.
The children also like singing especially in liturgy, drama, visual art activities, stories, dramatic play, movement
The local environment is rich for the senses and
Exploring topics such as environment, weather, water, plants and their connection with each other and their relevance in the community.
Early Years Planning - Classroom 2
Annual: Plants that complete their entire life cycle in a single growing season.
Evergreen: Plants that retains its leaves through the year and into the following growing season.
Deciduous: When trees and shrubs seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn.
Chlorophyll: Pigment that gives plants their green colour.
Chloroplast: Plant cell organelles that convert light energy into relatively stable chemical energy.
Munsell Colour Chart
David Attenbourough
The Green Planet by Simon Barnes
Walking with the seasons in Kakadu by Diana Lucas
How The Bird Got It's Colours
Rainbow Serpant
Sarrita King