| The Transport
Safety Rap will run from Week 1 of Term 4, 2003 to Week 5 of
Term 4, 2003 and is suitable for Stage 3 (Years 5 and 6) students.
This rap is designed to develop students’ knowledge and understanding
of the safety features on and around public transport and to consider
their role and responsibilities in keeping in their own safety.
Dates
The following dates indicate the activities and timeline for the Transport Safety Rap.
| * Subscription: (From
13 October 2003
) |
| * Subscription
and introductions |
Week 1
(Week beginning
13 October 2003
) |
| * Rap point
1 |
Week 2
(Week beginning
20 October 2003
) |
| *
Rap point 2 |
Week
3 (Week beginning
27 October 2003
) |
| * Rap point 3 |
Week 4 (Week beginning
3 November 2003
) |
| * Rap wrap up
|
Week 5 (Week beginning
10 November 2003
)
|
Coordinator
Ingrid Weiss
, Curriculum Consultant NSW State Rai,
email schoolprojects@staterail.nsw.gov.au or telephone (02) 8202 2158.
PDHPE outcomes
This rap will provide opportunities for students to work towards
the following Stage 3 outcomes from the PDHPE K-6 Syllabus.
Knowledge
and understanding
Safe Living (SLS3.13)
Describes safe practices that are appropriate to a range
of situations and environments.
Skills
Communicating (COS3.3)
Communicates confidently in a variety of situations.
Values
and attitudes
V4 Increasingly accepts responsibility
for personal and community health. |
Information communication technologies
This
rap will assist Stage 3 students in the development of their
ability to:
- use
ICT to locate, access, evaluate, manipulate, create, store
and retrieve information
- express
ideas and communicate with others, using ICT.
|
How
do schools get involved involved?
From
13 October 2003
(Week 1,
Term 4) you may participate in the Transport Safety Rap by entering your email address in the boxes
below and clicking the Submit button after each section is completed.
You will receive
emails to confirm that:
your subscription
was successful you
are in the teacher support email system or listserv your
class is accepted to participate in the rap.
Simply follow
the instructions these sections of the rap contain when posting
messages.
Archives
of the class email discussion
Overview
of the rap
Select the appropriate link to find out the activities for each
week of the rap.
All class emails
and responses sent to the rap are archived in the Gallery
of rappers illustrations and work samples.
Rap
support materials
The following
materials will help you complete the Transport Safety Rap.
Frequently
asked questions (FAQs)
Email:
instruction sheet for students This section contains information
about how to send and receive messages via email, including attaching
files.
Rap
maps
Find examples
of maps
and tally sheets. Students may use these to identify and locate
schools participating in the rap. Use these or create your own maps
and tally sheets based on ideas from the examples provided.
Rap lingos
This section
provides some of the terms and language used in the Transport
Safety Rap.
| Rap |
online
discussion on a topic, e.g. book or event |
| Rappers |
the people
involved in this rap |
| Rap point |
a topic, issue or event to discuss, or question to answer |
| Rap task |
class activities designed to explore the rap point |
| Rap
map |
a map marking
other rappers' locations |
| Rap
record |
print out
of messages responded to |
| Rap rep |
the person typing the responses |
| Rap reporters |
the people relaying rap news to others |
| Rap
wrap up |
final message
about a rap |
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