Sharing The Planet

Sharing the Planet

​CENTRAL IDEA

People’s use of the sea impacts upon the creatures that call it their home​.

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

In term Four Prep students will be investigating their final unit for the year. During this Unit the students will be looking at their actions and the way human use of the ocean and other waterways can affect the creatures that live there. Students will learn to become responsible for their actions and understand that everything they do affects the ocean.

Concepts

• Responsibility
• Causation
• Change

Lines of Inquiry

• Human use of the sea
• Our responsibility to the environment
• Impact on creatures and their habitats

Action

Action in the Primary Years Program 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 Skills

• Speaking—students will give a short presentation about a sea creature of their choice after their visit to the Melbourne Aquarium.
• Listening

Research skills

• Acquisition of Knowledge

Learner Profile                                                     

•  Inquirers
• Communicators
• Caring

The Prep Team

Miss Sue Evins, Mrs Kate Morrison, Mrs Tanya Gibbon and Mrs Jen Lee