PYP

Here is a snapshot of our learning for Term 4:

Nursery

Central idea: 'Living Things Play An Important Role In Our Lives'.

Lines of inquiry:

1. Multistructural - living things in our world.

2. Relational - the role living things have in our world.

3. Extended Abstract - an exploration of our responsibility for caring for our natural world.

Reception

Central idea: 'The Environment Influences Living Things'.

Lines of inquiry:

1. Multistructural (seasonal) - an exploration into seasonal changes.

2. Multistructural - an exploration of animals and their habitats.

3. Relational - an inquiry into our role in caring for our planet.

4. Extended Abstract - an inquiry into the lifecycles of animals.

Year 1

Central idea: 'The Availability of Resources Impacts How a Community Works and Grows Together'.

Lines of inquiry:

1. Recognising how living things grow and change.

2. Our responsibility towards our community.

3. How our local area is connected.

Concepts: Community, classification, health, exercise and growth/change

Year 2

Central idea: 'Plants Rely on Their Environment to Survive'.

Lines of inquiry:

1. What plants need to survive.

2. Why plants survive into different climates and environments.

3. How we can protect those environments to ensure plants can thrive.

Concepts: Survival, environment and climate

Year 3

Central idea: 'People Make Choices on How They Use Earth's Resources'.

Lines of inquiry:

1. The Earth's finite and infinite resources.

2. The impact of people's choices on the environment.

3. The balance between meeting human needs and limited resources.

Concepts: Rights, conflict, discovery and technology

Year 4

Central idea: 'People Interact With, Use and Value the Natural Environment in Different Ways'.

Lines of inquiry:

1. Interaction between humans and animals.

2. Local and global impact of human choices

3. Changes in the environment can pose a danger to living things.

Concepts: Communities, growth and transformation

Year 5

Central idea: 'Finding Resolution to Conflicts Between People May Lead to a Better Quality of Human Life'.

Lines of inquiry:

1. There are many different causes of conflict

2. Peace and conflict affects all people

3. Ways to resolution may redefine society.

Concepts: Peace and conflict.