T4+Wai+Care

 Wai Care

T4 2017

**Riverslea School Inquiry Plan T4 Wks 1-9 2017 **

 * ====**Wai Care (Water) **====
 *  Social Sciences, **
 *  Science,ICT ** || **Insights – What does “Wai Care” mean? (Meaning) **
 *  What do you know about Wai ( Water) Care ? **
 *  Who are experts that can help us learn about wai care? **
 *  What do we want to do about caring for water? **
 *  How can we find out about people, animals, things and **
 *  Pollution and the effects they have on water? **
 *  What actions can we take to help us/others look after water? **
 *  How can we and others show people about Wai Care? **
 *  What do I want to learn most? ** ||
 * **Skills (LOs) developed during the inquiry process **
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Key competencies-Relating to Others,Thinking and **
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Using language symbols and texts. **
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">At the end of this Inquiry: I will be able to show an understanding **
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;"> of what Wai ( Water) care is and ways to look after water ** || **<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Concepts (AOs) **
 * Children will be able to: talk about and discuss understanding of what **
 * Wai Care means **
 * : recognise features / ways to help Wai Care **
 * : be able to research about Water Care **
 * : Relating wai care to people, animals and things. **
 * : set criteria to be able to assess how and if they **
 * have achieved their goals and understanding **
 * about Wai Care. ** ||


 * ||  || **__<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Curriculum links __**
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 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Health and PE **
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Literacy Links **
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Oral language, **
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Written and visual language **
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Science **
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Social Studies **
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">ICT/ ipads/ computers **
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Te Reo **
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Numeracy/Literacy eg National Standards ** ||  ||


 * **<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Assessment Rubric focus area: Understanding **


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Teacher conference and self/peer assessment ** || ** Goal achievement – Show/discuss understanding of what Wai (Water) Care means **** . **
 * Discuss and understand the effects of people, animals, things on water **
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;"> ( Task based Inquiry) **
 * **<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 8pt;">Choose, with teacher guidance, areas to research/discuss **
 * **<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 8pt;">Look on google,use library to access information about Wai Care **
 * **<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 8pt;">Present orally and visually understandings about Water Care **
 * **<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 8pt;">Discuss what changes may need to be made, and why, to help people, animals, things treat water with respect and care for it **
 * **<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 8pt;">Practise, implement some water care techniques, processes. ** ||


 * **<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Key Competencies **


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Relating to others


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Managing self


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Participating and contributing


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Thinking


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Using languages, symbols and text || **<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Visual Maps **


 * Te Ihi Wk 1**


 * He Patai Big question /wonderings Wks 1-2**


 * Whaka aroaro ( what can we do now) Wks 2-4**


 * Whakamarama (Enlightened/ research) Wks 3-6**


 * Whai koreo (communicate to peers)**
 * ( and audience)**
 * Wks 7**


 * Te Mahi ( action)**
 * Wks -7-9**


 * Aromatawai ( assessment)**


 * Whaiwhakaaro (reflection)** || **<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Key Words and Concepts **


 * PE and Health **
 * Outdoor Education **
 * Science **
 * Social Sciences **
 * Arts **
 * ICT **
 * Action/ he ohomauri **
 * (Kiplings seven servants) **
 * what, how, when where ,which, why,who **
 * De Bonos hats **
 * Inquiry **
 * Connections-shared experiences **
 * Persistence/commitment **
 * Research **
 * Google ** || **<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Resources **

ICT/ ipads/videos etc Computers ipads self whanau community Literacy
 * ICT **
 * youtube (R1) **
 * itube **
 * Sport HB ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Motivating question/ scenario (Fertile question) – What will capture our kids? **


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">How can we care about water? ( Wai Care) Suggestion ** ||

** Context for Learning and what we did **

 * For our inquiry in Term 4 2017 Room 1 focused on Wai ( Water) Care.**
 * We talked about what we knew about it and where we could find out more.**
 * We then researched eg Google on the ipads and investigated water (wai) pollution, as well as water uses and water in other countries around the world.**
 * We used Kiplings 7 servants in our research to answer the questions that each student wanted to know**
 * (What where why when who how which) REFER plan above**

** What I did **

 * I helped the students with their initial wonderings and together we developed our essential question- "How can we use wai care in everyday life?"**
 * I took the role of the teacher providing and guiding experiences for the children to help them develop inquiry skills and relate their findings and knowledge to our question.**
 * I guided them to research on the ipads and discover answers to the questions that they had developed.**
 * I facilitated the initial discussions and guided them further so that the students could think further about their answers and how they relate to their lives today.**
 * By showing effective leadership I helped contribute to effective teaching and learning as well as providing experiences and opportunities for the students to find out about and present their own research and information about Wai Care.**
 * I also helped conceptualise, plan and implement appropriate learning programmes, as well as use critical inquiry and problem solving skills.**

** What the students did and the impact of that learning **

 * The students were involved in lots of learning and research that helped them answer the essential question and be able to talk about Wai care around the world. We investigated our wonderings by accessing information and pictures on the ipads. The students were shocked with what they found out about water pollution especially in overseas eg rivers and seas with floating garbage.**
 * All students did an individual presentation on Wai Care which included pictures/photos and information that they had researched. These were displayed on classroom the wall after they had presented them to the class.It made the students think a lot about water pollution and pollution in general**

** Evaluation **

 * The students were able to reflect upon and gain new understandings and knowledge about Water ( Wai) care**
 * They also developed holistic learning especially skills in literacy- oral and written, problem solving, ICT, physical, cognitive, cultural and social skills. Although I helped to conceptualise, plan and implement appropriate learning programmes, as well as use critical inquiry and problem solving skills, the children helped lead it through their own inquiries and reflections and interests. They were able to write about, record and take photos of their learning.**

** Where to next? **

 * Most of the students are moving onto Intermediate next year. I hope they keep reflecting upon their new found research, knowledge and learning**
 * and relate it to Water ( Wai) care in their everyday life, as well as pass their knowledge and understandings on to others eg whanau and friends.**

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Teacher pedagogy
<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">I looked at where my students were at, what they knew and what was important, establishing a baseline and a guided direction for the inquiry. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">By seeing what they already knew I could determine some of the things that they wanted to and needed to learn next. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">I also looked at. strategies for achieving these aims and the results of our learning and knowledge helping to decide on implications for future teaching.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Teaching as inquiry. **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">By involving the students in self motivated individual and small group research they had many opportunities to reflect and assimilate new ideas, information and learning.They were able to relate this knowledge to what they already knew, adapt it relevantly, compare from what they knew to what they know now as they discovered what effects caring as opposed to not caring about water had in the everyday world. They could translate those thoughts into action, through their understanding especially relating to pollution and not wasting water.(Wai Care). As a result the students have more understanding and can talk about changes and benefits of wai care. Knowledge that they can continue to adapt accordingly.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Encouraging reflective thought and action **