Can you believe it? End of Term 1 already. This means one thing!
HOLIDAYS!
Over the last few weeks in 4T we have been learning about elapsed time and displaying our learning in different ways.
We have planned our own AFL (Australian Football League) match schedules, we went out to Cluny and estimated then timed how long it took us to complete different challenges and we even planned a holiday around Australia using Google Maps to help us calculate distances and travel times.
Here are some holiday TIME challenges. Leave a comment telling me about one or more of these things:
- What was your longest sleep in? How many hours from when you went to sleep until you woke up? Can you convert this to minutes?
- If you watched a movie, how long did it go for? Tell me in both hours and minutes.
- Going on a car trip? Look up on Google Maps how long they say it will take to get there and then time it yourself! Who was more accurate?
- When you watched your favourite TV show, how long did all the ads go for?
- Be like Jamie Oliver and cook dinner for your family. Time how long it takes you!
Stay safe, have a wonderful break and I look forward to seeing you again in Term 2!
On Monday afternoon, the 4T students put on their ‘blogging expert’ hats and welcomed family, school staff and friends into our classroom to demonstrate and explain their learning of the digital world this term.
Adults were encouraged to ask the students lots of questions to help their learning. This list of questions helped them know what to ask:
- Why do you blog? What are the benefits?
- How do you stay safe while blogging?
- What makes a quality blog post?
- What makes a quality comment?
- What tips would you give to someone who wants to start blogging?
- Can you show me around your site?
- What’s the difference between the dashboard and the site?
- Can you show me how to create a post?
- How do you leave a comment?
The adults were all SO impressed with the students’ ability to answer these questions in such detail they even admitted to learning a thing or two in our surprise blogging quiz for the adults in the room at the end of the session.
What was your favourite part of the afternoon? Why? OR Tell me about your Digital Citizenship poster and why you think its theme is important.
In 4T we have been talking a lot about how our thoughts and feelings have a big impact on our learning.
This morning we had the school psychologists Jen and Jessie come to speak to us about our brains, how they work and where our feelings and thoughts are processed in the brain.
Watch the video below which explains ‘Neuropasticity,’ which neuro-scientists have discovered that our brains grow, adapt and learn.
We have also looked at number one brain (our rational and logical brain) versus number two brain (our often irrational and feeling part of our brain). When we are achieving our best as a learner, our number one brain is in charge. When we are tired, angry or make poor choices, usually our number two brain has taken over.
Leave a comment sharing what you know about the brain and how it works.
