Units of Inquiry curriculum update
Students from Prep to Year 4 are engaged in their final unit of inquiry for 2022.
Prep
Central Idea: Communities work together
An inquiry into:
- roles and responsibilities in our local community
- roles and responsibilities in our school community
- our role and responsibility as learners
They are developing social, thinking and communication skills.
Kindergarten
Central Idea: Guardianship of the planet is a shared responsibility
An inquiry into:
- reducing, reusing and recycling, renewing (Return and Earn, plastic recycling)
- the needs of living things
- how we can be guardians of our planet
They are developing thinking, research and social skills.
Year 1
Central Idea: Humans communicate with each other in verbal and nonverbal ways
An inquiry into:
- the effectiveness of different communication systems: electronic, spoken, written, action
- the relationship between participants: (speaker/ viewer/ listener)
- different ways of expressing ourselves
They are developing thinking, communication and social skills.
Year 2
Central Idea: Games connect people
An inquiry into:
- games people play
- history of games
- how forces are used in games
They are developing communication, social and thinking skills.
Year 3
Central Idea: Cultural understanding can be built through aesthetic appreciation
An inquiry into:
- aspects that contribute to aesthetics
- how culture is represented through aspects of aesthetics
- ways to manipulate aesthetic elements to express ourselves
They are developing thinking, research and sself-management skills.
Year 4
Central Idea: Commemorations and celebrations connect with identity
An inquiry into:
- how we decide what is significant to commemorate or celebrate
- commemorations and celebrations that are significant to Australia
- commemorations and celebrations of other cultures
They are developing research, thinking and social skills.
Karen Campbell
IB PYP and Curriculum Coordinator P-4
