Central idea:

Living things have certain requirements in order to grow and stay healthy.

 Lines of inquiry:

• Living things can be classified by many characteristics (form)
• Living things require certain things to survive (causation)
• People influence the living things in their environment (responsibility)

Living things can be classified by many characteristics

We identified what living and non-living things are and sorted photos and objects into these categories.

Living things require certain things to survive

We know what living things need to grow and be healthy. We know plants need soil, water and sunshine and animals need different things in their habitats to survive.

The pre-schoolers were visited by Healthy Harold. Healthy Harold talked about our bodies and how to care for our bodies through healthy eating, sun safe play, exercise and caring for teeth.

 

People influence the living things in their environment

We have started to action our new learning by planting seedlings and tending to the gardens they have been planted in. We have also been showing our Principled learner profile by collecting rubbish and placing it into the correct bins.

The ELC have also started to put their fruit scraps into a worm farm. We will be using the worm compost to fertilize our gardens.