Congratulations to everyone who participated in the ANZAC assembly on Friday. It was wonderful to share all of your learning about the ANZAC heroes. It was also fantastic to see not only the students themselves run the assembly, but uphold a high-respectable occasion and help remind the rest of the school community during the last post ceromony.
Maths Inquiry
This week we begin our Maths inquiry into how we use Maths to build. We will explore different meeting places in our area and the different types of Maths we might use to build such a meeting place. We will start with a visit to Railway House to draw and label the different aspects of the building. To support us in our inquiry we will also learn about how to measure accurately using different tools.
Spelling Investigation
After ANZAC day we were inspired to ask what Acronyms are. This started an investigation into the difference between Acronyms (ANZAC) and Initialisms (CFA). We are looking for as many examples to add to our word wall as we can so have a think at home!
Inquiry Provocations
Along with the provocation about how groups use language and how they communicate and the provocation exploring meeting places (see last week’s learning focus) we are also looking at the values and norms of a group and how groups evolve. This week we will also decide how we might group and categorise the groups we are part of in a workshop.
Norms, Rules and Values
As students research deeper into groups and how they operate throughout the world, a new provocation opportunity will allows students to identify a number of characteristics on how groups work efficiently and cooperatively. Here, the specific focus will be around groups’ norms, rules and values – how they are set, who makes these agreements and what it means for all groups members.
Evolution of Groups
Finally, the students will also participate in a workshop where they will be shown a timeline evolution of how groups have developed since the beginning of humanity. This fantastic opportunity will allow students to understand where groups originated from, find out what has changed within groups over a century- based timeline and how we can learn from our past to make better, more strategic choices when in group-based situations.