Inquiry

 Here is our CENTRAL IDEA.

 This is our LEARNER PROFILE focus.

 These are the ATTITUDES we are focusing on.

 Our lines of inquiry are....

And... The CONCEPTS are...

Inquiry

Domestic violence must stop

                                             
                                             
 For our inquiry, the issue in our community we have chosen to find out about is.... we think domestic violence must stop!


Some of the questions we will be asking are.......

CAUSATION
Why is domestic violence like this?
Why does it happen?
Why does it exist?

PERSPECTIVE
What are the points of view?
families
police-lawyers
and children

RESPONSIBILITY
Who is responsible for helping?
What can i do?
What can my family do?

Inquiry Issue

Friday winter sport is dying in the Bays Cluster

By Sam, James and Johan

For our inquiry we are finding out about an issue which we are concerned about. We decided that we are worried about Friday winter sport is dying in the Bays Cluster

Some of our questions are...

What are the reasons for schools pulling out of Friday winter sports?

How can we make a change?

Who will make the final decision?
Why is this happening?

INQUIRY ISSUE

The issue that we are concerned about is...

 Our community does not have any recreation centres to keep kids fit and out of trouble

By Archie, Finn and Gus 

These are some of our questions:

1. Where could we put a recreation centre in the Mt Pleasant community?

2. Who might be against us?

3. How can recreation centres keep kids out of trouble?

4. How could we get the money to pay for it?

5. Who can help us make this happen? 

6. Who makes the decisions about this kind of thing & how can we influence them?

Inquiry Issue

Our issue for our current inquiry is: People in New Zealand have a responsibility to care for public facilities.

By: Olivia & Eliza

Some of our questions are...

1. Who might help us?

2. Who makes the decisions about public facilities?

3. Who responsibility is it to care for the facilities?

4. What are the different perspectives people have on public facilities 

5. What can we do to help keep public facilities clean?

6. why is it like this?

7. What could we do if we don't agree with the decisions made?

8. Why do people not just put rubbish in the bin?

Inquiry

Christchurch Earthquake Recovery Is Too Slow!

By Isla and Kiera.

For our inquiry, we have chosen an issue in our community to investigate and find out about. We have chosen to look at why the Christchurch earthquake recovery has been so slow. At the end of this inquiry for our summative assessment we will do a rant. A rant is a 1 and a half minute video where you walk through alleyways and talk about an issue. Here are some of our questions that we will answer to help us have a better understanding of our topic...

- How can we help people affected?

- What is causing the recovery to be so slow?

- Who can change this?

- Who makes the decisions?

Inquiry Statement: The Bike Park

The Bike Park

For our inquiry we have to have to do a rant on a issue in our community.

Our Concern: The Bike Park needs help to return to its former glory.

Some of our questions are:

Why is it taking along time to return to former glory?

Who is responsible for getting it back on its feet?

What do people do if they disagree with repairing the bike park?

What could we do to help speed up the process?

Who do we need to talk to if we are able to help?

When is it going to reopen?

Who makes the  decisions?

How are decisions made around what will happen to  the Bike Park?

Inquiry : There is a lack of support for the arts.

For our inquiry we are finding out about an issue in our community and then doing a rant about it.

our issue is...

There is a lack of support for the arts in primary schools.

By: Ella, Zeda & Sailor.

Some of our questions are...

1. Who is responsible for supporting primary school students in the arts?

2. What are the different perspectives about supporting students in the arts?
3. How can we react if we disagree with the decisions?  

4. Why don't some schools support the arts?

5. Where would the facilities be to accommodate these arts go?

Inquiry

For our inquiry, we have decided to do a rant about getting rid of bad graffiti but keeping the good / cool street art. We are concerned about our city looking bad, our environment getting ruined and young New Zealander's getting the wrong idea......

Our line of inquiry:

Our city has too much graffiti that badly influences young people, and ruins our environment.

Some of our questions are....

- Where are separate places for graffiti and street art?

- Who do we need to talk to to fix the issue?

- How can we get rid of bad graffiti but keep the good street art?

- How can we prevent bad graffiti from happening?

 

By Andie and Scarlet

Art with Jo Laughnan

After we did our charcoal drawing, we used pastels. The still life drawing is bold and colourful.

 

 


 

Art with Jo Laughnan

Today we worked with Jo Laughnan to learn about still life drawing. 

First we used charcoal and learnt about shapes and shading.

Our finished work is 3 dimensional and was quick to produce.

Inquiry..... Parliament 101

Our new inquiry is all about 'A COMMUNITY is IMPACTED by the ACTIONS and DECISIONS of its MEMBERS'

Our LINES of INQUIRY are:
People have different perspectives on issues
People in New Zealand have a responsibility to contribute to decision making
Communities change in response to decisions made

Social action can influence decisions

SO.... Who makes the decisions? How do they decide? What are some of the decisions that impact us personally?

How do our actions impact our classrooms? Where in the city/ country/ world are there challenges making decisions? What are my responsibilities as a citizen? What do we do in a democratic society to resolve differences?

GET THINKING!!!