How We Express Ourselves

YEAR THREE - TERM 1B, 2021

Transdisciplinary theme: How We Express Ourselves

 ​CENTRAL IDEA

Effective communication skills facilitate the way we present our information and ideas

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

Our second unit for the year provides students with the opportunity to explore different ways to improve communication techniques and express their creativity.

People express themselves differently according to environment and audience. 

Concepts

• Connection
• Form
• Function

Lines of Inquiry

• Communication skills
• The ways we can express our ideas
• The way we can improve our communication skills to express our creativity

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.

Approaches to Learning

• Communication: listening, speaking, reading, writing, presenting, viewing and non-verbal communication

Learner Profile Attributes

• Principled

Presentation

At the end of this unit of inquiry, students work in small Action groups to make improvements around the school. The goal is to create two Action pieces to communicate their ideas to a variety of audiences. Some examples of improvements are: teaching students not to ruin the garden beds and encouraging people to pick up after their dogs.

The Year 3 Team

Mrs Melissa Ball, Mrs Silvi Levine, Mrs Beth Lawrence  Ms Naomi Holt and Ms Angie Sarros