IB Teacher, lover of inquiry, Aussie, PYP Leader
Canberra
Joined July 2018
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On the seventh day of TOMmas…
An opportunity to build CONFIDENCE in public speaking and performance, in one’s talents and abilities, and in making an active contribution to a team solution!
Eliza Aston retweeted
On the second day of TOMmas…
The opportunity to embrace DIFFERENCE and DIVERGENT THINKING, and the celebration of CREATIVITY! Creative solutions to TOM challenges are rewarded - the more different, the better!
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Did you know you can participate in #TournamentofMinds outside of a school team? Here are some members of a team made up of extension program students from different regional schools, and we’ve had homeschool groups participate as well! 😌
Eliza Aston retweeted
Egg Drop Design Pt. 2 where we tested, evaluated and made changes to our original #designcycle. Ss have used the science experiments in #writersworkshop to make informed choices about materials and design features. Almost every Humptey was saved… #hislearns #pypchat #stem
This is our visual of Exhibition 2019! Our Year 6 students choose Sharing the planet at the beginning of the year and came up with our Big Idea - Hope. Today they brainstormed central ideas for each part of the… instagram.com/p/B0kwDWrBYVz/…
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Eliza Aston retweeted
Slightly uncomfortable about this. Who’s classroom is it? The teacher’s or the students’? Students need some ownership to feel a sense of belonging. A new class of influencers: teachers making it big on Instagram smh.com.au/national/nsw/a-ne…
First unit planned! Such a productive day! #year6 #ib #pyp #planning #teachingideas #hwoo instagram.com/p/Bsb-q-qBSi6/…
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One of my students brought in this home made water filtration experiment. I love how many questions it raised like, if you filter the water twice will it be cleaner or has it taken out as… instagram.com/p/BqHZcqfhT3F/…
Congratulations _samantha.88 for being nominated for Primary Teacher of the Year! #publiceducation #primaryteacher #teacherlife #congratulations instagram.com/p/Bp6RP98BMt5/…
Provocation into our Big Idea- Relationships. We set up challenges including cross the river with a piece of newspaper, knots, role plays of different types of relationships and making… instagram.com/p/BnqLpAjhruF/…
Central idea provocation- each student had a different letter. They needed to find the other letters with the same font, work out their word and all of Year 4 worked together to order the… instagram.com/p/BnqLFQKHBt0/…
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Eliza Aston retweeted
I’ve always been challenged by statements that claim ‘best practice’. It assumes that there’s one professionally agreed way to achieve educational outcomes. I prefer the notion of improvement and exploiting opportunities.
Inquiring into oil pastels this afternoon. So proud of my class- they started the afternoon saying they couldn’t do it and look what they did by the end! #art #oilpastels #year4… instagram.com/p/BnatUCjnDxn/…
Art Show Prep done! All ready for tomorrow night! #artshow instagram.com/p/Bm-wqarHKzO/…
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