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Learning Updates -

School of Wonder

A fun way to explore movement and space  

This week in Performing and Creative Arts children have been using scarves to explore movement and space. Children worked independently and collaboratively to manipulate their scarf to explore the different ways in which it moves in space. Children explored the different ways to  throw their scarf the highest, identifying which methods were successful, as well as playing games and racing the scarf! Children also used their scarves to express various feelings and emotions.

 

 - Kara McCann, School of Wonder Leader

 

Downball agreement product of inquiry into rules

Year 3 children have been inquiring into rules during class time and have carried this over to their Physical Education lessons. Children have developed their own downball agreement, including rules that had to be agreed upon and what it looks like using our college expectations when playing the game of downball. Maybe you would like to challenge someone to a friendly game of downball. All you need is a high-bounce ball and a flat surface. There are many hours of fun to be had!

 

School of Wonder Downball Agreement

Be Our Best

Respect Everyone and Everything

Helps Others Succeed

  • Welcoming others into the games
  • Good sportsmanship
  • Shake hands at the end of the game or say ‘good game’
  • Share who starts 
  • Respect the ball by passing it back straight away 
  • Respect and follow the rules
  • Move straight to class once the music starts
  • Say uplifting words or nothing at all
  • No touching others (no pushing them into place)
  • All agree on the rules

Old School Rules

Going Out - Once out, move straight to the end of the waiting line. 

Straight - When the ball doesn’t bounce in your square first. Double Bounce - When the ball bounces more than once in your square.Grabs - When you grab the ball instead of hitting it.Out - When the ball bounces out of the squares.Steals - When you hit the ball even though it didn’t bounce in your straight. Double Touch - When you touch the ball more than once when hitting it. 

Positions

King - Serves the ball

Queen - Moves into king once king is out

Jack - Moves into queen once queen has moved up or gone out

Dunce - Moves into jack once jack has moved into queen or gone out

  • No ganging up

 

Lines- If the ball bounces on a line, the queen hits it down in the middle making it bounce into someone’s playing square. 

 

 - Ellie Phillips, School of Wonder Specialist Learning Mentor

Learning about new life in the hunt for tadpoles

Some children from the School of Wonder have been exploring the creek freshly filled with all of the recent rains. Amongst the fun and excitement is the hunt for tadpoles! Children are collaborating, communicating and wondering about the tadpole habitat and life cycle and sharing their findings with their peers and school staff. 

Year 3 student Charlie brought in some large tadpoles that he found at home, much to the delight of the School of Wonder children. Thanks for sharing your discovery with your peers Charlie!

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