An inquiry into the nature of the self; beliefs and values; personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends, communities, and cultures; rights and responsibilities; what it means to be human

Unit Title: Balanced Lifestyle

People make different choices to maintain their health and well-being.

LOI1. Factors affecting health and well-being.

Key Concepts: Form
Subject Focus: PSPE

LOI2: Consequences of routines and choices.

Key Concepts: Causation
Subject Focus: PSPE

LOI3. Our responsibility towards health and well-being.

Key Concepts: Responsibility
Subject Focus: PSPE

IB Profiles

Profiles

How are other subjects integrated?

Subject Science

Strand: Living things

Related Concepts:

Balanced diet
Food groups
Nutrition
Hygiene
Physical Activity

Numeracy

Skip Counting in 2’s,5s, and 10’s

Place Value

Comparing numbers using the Place and Value of digits.

Rounding numbers

Number Bonds to 10 and 20

Literacy

Fiction

Setting,

characters,

Plot (Problems and solution )

Character profile

Language Focus

Nouns ( Regular and Irregular)

Descriptive words (adjectives to describe characters.

Phonics to Decode

Verbs (Past Tense and Present Tense)

Verbs ending with -ing and -ed

Using commas and correct punctuation (Full stops and question marks)

Word phrases

Connectives

Subject STEM

Integration: Students learn how to make better decisions related to their diets after exploring how to read food labels. Examining food label components (energy, fats, saturated fats, sugars, and salt) allows them to understand the importance of reading components to get a better understanding of their food intake. Students use the traffic light system to classify food items as ‘never’, ‘sometimes’ and ‘everyday’ foods. Students also use technology to take, edit and publish pictures of a healthy recipe they create in class.

Strand: Living things

Related Concepts: Nutrition, data analysis, food classification, digital literacy

At Home Reinforcement

How can I, as a PARENT, get involved?

Ask your child about the theme, central idea, and concepts that they are inquiring into … show interest in their units of inquiry and plan activities

around them whenever you can

Encourage your child to “find out” rather than telling them answers
Ask your child about the Learner Profile attributes- point them out in other people, in yourself, and in your children’s actions and speech…
Have conversations with your child. Ask them questions such as, “what is something interesting you did today?”.
Help your child develop their ability to reflect. Reflection is a key element of the learning process and is part of the action, an essential element of the PYP curriculum framework.” What makes you say that” and “what would you do differently next time” are some types of reflection questions that parents use to help support students as they are reflecting on their work/actions.

Communicate with us when your child Takes Action At home, through Toddle, or by mail.
Keep an eye out for some of our work that will be posted on Toddle

Reminders

RAZ kids

iMaths

Toddle

Share your knowledge

You are invited to our classroom to share with us your expertise and experience.

Communicate with Homeroom teacher to contribute to our unit as a guest speaker.

Parent's Voice

To help complete your child's learning journey, we really value and appreciate the Parent's voice.

We would like to have your feedback on your child's unit experience.

Feel free to email PYP Coordinator : rabisaab@aris.edu.gh