I am pretty sure that I could hear a big sigh of relief after grade 4 completed the ISA test yesterday. Despite the intense concentration and diligence required to do the tasks, all students put in their best efforts.
This week was full of extra-curricular activities and events. We had a whole school science experiment on Tuesday in preparation for Science and Numeracy Week next week, Japanese Culture Day on Thursday, the ISA test of course and Pika Pika on Friday. Quite a jam-packed week!
Inquiry, art and language became intertwined this week when students undertook a formative task in pairs, aimed at targeting our first line of inquiry. Whilst students were not given a choice in their partnership (we drew from a hat), they were given voice and choice to investigate a source of energy a little more deeply. The project follows our "explore, create, share" cycle, which is becoming second nature to the group now. After reading through the task together as group, I asked students to formulate the assessment criteria. After compiling a list of the aspects of the task that students found important, I typed them up into a checklist. I was so impressed at how independent students are becoming with regards to their learning. They really took responsibility and applied social and thinking skills. I have attached the Task sheet below as well as the checklist that was created by students.
Each group selected a different form of energy to inquire into and chose to create models to display the form of each energy source using a variety of materials. Below are some photos of their progress.
Despite the many interruptions this week, we managed to squeeze in some Mathematics, focusing on circles. Students are working on being able to identify, draw and measure the radius, diameter and circumference of a circle.
That is all for this week,
Have a great weekend!
- Miss Raciti
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