Getting into number talks today, incredible mathematical thinking from my 4 and 5 year old friends! #weareais #cognitainsider #cognitaway Chase @CognitaSchools Adam Patterson
Awesome action happening in this UOI, little 4-5 year old scientists galore here at Chase engaged in lifelong learning figuring out how the world works! #pyp #action #WeAreAis #CognitaInsider #CognitaWay #steam #science #earlyyears Adam Patterson
Pod play today began with a whole pod meeting! "I've never been to a meeting before, this is exciting" from an Echidna friend. What an awesome morning of community, collaboration and discovery! #WeAreAis #CognitaInsider #CognitaWay Chase @CognitaSchools Adam Patterson
"Miss Maddi did you know that scientists also discover dinosaur bones?" Following the knowledge and interest of one child turned into a class investigation into palaeontology! Lots of discovery and excitement! #earlyyears #pyp #WeAreAis #CognitaWay #CognitaInsider Chase
Inquiry into measurement saw these two creating a "measurement house" today, they tell me they measure things before they go into the house by using the numbers! Loving it! #inquiry #ib #pyp #WeAreAis #CognitaWay #earlyyears
The ELV kids love to get out into the other areas of the school and discover the fun to be had there! Some fun with marble runs this morning as those scientists are experimenting and discovering! #WeAreAis #CognitaWay #earlyyears #science #steam #outdoorlearning Chase
Getting into coding with this guy, 4 years old and already tech savvy! He is teaching me a thing or two! #WeAreAis #CognitaWay Chase #earlyyears #technology #coding #cubetto
We visited the #artiversary this morning. The Echidnas loved seeing the work of their older friends. A great provocation for our next unit of inquiry! #WeAreAIS #CognitaWay Chase
Cutting the Christmas 'Craptivities'! linkedin.com/pulse/cutting-… Have a look at this article I have shared about the craft that often occurs around Christmas. #christmascraft #earlyyears #PYP #IB #reflections #conceptuallearning
In the article I wrote titled 'Cutting the Christmas Craptivities' I referred to the Christmas Collection we intended to create outside of our classroom. We today it went up and the reaction has been amazing. The children were so excited to see their hard…lnkd.in/ftuvVVx
After a lovely Christmas/New Year break I am very much looking forward to welcoming all our Echidna Families back to school tomorrow. This year as a pod we are focussed on working together as a learning community. One way we are doing this is by introduci…lnkd.in/fNfEPGJ
Day 4 of school and we are hitting the ground running with our first pod play for the year! This morning the 3 classes played together in the space of 2 classrooms as our first introduction. This photo exemplifies pod play, children from each of the 3 cla…lnkd.in/fxY6yiD