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Transdisciplinary Theme
How the World Work
An inquiry into the natural world and its laws; the interaction between the natural world (physical and biological) and human society;how humans use their understanding of scientific principles; the impact of scientific and technological advances on society and on the environment.
Central Idea
People have found different ways to solve problems in the world
Lines of Inquiry
Events around the World impact my life.
What we want may be different to what we need
In a world where you can be anything be kind
Religion, government and charities help all people to have equal opportunities
Key Concepts
Change - We understand that - process - one state to another - change affects everything
Causation - We understand that things don’t just happen. Actions have consequences and relationships are at work.
Responsible - We understand that we can make choices based on what we know and understand, as well as what we believe. We can say which ideas are important to us, and we can take actions that make a difference.
Connection - We understand that everything in the world is linked and the actions of one thing affects many more??
Learner Profile attributes
Thinker - We learn to solve problems in our daily lives with increasing independence and recognise cause and effect within our actions.
Inquirer - We show an interest in the world around us through our actions or our words.
Risk Taker. - We experience new things and make choices that might lead to new experiences. We become more confident in less familiar contexts.
Maths - Sparta have started the term learning different strategies for adding and subtraction.
Students are using concrete materials to support their calculations.
Students used knowledge of number matching numicon and coins to total different coin combinations.
How the World Works
Students discussed our new central theme and lines of inquiry, they found words that they did not understand and used their English skills to find out what they meant in a dictionary, some did this using an online dictionary.
We learned that to solve problems we have to make a difficult decisions through
deciding who can stay in the balloon to travel to the Desert Island.
Where are our tables? - students were set a task to work together for a common goal.
From completing these team work activities, it was clear that rules are essential to keep us work together and stay safe. We have looked at rules then laws and made sure we could tell the difference between the two.
Its all about democracy!
Current affairs around the wider World - Sparta class watch the news and during discussions find where the events have taken place, they can then name the continent it has taken place within.
Religion, government and charities help all people to have equal opportunities
Students identified what impact the second world war had on everyday lives, they looked at how the bombing of Merchant ships led to a shortage of food and other supplies. Students learned that Rationing was a strategy to ensure everyone is treated equally.
We investigated different rationing recipes and chose to make 'Scotch eggs and Crunchies'.
cleaning up
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