The children glued a map of the "Are We There Yet?" journey into the front cover of their books. On Friday students made covers for these using art styles inspired by the book/theme: My class made orange/red covers using paint and black and white oil pastels (to imitate the cover of the book) 1S did dot painting of various Australian animals and 1N traced templates and painted geckos. Travel Diaries - We gave the children new workbooks which will be their 'travel diaries'. We gave them a blank map of Australia and had the state and capital city names on the board for them to copy the spelling. Pre-test - Last week we began with a pre-test to see what the kids already knew about the location of states and capital cities. We're hoping that they will actually learn even more than this through the course of the unit as we follow the interests and experiences of students in the class. We believe that this is a bit 'above' the standard level for Year 1, but feel that our children are up to the challenge. The main focus for this unit of work is for students to learn some Australian geography - in particular the locations of the states, capital cities and a few common landmarks. We borrowed the title from the book by Alison Lester, as the unit of work is focused around her book.
She spends part of each year travelling to schools around Australia, helping students and teachers develop their own stories.This week the Year 1 classes began a new unit of work called "Are We There Yet? - A Journey Around Australia". Alison lives on a farm in the Victorian countryside. Her picture books include Running With the Horses, a story based on the evacuation of the world-famous Lipizzaner horses from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna during World War Two One Small Island, about the possibility of hope and environmental preservation for a World Heritage listed island and for the world itself Sophie Scott Goes South about a little girl's voyage to Antarctica and the sense of wonder that it brings and Kissed by the Moon, a lyrical celebration of the natural world and all that it has to offer a child. She has won many awards, including the 2005 Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Picture Book of the Year Award for Are We There Yet? and the 2012 CBCA Eve Pownall Book of the Year Award for One Small Island. Alison Lester (Australian Children's Laureate, 2012-2013) is one of Australia's most popular and bestselling creators of children's books.
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