Building together - Summative project

The Summative assessment happens during the eighth week of our inquiry and it is used as an evaluation technique that reflects the children's knowledge and understanding of the topic explored.

Community Scenario:

The children worked together to create a scene in the community. The children chose a workplace and decided on a problem that will take place at the scene. They had to decide who in the community could help and explore different ways of solving the problem.

The Wind group's story

 

Workplace: A community farm that grows vegetables and raises chickens and cows. 

Props: A farmer, a child, a dog, a cow, a doctor, a dentist, a veterinarian, a truck driver and chickens. 

The children wanted to present their scenario and show the connections between people and communities. The people on the farm grow the food and harvest it, the truck driver picks it up and arranges deliveries to different stores in different communities and people shop at those stores and enjoy the delicious food. 

The problem: When the truck driver arrived at the farm for his usual pick up, the dog that usually came to greet him was not there and he found that the farmer had a toothache and couldn't work in the field that day. The potatoes were not packed nor ready for pick up. The child that was helping the farmer had a terrible tummy ache and couldn't get out of bed to help collect the eggs from the chickens. The cows wouldn't eat any grass and so there was no milk. The driver decided to help everyone on the farm and reached out to other community workers: He phoned the Dentist to come help the farmer with his toothache, the Doctor to come help the child and the Veterinarian to come help the cow that wouldn't eat and the dog that didn't greet the driver as usual. 

Because of all the help from all these different people, the activity on the farm restarted and everyone was able to get their jobs done. 

This story showed an understanding of the importance of the responsibilities of each person and the chain of tasks which must be completed for production to continue as usual.  

Trystan "If the driver doesn't have food to pick up, then he can't get his job done."

Roy "So we will not have food to buy from the store."

Jason "Oh no, that can't happen." 

The children showed an understanding that part of building a stronger community is having people who work together and help each other.