Artefact 3-D
Engaging children in learning
This gallery illustrates some of the variety of work the children in my class engage in, and the ways in which they are free to follow-up work by integrating across the learning areas, for example using art to explore biology or drama to show their understanding in science.
Recording observations of leaves and creating rubbings in crayon
Leaf rubbings with the main parts of the leaf annotated
Playing a grammar game I created with the children
Acting out a sentence in the grammar game
Performing a comedy skit for the class during an "Open Mic" session
The decimal category memory game which goes up to trillions - so engaging even the older children want to play!
Binding work using bookbinding tools
Performing a song for the class during an "Open Mic" session
Cooking pizza for the class, which also involved a Going Out to buy ingredients
Big collaborative work – a "noun chain" with a noun written on each link
An author's reading during an "Open Mic" session
Big collaborative work – creating a poster of a life-sized (4m) orthoceras, an ancient mollusc
A spontaneous demonstration of the particles in a solid clinging tightly together
Once heat or force is added, the particles in a solid become loose and form a liquid