Time flies! Our sprint is coming to an end. We will be having our second exhibition this coming Wednesday, 25th January, at 10:30 a.m. 🙂 We started Monday with our weekly SMART goals. Our Eagles are getting more familiar with the new SMART goals system. Every morning before Core Skills time, we spend fifteen minutes […]
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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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“I have issues!” Guides do not answer questions. Instead, we hand it back to the Eagles to resolve them by equipping tools and processes. Eagles log their issues using a form. As this gets accumulated, it will be picked up by the elected Council members and resolved in the next Townhall meeting. Item by item,
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Welcome back to Sprint 2! I cannot believe we are already in our second sprint for the year. A very big thank you to our founding families for embarking on this journey with us. Our Eagles quickly got to work as they returned from the break. Right off the bat, they re-rooted themselves in the
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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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What are the first goals of a learner-driven community? 1. Having Fun 2. Forging relationships – connecting together. Eagles stretched themselves in various team-building activities. Trust Fall – Do you trust your partner if you fall? Drop ball – How many times can you keep the ball in the air with your Squad? Eagles also
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Acton Academy is a learner-driven community. This means having plenty of freedom and self-governance. Does freedom results to a decay to Lord of the Flies behavior? It seems different with our Elementary and Middle School studios come together. The Rise of Mixed Studio Checks Elementary Schoolers can ask the entire Middle School studio with 26 Eagle
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