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Grant, This sounds fantastic. No wonder the kids are excited. What a wonderful way to teach them about inclusiveness and understanding of others. I am looking forward to the pictures. I hope you can get your local paper involved and show the kids ho…
I have been working with our Grade Three teachers on a unit called Proud to be Australian. Our core understandings are...
1.Being a citizen of Australia is a privilege
2.Our duty as citizens is to welcome others into our lives
3.Celebrations are an…
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Hi Nina,
We completed a similar unit back in Term 2 with our Grade Threes. I have attached the version of the file I could find at home. It is not the completed one on the server, but I think you will get the idea.
It would b…
That is a really cool idea Anita. I have asked a sent out a bulk email to all the teachers at our school to give your idea a try. Fingers crossed they take it up. But if one does, then mission accomplished I imagine, as around 30 humans will be and…
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- At 8:23pm on July 29, 2009,
Grant Ian Lewis said…
- Please give me a call on skype greeningtheplanet it's Grant Lewis senior from the Gold Coast. What a great name.
- At 10:19pm on July 15, 2009,
Jenny Luca said…
- Oops! Didn't think the comment had posted. Obviously it had. 4 times!!
- At 10:17pm on July 15, 2009,
Jenny Luca said…
- Best of luck with the star sprinklers idea Grant. It's wonderful to see people picking up on the ideas of others and running with them. Let us know how things go. I'm eager to hear. : )
- At 10:17pm on July 15, 2009,
Jenny Luca said…
- Best of luck with the star sprinklers idea Grant. It's wonderful to see people picking up on the ideas of others and running with them. Let us know how things go. I'm eager to hear. : )
- At 10:16pm on July 15, 2009,
Jenny Luca said…
- Best of luck with the star sprinklers idea Grant. It's wonderful to see people picking up on the odeas of others and running with them. Let us know how things go. I'm eager to hear. : )
- At 10:15pm on July 15, 2009,
Jenny Luca said…
- Best of luck with the stat sprinklers idea Grant. It's wonderful to see people picking up on the odeas of others and running with them. Let us know how things go. I'm eager to hear. : )
- At 11:22pm on June 17, 2009,
NinaD said…
- Hi Grant, Your page looks fantastic. Hmmm- I'm going to have to do something to mine. Cheers Nina
- At 11:03pm on June 8, 2009,
Jenny Luca said…
- Hi Grant,
Now you need to see how you can link your curriculum focus to ideas for making a difference.
Preps - can they do something in the community to make a difference for others. Perhaps it could begin with doing something at home? Photos of their efforts could be shared here.
Grade ones ; could they create a habitat in the school grounds to encourage minibeasts to thrive? They could use voicethread to record their efforts and share the voicethread link here.
Grade Twos - Can they visit or be visited by a local veterinary clinic that assists injured wildlife? They could then do some fundraising to support that organisation and share their efforts in a blog post here.
Grade threes - Citizenship ceremony sounds great. They could record the stories of some of the participants using photostory 3 and embed the movies they have created here.
Grade fours - Can they identify something that needs attention in the local community and create a Photostory 3 movie that they could present to their local member to lobby for action. The movie could be shared here.
Grade fives - Can they do something to assist in making changes at home to their eating or exercise patterns? They could create a wiki where each student contributes their experiences over the course of a few weeks. The link could be shared here for others to access.
Grade Sixes - Could create a wiki where they share their findings. The link could be shared here so that others could access it. It becomes a resource for everyone to use.
These are just ideas Grant. You need to provide the leadership to bring your staff with you and allow them to see how powerful sharing what they are doing can be. If you have any questions send me a message.
Good luck. We are here to help if you need it.
- At 2:10pm on June 5, 2009,
Grant Lewis said…
- I have been planning with all our levels this week.
The Preps - Are continuing to look at community helpers
The Ones have gone old school with Mini-beasts, but can't work out where to take it in the end.
The Twos are looking at habitats and animals
Grade 3's to conduct a Citizenship Ceremony in September of this year. But we have to get the OK from the Department of Immigration. Fingers crossed we can do something with that, if not we will have an affirmation ceremony instead.
The Fours are looking at Democracy and our system/levels of government.
The Fives are exploring health
The Sixes are examining conflict and how it shapes identity and culture.
Am happy to collaborate or be pointed in the right direction for action
- At 10:28pm on June 4, 2009,
NinaD said…
- Hi Grant,
Looking forward to hearing about what you're doing. Cheers Nina
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Citizenship
I have been working with our Grade Three teachers on a unit called Proud to be Australian. Our core understandings are...
1.Being a citizen of Australia is a privilege
2.Our duty as citizens is to welcome others into our lives
3.Celebrations are an important way to acknowledge special events
4.There is a process to organising celebrations and events
The action component of this is to organise a real citizenship ceremony at our school.
The children brainstormed who we would need to contact, see… Continue
1.Being a citizen of Australia is a privilege
2.Our duty as citizens is to welcome others into our lives
3.Celebrations are an important way to acknowledge special events
4.There is a process to organising celebrations and events
The action component of this is to organise a real citizenship ceremony at our school.
The children brainstormed who we would need to contact, see… Continue
Posted on August 21, 2009 at 12:55am — 1 Comment
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Thanks to everyone who particiapted in our classroom survey -
The kids were excited that we received responses from all over, but even more impressive was the discussions we had ... discussions about people and community, how they would help their…
It's so inspiring to read this Nina. I know how hard you work at your craft and you can see the effect you have had with this wonderful effort from your student. It is amazing how much kids take in when we don't 'dumb down' the curriculum. They are…
I was wondering if that was the word being used there! That's such a tough word for kids of that age--what a great example of how our use of language helps them adopt it earlier than they might. I just had this conversation with a teacher last week.…
I have a whole class of wonderful young writers. One comment this child wrote was about being balanced. As a PYP candidate school balanced is one of our values. This child understood this concept. Balancing life & being a balanced person. Our learne…
Wow! I think I need to take some time to absorb how selfless this young child is. This is truly one of the most spectacular and inspirational pieces of writing that I have ever seen from a young student, especially a 6 year old! Thanks for sharing t…
Carolyn, this is an incredible story that I will be sharing with my students tomorrow! A food drive is a concept that students of all ages can understand and connect to, so it's a wonderful idea as an in-school service project. Congratulations to yo…
Congratulations on a job well done! I'd love to hear from other schools who did drives like this....wouldn't it be something to keep track of the collective "good" that was done through food drives inside of schools this year? It's always wonderful…
"I would like Santa to look after the people..." Wow. That pulls my heartstrings! Such an engaging assignment for them Nina, and it's also a beautiful way to assess their developing writing skills too.
Can First Graders work to make a difference? I've seen it! In our school (50% free/reduced lunch population), my 20 first graders overwhelmed the Deck the Halls for the Hungry project at our school.
How did this happen? Just a few sentences a day a…
This child wrote quietly for 40 minutes. It hasn't been edited yet and will be by the child. I was blown away by the content. I sure this child will grow up to make a difference! Cheers Nina
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