From the 

Assistant Principal

Dear Parents / Carers,

All students in our school undertake an inquiry each term into “How the World Works”. Over their seven years at Rowville Primary School students undertake inquiries into the transdisciplinary themes of ‘Exploring our Humanity,’ ‘Explaining our World,’ ‘Sharing our Planet’ and ‘Systems and Structures.’

If you visited the Foundation classrooms this week, you would have witnessed their How The World Works inquiry in action. Visitors were greeted by shopkeepers and welcomed to shop at hairdressers, coffee shops, toy stores, supermarkets and more. The students worked incredibly hard to create their own version of shops from the local community and were practising their responsibilities as both customers and shopkeepers.

During this real-world investigation, students applied their literacy and numeracy skills when creating shop signs, labels and price tags and when using money. They also reflected on their role in the local community and how they could demonstrate our values of responsibility and respect when visiting the shops.

Ajla - I liked thinking about how to set up our chemist. When I was the shopkeeper, I was using nice manners to talk to my customers.

Charlotte – I made money for my shop so we could buy and sell things! You have to give the customer change, and also if you want to buy something you need to have enough money.

James – Our bakery had lots of things for sale. I baked some bread and made signs so the customers would know what to buy.

Kind regards,

Tiffany Bamford

Assistant Principal