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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def learning: #define learning for t in range(life): debug #for time in life: debug (figure it out) One might think that programming is about creating cool stuff using code. A nerd writing lines of code and then boom… a killer app! But any programmer worth its salt
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Hello, World! Welcome to the 2nd Sprint of our 2nd year. During the next six weeks, I will share with you a taste of the past and the future. The future—obviously is the Programming Quest. We are taking gamification, game-based learning and using the powerful code.org platform in the most interesting ways! The past
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The finishing line of a marathon is emotional. Is it because of the feeling of achievement? Or being at the end of a (painful) journey? Or something else? We have described each Sprint as a marathon. Now, we entered the last week—Week six. The finishing line on Friday: The Chemistry & Cooking Exhibition. In the
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The toughest part about running a marathon is called “hit the wall”. It usually comes 20 miles in a 26 miles race. These are times when you feel like being punished, you want to give up, and every step forward is just utterly painful. Rough. But to complete a marathon, you just got to draw
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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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Last week, one parent quoted our blog post. The real challenge for us (Acton Academy KL) is to forge character by encouraging Eagles to take the courage to make decisions and commitments. So they can take the step forward, to become who they are meant to be—their calling. Coincidentally, we asked Acton Academy KL parents:
The halfway points in marathons are usually the toughest. It is no different for our Eagles if we imagine each 6-week Sprint as a marathon. In the third week, they stretched themselves, both in their work and studio life. The stakes were higher, the challenges were tougher and there was less time too (we had
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The second week of the Academic Year saw many Eagles getting back into the rhythm of school. Some Eagles stepped up to take charge of our young learning community. In the Cooking & Chemistry Quest this week, Eagles explored the world of atoms and elements, ending with a Friday cookout freeze-out—making ice cream in a
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A New Academic Year brings to a start of an adventure. It means a new Overarching Question, a new Quest, and most importantly—renewed friendships and rekindled memories.
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