Dr Bill Rogers - Students who just say "NO"

Dr Bill Rogers - Establishing trust to enable classroom co-operation

Staff Meeting - Thursday 26th January 2017

Staff Meeting - UOI1 - How We Organise Ourselves - Tuesday 24th January 2016

What do we want more of?
- Team Hui - to promote connection within the team
- Community involvement - Include this in UOI
- Visiting Tech Arts classes - Celebrating students in different areas

What do we want less of?
- Busyness - More time to just be as a class

PYP is a transdiciplinary curriculum, it is highly connected.

What do we want our learners to understand at the end of this UOI?
- Roles and Responsibilities
- With rights their are responsibilities
- Interdependence
- That these communities exist
- That they are connected
- The power that they have - what they are capable of doing

At the end of this UOI what do we want our learners to be thinking about?
- What are my roles and responsibilities in both the classroom and the school
- Every action has a chain reaction
- Where am I going to fit in at Berkley?
- I can make a change/have an impact

Possible Resources:
- Sunday Chutney Book
- Chain reaction Activity
- Learner Assets - Kath Murdoch
- The Block Activity
- Continuum Activity

Staff Team Building Day - Monday 23rd January 2017

Guest Speaker: Marcus Akuhata-Brown

Marcus motivated and inspired me to hit higher levels of performance and I left his presentation with a fresh perspective on life. He’s a gifted communicator and has travelled the world extensively – he’s done everything from meeting the Queen and dining with members of the Royal family to working with the poor and marginalised in countries around the world.

Marcus stimulated, entertained and inspired me with his powerful message and creative delivery style – he told of how glass lids of low expectation and achievement were lifted off his life and how, through positive encouragement, intuitive goal setting as well as having the courage to break out of comfort zones, led to a life of excitement, adventure and purpose.

Professional Readings - Assessment in the Inquiry Classroom

Professional Readings - Teaching For Conceptual Understanding

My Thoughts:

Having students comment on their original work allows them to identify their own learning and promotes student agency. As it states in the article it allows them to 'know what they know'. I would like to try this strategy with my new students this year beginning with UOI1. I think that the age group that I teach would be more than capable of commenting on their own learning. It will help them to connect prior ideas to new knowledge, which is a useful skill for them to be able to apply in all areas of the curriculum.