THOUGHTS for Term 2

In small groups we discussed about a school wide spark and the importance of this as a motivator as well as a spark happening in your own classroom, depending on the concept that classes are going to run with.  What has worked well in some teams has been the sharing of websites and this has motivated the children to run with the concept.

We have found that we need to revisit our strive model in our own classroom as well as working to a timeline. This term has produced a "fast" inquiry and maybe the depth has not been there. It appears that this inquiry was too wide and not pulled in enough to be classes AND school-wide. Especially after the xmas holiday break whereby a lot of the students have forgotten the stages and the parts that they play.

Thinking ahead to term 4 when we have a flower show, can we have some flower power thinking?

Thoughts for term 2, possibly having the pacifica group from the local college and a class lunch sharing, looking at different cultures and costumes that they wear. This would be homely for our children that are multicultural.

A school wide spark GETS everybody talking and hopefully the buy-in from all!! 

We still need to have that student voice factor. We are looking forward to listening to Trevor Bond and he will be able to help US in the area of questioning. As teachers we need to give direction to our students in locating resources, so they are more focused. The resources need to be relevant to the concept being shared. Classes sharing their inquiry during the journey to other classes and also the celebration.