Theme: Relationships including families, friends, communities and cultures
Central Idea: In a learning community, members share their expertise, care for each other and develop together.
Key Concepts: Responsibility: Caring for myself and others
Perspective: Me as a learner
Causation: Developing our learning community
Skills: Self-management: Affective skills and Communication: Verbal, Listening
Learner profile: Reflective, Caring
Where we are in time and place: My homeland
Theme: Homes and journeys
Central Idea: Environment, history and traditions have an influence on people.
Key Concepts: Form: Geography of Finland
Change: Cultural heritage
Connection: My roots
Skills: Research: Organising data and Communication: Verbal, Reading
Learner Profile: Knowledgeable, Open-minded
Theme: Our appreciation of the aesthetic
Central Idea: Feelings, views and ideas can be expressed through arts.
Key Concepts: Change: Different forms of art
Perspective: Experiencing and interpreting art
Form: Creating artwork
Skills: Communication: Non-verbal communication and Social skills: Collaboration
Learner Profile: Courageous, Communicator
Theme: The impact of scientific and technological advances on society and on the environment
Central Idea: Machines and different inventions affect our daily lives in various ways.
Key Concepts: Causation: Everyday technology
Function: Simple machines and durable structures
Connection: Inventions and design process
Skills: Thinking: Creative thinking and Research skills: Interpreting data
Learner profile: Thinker, Inquirer
Theme: The structure and function of organizations
Central Idea: Through media people share information, influence others and connect to each other.
Key Concepts: Function: Different forms of media
Connection: Critical media literacy
Responsibility: Responsible use of media
Skills: Thinking: Critical thinking and Communication: Digital
Learner profile: Principled, Balanced
Theme: Rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resources with other people and other living things
Central Idea: Organisms impact, and are dependent upon, their habitat.
Key Concepts: Form: Different habitats
Change: Adaptation of organisms
Function: Conserving habitats
Skills: Self-management: Reflection and Communication: Verbal, Writing
Learner profile: Inquirer, Caring