SHARING THE PLANET An inquiry into the rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resources with other people and with other living things; communities and the relationships within and between them; access to equal opportunities; peace and conflict resolution.

Throughout 2022, Te Kura O Paeraki | Mt Pleasant School is conducting a year long inquiry across the whole school under the Transdisciplinary Theme of Sharing the Planet.

Taking Action

Think Global, Act Local.

Action, the core of student agency, is integral to the Primary Years Programme (PYP) learning process and to the programme’s overarching outcome of international-mindedness. Through taking individual and collective action, students come to understand the responsibilities associated with being internationally minded and to appreciate the benefits of working with others for a shared purpose. When students see tangible actions that they can choose to take to make a difference, they see themselves as competent, capable and active agents of change (Oxfam 2015).

We love our students taking action around our inquiries. Here are a few ideas to get YOU, our valuable families, involved over the holiday break (and longer).

• Toy recycling - The Warehouse (July only)
  
  • https://www.thewarehouse.co.nz/toy-recycle.html
• Soft Plastics recycling
  
  • https://www.recycling.kiwi.nz/
• Plastic Free July - Make a pledge to swap one thing out.
  
  • https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/aotearoa/

Action is a means for students to show that they have linked their learning to real-life issues and opportunities, and that they are developing responsible dispositions and behaviours towards social and physical environments and to the community within and beyond school. Through action, students develop a sense of belonging to local and global communities. They understand and recognize the interconnectedness and interdependence of issues, and consider these from multiple perspectives (Oxfam 2015, UNESCO 2015).