Discovery Time and the Learner Profile

Here in K1AWh we have been having an AMAZING time learning all about animals from around the world! 

If your children have told you they are becoming 'experts' on a certain animal...that's because they are! They have all chosen different animals to focus on and are working in groups. They will be sharing their learning with you in some form over the up coming weeks. 

I also wanted to mention that we have been working on different skills and qualities from the UWCSEA Learner Profile. So far we have talked about having a 'Commitment to Care', being great 'Self Managers' and we are currently looking at 'Collaboration'. Detailed below are the qualities we hope UWC graduates will develop over time. If you hear these terms being used at home you will now know where they come from! Feel free to let me know if your child does a great job of any of these things at home and we will talk about them during school time as a class.

Here is a short video to give you an idea of what happened in our Discovery Time this week. During these sessions the children can move between classrooms, through the POD area and outside. Over the course of the year they have built the independence to confidently make choices about where they want to go and who they want to 'discover' with. They love making friends from other classes and often enthusiastically run back into our class to show us what they have created or learnt in the different areas.