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: Our Senses

Senses connect with each other to help people explore and discover the world.

LOI1. Function of the senses

Key Concepts: Function
Subject Focus: Science

LOI2: The connection among senses

Key Concepts: Connection
Subject Focus: Science

LOI3. Sensory perception and personal experience

Key Concepts: Perspective
Subject Focus: Science

IB Profiles

Profiles

How are other subjects integrated?

Subject: Literacy

Strand: Nouns,

Adjectives

Verbs

Subject: Numeracy

Strand: Place Value

Addition and subtraction

Math Integration: Data Handling

Subject Social Studies

Strand: Social Organization and Culture Continuity and Change through Time

Related Concepts: Social Organisation and culture, continuity and change through time ,information, environment, sensory choices, and adaptation.

Subject STEM

Integration: Five Senses- Students will explore the various senses; exploring what it means for a person to have one of their senses not functioning properly. Students will look into how prosthetic devices like hearing aids, eyeglasses, etc help alleviate the problem of having the senses not functioning as they should be.

Students will look into the model of the eye and see how it functions.

Strand: Living things

Related Concepts: Senses, innovative technology

Subject Science

Strand: Living things

Related Concepts: Biological systems, Roles, Sense organs, Interdependence, communication, stimuli

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

My 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