It’s been a steep learning curve for all of us thi year, and we were very happy to be able to present our learning journeys with you all. Many thanks for everyone’s efforts and participation during our live Expo on Tuesday. We had many students involved in discussions and keen to share. As we ran […]
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What characteristics or motivations inspire people to continue… This week we welcomed our Artists in Residence, and also extended our thinking, discussing what types of characteristics people have to face disasters or catastrophes and then continue to face a new day and keep going. As a result of our discussions, we began to unpack other
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Welcome back Welcome back to Term 4 on-site! This week has been a huge adjustment for many of us moving from a set working space we share with our immediate families, compared with moving into a variety of learning spaces along with 135 others. We discussed the happy and sad of change. We had some
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Congratulations! We have successfully embraced a whole term of online learning and remote collaboration. This is no simple task and we are grateful for the family support offered at home and amazed at the resilience and persistence we have as a community. We continue to develop new and innovative ways to draw strength from our
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The third term is that lovely term where much of the learning journey we have been on since January begins to really fall into place…there are new confidences and fluency about our skills and understandings. During our small group conferencing, many students are reporting things are ‘easier’ or ‘faster’ or they simply ‘got it’. This
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Maintaining A Balanced Mind During Remote Learning As we continue to work, learn, collaborate, and socialise online it can be challenging to avoid the burn out of our screens and isolation. This term we have gradually worked our way through our Mind Matters unit. We have investigated the parts of our brain and their function,
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Welcome to Term 3. We hope you are all well. While we finished up Term 2 feeling the warm glow after Student-Led Conferences, many of us were disappointed to find ourselves back to remote learning this term. Student-Led Conferences highlighted some significant growth and just how digitally competent we are. Students were able to lead
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Transitions It has been a relatively smooth few weeks transitioning back to school. We have observed children keen to return to school, who have been easily and independently engaged in learning. It is impressive that most students have remembered to bring water bottles, paper towel and headphones to school to support their learning together. The
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Making Our Way Back… As with the first weeks of learning about COVID-19 and remote learning, the weeks leading up to the return of school on-site brings a mixed bag of thoughts and emotions…we may be excited to see friends, we may be concerned about whether it’s safe to do so, we may be curious
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Nothing proves the relativity of time like working online. The weeks are flying by with new markers of time. Our routines are shifting and reshaped by family rituals and online invitations. What was once a rushed family breakfast, lunch box frenzy and commute; has now made way for a long breakfast and the negotiation of
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