Today's topic is...
Year 6 (Term 1)
Year 6 is soo fun it's hard to choose the Top 5 but here it is...(order doesn't mean anything)
5. Flipped Classroom (General). It's where one or two child(ren) plan a lesson and take over the classroom for 45 minutes. I think I've seen some really educational (and very funny) lessons. The best things about them is that they are also children so the lessons become much better as they know what children like. It is the most fun when teaching because you have the whole classroom will follow you and you experience extreme independence.
4. Volcanoes (Geography). In geography we studied volcanoes and had to make our own model of a volcano! It was really fun because this project was independent and we had to do all of the building, measuring and cutting (with a few cuts!) all by ourselves. We were put into groups and the number of people in a group is dependent on the size of the volcano we were given. At the end of the term we exploded them! We were going to do Coke and mentos but we ended up with baking soda and vinegar. (It was still epic)
3. Photography Day (Art). On that day we looked at photos and what message they convey. Then we looked at 'self portraits (Photography wise)'. No not 'selfies'(which I ended up taking (oops!)). We then decided how the photographer was trying to show themselves in their picture. We were then given the task to take our own which we would later edit. It was really fun as we could go anywhere on campus! Mine will be below. It shows how I am nosey and want to everything about everyone.
2. Friday Boogie (General). On Fridays we have a fifteen minute break in between the end of P.E and the start of library. In this break we rush back to the classroom, get our bags packed and BOOGIE. Our boogie would consist of going onto YouTube and putting on videos of Just Dance and project it on the whiteboard. We would then play it for however long we had. (Usually 5 minutes or so)
1. Mt. Takao (Geography). In previous Y6 years it wouldn't be volcanoes that we study but it would be mountains. They changed the topic but kept the hike up Mt. Takao as it is so great. In groups of 4-6 we had to plan how to get up and down a mountain independently and (for safety) had to register checkpoints. It was really fun as we had to work as a team and conquer a mountain. I know it's only 599m tall but it's an achievement for me and my independence.
Well I hope you enjoyed my post today. I sincerely do apologize for not posting that frequently but please try and bear with me!
Well that's it for me, see you later,
From your best geek,
The Geek's Special Team
