Inquiry - reflections term2/09

This term has been interesting for the children in room 6. The term started with day 1 and a SPARK from the teachers, whereby all the teachers dressed up in a costume from another country. The TASK was thinking about appropriate questions that the children wanted to find out, attempting to use Trevor Bond's 7 stages of questioning. The children wanted to find out if people from different countries ate the same food. The RESEARCH and INFORMATION  was finding out about food from a number of countries. We used books from the school library and a number of different websites to find information and pictures. We also tried sushi, green tea, chicken korma, naan bread, french sticks, croissants, olives, chargrilled peppers, ciabatta, hummas and  salami in the classroom. Many of the children tried and experienced tastes that they had not tried before. A number of parents have asked for the recipes that we used. Many photos were taken and the children have been working on improving their photo taking techniques. At the moment we are finishing the Inquiry with VOICE and EVALUATION. The children are using comic-life and are trialing keynote with their findings, to share with others.