Our concept this term is
"Whanaungatanga - we are all connected"
From this concept we have been working on understanding our central idea that
Learning is an active connected experience. People connect to learning in different ways and we learn from different sources. When people share their learning, people learn more.
In Room 25 and 26 we have started our inquiries based around creating an instructional tool that will cater for all types of learners; audio, visual and tactile. They began by deciding what sort of subject they wanted to investigate and created questions that would help drive their inquiries. They are currently in research mode, busy collecting information.
"We have been inquiring about how to teach new entrants and Year 1 students how to tie their show laces. We have found out from them that they prefer a slow step by step video with a song to help them remember the steps. We have also learned the importance of feedback from our audience as they described our first song as "weird". We are now researching the types of songs that they will connect with."
"We are learning how to make an electrical circuit for our learning tool. We want to create a learning tool to for younger students to learn their number bonds to ten as we have found out that this knowledge can help them use different strategies in Maths later on. We have enjoyed it so far because we get to work with our friends, experiment with ideas, try new things, make prototypes and constantly ask questions"
Stay with us to hear from other groups who are taking risks with their learning and adventuring into the unknown!
To be continued ....
Josh and Blake's Group
Our main idea is how to make campfire cones and provide a learning resource for the Year 5's next year on camp. We need waffle cones, so we are going to make the waffle cones ourselves and we have found out how to do this on a camp fire.
Now we need to find out the following:
How to make a camp fire to cook on.
how to set up the fire
how to light the fire
how to keep it going
how to be safe around a fire
Finally what equipment do we need to make the waffle cone.
"Hey guys, did you know that we could make our own waffle cones!"
Alex; "I am finding the safety tips we need to think about when cooking on an open fire. I am really looking forward to doing it on camp and presenting our ideas. Mrs Strickett and Mrs Hannan are looking forward to eating them."
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