Inquiry
At Aireys Inlet Primary School, we offer a rich integrated curriculum for students through MAPPEN.
The integrated inquiry learning sequences are designed to ensure that content from the following areas is addressed at each level:
- Science
- Technologies (Design and Technologies)
- The Humanities
- Health and Physical Education
- Critical and Creative Thinking
- Ethical Capability
- Intercultural Capability
- Personal and Social Capability
Whole school inquiry unit sequences are taught bi-annually.
Click the links below to take a look at you child’s Inquiry topic.
2021
In 2021 students will work through Sequence One of the Mappen cycle.
- Term 1 – Social Justice
- Term 2 – Creativity
- Term 3 – Community
- Term 4 – Sustainability
For a detailed look at what this topic will cover for you child, click the corresponding link in sequence one below.
| Sequence One | Community | Sustainability | Social Justice | Creativity |
| Foundation | In Our Community | Our Sustainable World | Fairness And Friendship | Topsy Turvy Tales |
| Years 1 & 2 | Places And Spaces | Tip Toe Through Our World | Celebrating Differences | Robot Buddies |
| Years 3 & 4 | First Contact | Look At What We Have Got | Someone Else’s Shoes | Behind The Scenes |
| Years 5 & 6 | Making Democracy | Think Global, Act Local | Care For The Kids | Bizarre Bazaar |
| Sequence Two | Identity | Change | Discovery | Connections |
| Foundation | Shaping Identity | The Changing World | The Bridge And Beyond | Great And Small |
| Years 1 & 2 | Growing Older And Wiser | Stimulating Science | Light And Sound | Through Generations |
| Years 3 & 4 | The Game Of Life | Into The Unknown | Forces And Functions | Our Island Home |
| Years 5 & 6 | Ethics And Emotions | Museums In Motion | The Journey To Discovery | Data And Decisions |
Sequence One
| Year Level | Community |
| Foundation | In Our Community |
| Years 1 & 2 | Places And Spaces |
| Years 3 & 4 | First Contact |
| Years 5 & 6 | Making Democracy |
| Year Level | Sustainability |
| Foundation | Our Sustainable World |
| Years 1 & 2 | Tip Toe Through Our World |
| Years 3 & 4 | Look At What We Have Got |
| Years 5 & 6 | Think Global, Act Local |
| Year Level | Social Justice |
| Foundation | Fairness And Friendship |
| Years 1 & 2 | Celebrating Differences |
| Years 3 & 4 | Someone Else’s Shoes |
| Years 5 & 6 | Care For The Kids |
| Year Level | Creativity |
| Foundation | Topsy Turvy Tales |
| Years 1 & 2 | Robot Buddies |
| Years 3 & 4 | Behind The Scenes |
| Years 5 & 6 | Bizarre Bazaar |
Sequence Two
| Year Level | Identity |
| Foundation | Shaping Identity |
| Years 1 & 2 | Growing Older And Wiser |
| Years 3 & 4 | The Game Of Life |
| Years 5 & 6 | Ethics And Emotions |
| Year Level | Change |
| Foundation | The Changing World |
| Years 1 & 2 | Stimulating Science |
| Years 3 & 4 | Into The Unknown |
| Years 5 & 6 | Museums In Motion |
| Year Level | Discovery |
| Foundation | The Bridge And Beyond |
| Years 1 & 2 | Light And Sound |
| Years 3 & 4 | Forces And Functions |
| Years 5 & 6 | The Journey To Discovery |
| Year Level | Connections |
| Foundation | Great And Small |
| Years 1 & 2 | Through Generations |
| Years 3 & 4 | Our Island Home |
| Years 5 & 6 | Data And Decisions |