T2+Inquiry+Flight

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** PTC 2 7 8 11 **
Plan ** Riverslea School Inquiry Plan T2 2016 **
 * ** Flight **
 * Science, ICT ** || ** Insights – What does ‘Flight’ mean? (Meaning) **
 * What can you do to find out ? **
 * Who are experts that can help us learn about Flight? **
 * What do we want to know about how planes/birds etc fly? **
 * How can we find out about flight and who/what it involves? **
 * What can we show our understanding? **
 * How can I make things involved in Flight? **
 * What do I want to learn most? ** ||
 * ** Skills (LOs) developed during the inquiry process **
 * Key competencies-Participating & Contributing & Thinking **
 * At the end of this Inquiry: **
 * I will understand what Flight is and be able to talk about and show things that fly and how ** || ** Concepts (AOs) **** Children will be able to **
 * : talk about and discuss understanding of what Flight is **
 * : recognise features about flying/who/what/how/when/where etc **
 * : be able to research flight and associated things/objects /animals/birds **
 * : Relate features such as space rockets, insects, animals birds & things **
 * : set criteria to be able to assess how and if they have reached their **
 * goals and understandings. **


 * about being a Survivor. ** ||


 * ||  || **__ Curriculum links __**
 * ||  || **__ Curriculum links __**


 * Health and PE **
 * ODE **
 * ( Outdoor Education) **
 * Literacy Links **
 * Oral language, **
 * Written and visual language **
 * Science **
 * Social Studies **
 * ICT/ ipads/ computers **
 * Te Reo **
 * Numeracy/ **
 * Literacy eg National Standards ** ||  ||


 * ** Assessment/Rubric focus area: Understanding **


 * Teacher conference and self/peer assessment ** || ** Goal achievement – Show/discuss understanding of Flight and who and what is involved in it. **
 * Discuss and understand about how birds/insects/bubbles/machines/etc fly **


 * ( Task based Inquiry) **
 * ** Choose, with teacher guidance,areas to research/discuss **
 * ** Look on google,use library/books to access information about Flight **
 * ** Present orally and visually understandings about Flight **
 * ** Discuss what, how,why,where and who is involved in Flight **
 * ** Present orally and visually understandings about Flight ** ||


 * ** Key Competencies **


 * Relating to others


 * Managing self


 * Participating and contributing


 * Thinking


 * Using languages, symbols and text || ** 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)** || ** 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 ** || ** Resources **

ICT cameras/ ipads/videos etc Computers ipads self whanau community Literacy
 * ICT **
 * youtube (R1) **


 * Bubbles **
 * Planes/rockets/helicopters etc **
 * Insects **
 * birds ** ||
 * ** Motivating question/ scenario (Fertile question) – What will capture our kids? **


 * How important is Flight to people, animals and insects? ** ||

** What we did **
As a school we decided to study Flight. R1 decided to focus our planning on an understanding about what Flight is as well as focus on Kiplings seven servants (questions) who/what/ how/ when/where /which/why etc and research these to find answers to our questions/wonderings.
 * Refer below for photos of wonderings and pictures etc**

** Our Planning **
We did wonderings based on Kiplings 7 servants to help us plan for our Flight Inquiry. This was so that we could record all our knowledge and ideas and plan what we might do and what we wanted to know and find out. We also looked on google, the search engine, to see if we could find out more about Flight and obtained books from our school Library as well, including picture story books that related to Flight as well.

** What I did and what the children did as a result **
I guided the children in this plan of action. They all chose different aspects of Flight to talk about and inquire about as well as record (in written and pictorial form) We inquired about each one individually, buddies, small group and as a class. We discovered several things about Flight including
 * The number of things that fly from Insects to Super –heroes
 * The different ways things, people,animals, insects etc fly
 * How long it takes to fly places eg other countries, the moon etc
 * Why things fly and how
 * Who flies and when
 * Where people, birds, insects etc fly to and why
 * Be able to research Flight (mainly books/google)(I helped guide the children with ideas when they got stuck.)
 * Relate features such as space rockets, insects, animals, birds and things to flight
 * Be able to talk about what they had learnt about Flight to others (buddies/class/whanau etc) and show their understanding about what they had learnt
 * Record what they had learnt in written and pictorial form

** Impact of that learning (Evaluation) **
The children learnt a lot about Flight and were keen to share that knowledge with others. They had experience with questioning by both asking and answering eg wonderings. This showed them that learning has outcomes, not just learning for the sake of new knowledge. They were able to write about and draw pictures that showed an understanding of the new things that they had learnt about Flight.

** Where to next? **
We will continue to read different stories about Flight and relate our knowledge and understandings to them. We will also occasionally google interesting facts on Flight to reinforce /extend knowledge We will continue to use these reflections, relating to Kipling’s seven servants, ( what where, why, how, who when ,which) as a basis for new learning for Inquiry and plans of action for future endeavours, events and learning.

** Photos **
Our wonderings

Our Solo Taxonomy level

Some of our findings Our Inquiry wall Bubbles can fly too.

** Facilitating shared learning **
Students learn as they engage in shared activities and conversations with other people, including family members and people in the wider community. Teachers encourage this process by cultivating the class as a learning community. In such a community, everyone, including the teacher, is a learner; learning conversations and learning partnerships are encouraged; and challenge, support, and feedback are always available. As they engage in reflective discourse with others, students build the language that they need to take their learning further.

** Enhancing the relevance of new learning **
Students learn most effectively when they understand what they are learning, why they are learning it, and how they will be able to use their new learning. Effective teachers stimulate the curiosity of their students, require them to search for relevant information and ideas, and challenge them to use or apply what they discover in new contexts or in new ways. They look for opportunities to involve students directly in decisions relating to their own learning. This encourages them to see what they are doing as relevant and to take greater ownership of their own learning.