Where We Are In Place & Time

Year 4 - Term 3, 2023

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 3 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 for exploration
Discoveries and explorations of our world
The consequences of exploration

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 bookshelf. 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
Social: Research: planning, data gathering and recording, interpreting, evaluating
Thinking: Gaining specific facts, ideas, vocabulary
Self-management: Time Management
Research: Gathering information from a variety of source