Deep dive into themes at Wellington: Where did Mr. Darwin go?

For example, our Theme question ‘Where did Mr. Darwin go?’ gives pupils living in Hangzhou the opportunity to learn how to use an atlas to locate places around the world, understand the importance of lines of longitude and latitude and know how these are used to find geographical locations. The pupils are then asked to use these geography skills to understand the journey around the world Darwin took as a young man. In addition, we can use this topic as a jumping off point for a range of other subjects in the curriculum. In English, we read two fantastic books about Charles Darwin and then use these as model texts to write, edit, improve and publish our own Darwin biographies and diaries. Meanwhile in Science, we learn about evolution and inheritance, using Darwin’s life, journey and discoveries to help us to understand how animals have adapted over time and why fossils are so important to scientists.