The Units of Inquiry and The Subject Areas

The Units of Inquiry

Each class studies units of inquiry. Our EY2 and EY3 classes explore four units of inquiry, allowing time for extended units and emerging inquiries coming from the children’s own interests. Our EY4 to ES5 classes explore six units of inquiry.

The Transdisciplinary Themes

Transdisciplinary themes provide the framework for the units of inquiry studied in each class.

Students explore these themes:

• who we are
• where we are in place and time
• how we express ourselves
• how the world works
• how we organize ourselves
• sharing the planet

The Subject Areas

Students study six subject areas. Social studies and Science are taught within the units of inquiry. The other subject areas are taught as stand alone subjects as well as being integrated into the units of inquiry.

The subject areas are:

• language
• social studies
• mathematics
• the arts (music and visual art)
• science
• personal, social and physical education

The transdisciplinary themes and subject areas outlined above form the knowledge element of the programme.  The programme can be illustrated by a hexagon with the six transdisciplinary themes surrounding the six subject areas: