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Saturday, 8 August 2015
DEVELOPING A GROWTH MINDSET!
This week we are going to start learning about how to develop a GROWTH MINDSET. What is a growth mindset? It is a way of thinking that promotes resilience and effective learners. Stay tuned- by Friday we will post a video to explain to you what it means for us to develop a growth mindset. Here's a little something to get you thinking....
Click here for a blog post on Growth Mindset
Click here for a blog post on Growth Mindset
Sunday, 2 August 2015
A BIT OF HIP HOP!
Footsteps Dance came to give us a taste of hip hop dance. We were very good- check us out!
COMPLIMENTS
In Year 6 we recently discussed the importance of being able to give and receive compliments. So often when someone says something nice to us, we laugh it off, or do not know what to say. When someone gives you a compliment, accept it and say thank you. Giving compliments is also a nice thing we can do for others.
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
CONGRATULATIONS DOMINICAN CHOIR!!!!!
I was sooooooooooooo proud of you all last night at the music festival! You all sang beautifully and sounded amazing! Awesome drumming and guitar playing Seth and Joel, and fantastic conducting Mrs Brookes! Well done, Ellie, Nisha, Cushla, Zeth, Dawn, Georgia, Molly, Stefanie, Olivia, Toby, Vince, and Joshua!
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Parent-Teacher Connections
As we are all on a constant learning journey- I thought it might be useful to blog some of the "aha" moments along the way!
One of the (many) positive aspects of maintaining regular communication in terms of parent-teacher relationships, is it helps to constantly modify and adjust aspects of our learning environment by taking advantage of useful feedback.
I had recently been thinking about the fact that the students Google Drives are loaded with various Google Docs in no particular order. This can make it difficult to locate particular documents quickly. After meeting with a parent this morning, I realised this needs to change to become more user friendly- not only for the students at school, but for parents at home too. This parent pointed out that when looking at her son's work, she finds it hard to establish when it was done, or locate particular information (e.g. a document with instructions when work is being completed at home). Although there is the "search" option, this is only useful if you know the name of the document you are looking for. So, collaboratively we decided the children's Google Drives need to be organised into folders- e.g.- Maths, Literacy, Published Work, Timetables, Week Goals, Science, Inquiry, Notes/ Other.
It is the little things like this, that occur naturally all the time, that allow us as educators and you as parents to make minor adjustments to environments/ programmes/ organisation to make learning more accessible and easier to share at home.
So, the important message for you as parents is that your feedback is valuable and valued, and a small thing that you point out may just help us to make invaluable tweaks to our engaging learning environment- together.
One of the (many) positive aspects of maintaining regular communication in terms of parent-teacher relationships, is it helps to constantly modify and adjust aspects of our learning environment by taking advantage of useful feedback.
I had recently been thinking about the fact that the students Google Drives are loaded with various Google Docs in no particular order. This can make it difficult to locate particular documents quickly. After meeting with a parent this morning, I realised this needs to change to become more user friendly- not only for the students at school, but for parents at home too. This parent pointed out that when looking at her son's work, she finds it hard to establish when it was done, or locate particular information (e.g. a document with instructions when work is being completed at home). Although there is the "search" option, this is only useful if you know the name of the document you are looking for. So, collaboratively we decided the children's Google Drives need to be organised into folders- e.g.- Maths, Literacy, Published Work, Timetables, Week Goals, Science, Inquiry, Notes/ Other.
It is the little things like this, that occur naturally all the time, that allow us as educators and you as parents to make minor adjustments to environments/ programmes/ organisation to make learning more accessible and easier to share at home.
So, the important message for you as parents is that your feedback is valuable and valued, and a small thing that you point out may just help us to make invaluable tweaks to our engaging learning environment- together.
Monday, 22 June 2015
Little Leo Visits!
Nisha has brought her delightful little fur-baby to visit a few times and we just love him! Leo is a soft and cuddly mini-lop kitten (baby rabbit). He seems to really like Zeth! Thanks for visiting Leo.
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