Year 4 Discovery Units

Visual Representation

How do famous artists create their masterpieces?

In this unit, the students explore how artists create art as a form of expression that is interpreted by an audience. They discover how artists create their artwork and how they themselves can use specific techniques to create their own masterpiece. They learn how to express ideas in new ways and how to manage their time so that they can create their own art collection to show at the Year 4 Gallery.

CAN WE SAVE THE WORLD?

Does our world need saving? Why? What can WE do to save our world?

In this unit, the students learn about resources and how those resources can be used sustainably. They examine how conservation can contribute to a sustainable future. Lantau Island is used as a case study. The students discover more about the plethora of plant and animal life right on our doorstep and debate how and why we should protect it.

CONCEPTUAL LENS & KEY CONCEPTS

EXPRESSION

Audience, Techniques, Elements, Ideas, Creativity, Experimentation, Perspective, Interpretation

SUBJECT DRIVERS

Young Entrepreneurs

Have you ever wanted to make a little extra pocket money? Are you full of innovative ideas that could be used to design and create goods or services that could be sold? Could you use these ideas to create, develop and launch a new, innovative product or service that would appeal to an audience? How could people be influenced to create a demand for such an innovative product or service?

In this unit, there are so many questions to be answered as the students explore entrepreneurship, using a design process to create new or develop existing ideas that will appeal to a particular audience or target market. They consider the manufacturing process and cost implications of mass production, understand how goods and services can be marketed to create demand, and explore other factors that can influence a successful new product or service launch.

History, Art SUSTAINABILITY/CHANGE

CONCEPTUAL LENS & KEY CONCEPTS

Resources, Environment, Consequences, Communities, Classification, Living Things, Attributes, Survival, Colour, Adaptation, Environment, Conservation, Evidence, Repetition, Shape, Pattern

SUBJECT DRIVERS

Science – Living Things & Their Habitats, Plants, Geography, Art INNOVATION

CONCEPTUAL LENS & KEY CONCEPTS

Creativity, Product, Ideas, Features, Design Process, Needs, Consumer, Inquiry, Investigation, Understanding, Construction, Circuit, Electricity, Device, Force, Impact, Object, Materials

SUBJECT DRIVERS

Science – Electricity, Forces & Magnetism, Technology, Art Design & Technology

Year 5

Year 5 Discovery Units

CREATING OUR COMMUNITY – LEARNING TO LEARN

How will we create our class community? How can we ensure everyone feels welcome, included and safe? What does community mean to us? How does our brain help us to learn? What is positive psychology?

In this unit, the students work together to decide what community means to them and how their classroom will represent this. They start to recognise that learning is a process that is influenced by a variety of factors, including a growth mindset. They explore the connection between growth mindset, attitude and learning, and they study the idea of positive psychology and how this can be embedded at the start of the academic year to have a constructive and optimistic impact for their learning over the rest of the year.

Full Power

What is energy? How do we use energy? How has it changed over time? Is there enough energy for our future? Do all communities use the same types of energy sources?

In this unit, the students explore different sources of energy, how those sources have changed over time, and the impact of our use of energy sources on the environment and communities. They examine how the energy use of a community can impact other places in the world, and they consider the impact of energy production and how its use has led to the development of alternative energy sources.

CONCEPTUAL LENS & KEY CONCEPTS

Interactions

Process, Learning, Growth Mindset, Beliefs, Values, Relationships, Psychology, Potential, Technology, Systems

SUBJECT DRIVERS

Learner Skills, Inquiry, Metacognition

CONCEPTUAL LENS & KEY CONCEPTS

TRANSFORMATION

Energy, Process, Power, Environments, Communities, Sources, Opportunities, Health, Education, Art, Socio-Economic Change

Subject Drivers

Science – Electricity, Art, Geography, Design & Technology