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Curaclam na Bunscoile: Aonad 7Strand Unit: Writing: developing emotional and imaginative life through writingObjective:The child should be enabled to:• Express in writing reactions to the experiences of others• Write stories and poems• Express a personal reaction to ideas, emotions and images encountered in literature• Express in writing reactions to TV programmesMathematicsStrand: DataStrand Unit: Representing and interpreting dataObjective:The child should be enabled to:• Collect, organise and represent data using pie charts and trend graphsDramaStrand:Drama to explore feelings, knowledge and ideas leading tounderstandingStrand Unit: Exploring and making dramaObjective:The child should be enabled to:• Extend playing in role and in character to include the ability to accept and maintain a briefthat has been decided on by either the teacher, the group or himself/herself• Help to plan dramatic activity to include the particular tension and suspense appropriate tothe theme being exploredStrand Unit: Reflecting on dramaObjective:The child should be enabled to:• Reflect on a particular dramatic action in order to create possible alternative courses forthe action that will reflect more closely the life patterns and issues being examined• Use the sharing of insights arising out of dramatic action to develop the ability to drawconclusions and hypothesise about life and peopleStrand Unit: Co-operating and communicating in making dramaObjective:The child should be enabled to:• Develop in role, the ability to co-operate and to communicate with others in helping toshape the dramaVisual ArtsStrand: Paint and ColourStrand Unit: Looking and respondingObjective:The child should be enabled to:• Look at and talk about his/her work, the work of other children and the work of artists122