Today you demonstrated some truly fantastic thinking skills and some of you even began debating with regards to the question I posed you - "There's water everywhere, but is it fair? Why/why not? What can we do about it?" We began our learning about the Gambia with a focus on water, comparing how we get our water with how Gambians collect their water - we shared a story, examined a globe, looked at a map and discussed some photographs to support our learning. We put this learning into context by walking around the school searching for water sources and uses then took on a challenge of walking some distance to collect a bucket of water and then carry it back - you expressed your feelings about your appreciation for water and how to conserve it with great maturity - well done!
We will be continuing our learning about water and the Gambia with a focus on its uses, following with some art work.
Tomorrow brings another exciting day where we will be visited by a practising Buddhist who will be teaching us about Buddhism. We will also be learning about aspects of fair trade with a fun workshop, followed by some problem based learning in the afternoon!
Watch the blog for updated news on our fun day tomorrow, and indeed next week!
Home learning tasks to choose from: 1. We will be doing some baking with an international flavour next week - could you try cooking something at home that comes from a different country and either photograph it or write about it (Maybe you could link in some numeracy as well by shopping for the ingredients, working out the cost, weighing and measuring. Maybe you could do some research about the country you food comes from.) or 2. We will be learning about Brazil - can you find out about the tradition of carnival? Is there a special carnival coming up soon?
Have fun!
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