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 * __Philosophy Statement:__

The key Pedagogy that underpins our unit is Student Centred learning, in particular Active Learning. This can be seen in a range of lessons, for example, in more detail learning experience one, two, three and four. Student Centred Learning approach aims to allow children to control their own learning within the classroom throughout the teaching of this unit as they make key decisions about their learning. Active Learning is involved as the children are interacting with the environment, observing the effects of the interventions and constructing their own interpretations of the phenomena and the results of their manipulations. This could further be explored in the text Meaningful learning with Technology (3rd Ed), What is Meaningful Learning?, Chapter one, by David H. Jonassen, Jane Howland, Rose M. Marra, David P. Crismond.** __http://www.mypearsonstore.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0132393956__


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Another key pedagogy involved throughout our unit, which links to Student Centred Learning is the idea of Scaffolding. This allows the teacher to act as a guide to facilitate childrens learning, while still giving them the control over their own learning.** **For more information on this idea please find information below:** [] media type="youtube" key="Se6a9Q_37t4" width="425" height="350"

Gathering Rubbish from school grounds **Lesson two:** Discuss initial understandings **Lesson three:** Introduce song **Lesson four:** Bring samples, and classify **Lesson five:** Evaluating classroom rubbish **Lesson six:** Preparation for trip **Lesson Seven:** Trip to recycling centre **Lesson eight:** Follow up to recycling centre- step by step guide to recycling **Lesson Nine:** Fact file- writes ways in which we can look after our environment Learning outcome: Write a explanation in an authentic context relating to recycling. **Lesson ten:** Create a solution for the school or classroom to allow recycling to occur, putting up a poster to show solution **Lesson eleven:** Making musical instruments- out of recycled goods **Lesson twelve:** Collage from recycled goods- fabrics, bottles etc
 * Lesson one:**
 * Lesson Aim:** Children, in groups, will explore the school grounds collecting rubbish from different areas. Class will meet together at the end of this activity and discuss and tally their findings.
 * Learning Outcome:** Children will identify problem areas around the school in terms of rubbish.
 * Lesson Aim:** Class will discuss what they know about recycling. Teacher will use this discussion as a form of assessment to gain an understanding of where children are at in terms of this topic.
 * Learning Outcome:** Listen and respond to others, the whole class and teacher about their understandings of recycling.
 * Lesson Aim:** Children will explore the lyrics of the song ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ by Jack Johnson. They will unpack the lyrics in terms of meaning and singing and then begin to learn to sing it. This will be continued throughout the unit.
 * Learning Outcome:** Gain an insight into recycling using music.
 * Lesson Aim:** Throughout unit children will be asked to collect recycling and bring it into school to use for the unit. This lesson will require them to sort different materials into different groups according to what they believe they are made up of. The teacher will then guide the children to the correct answer giving rationale as to why they are sorted this way.
 * Learning Outcome:** Gain a basic understanding of how different materials can be sorted when recycling.
 * Lesson Aim:** Children and teacher will tip out their classroom rubbish and discuss what it contains. Discussions may include the amount of recycling in the rubbish, the amount of rubbish that is unnecessary and the ways this could be improved to help our environment.
 * Lesson Outcome:** Children will begin to understand the amount of rubbish that can be recycled and what we can do about this.
 * Lesson Aim:** Teacher will explain to children what is expected of them behaviour wise. Teacher will also get children to think about what they may see at the recycling centre, what questions they may like to ask and things they should look out for.
 * Lesson Outcome:** Children will know what to expect, what to ask and what to look out for.
 * Lesson Aim:** Children will listen to recycling expert and tour through the recycling centre to observe the way different materials are recycled.
 * Lesson Outcome:** Explain how different resources are recycled and explain the roles of different people in the recycling process
 * Lesson Aim:** Teacher will ask children what they learnt about the recycling centre-brainstorm. This will then be sorted by the children into a step by step guide to recycling, outlining the key processes that are involved in recycling.
 * Lesson Outcome:** Children will explain how different resources are recycled in a step by step process.
 * Lesson Aim:** Children will write a description about different ways we can look after our environment; this will be discussed as a class.
 * Lesson Aim:** Children and teacher will explore ways to solve the problem of reducing recycling. They will then create solutions as to what they can do about this, within their classroom and school.
 * Learning outcome:** Make decisions about possible social action on recycling.
 * Lesson Aim:** Children will participate in a fun lesson involving making musical instruments out of recycled goods. An expert may need to come into the school to help with this. These could be shared at an assembly to make the school aware of the issue.
 * Learning outcome:** Understand how to reuse recycled goods and create objects of use.
 * Lesson Aim:** Children will complete a fun art lesson which involves making a collage out of recycled goods, collected by class members. This could involve any recycled good- up to children as they are the creators. This lesson could have an underlying theme within the artworks e.g. nature.
 * Learning outcome:** Understand how to reuse recycled goods to create artwork.