Buddies

Today we met with our EY buddies. It is always fabulous getting together with the three year olds and acting as role models...supporting them in their own learning journeys. Today we were joined by Ms Henny's class and spent time working together to create paper dolls using a variety of craft material. It was wonderful to see our grade two children learning to 'adapt their expectations' and learn to communicate with their younger peers.

The Big Dig!

Today we had a big archaeological dig in our school sandpit. Children worked through the process of digging carefully with trowels, sieving the sand for clues and dusting the sand around the discovered artifacts with brushes. They logged their findings and looked carefully at what the artifacts may have been used for. What did they tell us about past?

Clues From The Past - Tuning In

Today we spent time looking at the central idea and lines of inquiry for our unit - Clues From The Past.
Children had to solve a puzzle to work these out, and then shared their findings with the rest of the class. The 'smashed artifact' they were given contained important guidelines for our unit. They worked well together...problem solving and persevering! Well done team! I'll make archaeologists out of you yet!

Transdisciplinary Theme 

Where we are in place and time

An inquiry into orientation in place and time; personal histories; homes and journeys; the discoveries, explorations and migrations of humankind; the relationships between and the interconnectedness of individuals and civilizations, from local and global perspectives.

Central Idea

Evidence from the past helps us to understand the place we live.

Lines of Inquiry

• The different sources we use as evidence
• Evidence of change over time
• Evidence helps us to understand where we live

International Day

Thank you to all of the families who supported International Day. It was a fabulous day out and it was wonderful to see so many cultures represented!

Clues from The Past

We have been wrapping of our unit of inquiry on Sharing the Planet - Urban Environments. On Friday we began tuning into our new unit by undertaking a provocation on 'personal artifacts'. Each of our elementary teachers brought in three artifacts from home and we had to guess and justify who we thought they belonged to. There was plenty of interesting discussion!

Math - perimeter

We have been learning about perimeter. Children have been measuring school spaces and working out the perimeter and area of them. Plenty of fun, and some great mathematical thinking has been going on!

The Learner Profile in Action

‘The aim of all IB programmes is to develop internationally minded people people who, recognising their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help to create a better and more peaceful world. IB learners strive to be: Inquirers, Knowledgeable, Thinkers, Communicators, Principled, Open-Minded, Caring, Risk-takers, Balanced, and Reflective.’

Last week children were asked to reflect on the learner Profile attribute they associate the most with. Their peers then commented on the attributes they felt each-other demonstrated. I will post their completed sheets on their individual blog pages.