International educator 🇦🇺🇱🇦🇦🇴🇹🇭🇩🇪 concept-based inquiry, critical & creative thinking, identity, inclusion, community, mindfulness🏳️🌈
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It's arrived- #WorldwiseLearning! Thrilled & humbled to be a contributor to this transformative publication. 🙏 @carlamarschall @TeachGlobalEd for the opportunity & important work. Ready to explore & continue extending my own practice to enhance learning @UWCThailand #TeachSDGs
Y5 Biography Writing Unit: Immersion phase - Reading like a writer. Analysing text by identifying questions author may have asked to obtain info. Inspired by @Mattglover123
@GuyClaxton’s Split Screen: ATL developed during learning- students amazed to see how many skills applied!
The power of collective 'I am' statements. Students so proud of who they are. Process to develop statements adapted from Sara K Ahmed's 'Being the Change'. #pyp #whoweare #identity #inclusion #diversity @SaraKAhmed
Use of agree/disagree socratic circle discussion to lead into #inquirymaths place value provocation. Great way to gauge prior knowledge, generation questions and create excitement & interest to start unit. Reflected with 'Ah ha!' statements. @inquirymaths #pyp #mathschat #p4c
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BBIS is recruiting for a PYP coordinator! If you are an inquiry based educator committed to the IB and share the BBIS values of pioneering, excellent, caring and reflective, get in touch with me. Share wide & far to help me find the best candidates. bbis.de/employment/ib-pyp-co…
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This is a sad day 💔
🇦🇺 fear over compassion?
"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill
To those who campaigned for no:
How do we ensure we give a voice to the under represented?
How do we ensure people hear?
Bella Lhamo & I just finished this beautiful book by @GabrielleWang based on #empathy #identity #belonging #story. It made us laugh, cry & wonder. Bella read ahead-couldn’t put it down. A must add for any collection @BQDressler @Ms_Baya @flipoz @Katherineqi @kiwibronny
Y6 engaged in a series of connected tasks that required deep reflection & thinking to uncover an ‘I am’ statement. Prompted brave sharing and empathetic listening. Statements really reflect context. Inspired by @SaraKAhmed ‘Being the Change’ ❤️. #identity #pypchat @MountScopus
Hello #PLN! Looking for recommendations for read alouds, (picture & chapter) for Year 6 (12 yr olds) that focus on #DEIJ, #identity & power of an individual. 🙏 😊 @flipoz @SaraKAhmed @kiwibronny @Ms_Baya @traintheteacher @Little_Mamu @BQDressler @stefaniadiana12 @votefortiff
G4 taking #responsibility & developing #researchskills: identifying & analyzing patterns in our own prior knowledge data. Sorting questions about observations… what should we do next? Consensus: we need to find out about ‘innovation’! #pyp #pypchat #atl #htww #agency #voice
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At LAST!
It's Time to Revise the Traditional "Whole Body Listening".
#inclusion #neurodiversity
juliecarterlaw.com/whole-bod…
See ya later, ableist Larry 👋
Love this visible thinking. So intentional. #agency #voice #choice #ownership #literacy #creativity #somuchbetterthandownloadedpostersthatnoonelooksat
K2 finally finished a #studentcreated alphabet display for our classroom. So much time, thought and intention went in to the choices they included for each letter. A rich and beautiful resource treasured by our class community.
#ownership #creativity
ALT A4 card with a letter of alphabet on each one. Students have drawn things beginning with that letter
Mindful cloud watching & #reflection - a moment of complete grounding as we braved the cold and wet, observing the beauty of the space above us. Elicited some powerful refections… #mindfulness @lucykkindy #socialemotionallearning #pyp #atl #intrapersonalskills
Inspired by ‘Space Matters’, how can we incorporate elements of our favorite spaces into our G4 learning space? Emerging elements: my language, nature, floral scents, coziness, books, calm tunes… #studentvoice, #choice, #ownership. @kiwibronny @BBISlearning @BBISofficial #pyp
G4 @BBIS delving into first #writing unit of the year! Excited to be collaborating w @sowingliteracy @theresakemp97 to find out ‘What do authors write about?’-collecting data, analyzing & making conclusions using @ProjectZeroHGSE ‘Headline’ routine. #pypchat @Mattglover123
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.@JuBonillaGarcia presenting to all staff @BBISlearning about the activities and athletics programme. Connecting to #mission #vision #values #IB #learnerprofile “Connect to why”-words of wisdom from the ‘big stage’ 🙌🏼👍🏼🙏🏼
G4 exploring, unpacking & creating #maths proofs from @joboaler #MindsetMathematics with #strategy & #operations connections. Great way to emphasise importance of relationship - visual & numerical approaches. #numberfacts #visualising #feedback #revision #pypchat #inquirymaths
Use of #maths #mindset self #assessment adapted from @joboaler & @youcubed (thank you- valuable tool!), combined w @ProjectZeroHGSE routine for further depth. Nxt step- setting maths mindset AND maths understanding/content goal. Interesting insight from questions about mindset!
