Year I Program of Inquiry

Year 1 Program of Inquiry
Ages 5 -6 years

	An inquiry into Who We Are	An inquiry into Where We Are in Place and Time	An inquiry into How We Express Ourselves	An inquiry into How The World Works	An inquiry into How We Organize Ourselves	An inquiry into How We Share the Planet
	An exploration of the nature of the self; of our beliefs and values; of personal,physical,mental, social and spiritual health; of our families, friends, communities and cultures; of our rights and responsibilities; of what it means to be human.	An exploration of our orientation in place and time; of our personal histories; of history and geography from local and global perspectives; of our homes and journeys; of the discoveries, explorations and migrations of humankind; of the contributions of individuals and civilizations.	An exploration of the ways in which we discover and express our nature, ideas, feelings, beliefs and values through language and the arts.	An exploration of the physical and material world; of natural and human-made phenomena; of the world of science and technology	An exploration of human systems and communities; of the world of work, its nature and its value; of employment and unemployment and their impact.	An exploration of our rights and responsibilities as we try to share finite resources with other people, with other living things; of communities and of the relationships within and between them.
Title of Unit	You, Me and Us	Play Then and Now	Everyone is a Storyteller	The Roof Over My Head	School is Cool	Life Cycles
Focus	PSPE, Language Arts	Social Studies, PSPE	Language Arts , Social Studies	Science, Social Studies	Science, Social Studies	Science, Social Studies
Central Idea	We are alike and different in many ways, but each of us is special.	People have always played to explore and have fun.	We can express and communicate ideas and experiences through stories.	Many factors affect how people build their homes.	Our school is a community of people working together.	All living things follow a cycle of life.
An Inquiry into	How we see ourselves How we ae alike and different Learning styles	What play is How play has changed over time What we can learn about the past by studying toys	Elements of a story Favourite ways of telling stories Why we tell stories	Why we need shelter Different types of homes/shelters around the world How local climate and resources affect the way homes are built	The physical structure of the school The people in our school How we work together	The natural cycle of life and death How plants and animals grow and develop What plants and animals need to grow
Concepts	Reflection Form Causation	Change Form Perspective	Form Responsibility	Causation Form Function Connection	Connection Form Function	Responsibility Function

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Action

Demonstrations of deeper learning in responsible behaviour through positive action and service; a manifestation in practice of the other essential elements

Powerful ideas which have relevance within and across the disciplines and which students must explore and re-explore in order to develop understanding

Significant, relevant, subject matter which students are expected to explore and know about

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Those things which the students need to be able to do to succeed in a changing, challenging world

Dispositions which are expressions of fundamental values, beliefs and feelings about learning, the environment and people

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updated on 16 fÈvrier, 2007