School Overview – Even Year 2018
| Planning Period 1 | Planning Period 2 | Planning period 3 | Planning Period 4 | |
| Topic | Kotahitanga
Getting on Together Social Relationships Link (Yrs 1-3) Getting to know You Everybody Belongs Body Image Link (Yrs 4-6) KOS Keeping Ourselves Safe. Keeping Ourselves Safe Link (Yrs 1-3) (Yrs 4-6) |
Transformers | Off to work we Go | What in the World? |
| Big Idea /Questions | Our world is made up of different things which interact and change | People work to meet their needs in different ways | Our planet is special and provides the resources we need to survive | |
| Strand | Material World | The Economic World | Planet Earth and Beyond | |
| Future Focus | Sustainability | Enterprise | Globalisation | |
| Team 1 | Changes Of States
Kitchen Chemistry. Melt, Freeze, Dissolve Changes of State |
People who contribute to our school
People who help us at school |
Night and Day
Seasons/ Shadows/Weather |
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| Team 2 | Changes Of States
Kitchen Chemistry. Boil, Beat, Shake Changes of State |
People who help in our CommunityPeople in our Community | Recycling | |
| Solar System | ||||
| Team 3 | Water
Floating and Sinking Floating/Sinking |
Farming and Agriculture
Farming and Agriculture |
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| Team 4 | Flight
Flight |
Financial Literacy
Financial Literacy plan |
Weather | |
| Achievement Objective Coverage | 60% Science
20% Social Science 20% Technology |
60% Social Science
20% Science 20% Technology |
60% Science
20% Social Science 20% Technology |
School Overview – Odd Year 2019
| Planning Period 1 | Planning Period 2 | Planning Period 3 | Planning Period 4 | |
| Topic | It’s Alive! | Times, they are Changing | The Power that Moves | Caretakers of the land |
| Big Idea
/Questions |
Living things interact with each other and the environment | Events in the past have created the present and influence our future. | Forces affect our everyday lives. | People have different relationships with the environment they live in. |
| Major Strand | Living World | Continuity and Change | Physical World | Place and Environment |
| Future Focus | Sustainability | Citizenship | Enterprise | Globalisation |
| Team 1 | Minibeasts | My Family | Moving Loads
Movement, Wheels and Transport |
Houses Around the World |
| Team 2 | Growing Plants | My Grandparents and me | Sound | Growing and Gathering Food |
| Team 3 | The Animal Kingdom | Early Settlers of New Zealand | Electricity/Magnetism | Other Cultures |
| Team 4 | NZ Flora and Fauna
Endangered Species |
Middle Ages
or Exploration (Past, Present, Future) |
Simple Machines | Global Warming/ Conservation or
Extreme Environments |
| Achievement Objective Coverage | 60% Science
20% Social Studies 20% Technology |
60% Science
20% Social Science 20% Technology |
60% Science
20% Social Science 20% Technology |
60% Science
20% Science 20% Technology |