Inquiry Plan 2014

Please see our Inquiry Plan for 2014 below.

We would really appreciate your ideas and thoughts as we plan each inquiry. You will have knowledge of resources (including people resources) that we will not be aware of. Combining our knowledge will ensure the students experience rich inquiries.

The links in red below will take you to a form where you can record your ideas and suggestions. We really hope you will share your knowledge with us.

Thanks

	Term 1	Term 2
Concept	Living Locally	Living Stories
Inquiry topic	Dragon’s Den (4 -5 weeks)/Local History (6 weeks) *Developing a business idea – technological modelling/products/systems *Being a part of your local community https://docs.google.com/a/amesbury.school.nz/forms/d/ 158RL7nph7sr4JnQ-nhtZ9vWBSoBMuI-ltF-BdDhgBz4/viewform	War – A World Story *Commemoration of the start of World War 1 *Some history but main focus on the communication of world (war) stories through THE ARTS *Artist-in-residence – Colin Gibbs https://docs.google.com/a/amesbury.school. nz/forms/d/1I3FI6dRN2W3RQEuc3eEvOWShu6w Pexb6ah3fSbezQxg/viewform
Ideas	*Begin with an integrated unit in which students develop/trial/test/reflect upon a fundraising idea *Best ideas to be chosen to use at the Churton Park Festival *Perhaps a lunchtime fair at school to test out the ideas? *Explore local history – present learnings to Artist-in-residence perhaps via a page on our website *Interviews etc.  primary sources where possible *Local haka, folk songs, *Local Iwi? *Who was here before? What did they do?	*Views of War as represented in war poetry e.g. the glory of dying for your country (Rupert Brookes) versus the horror of dying for your country (Wilfred Owen) *War art/music/photography *Communication through the arts *Current events – wars that are taking place today *Why conflict escalates into war? *Mediation – solving conflict *The value/purpose of entertainment

Term 3	Term 4
Living Together	Living with Curiosity/Living Creatively
New Zealand Elections – *Understand how groups decide on leadership and make and implement rules (e.g. how we decide how we will live together) *Social organisation https://docs.google.com/a/amesbury.school.nz/forms/d /1HKKFJUsSnlJJGkMlMTVy5P7JYKOP8DtcdNvc Fl87O54/viewform	Pulling things apart and creating/recreating *Understand how things work and using that knowledge to create new things *Tinkering https://docs.google.com/a/amesbury.school .nz/forms/d/1T3qovgTPoVQXR7H0fHe-b5rO-oQ5uZkZZY_rAVHHe6E/viewform
*New Zealand Elections *United Nations, youth councils – Marcus Akuhata-Brown?? – having a strong voice as youth *Practical application – electing a student council *What makes a great leader? Provocation – Adolph Hitler was a great leader.	*Science and technology – the Physical World *Robotics *Music – deconstructing and reconstructing *Musical instruments *Innovation – putting things together in a new way