Sunday, 12 January 2014

New Year, New Unit!

We have settled back into school life after the long holiday period and the children are beginning to inquire into Journeys and what that means.

If you haven't done so already, please remember to hand in the homework that was sent home last week and to include and souvenirs or photos from the Journey your family took. This activity is our front loader or rather, the starter activity for the Unit, giving the children a real life connection to the Center Idea. Please remember if you would like to come in and talk about a Journey you have been on please contact us to set up a time!

Here is a summary of the Unit ahead:

Central Idea: Journeys  create  change  and  can  lead  to  new  opportunities

An Inquiry in to:

  • Types  of  journeys  people  make
  • Choices  and  decisions  involved  in  making  a  journey
  • Changes  experienced  because  of  a  journey

A few provocations and questions we will use to drive the Inquiry:

What  is  a  journey?
What  memories of a journey do you have? and why?  
What  different  reasons are there to take a journey?
What  did  you  need  to  do  before  going  on  your  journey?
Why do  we  remember  what  we  experienced  on  a  journey?
What  journeys  would  you  like  to  go  on?  




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