Inquiry into survival - September update

We recently did a thinking routine, Compass Points (see below), for our inquiry into survival. The purpose of this was to help us plan where to go to next in our inquiry. The children’s responses were really interesting and I encourage you to go through this with your child. In this way, you may come up with some actions that you can take at home or ideas for us at school. These actions might be doing research or getting out and about to make a difference in the world!

I would love to hear the responses and ideas of family members and I encourage you to get involved. These children are amazing!

N – what else do you need to know?	E – what do you find exciting?
· More about not stepping on animals · Where did the plants come from in the world? · I wonder why we have trees? To make paper? · Why do you need air? · More about animals · How nature works · More about water · If people are still cutting down trees · If sculptures might be built on animals homes · How the world was made · How do animals survive? · Why do people cut down trees and start bush fires? · Why did the Giving Tree want to get to a stump?	· Learning about the Merri Creek · There are so many plants in the world. · How homes help us survive and different animals have different homes. · The zoo and aquarium · Sea creatures are still alive · People planting native plants · Plants need water to make them grow · That plants are alive · Going to the Merri Creek · Finding animals’ homes · Fish and trees
W – what worries you?	S – What steps will you take?
· People cutting down trees · Why people make bushfires when they kill animals, like the Leadbeater possum. I worry that they will go extinct. · Animals dying · I’m worried about fairy penguins because seals eat fairy penguins · People hurting animals and nature · Dogs running up to me and biting me at the park · Animals breaking plants · Cutting down trees · People hurting animals with sticks · Dangerous animals · People starting bush fires and killing animals · The Leadbeater Possum · Animals eating rubbish/pollution	· Grow more native plants · Grow more plants and flowers. If we grow them everywhere, the world will look prettier. · To save animals · Save wild life · Watering plants  · Put decorations on the terrace · Stepping carefully · Picking up rubbish · Stop electricity, oil and plastic; and save Ring Tail Possums · Planting seeds to grow flowers; planting seeds for the birds to get; and asking people not to cut down trees · Get my family to use recycled toilet paper · Try not to cut down trees

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