Topic: Me In My Environment ‘Considering the world we are a part of and how we can make decisions to manage & improve the quality of the school’s physical & social environment. Level: 1-4

Key Concepts:Interdependence SustainabilityPersonal & Social Responsibility & Action Biodiversity

Key Dimensions:

IN ABOUT FOR

Learning Experiences:See Activity Guide in the ‘Me In My Environment’ section, Enviroschools Kit.

Skills: Investigate, observe & experience our surroundings. Share, record and analyse maps & info. Consult with others & make decisions together.

Attitudes/Values: KaitiakitangaCo-operation & concern for all forms of life in our community & wider environment.

Actions:To produce a whole school vision map for the creation of a sustainable school environment for people & nature.

Curriculum Area: Social StudiesStrand: SOrg/P&E/C&H/R&EA

Curriculum Area: ScienceStrand: LW/MW/PEB

Curriculum Area: EnglishStrand: All

Curriculum Area: The ArtsStrand: All

Curriculum Area: Health & PEStrand: PHD/ROP/HCE

Curriculum Area:Technology/MathsStrand: Strand A/Num/Geo/Stat/Mea

Learning Outcomes: * Students will:•Build knowledge and understanding of what they know & feel about their environment & can observe in their surroundings. •Explore key concepts & relate them to the school situation.•Conduct a survey of sustainability in the school.•Recap & summarise key learning about the school environment.•Create a Vision Map that represents the values, principles and ideas of the whole class and whole school.

Assessment:Whole class map that reflects students ideas & feelings about the health & sustainability of the school environmentWhole school map.Documentation of the processes.

Me in My Environm

ent

Learning Guide

Maths English The Arts Health & PE

Science Social Studies

Technology

Week 1 What do you know now?

Mapping My Place

PepehaSpecial Places

Sounds & Colours

Special PlacesSocial Profile

Mapping My Place Sounds &

ColoursSpecial PlacesSocial Profile

Pepeha

Week 2-3 What can you

observe?

Pattern Hunt Word HuntAlphabet Hike

Close Encounters

(Hear)

Alphabet HikeClose

Encounters (Touch)

Pattern Hunt

Restless Minds Close Encounters

(See, Taste & Smell)

A Day in the life of..

A Day in the life of..

Week 4 What can you learn?

A:Inter-reateness

B: There are limits…

C: We have..

The Last SunflowerWorld in a Lunchbox

A: Rangi & Papa

Tane & Tangaroa

Make a TreeMihi to Rangi &

Papa

Make a TreeRangi & Papa

Web of Life 1 & 2

Rangi & PapaTane &

TangaroaIf Earth were

an…The Last

SunflowerWorld in a Lunchbox

Week 5 What can you learn?

D: Kaitiaki…E: Living…

F: Designing…

Design An Object

KaitiakitangaVarious Values

Playing Our Part

KaitiakitangaDecisions Decisions

KaitiakitangaDecisions Decisions

Various ValuesPlaying Our

PartDesign An

Object

Design An Object

Week 6 What can you

measure?

EnviroSurvey EnviroSurvey EnviroSurvey EnviroSurvey EnviroSurvey EnviroSurvey EnviroSurvey

Week 7 What would you change?

Pool of Knowledge

Pool of Knowledge

Pool of Knowledge

Pool of Knowledge

Pool of Knowledge

Pool of Knowledge

Pool of Knowledge

Me in My Environm

ent

Learning Guide

Maths English The Arts Health & PE

Science Social Studies

Technology

Week 8 Mapping a WHOLE SCHOOL VISION!

Integrated ActivitiesMapping the whole school vision will nedd to be steered by your Envirogroup who will co-ordinate and communicate with different groups in the school community.

Sharing class ideas: Pools of Knowledge or class maps shared with the school community. May be a whole school exhibition/Community tour/Classroom tour/Hui/Open afternoon?Compiling Draft Vision Map: Establish guiding principles/sort ideas/create stroyboards/explore iconsConsultation with BOT, staff and other groups: May be done at council meeting or at an open evening!Drawing final Vision Map: Use your community! Any expertise out there?Vision Map Use: What will it be used for? Prioritising class projects/raising awareness/reflection/funding applications?

Week 9 Mapping a WHOLE SCHOOL VISION!

Week 10 Mapping a WHOLE SCHOOL VISION!

Goals reached at the end of

the Term

• Each classes ideas have been collated into an overall school vision map that everyone agrees is the basis for creating a sustainable school.• The vision map is on display for the school and community to view & its use has been decided upon.• Teachers, students & community have a guiding vision to work towards, to plan for and to make happen!• Whole school, community & children’s participation and involvement in the whole school map is evident.

Reflective Assessme

nt

Staff reflection on the Term unit ‘Me in My Environment’Children’s reflection on the term and the processes they went through.Community reflection on involvement in the processes (ie Envirogroup participation/Vision map consultation)Documentation for facilitator (photos, scrapbooks, story boards, art etc)

Note: Many of the activities in the Me In My Environment section actually fit into more than curriculum area. For the purposes of this planner the two most dominant curriculum areas have been selected.

Term Overview Maths English The Arts Health &

PEScience Social

StudiesTechnolog

yNumber

The Last Sunflower

Design An Object

Envirosurvey

Written Language ReadingWord Hunt

Alphabet Hike

Rangi & Papa

Tane & Tangaroa

Pool of Knowledge

Visual ArtsClose Encounters (Touch)

Alphabet Hike

Rangi & Papa

Sounds & Colours

Tane & Tangaroa

Pool of Knowledge

Personal Health & Development

Pool of Knowledge

Living WorldClose Encounters

(See/Taste)

Web of Life 1 & 2

Close Encounters (Smell)

Worms/Birds Eye View

Pool of Knowledge

Social OrganisationSocial Profile

Tane & Tangaroa

Kaitiakitanga

Decisions Decisions

Playing Our Part

Pool of Knowledge

Technological Knowledge &

UnderstandingA Day in the life of..

Statistics Enviro survey

Pool of Knowledge

Written Language WritingWord Hunt

Alphabet Hike

Rangi & Papa

Tane & Tangaroa

Special Places

Pool of Knowledge

DramaMaking a Tree

Rangi & Papa

Pool of Knowledge

Motor Skills… Physical World Place & Environment

Mapping My Place Sounds & Colours

Special Places

A Day in the life of..

Various Values

EnviroSurvey

Technlogical Capability

Design An Object

MeasurementMapping My Place

World In A Lunchbox

Oral Language Speaking

Pepeha

Special Places

Make A Tree

Various Values

Kaitiakitangi

Pool of Knowledge

Class Vision Map

DanceTane & Tangaroa

Pool of Knowledge

Relationships with Other People

Special Places

Decisions Decisions

Pool of Knowledge

Material WorldEnviroSurvey

Culture & Heritage Pepeha

Rangi & Papa

Tane & Tangaroa

Class Vision Map

Technology & Society

Algebra Oral Language Listening

Pepeha

Close Encounters (Hear)

Rangi & Papa

Tane & Tangaroa

Pool of Knowledge

MusicSounds & Colours

Close Encounters (Hear)

Pool of Knowledge

Healthy Communities & Environments

Restless Minds

Special Places

Social Profile

Kaitiakitanga

World In A Lunchbox

Class Vision Map

Planet Earth & Beyond

EnviroSurvey

Resources & Economic Activities

If Earth were an…

The Last Sunflower

World in a Lunchbox

Design An Object

EnviroSurvey

GeometryMapping My Place

Pattern Hunt

Visual Language Viewing & PresentingAlphabet Hike

Pool of Knowledge

Class Vision Map

Time, Contuinty & Change

Note: The Pool of Knowledge collected over the term will reflect and encorporate many curriculum areas and strands as will the class vision map which could be presented in any number of ways!

Activity Principle Concept

Mapping My Place Children’s Participation Physical Surroundings

Special Places Diversity of people & culture Physical Surroundings

Pepeha Maori perspectives Living Curriculum

Social Profile Children’s Participation Organisational Principles

Sounds & Colours Environmental Education Physical Surroundings

Word Hunt Environmental Education Living Curriculum

Pattern Hunt Environmental Education Living Curriculum

Alphabet Hike Environmental Education Physical Surroundings

Close Encounters-See/Touch/Taste/Hear/Smell

Environmental Education Physical SurroundingsLiving Curriculum

Restless Minds Environmental Education Living Curriculum

A Day in the life of… Environmental Education Physical Surroundings

The Last Sunflower Sustainability Organisational Principles

World in a Lunchbox Sustainability Operational Practices

Rangi & Papa Maori perspectives Living Curriculum

Make a Tree Environmental Education Living Curriculum

Web of Life 1 & 2 Environmental Education Living Curriculum

Tane & Tangaroa Maori perspectives Living Curriculum

If the Earth were an apple Sustainability Operational Practices

Design an Object Sustainability Operational Practices

Various Values Sustainability Organisational Principles

Kaitiakitanga Maori perspectives Organisational Principles

Decisions Decisions Children’s Participation Organisational Principles

Playing our Part Children’s Participation Organisational Principles

Note: For the activities

during Weeks 1-5, the principles and concepts of the enviroschools

programme are listed. Once again

some of the activities fit into more than one

principle or concept so keep in mind that this is not a complete list