How the World Works Inquiry - Wk 1

Introduction to the basic principles/health needs for living an active and healthy life in order to grow and develop.     

     

          Throughout Play and Inquiry Learning time this week some of the students participated in ‘active activities.’ These included such experiences as hopscotch, football, soccer, running races, egg and spoon races, elastics, hula hoops and beanbag toss. A lot of mathematical concepts entered into their play, in particular the concept of ordinal number when having races/competitions.

          In this week’s Integrated Inquiry Workshop students brainstormed ideas for what it meant to live a healthy, active and safe life.

Students drew  pictures and wrote about ways in which they and their families live healthy and active lives and shared these with one another.

         Students created role plays (mimes) of an action (riding a bike, brushing their teeth, looking both ways when crossing street) that promoted a healthy life. Other students had to guess what they were doing.

          In Literacy Workshops students were introduced to the non-fiction genre this week and shared a text about ways to stay healthy and safe. They discussed why they need to do these things (help grow and develop).

          * Due to images of the children unable to be posted on the blog, we encourage you to have a look through our Inquiry Documentation Book located on the bookshelf in the courtyard. We invite you to make comments in this book about our Inquiry.