My Place Project!

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As you may have now heard, we are doing some special projects and presentations neighbourhood. Our Big Idea for this year is ‘My Place’, and one of the guiding questions we have is ‘What makes a place special to you?’.

We are asking the students to choose a place that they have a special connection to  – whether it be somewhere around their home, or further afield like a holiday house, grandparents farm or even an exotic location on the other side of the world! The students will research and discuss certain questions and then present their findings to the neighbourhood in small groups.

Below is a run down of what is happening and a timeline to go along with it.  Students will be given ample opportunities to complete the work in Project and Provocation time, but we also ask that parents can help their children out at home – especially when it comes to pictures or artefacts from their place.

 

TIMELINE

Planning – Tuesday 21st Feb -Tuesday 14th March

  • Thinking of your special place – Let the teacher know of your special by Friday 24th
  • Deciding how you are going to present your special place- powerpoint, poster, model or another idea you have discussed with the teachers
  • Working on your project
  • Practising for your presentation

Presentations – Begin Wednesday 15th March

  • Students’ presentations will need to last for 1-2 Minutes
  • Students can choose how they are going to present – whether it be a powerpoint, poster or model
  • They will be asked to show some pictures/ an artefact that is of their place and talk about their place
  • Students will be presenting to their home group

 

 

PROJECT CRITERIA

Students will asked to address some specifics in their project

  1. What is your special place?
  2. Where is your special  place?
  3. What are some of the features of my special place?
  4. What do I do in my special place?
  5. How does my special place make me feel?
  6. How do I look after my special place?

 

Students will be given a rubric to go along with their presentation, that outlines what they should be aiming for:

 

Rubric on My Special Place Project – click on the rubric to get a full page copy of it!

 

DAYS/TIMES TO PRESENT

We have developed a schedule for students to know when they presenting

Click on this link for a full schedule –

PRESENTATION TIMETABLES

 

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to come and chat to any of the teachers in the year 2 team.