I think we should all write a book and put it in the library. Saskia Could connecting to children’s past experiences together support the establishment of a stronger lived experience of community within our neighbourhood? This is the question the year 1 teaching team have been discussing over the past few weeks as we seek […]
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As we continue to look forward in celebrating the end of what’s been a very challenging, but successful year, the students have taken the time this week to think deeply and reflect on the achievements they’ve each made both at school and during remote learning. Through the many themes we’ve covered in our inquiry focuses,
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Hi everyone, As we begin to wind the year up in our neighbourhood, during one of our whole group discussions the students voiced they wanted to create their very own thank you letters to their parents/carers as part of their support during remote learning/Seesaw. The students wanted to write a meaningful message about how they
“Instead of you going really fast when you can’t focus on things, it’s going a bit slower and it helps you to have a look at it and notice more things. Claudia I This beautiful observation was in response to work the children have been engaged in with artist in residence, dance teacher Toni
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After so many weeks of online learning we are thrilled to all be back at school with the children! The children have settled in extremely well. Happy to be back with their friends and teachers in the familiar surrounds of the year 1 neighbourhood. Our focus this week has been settling the children back into
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“When we learn about ourselves it helps us to understand others.” Students have continued to investigate family stories to gain a deeper understanding of themselves and their own family history. Students interviewed a chosen family member and discovered many
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This week in Year 1 remote learning, we centred our learning around the celebrations of all of the amazing father’s, grandfather’s, uncles and any other special carer’s. The students were to complete a number of Seesaw provocations which allowed them to investigate and interview their father’s on who they are. One of the week’s
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This week the year ones have been making fantastic Maths Board Games. The children have been working so hard to create the most amazing themed Maths Board Games. We broke down the process of making a board game into small steps. Each day the children were asked to complete a small section of their Maths
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‘There are many things that connect us to others and ourselves.’ In week 3 the children investigated other people in their family and asked them the question, ‘What was the most meaningful part of the day for you and why?’ Some of the children’s responses are included below:- Claudia I – “My dad says his
As we settle back into remote learning we will continue to co-construct our understanding about culture, and ourselves. Last term the children shared important objects from their family culture online and continued to bring artifacts from home when we returned to school including, religious icons, traditions, and family recipes passed down through generations, just to name
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