Weekly Updates
Preschool / Spark Studio (PS) Update
Dress-Up Week!
To celebrate the last week of the year, the PS Eagles dressed up all week! It was left up to the Eagles to find their costumes and props, and they had a ball being creative!
Monday: Crazy Hat Day
Tuesday: Ninja Day
Wednesday: Pajamas Day
Thursday Crazy Socks Day
Friday: Superhero Day
Getting to Know You
The PS Eagles learned more about Zoom meetings and how the background noise in their houses can be distractions for the meeting. This presented an opportunity to explore the Mute/Unmute button, which led to a reminder to use the Raise Hand button when they wished to speak. Of course, patience was a virtue we practised in abundance this week!
Quest: Distant Learning / Montessori Cultural – Geography
Friday was time for the last Mystery Bag of the Sprint! This week, the PS Eagles learned about different aspects of Malaysia, namely flowers, animals and fruits.
Most of the PS Eagles reported that this week’s challenge was their favourite out of all the challenges this Sprint:
“I like the Week 6 Mystery Bag because I like the flower in it.”
“I like Week 5’s because I like to hammer things ad poke the toothpicks into the map.”
“I also like Week 5’s toothpicks because I can learn about the places in Malaysia.”
“I like Week 6’s because there are bougainvillea in my garden.”
“I also like Week 6’s because we have the hibiscus plant in our balcony.”
Fun and Games!
The PS Eagles are gaining confidence in leading meetings and enjoy being the MC for the games.
Elementary Studio (ES) Update
Exhibition Week!
The ES Eagles worked hard creating their coding project and completing their technical writing for the Writer’s Workshop. The Exhibition site was created by the Eagles themselves; a group took charge of setting it up and testing it before E-day. When they found that some of the links were not working and needed help to fix the problem, they called in their fellow Eagles and worked together with them to find a solution. That’s the beauty of a mixed-age Studio filled with Eagles who all have different knowledge and expertise. Last-minute checks were done the day before and the Eagle in charge had to deal with a late submission right at the eleventh hour.
As a Guide, the struggle of ‘wanting to step in to help (save)’ vs ‘stepping back and trusting the Eagles and the process of learning through failures’ is real. The Guide watched the Eagles try multiple angles to test the site, including learning how to set their documents for public view and allow view only. Stepping in would have saved time for all involved, but would the Eagles have gained anything other than a smooth Exhibition?
