Created by Jo Stanway and I for Module 1 of the Modern Learning Practices post-graduate course that we are completing online with CORE Education.
Module 1 was about Rethinking Learners in the 21st Century... (sorry about the large pictures,not sure how to get Drive to publish it in a smaller format, I suggest you go full screen!)
A work in progress! I have been teaching for 30 years and currently work with the awesome Year 2-3 pupils at a small rural primary school in the deep south of New Zealand (was teaching the Year 5-6 pupils for twelve years before that) - every day is different and every day is amazing!
30 Mar 2016
21 Mar 2016
Modern learning - the role of teachers in the 21st Century
This week's video to contemplate, part of my course in the CORE MLP116 - challenging our beliefs about the role of teachers in today's education programmes.
15 Mar 2016
DRIVE Term One 2016: In Great Shape!
DRIVE - the Inquiry process at Edendale Primary School:
Discover Reflect & ask questions Investigate Vision and create Evaluate
Term One 2016: HEALTH
"IN GREAT SHAPE"
PURPOSE/AUTHENTICITY:
* Personal Health and Physical Development is where students develop the knowledge, understanding, skills, and attitudes that they need in order to maintain and enhance their personal well-being and physical development.
* Healthy Communities and Environment is where students contribute to healthy communities and environments by taking responsible and critical action.
KEY UNDERSTANDINGS:
* Health and well-being (hauora) is physical, mental and emotional/spiritual.
* My health is my responsibility.
* I can support others as they keep themselves healthy and safe.
* We mature physically and mentally as we get older.
* We all have feelings and emotions that we express in different ways.
CORE KNOWLEDGE:
* We all have a range of feelings and emotions to describe our experiences in different situations.
* If I don’t take care of myself I will become ill.
* Healthy eating, hygiene, exercise, sleep, relationships, positive thinking, Sunsmart, water safety etc. SMARTS/learning styles, values and principles
* Our bodies and minds change at different rates.
RESOURCES FOR DISCOVERY AND INVESTIGATION STAGES OF 'DRIVE'
General
templates for tracking healthy habits
a variety of health/body templates
Food/Eating - AN APPLE A DAY pupil group resource links blog-post
track your diet for a week - template and five food groups tracking chart
Healthy eating for kids
expert: Mel McKenzie, Heart Foundation (Linda Harris)
Exercise - WARRANT OF FITNESS pupil group resource links blog-post
tracking your movement minutes chart
expert: Jane Muir
Hygiene - KEEP IT CLEAN pupil group resource links blog-post
healthy hands templates and unit
teeth - experiments to show why we should brush
toothbrushing tracking chart
kidshealth.org - why we need to brush our teeth
expert: Dental Health service educator
The Body - ENGINE PARTS pupil group resource links blog-post
variety of games/activities to print out
skeleton cut out
skeleton labelling sheets
heart health
expert: NZ Heart Foundation (Linda Harris)
The Brain - BRAIN POWER! pupil group resource links blog-post
multiple intelligences pupil survey printable
another printable smarts survey
expert: Maureen Deuchrass, Road Safety Southland
Discover Reflect & ask questions Investigate Vision and create Evaluate
Term One 2016: HEALTH
"IN GREAT SHAPE"
- What makes me a healthy person?
PURPOSE/AUTHENTICITY:
* Personal Health and Physical Development is where students develop the knowledge, understanding, skills, and attitudes that they need in order to maintain and enhance their personal well-being and physical development.
* Healthy Communities and Environment is where students contribute to healthy communities and environments by taking responsible and critical action.
KEY UNDERSTANDINGS:
* Health and well-being (hauora) is physical, mental and emotional/spiritual.
* My health is my responsibility.
* I can support others as they keep themselves healthy and safe.
* We mature physically and mentally as we get older.
* We all have feelings and emotions that we express in different ways.
CORE KNOWLEDGE:
* We all have a range of feelings and emotions to describe our experiences in different situations.
* If I don’t take care of myself I will become ill.
* Healthy eating, hygiene, exercise, sleep, relationships, positive thinking, Sunsmart, water safety etc. SMARTS/learning styles, values and principles
* Our bodies and minds change at different rates.
RESOURCES FOR DISCOVERY AND INVESTIGATION STAGES OF 'DRIVE'
General
templates for tracking healthy habits
a variety of health/body templates
Food/Eating - AN APPLE A DAY pupil group resource links blog-post
track your diet for a week - template and five food groups tracking chart
Healthy eating for kids
expert: Mel McKenzie, Heart Foundation (Linda Harris)
Exercise - WARRANT OF FITNESS pupil group resource links blog-post
tracking your movement minutes chart
expert: Jane Muir
Hygiene - KEEP IT CLEAN pupil group resource links blog-post
healthy hands templates and unit
teeth - experiments to show why we should brush
toothbrushing tracking chart
kidshealth.org - why we need to brush our teeth
expert: Dental Health service educator
The Body - ENGINE PARTS pupil group resource links blog-post
variety of games/activities to print out
skeleton cut out
skeleton labelling sheets
heart health
expert: NZ Heart Foundation (Linda Harris)
The Brain - BRAIN POWER! pupil group resource links blog-post
multiple intelligences pupil survey printable
another printable smarts survey
expert: Maureen Deuchrass, Road Safety Southland
14 Mar 2016
Modern Learning: drivers for change
A thought-provoking video relevant to the Modern Learning Practices course that my colleague and I are currently enrolled in...
Derek Wenmoth: Ubiquity, agency and connectedness from CORE Education Digital Media on Vimeo.
Derek Wenmoth: Ubiquity, agency and connectedness from CORE Education Digital Media on Vimeo.
12 Mar 2016
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