Our Unit of Inquiry for the 3rd term ‘Air,
Food and Water’
Transdisciplinary theme of
‘Sharing the Planet.’
Central Idea: ‘We share resources of air food and water
with other living things.’
Over the past three weeks we have exploring:
What are living and non-living things and what do
they need to live?
How do living things use air, food and water where
do they come from?
·
Ocean
and pond animals
·
Plant
and animal life
·
Growing
beans
·
The
simple water cycle – clouds, rain, evaporation
·
Observing
flowers in and out of water
·
Dissolving
salt in water and observing evaporation
·
The
food chain
·
From
farm to market
·
Completing
assessment tasks
AIR,
FOOD and WATER DIARY
Thank you for working with your child to complete the air, food and water
diary
showing how your child used these resources at home during one day or over a
week. Thank you to those people who have completed
the diary already. Your support helps to
build your child’s awareness of the importance of our earth’s air, food and
water. Please use pictures, photos or
drawings.
(sample attached)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please be reminded that Show and Tell is a
very important part of the program. Show
and Tell is your child’s special time to tell us about something he/she has
brought in. Show and Tell this term must
be something relating to ‘Air, Food and Water’.
Please look at the inquiry schedule to help you and your child choose
something related to the current week’s study.
PE
is Monday and Wednesday: Your child must wear
shorts and PE shoes.
Library
books: Please kindly encourage
your child to take responsibility for the library book that they choose each
week. Each week the book must be
returned so they can choose another one.
Thank you
K1 Team
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