How the World Works

Central Idea:

Living Things Have Needs

Lines of Inquiry

• Living and non-living things 
• Healthy Growth
• Caring for Living Things 

Concepts:

• Form
• Connection
• Responsibility

Learner Profiles

• Knowledgeable
• Caring
• Principled

Provocations and Learning Experiences

We welcomed the Hatching Chick Program into the ELC this Term and watched with delight as the ducklings and chicks hatched. We learnt to care for their needs and wondered about the characteristic of living things.

We identified and sorted living and non-living items into groups. We immersed ourselves into the natural world, exploring and adventuring into the local green spaces. We took our time to identify some of the plants and animals unique to our local community.

We collected HEAPS bottle caps to re-use and re-purpose into a class art project.

We planted seeds and hypothesised as to which seeds would sprout first. We learnt to care for the young plants and provide them with their needs. We used nature and natural products to inspire our creative pursuits and our learning. We had Cid from Global Worming visit to teach us how to keep our worms productive and happy and what happens to our food scraps from school.

We engaged in some botanical drawings of leaves and flowers that have bloomed during Spring. We have focused on developing our pencil grip and refining our skills of observation.

In our school we water and care for our gardens, pick up and sort our rubbish into waste, recycling and compost. The food scraps we cut and feed to our worms, caring for them and using their juices to fertilise our gardens.