Central idea
People’s relationships with each other can have an impact on wellbeing.
Key concepts
causation, responsibility
Related concepts
Conflict, cooperation, balance, friendship
Lines of inquiry
How we develop relationships
How relationships affect us
Roles and behaviours within relationships
Teacher questions
How do we develop and maintain healthy relationships?
What makes a supportive relationship?
What actions help to build healthy relationships?
What a wonderful inquiry to start our year. Our inquiry lends itself perfectly to learning about being a member of a team. The children have inquired into the different types of relationships and how ttheir relationships and personal well-being are related.
They have explored relationships through literature and have acted, drawn, painted, talked and written about conflict resolution, problems, their responsibility in a relationship, friendship and much more. We have slowly developed our essential agreements for what we want our classroom to ‘look like, feel like and sound like’.
The children have identified people in their life they can share their problems with and are developing into a supportive team.
Examples of learning experiences… Unpacking the Central Idea
Cheers Nina
Nina Davis: Teaching & Learning in Australia 
This is like a breath of fresh air. What a powerful theme for inquiry work. I’ve been working with writers on self-advocacy, and we’ve been learning how to approach others and ask for the help we need. I love the idea of having them identify five people to ask specific kinds of help from. I’m glad you are back, Nina!
Hi Angela, Have a look at my post- How do I keep my brick wall strong? Great thoughts written independently by young writers. Thinkers Writing as I call it… I’m using the ‘write back’ editing model at the moment.
Cheers Nina
Hi there! It looks as though we both have a passion for the
same thing. Your blog, “Our first inquiry for 2013- Relationships (Years 1&2 in Victoria, Australia) | Nina’s Arena-Teaching & Learning in the Australian primary classroom” and mine are very
similar. Have you ever considered authoring a guest write-up for a
similar blog? It will surely help gain publicity to your blog
(my website recieves a lot of targeted traffic). If you are interested, contact me at:
augustahinson@t-online.de. Thank you