Learning & Teaching

Term 4 Inquiry

Whole School Theme: Connections

Prep: "Great and Small"

Students will learn about the different features of animals and how those features help them to live in their environment. Students will learn about Australian animals and consider how they can save water and protect native habitats. Your students will use their imagination to design an animal using parts of different animals. They will use basic cutting and pasting skills to create a model of their animal.

Year 1/2: "Through Generations"

Students will learn about the lives of people in the past as they interview a person from an older generation. They will learn words to describe events in the past, present, and future and words to describe a point of view. Your students will consider the importance of places to people in their community and people from different cultures. They will learn about sequences and different ways that stories from the past can be told.

Year 3/4: "My Island Home"

Students will be engaged in the connections of the Geographical world as they learn about different environments, climate zones and natural vegetation. They will learn about Australia's neighbouring countries and about changes caused by adding and removing heat, and heat conductivity. Your students will work in groups as they consider the location, climate, and values of their own artificial island nation.

Year 5/6: "Data and Decisions"

Students will consider the difference between needs and wants, the types of resources that we have, and how we use them, and the nature and meaning of work. They will be engaged in economics and business as they work in groups to develop a business plan that they will present to younger students in their school.