How We Express Ourselves

Transdisciplinary Theme

'How We Express Ourselves'

Central Idea

People express themselves through stories

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

This unit of inquiry encourages the children to explore stories and story writing. We are aiming to promote a sense of curiosity about stories, books and writing.

We will explore different genres of stories, making connections between the children’s own personal experiences and the various types of stories they read. The children will also explore the elements of a story. 

We encourage our children to think and extend their ideas about stories around the world.

Concepts

• Form
• Perspective
• Causation

Lines of Inquiry

• The way stories are told
• The reason people write stories
• The way we explore culture, beliefs and values through stories

Action

We continue to encourage our children’s independent action inspired by our Units of Inquiry. It may be independently finding items that help them explore stories and investigating the variety of books on their book shelf. It also could be in the form of student-initiated drawings/posters/research or bringing in items related to the unit for Show and Tell on Friday afternoons. 

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: reading, writing, viewing and presenting
• Social: cooperative group work

PYP Learner Profile focus

April- Principled

May- Open-minded

June- Balanced

The Year 1 Team

Mrs Jenna Horler, Mrs Kristy Smith, Mrs Tess Rounsley, Mrs Samantha Plumridge, Mrs Melissa Werry, Mrs Melinda Docker.

The Year 1 Team

Mrs Jenna Horler, Mrs Kristy Smith, Mrs Samantha Plumridge, Mrs Sam Plumridge,  Mrs Melissa Werry & Mrs Melinda Docker