Fieldwork+Plan

The excursion that is being proposed by our group is a visit to a nursing home by grade 3 and 4 students (Vic; Level 3). The learning will be focussed on: History; how housing and the way resources availability has changed over time. Civics and Citizenship; being able to relate to people in another age bracket and possibly from other countries.

David, can you add in the curriculum links that you had when we were talking? Thanks.

I found these tips for taking children to a nursing home @ eHow []
 * Call ahead of time and find out the best visiting hours in the nursing home. The organizers might prefer that you stay in a central area with your children, other places have people scheduled that they know will enjoy the presence of visitors. Be sensitive to their needs.
 * Have your children color or paint a few brightly colored pictures to give out to residents.
 * Discuss who you will be visiting and why. An example: "These people have special needs, that's why they are in a home where people can care for them. We are going to visit them today because they enjoy having company, just like you enjoy being with your friends".
 * Prepare your children for the fact that some of the elderly people might have oxygen tanks, ect, and that some people might not feel like having visitors that day.
 * Only stay for a short period, try to be sensitive to the fact that some residents might be tired or grumpy. Don't be offended if some of them don't seem to want to visit, they could just be having a bad day.
 * Let your children take the lead. They will probably surprise you

Activities that could be included in the curriculum Have the students speak to the residents and place their important dates on a timeline in one colour and the resident's dates in another colour. 'Timeline' (Reynolds, 2009, p. 102)

What are our learning outcomes?

Lesson plan notes: Discuss how your intentions for introducing the lesson -How will you engage learners? What is the provocation for learning, a resource, text, game, item, or event? What teaching strategy will you use, and why? For instance would you use debate, questioning, Venn diagrams, demonstration, jigsaw or another strategy? Why was this strategy selected? How will you assess student learning? Specifically what assessment technique will you use and why? What processes will you adopt to ensure students receive feedback on learning? What strategy will you use and why?