Year 2 Program of Inquiry

Year 2 Program of Inquiry

	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	Celebrations	Our Solar System	Patterns, Rhyme and Rhythm	Materials	Communities	The World of Plants
Focus	Social Studies, Language, PSPE	Science	Art, Music, Language, Math, PSPE	Science, Language	Social Studies	Science, Social Studies
Central Idea	Families recognize important personal and cultural events through celebrations and traditions.	The Earth is part of a vast and complex universe.	Patterns, rhyme and rhythms are fun ways to explore consistencies in language, music, art and math.	Our world is made up of different materials that have different properties and uses.	Communities are an important part of our social structure.	Plant life is a vital part of the Earth’s ecosystem.
An Inquiry into	What and why we celebrate How different festivals are celebrated What celebrations look, smell, feel, sound and taste like	Earth and its place in the Solar System The Sun The Planets The movement of the planets	What patterns, rhymes and rhythms are Patterns and rhymes in looking at words Mathematical patterns Musical rhythms Rhyme in poetry and music Patterns in artistic designs	Specific properties of materials and how to describe them The difference between man-made and natural materials How materials change How we can use different materials	Our local community The people and jobs in our community What a community is and how it works The responsibilities of being a part of a community	The many different forms of plant life What plants/trees need to live The importance of natural forests to the Earth's eco-system and to human life Our responsibility to the plant kingdom
Concepts	Perspective Reflection	Form Connection	Form Connection	Function Change	Causation Form	Function Responsibility

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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 11 juillet, 2006