We ended the first post with this question: Can students teach each other, instead of having teachers? I was inspired by nature. Exactly, it was an army of ants that found an impossibly connected path during one of the many hiking sessions with Shien Jin. The way the ants solved problems, signaled each other, worked together […]
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What were the origins of Acton Academy Kuala Lumpur (ActonKL)? Here’s a short answer: “Curiosity, experiments, and the inspiration from resourceful children around the world, and a lot of luck…” OK, here’s the longer version. As promised a few weeks ago, I am going to tell you this story over a few blog posts. Here’s part
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We described Week 3 of 6 as a marathon halfway point. Then, what is Week 4? You start sharpening your spears, make preparations and orientate yourself towards the end goal. In our case, it is a Cookout Exhibition! Highlights this week: Begin with the End in Mind Chaos = Mess? Cooking & Chemistry Updates Writing
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The first week of Session 3 launched with a dilemma! You are an entomologist and you have been sent to look for a rare caterpillar, whose venom is poisonous but may be able to cure cancer. One night in your tent, you are woken up by a tickling sensation on your hand… it is the
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Session 3 ended this mid-week with an Exhibition of Eagles’ Personal Learning Plans and Gratitude Letters. It has been a hectic three weeks, where the Eagles were introduced to a new environment, made new friends, did tribe-building activities, edited, drafted and signed their governance contracts, wrote, critiqued and edited their Thank You and Gratitude Letters,
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This week’s highlights: Lifting of Freedom Level restrictions, finding different rhythms and new tools, such as collaboration board and earning more games time (pic above). Two Hero’s visit: Edmond from Edunation and Dato Gooi from Bandar Sri Damansara Resident Association Signing of Eagles’ Contracts Preparation work on Eagle’s Personal Learning Plan and Thank You letters
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Bright and early on Monday morning, Auntie Geetha led a yoga and dance exercise session with our Eagles. We stretched, jumped, breathed deeply and ran around to relax and kick off our week on a positive note. Some of our young Eagles were showing off their moves and flexibility! Stretching away all the stress! After
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The week started strong, with Guru Geetha inspiring the Eagles with exercises and yoga. A large part of the week consisted of working on Core Skills and Tribe Building Quest. As Eagles developed the right rhythm this week, we introduced PE, writing, and Life Skills. Core Skills Core Skills time consisted of Khan Academy Maths,
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Today we had the privilege to learn from Guru Geetha as part of a special Morning Launch, where the Middle and Elementary School gathered together to stretch themselves for intentional movements and sun salute (surya namaskar). The energy was high as Geetha demonstrated and inspired us with movements and rhythms. Ending with focused breathing exercises and
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Without exams and tests, how do we keep track of Eagle’s work? We equip Eagles with processes and tools that measure their effort via weekly points, excellence of work via badges, and character via 360 peer feedback. Also, there are community tools, such as Eagle Bucks and Town Hall for self-governance. This is entirely live
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