Beaumaris North PS

Where We Are In Place & Time

YEAR FOUR - TERM 2, 2021

 Transdisciplinary theme: Where We Are In Place & Time

 ​CENTRAL IDEA

Exploration leads to discoveries, opportunities and new understandings

 

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

 

The term 2 unit of inquiry provides the opportunity for year four students to investigate various forms of exploration and the benefits or consequences this may bring. We aim to develop a sense of curiosity about the past, the inspiration that influences exploration what we can learn from exploration.

 

We will ask students to think and extend their ideas about the migration stories of their families and other individuals, making connections between these more modern experiences and those of the past.

 

We encourage the students to explore and research information as directed, ensuring they write their research notes in their own words in order to show respect for the ownership and intellectual rights of the authors/websites they access.

 

Concepts

  • Causation
  • Change

Lines of Inquiry

  • Reasons and consequences of exploration
  • New opportunities, issues, problems that arise
  • Sequences/stages of human movement to new countries

 

Action

We continue to encourage our children’s independent action inspired by our Units of Inquiry. Action during remote learning is as important as it would be at school.  It may be independently finding items that help them explore the topic and artefacts, photos or the variety of books on their book shelf. It also could be in the form of student initiated drawings/posters/research. 

 

We celebrate our children’s ACTION every day in our classrooms. Please celebrate any action you see occurring in your home

 

Approaches to Learning

  • Communication: Literacy skills- reading, writing to gather and communicate information
  • ICT skills -using technology to gather, investigate and communicate information
  • Research: planning, data gathering and recording, interpreting, evaluating.
  • presenting research

Learner profile

  • Open minded 
  • Balanced

 

The Year 4 Team

Mr Dan Farmer, Ms Nicole Grant, Mr Tony McCulloch and Ms Georgia Tilley