Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Central Idea: Understanding the places and people in our community helps…
Central Idea: Understanding the places and people in our community helps us feel connected.
Lines of Inquiry
Responsibilities that come with different roles: Understanding the duties and tasks associated with different community roles. (Function) (Interdependence)
Function: Exploring the duties and tasks that come with various roles in the community.
Interdependence: Recognising how community members rely on each other.
Contexts (Real-World Application
• Guest Speaker Workshops: Hosting workshops with community helpers who demonstrate their responsibilities. Example: A nurse visiting to show how they take care of patients and keep people healthy.
• Responsibility Charts: Creating charts that outline the responsibilities of different community roles. Example: A chart showing the tasks of a firefighter, such as putting out fires, rescuing people, and educating the public.
• Role-Play Scenarios: Practising different responsibilities through role-play. Example: Setting up a pretend restaurant where children can be chefs, waiters, and customers, learning about the responsibilities of each role.
• Service Learning Projects: Participating in projects that help the community, such as a school clean-up day. Example: Organising a recycling programme where students collect and sort recyclables.
• Classroom Jobs: Assigning classroom jobs that mimic community roles to help children understand responsibility. Example: Having a class "postman" who delivers notes and messages to classmates.
• Different roles in our community: Exploring the various jobs and responsibilities people have in our community. (Form) (Roles)
Form: Understanding the different roles and characteristics of people in our community.
Roles: Understanding the specific functions of different community members.
Contexts (Real-World Application
• Role-Playing Activities: Setting up a mini-community in the classroom where children can act out different jobs. Example: Children take turns being a doctor, teacher, or shopkeeper in a classroom setup.
• Community Helper Dress-Up Day: Children come to school dressed as their favourite community helper. Example: Dressing up as a doctor, firefighter, or chef and sharing what they know about that role.
• Interactive Storytime: Reading stories about community helpers and discussing their roles. Example: Reading a book about a day in the life of a vet and discussing what they do.
• Guest Speakers: Inviting community helpers such as police officers, nurses, or postmen to talk about their jobs. Example: A visit from a police officer who explains their daily duties and how they help the community.
• Field Trips: Visiting local businesses and community organisations to learn about different roles. Example: A trip to the fire station to learn about the role of firefighters.
Our roles support each other: Recognising how different roles and responsibilities connect and support the community. (Connection) (Connection)
Connection: Recognising how different roles and responsibilities connect and support the community.
Relationship: Exploring how relationships within the community help to build a supportive network.
Contexts (Real-World Application
• Community Web: Creating a visual web showing how different community roles are interconnected. Example: Drawing a web that connects farmers to grocery store workers to customers, showing how they rely on each other.
• Collaboration Projects: Working on group projects that require cooperation and understanding of different roles. Example: Building a model community with different areas like a hospital, school, and fire station, and discussing how they work together.
• Community Helper Interviews: Conducting interviews with community helpers to learn how their roles support others. Example: Students prepare questions and interview a local doctor about how they work with nurses and other healthcare workers.
• Community Helper Appreciation Day: Organising an event to thank community helpers and learn about their roles. Example: Inviting community helpers to school and presenting thank-you cards made by the students.
• Interdependence Role-Play: Acting out scenarios that show how different roles depend on each other. Example: A role-play where a firefighter, police officer, and doctor work together in an emergency situation.
Assessment Methods
• Portfolios: Collecting samples of students' work related to community roles, including drawings, stories, and photos of activities.
• Interactive Demonstrations and Projects: Students demonstrate their understanding through role-playing, creating posters about community roles, and participating in group presentations.
• Observation Journals: Teachers document observations of students' understanding of community roles and responsibilities.
Learner Profile (with examples)
Communicator: Sharing ideas and information about community roles and responsibilities.
Knowledgeable: Understanding the different roles, responsibilities, and connections within the community.
Caring: Showing empathy and respect for community members and their roles.
Transdisciplinary Learning Subject Integration
• Language Arts: Communicating about community roles, responsibilities, and relationships. Example: Reading books and stories about different community helpers and their roles.
• PSPE: Developing social skills and understanding the importance of different roles in the community. Example: Role-playing different community jobs and understanding their responsibilities.
• Social Studies: Exploring different community roles and how they contribute to society. Example: Discussing various jobs such as firefighters, doctors, teachers, and how they help the community.
Approaches to Learning
• Communication Skills: Enhancing verbal and non-verbal communication through sharing information about community roles.
• Research Skills: Investigating different roles in the community and understanding their responsibilities.
• Possible
• Social Skills: Developing the ability to interact with different community members and understanding their roles.