The Year 6 teachers and students are fully immersed in their Units of Inquiry and mentor meetings began last week. 24 staff from both Junior School and Senior School have timetabled meetings with their small student groups, which will take place weekly. During these meetings the mentors will work with students to guide them into researching their lines of inquiry and develop the necessary skills to research and present their findings.
The range of Units of Inquiry are diverse and impressive; the students have identified these units as areas they have interest in or are curious to learn about.
- Animal welfare: breeding/hunting; animal abuse
- Education: indigenous access; road hazards
- Indigenous rights/cultural understanding; educational (racial)
- Deforestation: animal death rates; insufficient resources
- Justice and fairness: criminal justice; ocean pollution
- Access to services: homelessness; medical access
- Discrimination: disability; bullying in society
- Refugees: racism of refugees; bullying
- Women’s rights: education/clothing; women in sport
- Mining: location; safety in mining
- Finite resources: access to fuel; misuse, overuse and substitutes
I cannot wait to see the PYP Exhibition in October!
Mrs Diana Ivancic