Category Archives: Social Media

Project in a Day

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Hi  VRPs.

Our time together as a class is fast coming to an end. We’ve been through a LOT this year: some of it positive; some of it not; some of it wonderfully fun; and some of it awfully difficult.  At the end of it all though, I can honestly say that I wouldn’t swap our year together for ANYTHING.

As I write this I’m not sure what year level I’ll be teaching, or even at which school I’ll be next year BUT I do know a couple of things.  And I need your help with a few of them:

1. I want my new students to know about you because you’ll all be part of the one big family.  Remember that once you’re one of my kids, y0u’re always one of my kids.

2. I want my new kids to know the highlights of our year together so that they have an idea of the kind of awesomeness I expect from my kids.

3. I want you to share your tips and advice for how to make the most of their time with me.

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This will be your project for Wednesday 26th November.  Working with a partner you will need to produce a digital response to each of these points. (That means you need to create THREE responses.)  They are three VERY different tasks so I encourage you to think creatively.  You might like to create a pretend family photo (you could use Pic Collage perhaps?) for task 1… Or perhaps a timeline (maybe a Keynote presentation with a new slide for each month?) for task 2… Or even do an interview (create an iMovie maybe or write a letter on your blog?) for task 3.These are just suggestions though, you are free to use whatever digital tool fits your purpose.  And remember: your audience will be other kids. Not me. Not other adults. KIDS.  (So think carefully about the language you choose and the text structures you include.)

This project asks you to reflect on our year together, on me, and on the students in our class. You will need to think back and try to remember what we did in the first half of the year.  You will need to analyse the behaviours and attitudes that have helped you succeed (or not) this year. It’s a big project but I know you can do it.

And here’s the exciting part of the project… For me at least… The day after the project finishes we will view all responses and vote on the best one for each point. I will show these to my next class.

So. Help me? Please. Put in your personal best. Show me – and my next class – how creative, reflective and helpful you are.

Love,

Mrs RP.

What Students Really Need to Hear

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We are fast approaching the end of the year. Our year 7s are ready for high school and our year 6s are ready to take their place as leaders of the school.  And with these changes come new attitudes. Some good. Others… Well, not so much.

This morning I shared something with the  class. Let’s call it a not-so-gentle reminder of what we’re doing here at school. It’s about the need for everyone to put in their personal best EVEN when they don’t feel like it.  It’s about not quitting.

State Government Week

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This week our civics and citizenship focus will be on state government.  Each class in Holly Unit will rotate through each of the teachers learning about a specific feature/role/characteristic of state government. The whole unit will be sharing a learning space on Padlet. We will use this space to record questions  (and hopefully answers) before, during and after our workshops.   

Here are a couple of mini-tutorials about using Padlet.

Posting a question

1. Double click/tap anywhere on the screen.  A new note will open for you at the top left of the board. It will look like this:

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2. Type your name. It will appear in red.

3. Hit *enter*. Type Q: followed by your question.  When you are finished click/tap anywhere else on the board. Your note will now look like this:

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Answering a question

1. Hover over/tap the note that has the question you’d like to answer. It will look like this:

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2. Click/tap on the green pencil.

3. Type A: followed by your answer and your name.  When you are finished click/tap anywhere else on the board. The note will now look like this:

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Here’s our Padlet for this week’s learning about state government:

If you can’t access it there, here’s another link, or copy and paste this url: http://padlet.com/Mrs_RP/xj34tx1fddwi

Term 4 has Arrived!

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And with it comes a whole range of exciting learning and activities. Get ready for a busy term VRPs!
Here’s a sneak peak:
* More science experiments
* #Socktober
* Excursion
* Great weather
* More outside learning
* An Amazing Race
* Whole school Play is the Way
* Buddy class Play is the Way
* Cooking
* Christmas Concert
* Graduation
* My birthday… Nah, kidding… You missed that already. 😛
* SUMMER
Let’s do it!!!

#Socktober

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The VRPs are doing #Socktober! We want to harness the power of social media and take action to help people in our community so we’ll be collecting socks (for a local homeless shelter) for the whole month of October.  Our goal is at least 100 pair of socks. Can you help us? WILL you help us?   Please share our blog posts and tweets with your friends and family so that they can help too… Together we can make an even bigger difference.

If you would like to donate (new, unused) socks (or anything else you think would be helpful in a homeless shelter) please leave a comment and we’ll arrange collection.

Thanks for helping the world through #Socktober!