tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54650914495696825812024-03-07T18:46:59.296-08:00LearningMYwayIn a LearningMYway classroom we learn to be self-managing, reflective, and connected learners.Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02271960178368253797noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465091449569682581.post-91583488216635126412016-12-12T12:52:00.000-08:002016-12-12T12:52:27.013-08:00Last days in #theONE6tamatea<h3 style="text-align: center;">
Our last days have been fairly relaxed!</h3>
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Here is our #mannequinchallenge which we got done yesterday. It has been a mission to get this lot sitting still for 2 minutes! We finally managed to stay still and posed ... except for Sharn and Hale who felt the need to 'drop a connector' play piece as soon as the camera was on them. All good ... it is still a good one!</h3>
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We also did one last 'flash mob' as part of the DANCE THEORY!</h3>
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Just love how a moment of creative expression can re-invigorate the peeps to get back into it!!</h3>
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Would LOVE some comments or feedback on the 'DANCE THEORY'</h3>
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I have not blogged about our classroom happenings ALL TERM!</h3>
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I guess it shows how busy things have been. Lots has happened but the MAJOR happening this Term was CAMP.</h3>
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In week 5 our Year 8 group of classes went to Mission Bay in Taupo. We were there for 5 days and 4 nights. It is always a fabulous camp with a walk each day. One of my favourite walks is the one around Lake Rotopounamu. A nice easy walk through some lovely native bush with a stop halfway at the lake to dip your feet and have a drink of water.</h3>
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Manaia couldn't resist the water to cool down!</h3>
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Here are some of the #ONE6ers enjoying the surroundings and posing for a photo:)</h3>
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The BIG walk on Wednesday was up Tongariro to Ketetahi Springs. Having done the walk many years ago when I taught Year 8 I had not forgotten how challenging it is! Being about 18 years older than when I last did it, I found it extremely hard but was VERY grateful to Alex J. who walked with me most of the way. We made it to the top after about 3 hours and I was stuffed!</h3>
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What a FAB day to be walking in this picturesque part of Aotearoa.</h3>
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A special collage with some of my many special peeps:)</h3>
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After a week of fun we left camp on the Friday and spent an hour at the hot pools in Taupo before travelling back to Tamatea. Here are some action shots of our time at the pools.</h3>
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And lastly here is a video of the boys doing their synchronized manu!</h3>
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Overall a VERY successful Outdoor Education Week:)</h3>
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WE HAVE MOVED IN!</h2>
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For me this has been over a year in the waiting! So last week we were 'camping' in the old room (we had moved most of the big furniture out) in preparation for 'the move'.</h3>
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We also shared ways we can show we value each other. This was also a necessary discussion as there is too much nastiness in the world and we need to show we support and care for the people we are with 6 hours a day. We completed this learning by creating a small artwork of our hand with a word on it which showed one thing that is special or unique about us. This was arranged in a heart formation on our new wall.</h3>
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I would like to take this opportunity to invite parents in to see us learning in this amazing new space. We are quite spoilt in that we will get to work in here on our own for the rest of the year. As of the beginning of 2017 this will be a space for 2 teachers and 50-60 learners. So i am looking forward to seeing 'theONE6ers' make the most of this amazing opportunity and get stuck in over the next 8 weeks:)</h3>
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Our story The Ghosts of Tarawera by Sue Copsey has provided us with MANY opportunities for learner driven inquiries.<br />
What are the Pink and White Terraces?<br />
What is a 'fumerole'?<br />
Who was Guide Sophia?<br />
What is the Buried Village?<br />
What is the Taupo Volcanic Zone?<br />
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks?<br />
What does a volcanologist do?<br />
What is a seismograph?<br />
What is 'paranormal activity'?<br />
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It has provided opportunities for collaborative learning ... with kids across New Zealand AND the author. This Storify includes nearly 600 tweets from our chat yesterday. Such a wonderful chance to ask Sue Copsey some questions and to have some discussion with other kids about what they are thinking.<br />
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This is the last #NZreadaloud for the year as during Term 4 we participate in The Global Read Aloud. I have already connected with a class in Canada, a class in Wisconsin and a class in NZ for this collaborative learning experience. The #GRA16 starts in early October.<br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465091449569682581.post-48083298131187063392016-08-25T17:00:00.002-07:002016-08-25T17:00:40.278-07:00Writing a back story!Over the last couple of weeks we have been learning about how to write a 'back story' for a character in a story. This idea came from our visit from Des Hunt and we thought we would have a go writing Anastasia's back story.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Sup, I’m Anastacia, by the way before you get it wrong, it’s pronounced ‘star’ cia not ‘stay’ cia. Because I’m a STAR. Geddit. I’m from Los Angeles, I went to a private school there. Despite all those kids being spoilt by their rich parents I still had all the latest fashion, way before them. Ha, to have them call “me” spoilt, they were just jealous. I was born into a regular family as the only child in 2003, I grew up with a lot of pets. I have my pony, Stella. My cat Skip, and my pet rabbits Diamond, Fluffy, and Coco. Luckily they are being looked after by our family butler back in L.A, but I still miss them. Anyway, most of our holidays are to either places around America, but this is the first time I have left the country for a trip. I expected it to be like one of those tropical islands like on tv and the internet, but I didn’t expect to be visiting a volcano spotted island with hair ruining steam and pools of weird bubbling mud. But in some ways, it felt better to meet some friends and visit type of place that was new. Tropical countries are always talked about online, but not countries like this. VIsiting a new place was good, and I enjoyed it more than I expected.</i></span><br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465091449569682581.post-39586302339066022342016-08-11T00:41:00.001-07:002016-08-11T00:41:18.242-07:00#NZreadaloud6TGoT<h3>
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His real name is Rufus, he is a volcanologist, he has pets called Iggy (igneous), Seddy (sedimentary), and Morph (metamorphic), he likes to eat rock cakes, has Geology Rocks on his coffee mug, and has a number plate with ROCDOC on it. More to come I think:)</h3>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465091449569682581.post-52099369780023368882016-08-10T02:52:00.001-07:002016-08-10T02:52:19.541-07:00Master Presenter<h3 style="text-align: center;">
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I have been involved in MANY visiting presenters over the years. From magicians, to story-tellers, to mime artists, musical bands etc. </h3>
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For the four classes who were involved in #NZreadaloud last term and read the book The Phantom of Terawhiti we were privileged to be able to spend an hour with New Zealand author Des Hunt today.</h3>
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With his science teaching background, Des shared a funny, informative, and interactive presentation in which he used his science understanding to help explain story-writing.</h3>
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In theONE6 we have started the Term re-visiting </h3>
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What are the reasons some teachers are changing things from the way it has always been?</h3>
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and after thinking deeply "my brain is worn out".</h3>
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I loved how one student decided "day dreaming" might actually be "day thinking"</h3>
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I loved how one of them described deep thinking as "sound waves".</h3>
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I loved how some students identified that deep thinking in collaboration leads to a good idea becoming an AWESOME idea.</h3>
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This drawing summed up for one learner what THINKING DEEPLY feels like for him:)</h3>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465091449569682581.post-46885928798123202602016-07-26T20:16:00.000-07:002016-07-26T20:17:17.645-07:00Why LearningMYway?<h3 style="text-align: center;">
In theONE6 we have started the Term re-visiting </h3>
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The MAIN question I put to my kids was this...</h3>
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What are the reasons some teachers are changing things from the way it has always been?</h3>
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The discussion was vibrant and because many of my class are into their 2nd year of this change, this wasn't too hard to come up with some reasons.</h3>
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Goal setting * Planning * Motivation * Self monitoring * evaluating * Engagement * Help Seeking * Strategic thinking</h3>
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Here are some comments which came out of the survey we carried out so we can learn from the kids what WE as teachers can do to help them with Setting Goals and Motivation...</h3>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-351a8074-2a4a-d699-9502-d783702d9892" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "special elite"; font-size: 32px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I need to be reminded about my goals so I would like a goal book, a wall display and / or a digital format to help me with this.”</span></span></div>
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and after thinking deeply "my brain is worn out".</h3>
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I loved how one student decided "day dreaming" might actually be "day thinking"</h3>
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I loved how one of them described deep thinking as "sound waves".</h3>
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I loved how some students identified that deep thinking in collaboration leads to a good idea becoming an AWESOME idea.</h3>
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Let's hope we see, hear, and feel some DEEP THINKING happening in theONE6 over the next half of the year. </h3>
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Thinking deeply shows you are getting into the learning pit.</h3>
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How often are you in the pit?</h3>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465091449569682581.post-83098201086955374592016-06-30T18:22:00.000-07:002016-06-30T18:22:14.407-07:00Entrepreneurialism<h3 style="text-align: center;">
I love Student Market Place (SMP) as it is an opportunity for our kids to delve into the world of making, creating, building, and constructing in order to come up with a product which will sell well.</h3>
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The theme for SMP this Term is </h3>
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The kids have come up with some great ideas recycling, reusing and repurposing items from home which maybe normally thrown away.</h3>
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Here are some snaps of ideas in the initial stages...</h3>
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Paris and Bianca making 3D letters and covering in patterned paper.</h3>
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Mitchell and Andre with their Minions made from toilet rolls and coloured paper.</h3>
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Jack, Ben, Aaron, and Alex G. are creating 'mini furniture' out of iceblock sticks.</h3>
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Jehmial and his group are writing quotes and words onto canvas and recycled wood bits.</h3>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465091449569682581.post-28445844123062267162016-06-22T20:22:00.001-07:002016-06-22T20:22:36.427-07:00A little spontaneity<h3 style="text-align: center;">
Those of you who visit the blog fairly regularly will know that in theONE6 we like to be a little bit spontaneous!</h3>
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So after a great day of LearningMYway we chucked some music on and did some spontaneous dancing to finish our day off nicely:)</h3>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465091449569682581.post-44935604053727755542016-06-07T17:31:00.000-07:002016-06-07T17:31:04.352-07:00More Connected Learning <h3 style="text-align: center;">
This morning at 8am we had another Google Hangout. </h3>
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This time with Laura's kids in Connecticut, USA. </h3>
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Laura has connected with us for #NZreadaloud5Pot - it is the first time we have had a GLOBAL connection for our #NZreadaloud so it is pretty special.</h3>
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Laura and her kids are almost finishing their year and unfortunately will not finish the book before the year ends. However Laura is recording the last chapters so her kids can listen to it while on holiday if they wish.</h3>
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Laura had organised this morning's Google Hangout and had her kids stay till 4pm especially for it. We are very lucky to have had this opportunity and her kids did well at the end of a busy day at school! </h3>
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The purpose for our Hangout was to share our thoughts, predictions, and ideas about our book we are reading Phantom of Terawhiti. The kids discussed what would happen to Tasha, Zealandia, the Neanderthals, what they thought Crawford's book was going to be about, and what Mikhail Popanov will do if he finds out Tasha is still alive. </h3>
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Then the kids talked to each other about other stuff like whether they have a uniform, what they eat for lunch, what they are doing for their holidays, did they know the 'running man', and then of course they all did 'the dab'! It was a great way to start the day!</h3>
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Thanks Laura for organising this and thank your kids for staying back to talk with us. It was great fun:)</h3>
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Here are some photos of our Hangout...</h3>
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Today I witnessed true connected learning in 'real time'. </h3>
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We consider ourselves connected learners in <span style="color: orange;">theONE6 ... </span>all of us including myself. Using Hangouts, Edmodo, Blogger, Twitter to connect with learners all over the world is fun but sometimes 'real time' is hard due to time zones and teachers with different timetables. </h3>
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'Real time' happened today and what I witnessed AND heard was music to my ears! My kids commenting on the fun they had discussing and sharing their learning with kids in another part of New Zealand - all the way down in Oamaru - Oamaru Intermediate School.</h3>
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So what were we doing? As part of #NZreadaloud5PoT I have connected with Lisa Dyer and her class of kids at Oamaru Intermediate. Our kids share and learn alongside each other in Edmodo every week. But today was special ... we set the kids up in groups to use Appearin.com as their 'real time' discussion rooms. Well ... as I went around and took my photos I heard fantastic sharing going on. Here were Intermediate kids having literary discussions AND loving it! </h3>
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It is these moments which warm my soul ... which makes the effort and energy put into providing these experiences well worth it.</h3>
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I would like to thank Lisa for her willingness to experiment, for her openness to things going wrong, and for her passion as a young teacher to connect with an old bird like me! It has been an absolute pleasure to work 'virtually' alongside you Lisa and I look forward to our continual collaboration:)</h3>
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It is always an exciting time. Connecting globally with other classes around the world. I often think and say to my colleagues how much more engaging and fun my school days would have been if we had been able to do this. </h3>
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So today we did another mystery hangout ... with a teacher who had tweeted this out the other night ... </h3>
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ALL theONE6er's involved themselves today ... some more than others but that's ok. Here are some photos of the Hangout and Sophie who took our notes.</h3>
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Another Friday afternoon saw a group of 'one6ers' create a couple of <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zhiliaoapp.musically&hl=en" target="_blank">'Musicallys'</a></h3>
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Thursday saw SOME of the learners in 'theONE6' participate in a Mystery Hangout.</h3>
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It still surprises me when only a few kids choose to do these ... as I see it as a really authentic way to connect and learn about countries ... not to mention the questioning skills and problem-solving involved. I guess this is all a part of LearningMYway ... allowing kids the choice to learn this way! (or not as it goes!) All I know is ... the kids who join me in these fun learning opportunities learn lots and are those kids who will learn to value 'being connected' in our global world.</h3>
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I would love to thank Steph Campbell and her class at Hutt Central for setting time aside to Mystery Hangout with us. These kids were awesomely well-behaved and SO KEEN. It was an absolute pleasure to spend some time with you. We hope now you have experienced a Mystery Hangout that there will be many more to come! </h3>
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Another great day in 'theONE6'.</h3>
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Today I observed a group of boys come up with their own set of rules to play Boggle ... which they played for 75 minutes happily ... learning new words AND creating new words!</h3>
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Having an innovative mindset and being willing to try new ideas to help engage our learners is what it is all about. The fact that this initiative was student-driven ... makes it even better. </h3>
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With the help from one of my PLN I discovered that using Google Drawing I can create something similar to 'Thinglink'. Now I LOVE LOVE LOVE Thinglink as a way for kids to create and share their learning in an interactive way and have been trying to help them learn how to use it.</h3>
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It has been called GoogLink ... check it out <a href="http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2016/05/googlink-google-drawings-thinglink.html" target="_blank">here</a></h3>
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It went okay ... actually it probably went better than okay. I think MY own concern is ... are they LEARNING something during this day? There is this nagging feeling you get when attempting something innovative and different from the norm that the kids aren't really 'learning what they should be'. </h3>
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The kids were busy and the day FELT better than most other Mondays. What a great idea of Ryan's to suggest this and put the initial idea out there to me:)</h3>
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Being a highly reflective person, I wanted to gather the #studentvoice about the success of the day so I created a Google Form to get some feedback. Here are the results ...</h3>
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When Ryan shares this feedback, I have discussed with him that is perfectly ok if the 2 or 3 kids who aren't so sure about PlayDayMonday if they want to just continue on with their own learning tasks. He also has some suggestions from the kids which he will clarify before next time:) </h3>
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Nothing better than a student-driven innovation! </h3>
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This was the part of the survey which pleased me the most. The kids were pretty clear about what they were learning during the day. Perseverance is ONE of our core virtues - and it is the FOCUS virtue this Term. So this was awesome to see it as a top learning outcome for the day. </h3>
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Sharing, discussion, thinking about options, strategies, and moves, and being creative were other learning outcomes in the kids' top 3. I am VERY happy with that! These are all the things I wish for my kids at school ... the 3 C's </h3>
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COLLABORATION * CRITICAL THINKING * CREATIVITY</h3>
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