Grade 6 Term 3 Lesson 1
Optimal growth Conditions
Let's learn how to thrive.
In ArtSEL, we are learning about our Optimal Growth Conditions or 'learning how to thrive.'
Each brain cell has a nucleus containing the cells genes, an axon that sends messages onwards and dendrites that receive signals from other brain cells. Neurons don't touch each other but communicate across small gaps called synapses. (Image above)
What we need to thrive
*good healthy food,
*getting enough sleep
*plenty of water (not just surgery drinks)
*feeling connected to friends, adults and teachers (Do you try to make new friends and expand on your friendship groups)
*feeling empowered (feeling you have personal power to create positive change in the world),
*having a growth mindset (I can do it if I practise or try) rather than a fixed mindset (I can’t do it),
*positive values (Are you a person who sees the world as a glass is half empty or glass is half full type of person),
*feeling happy
Did you know that Adolescents need more sleep than they did as children and their circadian rhythms appear to be set later than children’s or adults.
Sleep declines from an average of 8.3 hours in Year 8, 7.5 hours in Year 10, to 7 hours in Year 12. Most teens function optimally on 9.25 hours of sleep. Sleep deprivation is associated with weight gain, moodiness, poorer attention and increased use of caffeinated stimulant drinks to become alert.
Adolescents getting only 5-6 hours of sleep a day lose out on the last two REM cycles and thereby reduce the amount of time the brain has to consolidate information into long term storage.
So now we understand what we need for Optimal Growing Conditions so we can thrive but how do we get smarter?
The 300 trillion connections between your brain cells have an amazing amount of processing power. The Good News! There is evidence that people are getting smarter. This is partly due to all of the different types of stimulation your brain gets every day compared with your ancestors. Now add to that all of the things you use to increase your brain power- smart phones, You tube clips, TED talks, books, computers. We can use our Brain to help us be more successful. Success involves working out what you enjoy and are good at and doing more of it. As well as working out what you are not so good at and doing less of it. Think about:
Does a combination of these equal success????
What you love doing.
Your Learning Strength
What someone will pay you to do
What the world needs
Success involves finding the intersection (as shown above) by starting with knowing your learning strengths. This is based on how your brain functions. What to do:
Identify Your Learning Strengths. By identifying your learning strengths, you can improve on areas where you are strong and build on these in a powerful way. Always remember, in life you don’t need to be good at everything.
Building Your Strengths. Learning how to play to your strengths is a major advantage in life. For example, if you are someone who thinks well in pictures (spatial reasoning) you will do best when you write or draw things out. Using flow chats, maps, diagrams, post-it notes and cartoons will help you succeed.
Using Your Strengths to Develop Another Area. Let’s say you are someone who has learning strengths in spatial reasoning (thinks well in pictures). Let’s also say for example, an area you are yet to develop in is number smarts. Learning to use your strength areas (e.g. spatial reasoning) to build on another area (e.g.maths) requires utilising your spatial reasoning skills. In this example, you might solve a difficult maths problem by drawing a series of pictures to help you solve the problem.
Turn anxiety into action. Everyone gets anxious when something is difficult to learn. Learning how to use your learning strength areas to increase your performance will help you reduce your anxieties.
Hacks for Smarter Thinking. Neuroplasticity is your brain’s ability to change. When we practise in areas we aren’t developed in, we improve. Even just a few minutes practice a day for 30 days changes your brain.
Don’t be a learning zombie. Just one hour less sleep a night can almost halve your smarts. Add to that a lot of sugar and you’ll zone out big time. Sure the sugar high will feel great but the sugar crash will have you feeling like one of the ‘walking dead’.
LET'S WATCH THE VODEO
ART
Today we are going to begin to draw a poster for:
Book Week
The theme this year is old worlds, new worlds, other worlds
Book week is on the 21st - 27th August
This date must feature in your poster
This is a 2 week Art project so take your time and produce something marvelous!!!!!
What is a poster?
A Poster is an important medium to promote an event it delivers a social message. It is something that can create excitement amongst the targeted people and make them remember every detail easily.
If you want to create a buzz and get the audience excited about BOOK WEEK then your posters need to be visually impactful and have a lasting effect on people.
But every poster is different but make your effort count.
Why posters are important?
The right poster design sends a bold message to people.
It connects with the audience and makes them interested in your event.
It will create an interest in BOOK WEEK and give information to people.
Here I have 10 Poster design ideas to get you inspired:
A poster that is minimalistic
A poster that follows the mantra of less is more can sometimes be the best way to attract more people. Some things can actually be more impactful if they use less design or text or colors or even white space. They are bolder about conveying your message as it indicates that you don’t need big words or flashy colours to make a statement and impress people.
A poster that is colourful
If you want to appear bold use lots of colour in your posters. A color poster is more likely to grab the attention of the people if designed properly as colour psychology is a powerful tool like red is for power and blue for soothing, so select them according to the intended message.
A poster with lot of typography
Sometimes you need to deliver a lot of information about maybe an event. In such cases, typographic posters are best. They don’t need fancy images just a typeface that is appealing and visible to people. In such posters, content should be unique - all the information that is relevant to the poster’s purpose should be in the poster without making it look cluttered.
A poster with graphics
If you want to surround BOOK WEEK with mystery and interest keep text to a minimal This helps people interpret it any way they want while keeping the mystery intact and hence more audience will be interested in it.
A poster that creates nostalgia
If you want people to remember something from the old ear or give it a vintage feel use a vintage theme to design your posters. It makes people nostalgic, and they look forward to feeling that way.
A poster whose focal point is a photo
A picture speaks louder than words, is dramatic and also invokes emotion from people. If you have a good photo that perfectly sums up your message then using it as the central attention with few words is the way to go.
A poster that uses motivational quotes
Using motivational quotes or images can actually help in delivering a social message and making sure that it has an impact on the minds of the audience. This is good for BOOK WEEK.
A poster that beautifies nature
For events that are related to nature like conserving water or importance of sustainable development, using images of nature can be helpful.
A poster that uses shapes
Using different shapes makes the viewer eye the whole poster as one shape creates another shape. They can be used to contain text or heading.
A poster that has humor
Using sarcastic phrases or making the poster funny and silly is a great way to capture the attention of a passerby. Never hesitate to use this idea, as it can work way better than others but must be appropriate.
Additionally, you can design amazing posters using poster templates to get you started. These ideas and posters must have inspired you, so what you are waiting for, start designing.
HAVE FUN!!!!!!!
Please bring your posters to school so we can display them around the school.
Grade 6 Term 3 Lesson 2
Friendship and managing different Perspectives.
: What type of friend are you?
Let's focused on helping students consider what type of friend they are.
Do you make friends easily? Do you feel you do a good job of keeping friends?
What do you do?
· I say hello to people even if I don’t know them.
· I listen as much as I talk when I’m with my friends.
· I try to help my friends meet other people they might like.
· I suggest things to do that other people think are fun.
· I don’t repeat gossip or hurtful comments about others.
· I know when my friends are angry, frustrated, or feeling left out – even when they don’t say anything.
· I apologise when I accidentally upset someone.
· I keep secrets that friends ask me to keep as long as it is not harmful and keeps my friends and myself safe.
· I keep the promises I make.
· I can disagree with someone without getting angry or resorting to name- calling.
· I stand up for what I think is right even if my friends do not agree.
· I encourage friends to do their best.
· If I say I will do something, I almost always try to do it.
· If a friend is upset, I try and talk to them about it.
· I try to forgive people when they do something wrong.
Discuss, ‘losing enemies’ skills, are they good or do I needed to work on them.
· I can walk away from people that are toxic or constantly making me feel bad.
· I report bullying behaviour.
· I stick up for those who are being bullied or I report it.
· I am not a bystander to bullying.
Considering someone else’s perspective is part of empathy and is an especially important step to take when you are in conflict with a friend. Sometimes we make assumptions about other people’s perspective. When you make assumptions, you believe you know what is true about what people think or why people act the way they do. Sometimes we don’t stop to consider all the possibilities. This is especially true when your feelings are strong (e.g., being turned down for an invitation and assuming this was because they weren’t interested in getting to know me that turns out that they had other plans)
Making assumptions can create problems between friends.
Sometimes we make assumptions about others without considering all the possible things that person might be thinking or other reasons for that person’s actions. The reasons for people’s different perspectives lie in their unique feelings, experiences, needs or wants. Sometimes it is difficult to understand someone else’s perspective is when:
*People hide their feelings.
*If people are really different from you, it can be hard to imagine their experiences, needs or wants.
*It can be hard to get your assumptions out of your head.
Let's try making new friends and smiling at people more.
ART
Today we are going to begin to draw a poster for:
Book Week
The theme this year is old worlds, new worlds, other worlds
Book week is on the 21st - 27th August
This date must feature in your poster
This is a 2 week Art project so take your time and produce something marvelous!!!!!
What is a poster?
A Poster is an important medium to promote an event it delivers a social message. It is something that can create excitement amongst the targeted people and make them remember every detail easily.
If you want to create a buzz and get the audience excited about BOOK WEEK then your posters need to be visually impactful and have a lasting effect on people.
But every poster is different but make your effort count.
Why posters are important?
The right poster design sends a bold message to people.
It connects with the audience and makes them interested in your event.
It will create an interest in BOOK WEEK and give information to people.
Here I have 10 Poster design ideas to get you inspired:
A poster that is minimalistic
A poster that follows the mantra of less is more can sometimes be the best way to attract more people. Some things can actually be more impactful if they use less design or text or colors or even white space. They are bolder about conveying your message as it indicates that you don’t need big words or flashy colours to make a statement and impress people.
A poster that is colourful
If you want to appear bold use lots of colour in your posters. A colour poster is more likely to grab the attention of the people if designed properly as colour psychology is a powerful tool like red is for power and blue for soothing, so select them according to the intended message.
A poster with lot of typography
Sometimes you need to deliver a lot of information about maybe an event. In such cases, typographic posters are best. They don’t need fancy images just a typeface that is appealing and visible to people. In such posters, content should be unique - all the information that is relevant to the poster’s purpose should be in the poster without making it look cluttered.
A poster with graphics
If you want to surround BOOK WEEK with mystery and interest keep text to a minimal This helps people interpret it any way they want while keeping the mystery intact and hence more audience will be interested in it.
A poster that creates nostalgia
If you want people to remember something from the old ear or give it a vintage feel use a vintage theme to design your posters. It makes people nostalgic, and they look forward to feeling that way.
A poster whose focal point is a photo
A picture speaks louder than words, is dramatic and also invokes emotion from people. If you have a good photo that perfectly sums up your message then using it as the central attention with few words is the way to go.
A poster that uses motivational quotes
Using motivational quotes or images can actually help in delivering a social message and making sure that it has an impact on the minds of the audience. This is good for BOOK WEEK.
A poster that beautifies nature
For events that are related to nature like conserving water or importance of sustainable development, using images of nature can be helpful.
A poster that uses shapes
Using different shapes makes the viewer eye the whole poster as one shape creates another shape. They can be used to contain text or heading.
A poster that has humor
Using sarcastic phrases or making the poster funny and silly is a great way to capture the attention of a passerby. Never hesitate to use this idea, as it can work way better than others but must be appropriate.
Additionally, you can design amazing posters using poster templates to get you started. These ideas and posters must have inspired you, so what you are waiting for, start designing.
HAVE FUN!!!!!!!
Please bring your posters to school so we can display them around the school.
Grade 6 Term 3 Lesson 4 August (9 - 13)
How to Greet People and Make New Friends
To be successful in almost any area of life, we need people to know that we are friendly and approachable and will be a good friend. To be a genuine friend to people we need to learn how to behave successfully.
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ART
UNIT LEARNING INTENTION
To understand how to effectively communicate satire through art
UNIT SUCCESS CRITERIA
I can identify what satire is
I can describe effective strategies to communicate satire
I can utilise effective strategies to create a satirical artwork
I can provide myself with feedback and feedforward to enhance (refine and add detail) my artwork.
Pawel Kuczynski is a polish artist who creates amazing satirical illustrations. When you first look at the illustrations you think they are funny.
On a closer look you actually realize that they are much deeper. Pawel illustrates some pretty serious world problems. He portrays political, social and cultural issues we deal with daily.
Pawel certainly uses his illustrations to show us in a pretty straight forward way what is wrong with our world today.
Too much social media time, internet, political craziness. It is all portrayed here, take a look at the images. Pawel's work is highly recognized and the artist has been rewarded with more than 100 prizes and distinctions. His take on world's problems certainly makes us think.
A popular subject for his work is Facebook. He sees high dependence of Facebook or other social platforms are very unhealthy. For those who do not have social media, it is more of a warning.
Take a look at each images, and think about what political, social and cultural issue Pawel Kuczynski is trying to portray. How did he use satire in each image?
This week students will learn about satirical art through Pawel Kuczynski and create a satirical art piece of their own.
This week the draft of your drawing is required.
First, you will learn what satire is and then explore the artist Pawel Kuczynski and the meaning behind his artwork. You will then create a poster. (What is a poster - Last weeks lesson)
You will need a grey lead pencil and an eraser. You will also need textas or coloured pencils to finish off your drawing.
Before you begin your drawings, I would suggest you read all the instructions and discuss them with your parents or siblings. This will 'frontload' you, giving you a better chance of creating something your are really proud of.
What is satire?
Satire is using humor to make fun of and often show the weaknesses of someone or something.
Satirical art (art using satire) is when we use pictures with deeper meaning. Sometimes the illustrations are funny but when you look deeper into the image you will notice some serious problems or issue in the world.
Do a Wikipedia search on 'Satirical Illustrations' to gain more information.
Enjoy and learn!!!!!!
Grade 6 Term 3 Lesson 5 August (16 - 20)
Friendships and Relationships My Friendship
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UNIT LEARNING INTENTION
To understand how to effectively communicate satire through art
UNIT SUCCESS CRITERIA
I can identify what satire is
I can describe effective strategies to communicate satire
I can utilise effective strategies to create a satirical artwork
I can provide myself with feedback and feedforward to enhance (refine and add detail) my artwork.
Pawel Kuczynski is a polish artist who creates amazing satirical illustrations. When you first look at the illustrations you think they are funny.
On a closer look you actually realize that they are much deeper. Pawel illustrates some pretty serious world problems. He portrays political, social and cultural issues we deal with daily.
Pawel certainly uses his illustrations to show us in a pretty straight forward way what is wrong with our world today.
Too much social media time, internet, political craziness. It is all portrayed here, take a look at the images. Pawel's work is highly recognized and the artist has been rewarded with more than 100 prizes and distinctions. His take on world's problems certainly makes us think.
A popular subject for his work is Facebook. He sees high dependence of Facebook or other social platforms are very unhealthy. For those who do not have social media, it is more of a warning.
Take a look at each images, and think about what political, social and cultural issue Pawel Kuczynski is trying to portray. How did he use satire in each image?
This week students will learn about satirical art through Pawel Kuczynski and create a satirical art piece of their own or continue what you are working on.
This week the draft of your drawing is required.
First, you will learn what satire is and then explore the artist Pawel Kuczynski and the meaning behind his artwork. You will then create a poster. (What is a poster - Last weeks lesson)
You will need a grey lead pencil and an eraser. You will also need textas or coloured pencils to finish off your drawing.
Before you begin your drawings, I would suggest you read all the instructions and discuss them with your parents or siblings. This will 'frontload' you, giving you a better chance of creating something your are really proud of.
What is satire?
Satire is using humor to make fun of and often show the weaknesses of someone or something.
Satirical art (art using satire) is when we use pictures with deeper meaning. Sometimes the illustrations are funny but when you look deeper into the image you will notice some serious problems or issue in the world.
Do a Wikipedia search on 'Satirical Illustrations' to gain more information.
Enjoy!!!!
Grade 6 Term 3 Lesson 6 August (23 - 27)
ArtSEL Transition Program: My Values
This week in ArtSEL, we are focusing on how to identify personal values that influence behaviour, and how they apply to social dilemmas.
• Everything you think and everything you feel is because of the values and beliefs you hold.
• A value is something you think is more important than anything else.
• You may not be aware of it but your values shape what you do and your decisions shape your life. That means values guide behaviour. They allow us to make choices about how we behave.
• They also give us choices when emotions and stresses swamp our thinking and we are unsure of what to do.
• Knowing our values gives us power over being too reactive.
• Other values define who we are and who we have become.
Discussed a range of personal values and then pick five top personal values to help you understand what they believe in and stand for.
Write down your values, think about why they are important for your future.
ART
Another satirical artist we are exploring is
Banksy is a British street and graffiti artist. He likes to remain anonymous and not let people know his true identity. He often draws in high visibility public places such as on buildings or train stations. His paintings are often about politics, war and other important topics.
His satirical street art and mind-hurting pictures combine dark humour with graffiti. The images are aimed at attracting an audience by using images to challenge the way we think about the world.
Such works have been done on streets, walls, and bridges of cities throughout the world.
In Banksy's art he sometimes has a caption to go with artwork which is different to Pawel Kuczynski . His captions are always short, sharp and catchy.
Today in Art we are going to draw a satirical art piece about saving the Orangutans.
Think about why they are critically endangered?
Who is responsible for this? Why?
Use any materials you have at home to complete this activity.
Start with your chosen image and make a quick sketch. Now we are going to do your draft.
Let's look at some examples to get you thinking.
Image search 'Banksy' and 'Pawel Kuczynski' for depicting 'satirical illustrations.
Wikipedia search ‘Satirical Illustrators ’ to help you get more ideas.
Image search ‘famous Satirical Illustrators’. What do you notice?
Now, that you have lots of ideas, on A3 or bigger paper, begin by lightly sketching out the key elements of your drawing.
Think of the composition of your design. Remember what we learnt in photography about the art and design principles? Think of balance, pattern, tone, harmony, rhythm etc.
Don't lock them in properly yet. Remember, you are like a sculptor, pushing and pulling these elements until they find their right place. The key elements are:
-Rough outline of your images
-Rough positioning of where these images will go on your page.
-Rough shape of your images
When sketching, plot out the key elements.
Here is a tip: Keep it simple, clear and iconic. If you want to convey your message effectively to an audience, you don't want too much happening in your artwork. Avoid detail.
Enjoy your Art!!!!!!!
Listen to someone reading a book while you create your Art
Grade 6 Term 3 Lesson 7 August (30 - 3 Sept)
ArtSEL Transition Program:
How to be happy
Let's watch this video.
Daily habits to keep us happy
Smile. You tend to smile when you're happy.
Exercise. Exercise isn't just for your body.
Get plenty of sleep.
Eat with mood in mind.
Be grateful.
Give a genuine compliment.
Breathe deeply.
Cynical realism in Art
Cynical realism is a contemporary movement in Chinese art, especially in the form of painting, that began in the 1990s. Beginning in Beijing, it has become one of the most popular Chinese contemporary art movements in mainland China.
Yue Minjun his famous smile and what lies behind it?
The face with the enigmatic, jaw-breaking grin, perhaps the most recognizable image in contemporary Chinese painting, is a self-portrait.
The mesmerizing enigma of that reddish face painted over and over again, with the wide laugh and the eyes tightly shut from the hilarious strain, is subject to a multitude of interpretations. Though Mr. Yue doesn’t feel that he belongs to a school or movement and he doesn’t think he’s cynical.
“I’m actually trying to make sense of the world,” he said. “There’s nothing cynical or absurd in what I do.”
“The first step was to create a style to express my feelings accurately, starting with something that I knew really well —myself.”
“So I developed this painting where you see someone laughing,” he said. “At first you think he’s happy, but when you look more carefully, there’s something else there.”
“A smile,” Mr. Yue said, “doesn’t necessarily mean happiness; it could be something else.”
'I’m not laughing at anybody else, because once you laugh at others, you’ll run into trouble, and can create obstacles,” he said.
So just smiling or laughing is a way of making yourself happy!!!!!
Let's get started with our Art
We are going to draw ourselves smiling.
Take a photo of yourself with an exaggerated smile. Feel all the wrinkles, think about how your face has changed and what happens to your eyes.
Then draw yourself looking at the photograph.
What you need
The photograph.
A piece of paper. White paper is usually the best for this kind of Art.
A lead pencil
Rubber
Any materials for colouring even red food colouring.
Choose one of these images to draw or
draw yourself with a large smile on your face.
Draw what you see.
You have learnt about another famous Artist.
Yue Minjun
Well done.
Grade 6 Term 3 Lesson 8 Sept 6 - 10
Unhelpful coping styles
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Last week in ArtSEL, we learnt the ‘Art of Happiness’.
This week we are looking at some of the common unhelpful copying styles students use when they approach social dilemmas.
Here are some of the common unhelpful coping styles:
WAIT FOR THE SITUATION TO BE RIGHT BEFORE HAVING A GOOD TIME
One of the most dangerous words is ‘someday’. People say things like, ‘someday I’ll be happy’,
‘someday I’ll do what I want to do’ or ‘someday I’ll be confident’. Putting off having a great life until you have the right job/house/partner/friend is a great way of putting off life all together.
COMPARE YOURSELF TO OTHERS
Spend hours thinking about how much more beautiful, happy, intelligent, creative, insightful and
wonderful everybody else is compared to you. Think that glossy people who are featured in glossy
magazines have glossy lives despite lots of evidence to the contrary.
GIVE OTHERS THE POWER TO CONTROL YOUR LIFE.
This occurs when you don’t do the things you want to do. Let other people choose your life
directions and priorities for you. This allows you to avoid responsibility. When you end up miserable
(and believe me you will!) blame the people you let make the decisions,
ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE OTHER PEOPLE HAPPY AT THE EXPENSE OF YOUR OWN HAPPINESS
Try to fix other people or spend your life trying to please them. Base your life decisions on what
other people will think of you rather than what you want to do.
FEEL IT IS BETTER TO AVOID REJECTION THAN TO LOVE
Play safe. If you don’t try to love people you can’t be let down or hurt. Resign yourself to a life of
perpetual disappointment.
TALK YOURSELF OUT OF STUFF YOU REALLY WOULD LIKE TO DO.
Spend time telling yourself you can’t do things because you are not smart enough or talented
enough. You can really begin to believe that if you don’t try, you can’t fail.
SAY YES WHEN YOU MEAN NO
It’s nice to be helpful and agreeable but if you say yes to things you don’t want to do, you can end up
feeling really bad about yourself or resentful of people. Long-term resentment turns into bitterness
BELIEVE YOU DON’T DESERVE TO BE HAPPY
Believe that you need to smarter, more good looking, more sporty, more creative, more popular or
more skinny before you can be happy.
Which unhelpful style do you use? What could you do instead?
This week in SEL we are learning that sometimes we use unhelpful coping styles that sometimes make us feel even worse.
If we are not aware of these unhelpful coping styles it is like digging yourself into a hole.
This week the art activity is to draw a useful artistic hole that helps us to be mindful rather than being negative.
Relax
Have time to yourself;
Exercise;
Read
Spending time with family
Laugh
Spend time on your hobbies;
Spend quality time with your pets;
Get a good night’s sleep;
Eat healthy food.
A4 paper
Grey lead
Rubber.
Thin and thick tipped black markers.
Have a look at the video's on the left hand side and choose one of them that you would like to draw.
Please watch the video's very carefully and stop the video frequently.
You can get some inspiration from the images below and add some colour or other patterns to make it your own.
Good luck and have fun!!!!!!!!!
After you have completed your drawing upload to Google Classroom under ArtSEL.
LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL PLANNING WEEK
We will do this lesson together.
Depression Proofing Yourself
Grade 6 Term 3 Lesson 9 Sept 13 - 17)
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Lion Mind video
This week in Art we are going to be making a kindness heart.
What you will need
A lead pencil
Rubber
Piece of paper, can be coloured.
Black and red texters or colour
Let's get started
Watch the video and pause at anytime.