Yarrilee State School Year 6 TGT 2004/05 - The Spirit Lives On
The student work presented here was in response to a Teacher-Generated Task designed in 2004 and implemented in Semester 1, 2005. The task integrates SOSE and The Arts and responds to a design brief that asked students to transform ideas and/or information.
The teacher involved in the TGT project, Neroli Gilmour, used the opportunity to develop a unit that investigated Australian's involvement in war and some previously underdeveloped concepts and skills in visual art. She documented the process, her reflections and student task work across the unit. Excerpts of this documentation and samples of her work and her students' work are presented below.
Task and Criteria Sheet
Neroli Gilmour (teacher): "I was very discouraged with the initial review of my submitted task. I felt very unsure of the requirements. I knew what and how to teach it but had great difficulty in writing it down. I still think my task sheet and criteria sheet are too wordy for students. Having the chance to talk to someone regarding my submission and the chance to email (numerous times) helped immensely in achieving task accreditation."
SOSE Investigations
"A lot of prior work on my part (making and designing work cards, worksheets etc) was required. The staff felt they didn't have enough prior knowledge or resources to teach the SOSE component. They soon found they did. We set up a stimulation area with a lot of equipment, trench art and uniforms for the students to explore. Staff soon found out how useful the kits were along with the video and posters. The Interview Day at the local RSL was a resounding success with 100% participation."
Art investigations
"Student prior knowledge and skills in the visual arts were extremely poor. I needed to go right back to teach the basic and fundamental skills. I personally think that in primary school we teach too much craft and not enough art."
Display and Explain
"The large scale work produced by our students helped in the general presentation of our annual Anzac Day ceremony. We also displayed work at the local RSL and Council Art Gallery. The students and parents were very proud of the displays. The extended work label (which accompanied each artwork) was a transformation in its own right. This was an extremely challenging exercise and I was very proud of my class efforts. This process (writing of a label) is something I will be keeping for future art activities. My class produced a digital art gallery on DVD along with some extended work labels using a scrapbooking program. These items were entered into the Department of Veterans' Affairs Student Awards competition and we received a highly commended award for Queensland."
Sharing meanings group discussion
"During my initial planning phase, this aspect of the SOSE outcomes caused some concern as to whether the students would be able to cope with these ideas. I was most surprised with the fact that the students not only coped but also succeeded quite well. It was a difficult worksheet and students really had to stay focussed in their discussion. The use of the school kit "The Anzac Spirit" helped immensely with this worksheet. Where staff did not use this kit, they found the worksheet and discussion difficult to complete."
Student art work
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