On Monday, the PS Eagles opened their Brown Quest Pack and found the Fire Challenge! 3-2-1 … let’s open it together! What did they see inside? Twigs, dried leaves, branches, some matches, some firestarters and some mini-aluminum trays. The pack also came with a packet of marshmallows and some bamboo skewers!
AN unpacks his Fire Challenge Pack.IA peeling the bark from the twigs to create tinder.AN is ready to light up the fire starter!AY gets a fire started.AA watches as her mum demonstrates how a match is struck.With the fire started, AN can now toast his marshmallow.JE watches as his mum demonstrates how a match is lit. He watches carefully as the firestarter burns.JE attempts to strike a match by himself.Wow!JE burns a leaf over the fire.IA is able to light up the firestarter and roast marshmallows over it with his brother.
Blue Packs
On Friday, the PS Eagles came together over Google Meets to open the Blue Art Pack. What’s inside Week 3’s Blue Pack?
3-2-1 SH opens the pack.AN finds some white paper inside.OR finds the instructions.Let’s watch a video.SH started painting with a fork and now he is going to use a straw.There was a hum of work noise as the PS Eagles settled into the flow of work.AN in the flow.ZA says, “I am going to use this orange paint next.”Looks like SH is nearly finished with his art.IA says that he is finished.IA says, “I used my fingers and a sponge for my art.”Ta-da!ZA says, “I used the cotton ball for the orange colour.”JA also used the cotton ball and the straw and fork.AN shows us his finished work.SH and his second piece of artwork, painted with a pebble, cardboard, and fingers.AA with her second piece, painted with a roller, a fork, a brush, and a jagged piece of cardboard.
Weekly Elementary Studio (ES) Update
This week, the ES Eagles completed challenges to discover a little more about themselves and learned about different types of shelter and homes.
What’s my Identity?
In the identity challenge, the ES Eagles reflected on their character traits and examined their primary love language.
“My primary love language is quality time.”
“It came to me as a surprise, I didn’t know that.”
Writing 3 character traits onto rocks helps the Eagles be conscious of themselves and what makes them tick.This knowledge allows them to go forward with their best traits and reflect on traits they want to work on.They can then work to their strengths.And understand their challenges and how to deal with them.
Give Me Shelter
Next, the ES Eagles worked on challenges to examine the concept of shelter and things to consider while building temporary shelter in the jungle.
“The interesting thing that I learned is about snow. I didn’t know that snow can keep you warm.”
“Depends where you are, I would prioritize differently, warmth, safety from animals or comfort.”
Since we are stuck at home, the ES Eagles got creative building their ‘shelters’ with household items.
Can you spot the instant noodles and Cheetos 🙂 ?Fairy lights!AND is cosy and happy in his shelter.Bedding provides natural shelter.Practicality is necessary for shelter, but comfort is important too.
