Weekly Updates
Preschool / Spark Studio (PS) Update
Altruism & Responsibility
There’s been a lot of kindness, helpfulness, and generosity in the Studio in the past week. The Eagles have helped each other to clean up – not just the play area, but also their friends’ lunch messes. RO invited JE to join their game for the very first time and excitement and joy shown out from JE. Such a lovely sight!
IA, one of the older Eagles, has been helping his peers with their work – showing them how to make their houses as well as how to use a Smart Tray.
The Eagles have also kept up their sense of responsibility for their own Studio, and Clean-Up Time continued to be efficient. When the Time-keeper announced that it was Clean-Up time, one or two of the Eagles would take the lead to start cleaning up, followed by everyone else. Quite a sight!
Quest: Where is Mr. Daniel??
The Eagles were given 3 pictures with Mr. Daniel hidden inside. They had to help each other find Mr. Daniel in the pictures within a minute! To make it even more challenging, the Eagles could not point at the screen, they had to describe Mr. Daniel’s flag return .
“Mr. Daniel is wearing read and white standing next to the blue and white big umbrella stall.”
Tick, tock, tick tock …. the Eagles managed to find Mr. Daniel, but couldn’t beat the timer!
Show & Tell
Out of the 4 Eagles who volunteered to do Show & Tell, only IA and AYV brought their items. IA shared his globe and told us about the different continents.
SY: Can the globe glow in the dark?
IA: No, of course not! This isa globe, how can a globe glow!
Perhaps GLOBE was heard as GLOW?
Socratic Discussions
This week’s Socratic Discussion – Playground vs Swimming Pool, which would you choose? The swimming pool was definitely the crowd favourite. Why did you choose the one you chose?
AAR: There’s slide at the pool!
IA: I have been to the playground so often during COVID.
JE: It’s fun!
RO: I chose playground because I have swimming.
AX: I get to shoot people with water gun and dive.
AYV: Because I have a friend there and there are big floaties.
Suddenly a witch came and the swimming pool now has a giant slide and the playground is now in a big fun fair with all types of rides! Which would you lose now and why?
Yet again swimming pool won the votes, except 1 Eagle chose the fun fair playground because she could go “Hiak, hiak, hack.”
Those who changed over said, “I love giant slides!” 1 Eagle stood firm on his choice of swimming pool. “I want to go to the beach and swim!”
Is it OK to change your mind? Why? When can you change your mind?
Milk Art!
Beautiful colors and swirls and whorls! That’s what you get when you mix milk and dish soap.The Eagles watched a video about it first, and were bursting with curiosity when it came to doing the experiment for themselves.
“WHY does it go round and round??? WHY are the color all running away??”
They then stirred their milk and it became … chocolate milK?? More like black milk!
It was funny to see how the Eagles walked SO SLOOOOOOWLY through the Studio; holding their dishes of milk SO CAREFULLY to avoid spilling them. One … step … at …a …time!
Play & Exercise
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, and the PS Eagles don’t want to be dull! There was plenty of play and exercise throughout the week and the creativity and imagination that flowed out was priceless!
Weekly Elementary Studio (ES) Update
Writer’s Workshop
In Writer’s Workshop, the ES Eagles worked on their introductions and drafts, and received feedback from their buddies or writing partners. Each Writer’s Workshop introduces different types of writing from reports, to journals, to this Sprint’s focus – biographies. Each type of writing has its own process, and the Eagles follow the process to produce pieces of work that reflect their understanding of that type of writing, as well as the world around them.
It’s a very varied group of Heroes that the ES Eagles have chosen to write about for their biographies – including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Tesla, Ole Kirk Christiansen, Boudicca, JK Rowling … these are the people who inspire the Eagles in some way. Learning about their lives will spur the Eagles on in their own passions and give them insights into how their Heroes succeeded in own their fields. This is a powerful, practical history lesson, versus memorising dates and events that have nothing to do with them.
Seeds of Potential
Apples come in different colours, shapes, sizes, and textures. Notice that each apple has a star and seeds within. We’re all different on the outside. On the inside, we are all special – we are all – Stars.
Additionally, we have seeds. Seeds of Potential. Left on their own, these seeds will not take root and bear fruit. Given the proper foundation in soil, solar energy, and water, and given careful and attentive maintenance, these seeds may flourish.
What are your Seeds of Potential, your gifts, and talents?
“I am very athletic.”
“I am good a gymnastics.”
“I am good at drawing.”
“I’m good at singing.”
What do you need from your friends, family, and Studiomates to make sure your Seeds of Potential grow?
“I wish that sometimes I am given the freedom to nurture my Seeds of Potential, allowing me the space to work on them.”
“Find an expert and learn from them, maybe a person who is good at your talent, and ask them.”
Thank you, Eagles, for sharing and keep nurturing those Seeds of Potential so that they take root and bear fruit.