Over the past 6 weeks year 4 have been inquiring into the transdiciplinary theme of Where We Are In Place and Time, inquiring into how the Earth’s physical geography has an impact on human interactions and settlements.
Some of the learning engagements that have particularly supported our inquiry include;
- We researched various landforms and how they were formed.
- We viewed and listened to a presentation by geologist Joy Roth.
- We listened to story ‘A River Ran Wild’ by Lynne Cherry and discussed cause and effect.
- We worked on persuasive writing by trying to convince someone to do something or think differently about something.
- We wrote a fictional persuasive letter to try and convince the paper mill owner not to pollute the river.
- We developed our research skills by formulating questions and collecting data to answer our questions.
Students have been working on their Summative Assessments for this unit – Where We Are In Place and Time.
Students were asked to create a map showing their settlement.
They had to answer the following questions:
- Why did you put your settlement where you did?
(Key concept – connection) (Related concept – settlement)
- Explain the landforms you have included on your map.
(Key concept – form) (Related concept – geography)
- How have you changed the environment of your settlement to make it sustainable?
(Key concept – change) (Related concept – sustainable development)
Please discuss this unit with your child and ask them about any action they have taken. Please share and comment below if your child has talked about or done anything differently over the last few weeks as a result of their learning in this unit.