Inquiry



Transdisciplinary Theme Sharing the Planet Central Idea Machines that people create and develop have an impact on the environment.

At Ashburton Borough School year 5 and 6 students had a visit from Science Alive. They came down from Christchurch and gave us a leason on simple machines. We learnt about the pulley system, clogs, inclined plane, screws, pivots and levers. One of the things we did was make a simple machine, we about one and a half hours to make a simple machine but only with lego, and some instructions to show as what to do. This is Lucy and Grace's model of a simple machine they made.Their machine was created to pull the boat out of the water after it had sunk. Other models where tring to put the luggage into the plane so you had to create a conveyor belt and another one was creating a model that will made the people go round and round like a merry-go-round. Each person was in a pair with a partner to make their simple machine. Anna was our instructor. She firstly gave us a lesson (before we made machines with our partners) on all the different parts a simple machine has and how they work. It was a very exciting and enjoyable session/afternoon!!

Transdisciplinary theme Where we are in time and place Navigation Central Idea: People navigate using a variety of methods for a variety of reasons



We are learning to complete a compass trail.



This is the constellation Gemini.

Transdisciplinary theme An inquiry into the nature of the self: beliefs and values, personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends, communities and cultures; rights and responsibilities; what it means to be human
 * Who we are **

Central idea What we believe in is a part of who we are. ​