Sharing The Planet

YEAR ONE - TERM 4, 2021

Sharing the Planet  

CENTRAL IDEA

Living things live in different places where their needs are met.​

As an International Baccalaureate world school, authorised to teach the Primary Year’s Programme, we explore six transdisciplinary themes each year. 

During our final unit for the year we will discuss different types of habitats and the reason why animals and other living things are able to survive in different places. We will be looking at the different needs of living things and how their habitats meet these needs. During the unit we will be going on an excursion to Werribee Open Range Zoo where students will get to see animals in their habitats. Students will also research and present an oral presentation on a chosen habitat. 

Concepts

• Function
• Connection
• Responsibility

Lines of Inquiry

• Different types of habitats
• Animals needs for survival
• The survival of different animals in different habitats

Action

Action in the PYP is initiated independently by the student as a result of the learning process. Action may be bringing a book or artefact related to the inquiry to school, or student initiated drawings/posters/research. We celebrate our students’ ACTION every day in our classrooms. If you see your children taking independent action at home, encourage them to share their action with their class.

Skills

• Research skills: investigating habitats and animals using books and the internet. Formulating questions, observing, planning, collecting , recording. organising data, presenting research findings. developing their thinking skills-making judgments about what they have learned.
• Social skills: Completing tasks working cooperatively with their group or with their buddy.
• Communication skills: Completing an oral presentation about a chosen habitat to the rest of the class. 

The Year 1 Team

Mrs Jenna Horler, Miss Samantha Murnane, Ms Jessi Maddison, Mrs Melissa Werry, Mr Jameel Marashli & Mrs Pam Collins.