Venue: Enchanting Acres
Program Type: Full-Day Sustainability Systems Investigation
Age Group: Cambridge Primary Stage 5 (10–11 years)
Duration: Full-Day
Focus: Ecological interdependence, resource governance, ethical trade-offs, sustainability modelling, systems evaluation
Cambridge Primary Science (Stage 5 – Living Things and Energy):
• Analyse interdependence within ecosystems
• Explain energy transfer and flow within food chains
• Investigate environmental variables affecting sustainability
• Interpret data and justify scientific conclusions
• Evaluate human impact on ecological systems
Cambridge Primary Global Perspectives (Stage 5):
• Analyse fairness and responsibility in decision-making
• Evaluate competing priorities in resource allocation
• Construct reasoned arguments supported by evidence
• Consider multiple perspectives in ethical debates
Cambridge Primary English (Stage 5 – Analytical Communication):
• Present structured arguments with supporting evidence
• Develop counterarguments and rebuttals
• Produce formal analytical writing
“Systems, Power and Sustainability” reframes Enchanting Acres as a live ecological governance case study. Students investigate interdependence, analyse resource allocation, evaluate human control over living systems, and confront ethical tensions between productivity and environmental balance.
The inquiry arc progresses through:
Observation → Systems Mapping → Resource Analysis → Ethical Evaluation → Proposal Design
This is structured as a sustainability audit conducted through evidence-based reasoning and systems modelling.
• Research – primary data collection and structured documentation
• Thinking – systems modelling, quantitative estimation, long-term impact evaluation
• Communication – structured argumentation and debate
• Social – collaborative synthesis and critique
• Self-Management – disciplined inquiry and responsible conduct
Students will:
• Analyse ecological interdependence within farm systems
• Evaluate how human decisions influence sustainability
• Identify trade-offs between productivity and ecological balance
• Examine power dynamics in resource governance
• Construct systems maps with feedback loops
• Propose evidence-based sustainability strategies
Students will:
• Produce a labelled ecological systems model
• Identify at least three resource inputs and outputs
• Analyse one ethical dilemma observed
• Evaluate one sustainability vulnerability
• Justify one improvement proposal using evidence
• Reflect critically on human responsibility in environmental governance
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