Café Day!
The Kōtuku café happened on the Thursday and the children LOVED it! They were completely engrossed in the café for the whole day. We started the day with food preparation and discussing what everyone's 'jobs' would be. The juniors came in first, followed by the seniors. Then it was our own turn to experience sitting in the café while our peers served us. Finally, the parents and families of the children came in. They thoroughly enjoyed it. In fact, they enjoyed it so much that they didn't want to leave so the class sung a song for them.
And this was children led inquiry.
Putting on my teacher's hat, the oral language was flowing. I have never heard my EAL child speak so much to so many different people as he did when he was baking apple muffins. The mathematics involved in tripling recipes and being able to tell how many portions of scrambled eggs 6 eggs would make, was everywhere. And my most proudest element of the day was the team work. I'd hear children say things like "Mary doesn't have a fork and Ashton is still waiting for his stuffed eggs". Then another child will run in and get what is needed for the other person. It was like watching a well oiled machine.
How can we carry on from this?
We are going to have a writing focus for the remainder of the term and it's going to be based on the movie Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2. The children are going to turn what they cooked into characters and write a colourful, interesting narrative.
I believe maintaining a professional relationship with children is paramount to success in the classroom. It was decided, after a class discussion, artwork will be based on this too as this is the direction where the children want to go.
And this was children led inquiry.
Putting on my teacher's hat, the oral language was flowing. I have never heard my EAL child speak so much to so many different people as he did when he was baking apple muffins. The mathematics involved in tripling recipes and being able to tell how many portions of scrambled eggs 6 eggs would make, was everywhere. And my most proudest element of the day was the team work. I'd hear children say things like "Mary doesn't have a fork and Ashton is still waiting for his stuffed eggs". Then another child will run in and get what is needed for the other person. It was like watching a well oiled machine.
How can we carry on from this?
We are going to have a writing focus for the remainder of the term and it's going to be based on the movie Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2. The children are going to turn what they cooked into characters and write a colourful, interesting narrative.
I believe maintaining a professional relationship with children is paramount to success in the classroom. It was decided, after a class discussion, artwork will be based on this too as this is the direction where the children want to go.
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