Launch in two days! The Nerdy Derby introduction was met with a loud cheer from the 90 Grade Fours we learn (and teach) with. This week we finalised ideas on what we think innovation is and started our journey to First Launch Date.
Read MoreAs a fulltime teacher and mum to three, life is busy and rewarding. Time can be scarce but enthusiasm and motivation aren’t a problem! You see when I wear my educator hat I feel so passionate about doing right by the students who are gifted temporarily into my care. Partly this is my internal moral compass…
Read MoreToday was a day to take a step back from the classroom frontline and spend some time with my colleagues reflecting on Emotional Intelligence. Emotional Intelligence is at work in our relationships with our colleagues, parents and students. It is crucial to many of our interactions with parents, colleagues and students and ultimately helps us…
Read MoreThe pace changed a little today. The tower building teams spent some time unpacking what they think innovation and moonshot thinking is. Their goal was to design a poster for the maker space with their ideas. Now I don’t know about you but often when a class is asked to design posters there can be…
Read MoreBuilding Towers This was an exercise in strength of a team and strength of a tower! Today we challenged our Grade 4s to work in teams to build a tower to hold up a tennis ball for at least 20 seconds. Their materials were a mix of play doh, sticky notes, straws, a wooden peg,…
Read MoreFollowing on the success of our first session enthusiasm we put out the Makey Makey equipment. After a short intro detailing the equipment available to them and the goal of using the makey makey to power a game of Mario, the Grade Four children were set loose! For the first 15-20 minutes there was a…
Read MoreAnd so it begins. My first foray as a classroom teacher into STEM. Today we began playful exploration. The students have time just to explore the resources we have available in the Makerspace..
Read MoreBreakout Nine clues. 22 children. Four locks. 45 minutes. So I did it! I had a go at writing and running my first Breakout session for our history unit. This term we are looking at the early explorers in Australia, as part of tuning in I really wanted to give our students a chance to…
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