School Overview Odd Year 2021

	Planning Period 1	Planning Period 2	Planning Period 3	Planning Period 4
Topic	It’s Alive!	Times, they are Changing	The Power that Moves	Caretakers of the land
Big Idea/Questions	Living things interact with each other and the environment	Events in the past have created the present and influence our future.	Forces affect our everyday lives.	People have different relationships with the environment they live in.
Major Strand	Living World	Continuity and Change	Physical World	Place and Environment
Future Focus	Sustainability	Citizenship	Enterprise	Globalisation
Team 1	Minibeasts	My Family	Moving Loads Movement, Wheels and Transport	Houses Around the World
Team 2	Growing Plants	Heroes	Sound	Growing and Gathering Food
Team 3	The Animal Kingdom	Early Settlers of New Zealand	Electricity/Magnetism	Other Cultures
Team 4	Endangered Species	Middle Ages or Exploration (Past, Present, Future)	Simple Machines	Extreme Environments
Achievement Objective Coverage	60% Science 20% Social Studies 20% Technology	20% Science 60% Social Science 20% Technology	60% Science 20% Social Science 20% Technology	20% Science 60% Social Science 20% Technology

School Overview Even Year 2020

	Planning Period 1	Planning Period 2	Planning period 3	Planning Period 4
Topic	Off to work we Go	Kotahitanga Getting on Together Social Relationships Link (Yrs 1-3) Getting to know You Everybody Belongs Body Image Link (Yrs 4-6) KOS Keeping Ourselves Safe. Keeping Ourselves Safe Link (Yrs 1-3) (Yrs 4-6) KOS plan wk 3-11	Transformers	What in the World?
Big Idea /Questions	People work to meet their needs in different ways		Our world is made up of different things which interact and change	Our planet is special and provides the resources we need to survive
Strand	The Economic World		Material World	Planet Earth and Beyond
Future Focus	Enterprise		Sustainability	Globalization
Team 1	People who contribute to our school Community helpers People who help us at school		Changes Of States Kitchen Chemistry. Melt, Freeze, Dissolve Changes of State	Shadows/ Night and Day Shadows/Night & Day Unit
Team 2	People who help in our Community People in our Community		Changes Of States Kitchen Chemistry. Boil, Beat, Shake Changes of State	Recycling Recycling
Team 2				Solar System Solar System
Team 3	Farming and Agriculture Farming and Agriculture		Changes Of States Kitchen Chemistry. Fizzing and Foaming	Solar System Solar System
Team 4	Financial Literacy Financial Literacy Plan		States of Matter States of Matter	Solar System (Discovering our place in the universe)
Achievement Objective Coverage	60% Social Science 20% Science 20% Technology		60% Science 20% Social Science 20% Technology	60% Science 20% Social Science 20% Technology

School Overview – Odd Year 2019

	Planning Period 1	Planning Period 2	Planning Period 3	Planning Period 4
Topic	It’s Alive!	Times, they are Changing	The Power that Moves	Caretakers of the land
Big Idea /Questions	Living things interact with each other and the environment	Events in the past have created the present and influence our future.	Forces affect our everyday lives.	People have different relationships with the environment they live in.
Major Strand	Living World	Continuity and Change	Physical World	Place and Environment
Future Focus	Sustainability	Citizenship	Enterprise	Globalisation
Team 1	Minibeasts	My Family	Moving Loads Movement, Wheels and Transport	Houses Around the World
Team 2	Growing Plants	My Grandparents and me	Sound	Growing and Gathering Food
Team 3	The Animal Kingdom	Early Settlers of New Zealand	Electricity/Magnetism	Other Cultures
Team 4	NZ Flora and Fauna Endangered Species	Middle Ages or Exploration (Past, Present, Future)	Simple Machines	Global Warming/ Conservation or Extreme Environments
Achievement Objective Coverage	60% Science 20% Social Studies 20% Technology	60% Science 20% Social Science 20% Technology	60% Science 20% Social Science 20% Technology	60% Science 20% Science 20% Technology