This week the students took ownership of their learning and continued working on their chosen action individually and in groups. We carried this student agency and responsibility into our Maths as the children reflected on which areas they wanted to improve and work on in the next few days. They chose to consolidate their understanding, accuracy or speed using online resources such as Mathletics, written calculations, hands-on practise with clocks or through writing and drawing. We also have a potential investigation into sun-dials. In our writing we have been looking at comic strips and poetry. We used our unit of inquiry as inspiration. Here are a range of poems about habitats and animals. Their comic strips which illustrate the time sequenced flow of a food chain are a great example of trans-disciplinary learning. During Daily 5, the children were asked to explore biographies of people connected to any of our units during Grade 2. They then chose one person who they found inspiring and shared details of this person. We also found time to visit the annual Big Eyes, Big Minds Film Festival during which we watched eleven short films from around the world. On our return to school the children retold their favourite film using a comic strip format. We also enjoyed the fantastic Art Exhibition and Middle School Performance of Once upon this island, which highlighted what talented students we have at ISS. UN Sustainable Development Goals #4 Quality Education: This week has seen the students engage with multi-disciplinary learning and take action.
Student Action: Hugh shared a video clip of a strange animal that he had seen with his family which we were all very curious about. Lots of great suggestions- Maybe it was laying eggs on land? Where you near a river or lake? How big was it? It looks like a worm. Maybe it had come up from the earth after the rain....
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