WEEK 1 - term 4...

WEEK 1 - term 4...

Welcome back to Room 7 - woohoo ....week 1.A great SHARP week back in Room 7 - a lot of work completed - discussed and shared.

Dates:

Tuesday 20th October - Pet Day. Reminder school finishes at 12.30pm after the grand parade.

SHARP students - great reading and writing work in your books - well done !!

 Zentangle Art - here is our pet day art =) I look forward to seeing these displayed in our school hall for Pet Day - this Tuesday - week 2.

Friday - we had the DOG SAFETY & BITE PREVENTION PROGRAMME.

Dog Safety.

Listening to the dog safety lady =)

Happy Birthday to Fergus =) 

For maths this week we have been completing our measurement unit. 

Below is the lovely Imogen having her foot measured by me =) 

And vice versa =)

 For writing - we used Andy Griffiths writing idea: Writing maps to write about an awesome time in our holidays: Below are Sam T & Bella sharing the writing maps.

 Examples of the writing Room 7 did.....Sadie & Emelia well done!

 A NEW MEMBER OF ROOM 7 - Welcome to Room 7 - Jonathan - named by Sadie. Jonathan is Miss Burt's 'POOR' plant - I sort of over watered it during the holidays.

So under the loving care of Milly & Sadie we are giving Jonathan a new lease on life =)

 Estimating the size of 'Right Whales" thanks to Jayden for helping to identify the right whales on the clip I showed the class. The children estimated how long they thought a right whale would be - they then used chalk to draw their whale on the concrete. Using metre rulers they measured their whale.

Xaivier completing his measurement book. 

1st day back of term 4 - Growth Mindset.

"Without the ability to struggle life becomes very limited"
A fear of struggling will stop students from trying something they are not 100% certain they will succeed at with ease.  - Written by Tim Bowman - an experienced educator and author with a passion for student well-being and efficiency in education.

Jethro & Seb looking at the structures .... "Right - where to from here?"...

This afternoon the children were shown a 'structure' I had made - they had a piece of card and a pair of scissors. They could look at the structure but not touch it. They then had to make it - as the children were making the structure - I walked the room and listened to the conversations. I wrote down on the whiteboard some of the comments I heard.
After about 15 minutes of the children attempting to make the structure - I had them sit down with me and we discussed the comments I had heard.

Straight away the children could see - GROWTH MINDSET. They couldn't do it YET!
We talked about what they could be doing - to change their mindset - so they could do it.
They didn't believe me (well - some didn't) when I told them they were ALL teachers! We teach each other - we can learn from each other - in our discussions - in what we do etc...

Sam T giving it a good go. Sam didn't want to give it - so he took the idea home and worked on it at home - and guess what? HE DID IT! He worked out how to make the structure. Did his dad and mum?

Jayden & Abigail - the discussion at this table was brilliant. One girl said "My structure is terrible, it looks terrible" and Jayden replied "It doesn't look terrible - it looks good - keep going and don't give up" - wow Jayden - what great growth mindset. NOT GIVING UP - YET.

Xaivier & Sam B - here they are making their structures. No one on the day actually made the correct structure - but the conversations were well worth talking about. 

Ella & Maddy - concentrating .............

Toby with an original structure......

Some of the comments I heard as I was walking around the classroom. 

I wrote these as I heard them from the children - after 15 minutes I sat the children down and we looked at these comments. We then discussed what it was they were telling themselves.
THE LEARNING POINT HERE WAS: How could we change what we were saying to ourselves?
The children were just awesome at saying POSITIVE things and changing their conversations from negative to a positive.