Kindergarten 1: Cycle 2

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1 Kindergarten 1: Cycle 2 TITLE: All about me Every day I learn more about who I am, what I can do and the people around me - who I am - my physical characteristics - who is special to me - how I am growing and changing - what I can do TITLE: What will I wear today? We wear clothes to protect and express - how weather affects the clothes we wear - how different situations require different clothes - why do certain professions require certain types of clothing TITLE: Lets play TITLE: As the wheels turn TITLE: TITLE: Under the water People play to learn, explore and have fun - the reasons for play - the rules for play and how to play harmoniously - what we like to play - games played in other countries Different types of wheels help us travel both near and far - different ways of travelling - how transport affects our daily lives - keeping safe when we are travelling - how transport has changed through time Bodies of water provide creatures with what they need to live - bodies of water - what creatures need in order to live - how our actions affect water life

2 Kindergarten 2: Cycle 2 TITLE: Community matters TITLE: Homes and houses TITLE: Once upon a time TITLE: Growing things TITLE: Food for thought TITLE: Fearome and fascinating We are part of various communities and take on different roles and responsibilities - the different communities we are part of - our personal qualities and how they contribute to various communities - our relationships and friendships within these communities - our roles and responsibilities Homes and houses have always been essential to human beings and animals - what a home is - how people choose their home - how homes are different and similar - why and how homes change Traditional tales tell stories that often express feelings, beliefs and values - what traditional tales are - how traditional tales express beliefs and values - how traditional tales express feelings Plants have certain needs in order to grow and reproduce - the connection between light, water, soil and growth - the life cycle of a plant - growing plants and vegetables Eating our daily food requires an organised system and making decisions - the daily food - how we organise our food - how we decide what to eat Invertebrates are important to the environment - different types of invertebrates - how invertebrates affect their environment - why invertebrates are important - the life cycles of invertebrates

3 Grade 1/2: Cycle 2 TITLE: That makes sense We use our senses to gather information about the world around us - how our senses work - how we use our senses to gather information - using our senses to keep us safe and healthy TITLE: Children around the world Children around the world have many similarities and differences because of where they live in the world differences among children in different countries differences in one country between city and village life differences in clothing, toys and schooling TITLE: Talking pictures TITLE: Weather permitting TITLE: Jobs are us TITLE: Pets, farm animals and me Illustrators create Living beings respond pictures that tell a story to seasonal changes - what illustrators and authors are - how we can make pictures that help to tell a story - how we can use these pictures to write creative stories - how and why is weather monitored - the seasons - seasonal changes in different parts of of the world - how seasonal changes affect humans and animals People have different jobs for a variety of reasons and purposes - what a job is - why we need different jobs - how different jobs affect our life In our relationship with domestic animals we have a responsibility of care - the attributes of domestic animals - our relationship with domestic animals - our responsibility to care for domestic animals

4 Grade 3/4: Cycle 2 TITLE: Me, myself and I TITLE: Lasting inventions TITLE: To buy or not to buy Awareness of our Throughout time Advertisements target characteristics, abilities significant inventions our feelings and values and interests drives our have had a major in order to influence the learning and impact on our daily lives choices we make development - physical, social and emotional characteristics of a person differences between and others - personal abilities, interests and learning style - significant inventions - inventions throughout history - the impact of these inventions - different types of advertisements - the target audience of advertisements - the connection to our feelings and values - how advertisements influence the choices we make TITLE: Earth, space and the universe The Earth and its atmosphere are surrounded by space and are part of a vast and complex universe - what planets, stars, solar systems and galaxies are - our solar system and its origins - the exploration of space - the use of space technology and the impact it has on our lives TITLE: The marketplace Trade is basd on supply and demand - shops of the future - different types of stores - capitalism TITLE: Extinction is forever Endangered species all over the world are struggling to survive - the meaning of endangered - which species are endangered and why - the importance of helping endangered species and whose responsibility this is

5 Grade 5: Cycle 2 TITLE: Puberty attack TITLE: Wretched wars TITLE: To rhyme or not to rhyme As we get older and Political conflict and war People can express more mature our body cause disruption to the themselves and and mind changes balance of children s experience different lives emotions through - what puberty is and why it happens - physical changes - social and emotional changes - what a war and political conflict is - reasons for conflict and wars - major wars in recent history - changes conflicts bring to children s lives poetry - different forms of poetry - how people can express themselves through poetry - different techniques to activate an emotion - how we experience poetry TITLE: What s the matter TITLE: Let s decide! TITLE: Exhibition unit: children create own title The changes in matter Communities organise Our actions affect the between solids, liquids themselves by making natural environment and gases happen decisions artificially or naturally - what matter is - solids, liquids and gases - artificial and natural changes in solids, liquids and gases - why communities need to organise themselves - how communities organise themselves - how different communities make decisions - different forms of government - what the natural environment is - examples of our actions - children s own inquiry points This is the Exhibition unit and so it will be further developed by the children.

6 Bilingual Kindergarten 1/2: Cycle 2 Family and friends House and home Patterns Sand and water Animals Changes meeting new people, making new friends, talk about families in all kinds of ways all kinds of houses and homes. They will look at different houses near the school, learn about special homes, build houses in construction area, etc. Children will make and match patterns, find out about patterns in nature, look at words with patterns, clap and dance to music patterns, etc. Children will find out about where water comes from, think about what to wear in the rain, learn about creatures that live in the water, etc. wild animals the kind that live in the jungle or sometimes in a zoo all kinds of changes, e.g. water ice cubes, young animals adults, changing words, rhymes, new shapes, etc.