Units of Work
We know that children learn best when they want to learn.
That’s why the IPC has over 90 different thematic units of learning; all child-friendly, modern-day topics appealing to all ages of primary children; themes include Time Detectives, Airports, I’m Alive, Inventions and Machines and Global Swapshop.
The theme enables young children to remain motivated through the Learning of Science, Geography, History and so on. It also allows them to make purposeful links and connections throughout their learning and to see how their subject learning is related to the world they live in. Within each theme, the IPC suggests many ideas for collaborative learning, for active learning, for learning outside the classroom, for role play, and for children learning from each other.
Each IPC unit incorporates a range of subjects including Science, History, Geography, ICT, Art and PE and provides many opportunities to link literacy and numeracy. Each subject then has a number of learning tasks to help teachers to help children achieve a range of IPC learning goals.
Each unit is appropriate for one of three different age-groups: five to seven year olds, seven to nine year olds, and nine to twelve year olds. The IPC calls these age-groups Mileposts.
Early Years (Age 3-5)
All About Me
All About Me
Animals
Animals
Bears
Bears
Changes
Changes
Clothes
Clothes
Family And Friends
Family And Friends
Food
Food
Houses And Homes
House And Homes
Let’s Pretend
Let's Pretend
Patterns
patterns
Plants And Flowers
Plants And Flowers
Sand And Water
Sand And Water
Shopping
Shopping
The Olympics, Let’s Get Moving
The Olympics, Let’s Get Moving
Transport
Transport
Treasure
Treasure
Up And Away
Up And Away
Milepost 1 (Age 5-7)
All dressed up
Clothes
Art - MP1 - Specialist Unit
Specialist Course
Buildings
Structures
Flowers and insects
Flowers And Insects
From A to B
Transport And Travel
Hooray…Let’s Go On Holiday!
The Places People Go
How are you?
Health
I’m Alive
Living Things
ICT - MP1 - Specialist Unit
Specialist Course
Let’s celebrate
Celebrations
Media magic
Communication
Music - MP1 - Specialist Unit
Specialist Course
Our world
The Environment
PE - MP1 - Specialist Unit
Specialist Course
Science - Greenfingers
Plants
Science - It’s Shocking!
Electricity
Science - Look and Listen!
Sound & Light
Science - Push Me, Pull You!
Forces
Science - Water world
Water
Seeing the light
Light And Dark
Sensational!
The Senses
The circus is coming to town
Movement And Entertainment
The First Olympians
The Olympic Games
The Magic Toymaker
Toys and Games
The stories people tell
Myths, Legends And Fables
The things people do
Jobs
Time Detectives
Finding Out About The Past
We are what we eat
Food
Who Am I?
Ourselves
Milepost 2 (Age 7-9)
Active planet
Earthquakes And Volcanoes
Art - MP2 - Specialist Unit
Specialist Course
Brainwave
The Art Of Learning
Chocolate
Food
Different places, similar lives
Similarities And Differences
Do you live around here?
Habitats
Explorers and adventurers
Discovering The World
Fashion
Popular Culture
Footprints from the past
Before People
Gateways to the world
Airports
ICT - MP2 - Specialist Unit
Specialist Course
Inventions that changed the world
How Things Work
Living Together
Community
Music - MP2 - Specialist Unit
Specialist Course
Paintings, Pictures and Photographs
Visual Representation
PE - MP2 - Specialist Unit
Specialist Course
Saving the world
Rainforests
Science - Bright Sparks!
Electricity
Science - Feel the Force!
Forces
Science - Let’s plant it!
Plants
Science - On tap
Water
Science - Turn it up!
Sound & Light
Shaping up…
Heath And Fitness
The generation game
Young And Old
The Olympic Games
The Olympic Games
They made a difference
Significant People
Time and Place, Earth and Space
Time Zones
Treasure
Archaeology
What’s On The Menu?
Survival
Young Entrepreneurs
Money And Trade
Milepost 3 (Age 9-12)
Art - MP3 - Specialist Unit
Specialist Course
Black gold?
The Oil Industry
Brainwave
The learning brain
Building a village
Settlements
Champions for change
Rulers and governments
Climate control
Climate Change
Drugs Education
Drugs Awareness
Express yourself
Feelings
Fairgrounds
Energy, Forces, Sound And Light
Fit for Life
Health Education
Go with the flow
Rivers
Going global
World Trade And Globalisation
Growing up
Sex And Relationships
Here and now, there and then
Host Country And Home Country
ICT - MP3 - Specialist Unit
Specialist Course
Making New Materials
Making New Materials
Making the news
Print, Broadcast And Online Journalism
Making things go
Energy And Fuels
Mission To Mars
Living in Space
Moving people
Migration
Music - MP3 - Specialist Unit
Specialist Course
Myths and Legends
Myths, Legends And Beliefs
PE - MP3 - Specialist Unit
Specialist Course
Science - Fascinating Forces!
Forces
Science - Full Power!
Electricity
Science - Investigators
Scientific Enquiry: Materials And Their Properties
Science - Look Hear!
Sound & Light
Science - Roots, Shoots and Fruits
Plants
Science - Water for everyone
Water
Space explorers
Astronomy And Space
Switched on
Control Technology
The Athlete
The Olympic Games
The holiday show
Location And Tourism
The Time Tunnel
Chronology And Timelines
They see the world like this
Artists’ Impressions Of The World
Weather and Climate
Weather and Climate
What a wonderful world
The Natural World
What Price Progress?
Invention And Development