Episode 21 2012 Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers should be aware that this document may contain images or names of people who have since passed away. Teachers should use discretion and sensitivity when using this content with their students. Note to teachers: As always, we are looking for feedback from teachers to ensure that these notes are providing genuine learning opportunities for students. We would also love input from teachers. If you have any suggestions for activities, or activities you have come up with for your class, please get in touch with us. VAMPtv Production team. Rod Balaam VAMPtv School Liaison Rodney.Balaam@ntschools.net
ACTIVITIES TO DO ON YOUR OWN (OR WITH A FRIEND!) THE BEAT FESTIVAL The Beat Festival is a big concert in the NT that brings students from all over the territory to dance, sing and play music together. Watch the clip about this year s Beat Festival carefully and answer the questions below in full sentences. 1. How many students took part in this year s Beat Festival? 2. What was the theme of this year s Beat Festival? 3. What did the NEAL boys change their name to? 4. What is hanging on the wall behind the NEAL boys when they are at their audition? 5. How many dancers in yellow can you see on stage? (You might have to pause the clip so that you can count them.) 6. Who wrote World Turning? (This information is not in the clip so you might have to look this up on the Internet.) W L 3.1 Communication W L3.2 Sociocultural understanding W L3.4 Learning-how-to-learn L L3.2 Sociocultural understanding L L3.3 Language structure and features
WONDER R L 3.1 Communication R L3.3 Language structure and features The theme of next year s Beat Festival is wonder. We want kids from bush schools and communities to write songs about wonder for the festival. Why don t you have a go? Wonder can be a verb (an action word). Eg. I wonder who will win the footy? Wonder can also be a noun (a feeling) and this is the way the Beat Festival will be using it. Eg. The beautiful rainbow filled me with wonder. Wonder is a hard feeling to describe. It is a really good feeling that you feel when something amazes you. You might feel wonder when you see a really beautiful sunset and you think about how much you love your country and how special it is. You might feel wonder when you see your baby brother or sister for the first time and think how did this tiny little person come into the world?. The first step to writing a song is to have an idea! By yourself or with a partner think of three things that fill you with wonder. It might be your favourite place or a special person you know. Draw or write them in the boxes below. Now think of some times that you felt amazed or full of wonder. It might be when you went to an important ceremony or looked out of a plane window at the country below. Draw or write these memories in the boxes below. Share your ideas with your class. Then, as a class, pick some of the best ideas to start writing a song about. We ll give you some more ideas for writing songs in the activities for the next episode of the show. W L 3.1 Communication L L3.2 Sociocultural understanding L L3.3 Language structure and features
HEY SUGAR! You guys know by now that junk food is no good for you. Chocolate, lollies, coke, lemonade and cake is bad for your teeth, for your body and for your brain. The kids at Kintore wrote a great song this week about sugar and unhealthy food to remind us to keep eating healthily. Take this recipe home with you and cook a healthy dinner for your family. All these ingredients should be available from your local shop. This recipe will serve 8 people. VEGETABLES AND MINCE Equipment: Large frying pan or saucepan Chopping board Sharp knife Wooden spoon Ingredients: 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil 2 large zucchinis cut into cubes 1 tin of corn kernels 1 cup of frozen peas 2 chopped onions 1kg beef mince 8 chopped tomatoes 2 tablespoons of tomato paste 2 tablespoons of worcestershire sauce 2 cups of beef stock (you can buy stock cubes and mix it with a cup of water) As much cooked rice as you and your family need for a meal. Instructions: 1. Put your oil in the saucepan or frying pan and heat on the stove. Put the chopped zucchini, corn and onion in the pan and cook. Stir for a few minutes until they are soft. 2. Add the mince. Keep stirring the mince while it cooks and break up any big pieces with the spoon. Cook for about 10 minutes or until all the mince has turned brown. 3. Add the tomato, tomato paste, stock and worcestershire sauce. Keep stirring every now and then until it gets thick (about 10 minutes). Turn the heat to low. 4. Add the peas. Leave the pan on low heat for about 5 minutes or until the peas are soft. 5. Serve with rice. R L 3.1 Communication DPC3.1 Investigating
JUNK PUNKS & DRUMMING You might not have an amazing set of junk percussion (yet!) but you can still teach yourself about rhythm and percussion until you and your friends build your own set of junk drums. Musical beats are the pulse of music. In most music we hear the beats are organised into groups of 4. Count the beats below either by clapping or saying the numbers. Count full beats 1, 2, 3, 4, with even rhythm (just like a clock keeps even time) 1 2 3 4 Each beat is equal time 2 half beats = 1 full beat 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & Count half beats 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & (count the & symbol too) Read the music below and try to create the beats with stamps and claps. The next beat should sound like the We will rock you beat by Queen (your teacher should know this beat!). When it says 1 & 2 you need to stamp two times in the time it takes to count the normal 1. Eg. Quick-Quick, Long In this one, beats 2 and 4 are split into two, so it is Long Quick-Quick. Summary : = 1 sound = 1 beat, = 2 sounds = 2 times ½ beats = 1 beat
JUNK PUNKS & DRUMMING cont Label the drum kit below Hi-Hat Bass Drum High Tom Crash Cymbal Floor Tom Ride Cymbal Snare Drum Medium Tom Design your own percussion instrument out of things you might find around the house or around the community. R L 3.1 Communication R L3.2 Sociocultural understanding R L3.4 Learning-how-to-learn DPC 3.1 Investigate CRA 3.1 Music DPC 3.2 Options WL 3.1 Communication
PORTRAITS WL 3.1 Communication WL 3.4 Learning-how-to-learn strategies Res 3.1 Visual Arts A portrait is a representation of a person. It gives us more information about a person s appearance but can also describe their personality or their life. Portraits are often photographs or paintings but words can also be used to create an image of a person. Written portraits can describe a person in detail in ways that images sometimes can t. Self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh Portrait of Seaman Dan, Torres Strait Islander singer-songwriter Create a written portrait of yourself. Below is the structure of a Bio Poem which is a type of poem that describes a person in 11 lines. Fill in the brackets with your own information. Examples have been provided. (First name)- (Eg. Alison) (Four adjectives that describe the person) (Eg. Clever, kind, thoughtful and curious) Son or Daughter of (your parents names) (Eg. Frances and Geoffrey) Who loves (three different things that the person loves) (Eg.walking, reading and fishing) Who feels (three different feelings and when or where they are felt) (Eg. excited when the sun rises, calm when the sun sets and curious when a door opens) Who gives (three different things the person gives) (Eg. love, friendship and bravery) Who fears (three different fears the person has) (Eg. the dark, shouting and climbing too high) Who would like to see (three different things the person would like to see) (Eg. Melbourne, the moon and the year 3000) Who lives (a brief description of where the person lives) (Eg. Millingimbi) (last name) (Eg. Gaykamangu) The Archibald Prize is a famous Australian portrait prize. Go the Archibald website and look at the 2012 finalists: http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2012/ Choose two portraits that interest you and answer the following questions for each: 1. Who is the portrait of? 2. What is the mood of the portrait? Is it happy? Serious? Is it a humourous painting? Is it energetic or calm? 3. Can you find anything else in the portrait that gives you information about the person in the painting?
IT S YOUR TURN R L 3.1 Communication R L3.3 Language structure and features NARIS stands for National Alliance for Remote Indigenous Schools. NARIS has an Indigenous Teaching Academy that wants students in Years 9 to 12 to go to university and become a teacher. It s your turn was made by kids from five communities - Arlparra (NT), Mimili (SA), Yarrabah (Qld), Wilcannia (NSW ) and Nullagine (WA) to get students to think about how becoming a teacher could be a good thing for them and their community. We have put some of the lyrics in English from the second part of It s your turn. Listen to the song closely and fill in the missing words below. Yarrabah T - E - Everybody A - C - H - Honour E - Earth R - S - Survive Tell you something that you never knew Open up your mind yeah! Open up the! changed... brain rearranged More, more knowledge, more gain! Yarra lingo is the language I speak It lifts me up when I'm feeling...true Honesty, plus, where your main aims lead Aim to be the that's what I want to see! Wilcannia If I was a I would teach Multiply, divide and In addition, I'd go fishing Hooking in a student who could see my big Yo, Iisten, I'm here on a to help you with your physical condition P.E. my specialty, basketball and Ultimate frisbee, getting busy, I'm 'a rock ya! Once you got the bug for learning gonna ya In the future I'll be a Starting now, loud with the sound from your speaker English is the language and the subject that will feature! Nullagine people have it! people have it! I ve got it! Who wants it? What! Hunger for the knowledge and - Hunting for the wisdom from all continents Build skills prove you re Thrive provide improve your it on! So it s not left behind Through stories - history flows Through memories - our grow Through action - our improve Feed on learning - teach the lessons Be the You choose L L 3.1 Communication L L3.2 Sociocultural understanding L L3.3 Language structure and features
NARIS COMMUNITIES It s your turn was made by kids from five communities - Arlparra (NT), Mimili (SA), Yarrabah (Qld), Wilcannia (NSW ) and Nullagine (WA). Using the Internet, find the five communities and mark roughly where they are on the map below. Mark your own community on the map too! How far away are the other communities from you? L3.1 Communication and cultural understanding ILC-M Band 3 People and Kinship