Year 1 – 10 Programmes

THE ARTS – VISUAL ART

Specific Learning Outcomes:
SLO’s are available in lesson outlines or can be developed in consultation with teachers.

Programme Outlines:

A2

Te Arawa Art
Classroom introduction and presentation using images and lesson aids
Gallery exploration & activity.
Exploring / developing either line, texture, pattern, or tonal variation.
Discover forms of Maori art and use learning techniques for observational drawings of taonga, whakairo, tukutuku and kowhaiwhai. Use observational drawings to create a unique art work that represents students understanding.
Cinema Experience “Rotorua Stories”. (optional extra)

Focusing Questions:
What is a koru design and where did it come from?
Where did Maori get influences and ideas for the patterns and designs?
What are the names and the origins of the different patterns Maori used?

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Specific Learning Outcomes:
SLO’s are available in lesson outlines or can be developed in consultation with teachers.

Programme Outlines:

S1

Tarawera Te Maunga Tapu
Classroom introduction and presentation using images and lesson aids.
Galllery Exploration & Activity. Cinema Experience “Rotorua Stories”.

Focusing Questions:
How were the people and land affected by the 1886 eruption?
What were the events that happened before, during and after the 1886 eruption?

H1

Great – Grandparents
Classroom introduction and presentation using images and lesson aids
Discuss what life was like in the early 1900s. Key focus on buildings, streets, transport, food, clothing and everyday activities. Dress up in olden day clothing.
Gallery exploration & activity. Cinema experience “Rotorua Stories”.

Focusing Questions:
What was life like when our grandparents were young?
How did Rotorua township develop?
What has changed / stayed the same?

H2

Rotorua Past and Present
Classroom introduction and presentation using images and lesson aids
Focus on buildings, streets, transport, clothing, and attractions.
Gallery exploration & activity.
Cinema experience “Rotorua Stories”.

Focusing Questions:
How has Rotorua changed over time?
When was the Rotorua Township developed?
How have major events effected this development?
What are some of the main features of Rotorua and how have they changed over time?
What are some of the effects that Tourism has had on Rotorua and the people that live here?

M1

Maori Battalion
Classroom introduction and presentation using images and lesson aids
Gallery exploration & activity.
Students will explore and compare the different conditions, battles and countries.
Look at map locations. See a timeline of events and investigate food, clothing and shelter of the time. Dress up in Army attire.
Maori Battalion Cinema.

Focusing Questions:
Why was a Maori Battalion formed?
Who were they and where did they come from?
Where did they go?
What did they do?
How did they feel upon coming home?

T1

Te Arawa
Classroom introduction and presentation using images and lesson aids
Gallery exploration & activity. Traditional games and activities.
Cinema Experience “Rotorua Stories”.

Focusing Questions:
Who are Te Arawa?
Where did they originally come from? Why did they leave?
How did they get here?
What made them stay in the Rotorua Region?
How did they live?
What were some of their traditional games, tools and past times.

T2

Te Arawa Myths and Legends
Classroom introduction and presentation using images and lesson aids.
Gallery exploration & activity highlighting a variety of famous Te Arawa legends. Hatu Patu, Hinemoa & Tutanekai, Ngatoroirangi & Tama o hoi, and Ngatoroirangi & the coming of fire. (Geothermal activity).
Cinema Experience “Rotorua Stories”.

Focusing Questions:
What are legends?
How are they remembered and recorded?
How are they related to the land and people?
What legends are told in the museum?

SCIENCE

Specific Learning Outcomes:
SLO’s are available in lesson outlines or can be developed in consultation with teachers.

Programme Outlines:

V1

Tarawera Science
Classroom introduction and presentation using images and lesson aids.
Gallery Exploration & Activity.
Cinema Experience “Rotorua Stories”.

Focusing Questions:
How are volcanoes formed?
What type of volcanoes are found in this area?
What is a caldera eruption?
What type of volcano is Tarawera Mountain?
What occurred when Tarawera Mountain erupted?

V2

Tarawera Science
V1 plus practical Hokey Pokey experiment (magma/lava)

V3

Tarawera Science
V1 plus classroom introduction to Geothermal Activity
What is geothermal activity?
Where does it come from? How is it used in Rotorua?
What are the different types of geothermal activity found in the Rotorua district?

V4

Sulphur Science
V3 plus a practical science experiments on Sulphur Point where students predict and record temperatures and acidity of ground water and fumaroles in certain areas.