The strands of the curriculum which this unit connects to are set out below. These can be used for planning schemes and lessons based on the site materials.
The children will examine schools as part of the built environment of a community.
SESE: Geography Curriculum 5th and 6th classes
Strand: Human Environments
Strand unit:
People Living and working in the local area
People living and working in a contrasting part of Ireland
Settlement: homes and other buildings
Explore, investigate and come to appreciate the major features of the built environment in the locality and in a contrasting part of Ireland
Objectives as listed in the geography curriculum
The child will be enabled to
- Explore, investigate and come to appreciate the major features of the built environment in the locality and in a contrasting part of Ireland
- Location and uses of buildings
- Change, reconstruction and re-use of buildings
- Shape/ layout of features in the area
Natural environmental features and people
The child will be enabled to
- Become aware of the natural features in the locality and in a contrasting part of Ireland and their interrelationship with the lives of the people living in these places
- Major natural features, flora and fauna
- Interrelationships of these features and the lives and work of people
- Changes to the natural environment and their causes
Transport and communications
The child will be enabled to
- Learn about the methods of transport and transport routes in the locality and in a contrasting part of Ireland
- Become aware of the advantages, disadvantages and roles of these methods
Integration
The unit on the geography of school buildings integrates with the history and science curriculum. It also allows children to study a school as part of a study of the local environment, a feature of all three subject areas of SESE.
SESE History Curriculum
Strand: Local studies
Strand unit: My Locality Through the Ages
Objectives
The child should be enabled to
- Study a period or periods in the history of the local village, town, parish or county
SESE Science Curriculum
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plant and animal life
Objectives
The child should be enabled to
- Observe, identify and examine the animals and plants that live in local habitats and environments
- Local stream, river or pond
- Aspect of a local urban area
- Identify the interrelationships and interdependence between plants and animals in local and other habitats
Strand: Materials
Strand unit: Properties and characteristics of materials
Objectives
The child should be enabled to
- Identify and investigate a widening range of common materials in the immediate environment
- Water, air, rock, metal, wood
Strand: Environmental Awareness and Care
Strand unit: Environmental awareness
The child should be enabled to
- Identify positive aspects of natural and built environments through observation, discussion and recording
Strand unit: Caring for the Environment
The child should be enabled to
- Identify and discuss a local environmental issue
- Come to appreciate individual, community and national responsibility for environmental care
- Appreciate the need to protect environments for present and future inhabitants