What does make a hero?
Over the next few weeks Team Te Harakeke will be exploring this question. We have begun interest projects for the term, which we were introduced to in a team assembly last week. The focus will be around heroes, where all children are choosing someone of interest to them who they believe to be a hero to find out more about. Some children will choose people they know, maybe in their families or in our school community, while others will be investigating people who are well-known around New Zealand and the world.
Every Thursday morning we will have an interest project (IP) workshop. This will be class time designated to be working on our projects. We hope to encourage collaboration, run inquiry and ICT workshops, and promote a community of independent inquiry where we can foster the development of some valuable learning skills and attitudes.
We have a 3-step format for our interest projects that all children will follow. (1) They need to create a plan for their project, (2) they need to document their progress each week, and (3) they must share their learning with us at the end.
We can't wait to see what everyone discovers and shares with us. With so many examples of people who we consider heroes, we hope to answer the big question together... "What makes a hero?"
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Some of us have been meeting with our teachers to make our plans and get
our wheels in motion.
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Keep an eye out on our blog and Twitter accounts for updates.
IP workshop is great because in this case you get to learn about the specific person and share your information with other people. It is also good because you not only learn yourself you actually can teach others and be the teacher for once. Can't wait to see how each of you get on.
ReplyDeleteIt was a great chat about what hero we might choose and I like how it tells you about an IP. I knew what it would be and learning about new people from around the world. Thinking of which, IP's
ReplyDelete(Interest Projects) are very important to be a must do in class and it's really changes the world to us all.