Starting a new Collaborative space at WBS will have its ups and downs, but I get a feel these great kids are going to take it in their stride. They have already shown that they are powerful learners by being organised and ready for learning, taking responsibility for getting work completed and to their best standard.
They are already getting to grips with moving between the 2 spaces - making good choices about where they work.
We have done heaps of 'getting to know you' activities and lots of moving between the 2 class spaces. There was a lot of collaboration and co-operation happening in the cup challenge: having 6 people move a piece of string each to get the rubber band wide enough to go over each cup - no hands allowed! They quickly realised they had to communicate clearly & effectively with each other to be successful!
Collaborative team challenge
We also had chances for discussion, justification and reasoning looking at growth vs fixed mindset. Fabulous listening to each group come to a unanimous decision... and then they were willing to share their outcomes with the rest of the class.
Our Year 6s are getting ready for heading off to Camp in week 4... off to Camp Kaitawa at Lake Waikaremoana. We have been going for daily walks to get our fitness levels up - lots of walking ahead of us! We have been learning to look out for each other, listen & watch our surroundings, walk single file where necessary and Stop, Look & Listen when we hear the whistle. Also that good walking shoes are a must!!! Camp is going to be awesome!And finally we had some buddy class time with Room 10. How lovely to finish our week with some shared reading to our young friends. Lots of happy people listening, sharing and talking with each other over lots of good books!
Buddy shared reading
(I won't share that I also got taught how to do a cartwheel during Teach the Teacher... AND I DID ONE IN CLASS!)
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