term 3, week 2 - journals

Jacaranda Journals Term 3, Week 2: 22-28 July 2019

Welcome back.


What’s in a day?

During this weeks drama session with Mrs Zachest we explored puppetry using our calico dolls. Each child manipulated their own doll to carry out a day in the life of themselves. The children were encouraged to work in pairs to create conversations and practise asking questions to each others.


Thursday, 18th July 2019

What is a home? Last week we began our PYP unit of inquiry into homes and journeys. We started with the ini<al ques<on

‘What is a home?’ This led to a rich discussion about people having mul<ple homes in a variety of places.

What is a home? EvereE You live in it. Lucy You play games in it. Imogen You eat at the table. Amélie And you eat food. Woody You can watch TV. Jude You can play. Are all homes the same? Lucy They are different colours. Florence Different colours on the outside. Amélie And different colours on the inside. Jude I have three homes! EvereE I have two homes. Anna I have two homes. Imogen I have one home. Jude, tell us about your three homes? Jude My last one is blue. Anna, can you tell the group about your two homes. Anna I have one home in China and one home in Melbourne. China is a very long <me to get to by an

aeroplane. Does your China home look the same as your Melbourne home? Anna The China home doesn’t have so much toys. It only have a bed and a TV, a chair and a table. Samuel I have six homes. They are in Australia. You know my house…it has a two and a zero and a one.

And some<mes my house is going to be…. I have builders at my house and they are making mummy and daddy’s bedroom and puVng a shower in it.

Ayaan I have four homes. My first home is my Australia home. My second home is my friend’s beach house. And my friend is called Ollie and he invited me to his beach house. And also my other house lives in Sydney. And their is another friend in that house and I went to visit him and then.…inside their house their are two more persons. And my last home is in India and my grandpa and nanny live in there and their is also one more kid in there and I don’t know who it is.

Heidi I have two homes. One home in called my rotunda. I have a book about that and it's about a dog and a lady and the dog goes to the lady’s house and knocked on the door.

Ira One. It’s in Australia. Lucas One. It has a door. Do all homes have doors? Samuel You know Jude’s mum knocked on my door. Imogen I got one home. And it’s in Australia. And my house got lots of

toys and lots of books. Viaan My house is an Indian. So my house is called Red Dinosaur. Do you have animals that live at your house? Amelie Ollie. Woody Dogs are not animals they are pets. What is your favourite part of your home? Lucas The playroom. Max I have one house - In Australia. Mila I got one. Cara is my pet dog. He is black. Samuel My dog is white, he is called Bailey. Lucy I have a pet dog and a pet cat. The doggy is called Casey and

the cat is called Benson. Zoe I have one house in Black Rock. Florence I have Annie, mummy and daddy in my house. Jude My blue one lives in Australia. And my liEle one is in

Merimbula and there is a pool there.


Wednesday, 24 July 2019

“Every house looks different.” - Anna

This week we conMnued our discussion about homes and invesMgated the structure of and what you might find in a home.

What do you find in a home? Chloe I have my own bedroom. EvereE I have my own bedroom. Samuel I have my own bedroom up the stairs. Mila My daddy has big stairs at his work. Anna Toys. EvereE A roof. Chloe A chimney. Samuel My bedroom is close to Darcy’s. Viaan A toy room. EvereE A lounge room. Heidi I have my own bedroom and I have a dress in

my bedroom and it’s my favourite. Jude A pool. Viaan I don’t. EvereE You eat on the table outside. Woody You have to eat noodles on the table outside. Anna I have got two tables. We have one table outside and one table inside. Lucy And people can come and have dinner with you. Mila And I have a table in the kitchen. Anna But every house looks different. Because you buy it. And every mummy and

daddy chooses a different house. Where do you have a shower? Viaan In my bathroom. A bath and a shower and a tub up (upstairs) - a tub up is

when you get warm water on you. Heidi I eat in my pool some<mes when I go swimming and when my mum cooks

dinner. EvereE Heidi, so I know that you are under water but I don’t know….. Heidi, where does the food go? Heidi We hold it. I some<mes eat pasta and ravioli. How do you stay a float? Heidi You kick your legs.

Primary Years ProgrammeWhere we are in place and time

Unit of Inquiry: An inquiry into homes and journeys.

Central Idea: Over time, the transformation of homes and journeys involves many things.

Lines of Inquiry: Transformations

Homes and JourneysThe things that transform homes and journeys.

Jacaranda Journals Term 3, Week 2: 22-28 July 2019 Thursday, 25 July 2019

“The mouse lives in a hole so they can sleep in it.” - Samuel We agreed that all homes were different. During our mee<ng today we discussed why homes might

look different. The conversa<on led to the children discussing the purpose of a home and then a new conversa<on come up about animal homes. The children’s ideas highlighted that homes serve a purpose to keep both people and animals safe.

Are all homes the same? Collec<ve No. Anna Some homes have swimming pools and some homes don’t. Mila And stairs. Chloe My house has stairs. What is your house made from? Imogen Plas<c. Jane’s house has stairs. Florence Bricks. Samuel My home is made from bricks. And there is white on top of my roof and there is stairs on top

of my roof. Because I like looking at stars. Because yesterday I saw a moon that turned red. It was very red.

Anna Wood. Lucy Bricks. Heidi My house is made of glass, bricks and wood. I have a balcony. Samuel My house is made of bricks and the builder is building mummy and daddy’s bathroom. Mila, what does your daddy do for a job? MIla He helps his friends. Put up walls. Why do we live in a house? Florence To live in. EvereE So you don’t die. Does everyone live in a house? Samuel You know possums go on our house. And daddy scared the possum away and it went down

in the dirt. EvereE Samuel, how did your dad get up on the roof? Samuel He climbed up the ladder. He climbed up the roof and then he was cross and he jumped over

to the other house. Jude There is a hole in my house and the hole is for my possum. Do animals have homes? Samuel At the farm. They sleep in some grass and the mouse just sleep in boxes and birds sleep in

boxes and snakes sleep outside. Anna Some of the animals - kangaroos and elephants live in zoos. But only some of them. Viaan In the forest. Charlie In the woods. They some<mes find a liEle bit of room. They dig a hole in the woods and they

pull a liEle bit under them so no snake can see them so they can’t eat them. Where do birds live? Lucy A nest. Viaan High so a crocodile can’t eat it. Samuel The mouse lives in a hole so they can sleep in it.

What is a Morning Meeting?

A morning meeting is an important part of our program where we gather as a community of learners. As educators we consider this a valuable time and see ourselves as equal learners with the children. During a morning meeting children and educators have the opportunity to share ideas, ask

questions, clarify understandings, challenge thinking and hypothesise. We all get a chance to share our ideas. We sit in a circle so we can see each

other and show our respect to the person who is speaking. All ideas are valuable and add to our discussion and we appreciate the

creativity and imagination the children bring to these discussions. At times, ideas or contributions may seem out of context but when the children are given more time and opportunity to use verbal and non verbal methods of

explanation their ideas become contextualised.

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