How fast do we all go? Life is busier than ever, no wonder the children are tired, in fact the teachers are also tired at this time of year! A timely task to jump in and get involved with in your class is “Mindfulness”. There are some amazing books around like Slow Down World by…
Read MoreI am always on the look out for new ways to engage the learners I work with. Each Semester we ask the students to reflect upon their Semester, detailing the highlights, favourite moments, things they found a challenge etc. Traditionally we have written or drawn these reflections, more recently we completed mind maps and then…
Read MoreOver the term I have noticed on a number of occasions that in order to find success with their Inquiry the students need further help on how to research to find good and relevant information and to work together to timeframes. Last term while we were completing biographies on Explorers I had become aware that…
Read MoreIn the classroom today we are increasingly required to address social and emotional learning in order to best help the students in our care be successful resilient citizens. The power of circle time in my grade has been phenomenal this year, we have unpacked a range of different emotions and developed an active awareness of…
Read MoreMuch of our learning for STEM so far has required us to interact with others in a cooperative and focussed manner. The best outcome is simply not achievable when working alone. This goes for both the teaching team and the students. Collaboration has been the key to our light bulb moments and our deeper understandings…
Read MoreI’ve never seen the students sit for so long and be fully engaged in the moment. Time after time predictions were made, explanations provided for their thinking and races held. Again and again the 3….2….1….go countdown rung out through our learning space as cars were tested, curious questions discussed and then different scenarios tested again.
Read MoreToday was a day to take a step back from the classroom frontline and spend some time with my colleagues reflecting on Emotional Intelligence. Emotional Intelligence is at work in our relationships with our colleagues, parents and students. It is crucial to many of our interactions with parents, colleagues and students and ultimately helps us…
Read MoreThe pace changed a little today. The tower building teams spent some time unpacking what they think innovation and moonshot thinking is. Their goal was to design a poster for the maker space with their ideas. Now I don’t know about you but often when a class is asked to design posters there can be…
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