Inquiry Presentations - Civil Rights Leaders 'Resilience'

So it started with an incident on the other side of the world which generated much conversation amongst Room 2 students.  'George Floyd' was the hot topic in our class and it was very clear that my students had formed their own opinions on the devastating incident which has now become globally recognised.  What we also noticed is the changes that are happening internationally with companies/organisations changing some of their business marketing in fear or being accused of discrimination or racism (where the conversation started from).   It was interesting to hear the types of authentic emotions that were being presented by my students and how passionate they were at what is happening outside of the world they know (home, community, school) Being exposed to what is happening around the world raised a few conversations starters - here is examples of brainstorms/new words that we did as a whole class to generate thought provoking discussions/debates/connections.

Super proud of the effort put into the presentations and the conversations had around the new knowledge that was being discovered.  We learnt so many new words as a class and were able to use those words during discussion times - also in our presentations.  A few pictures of Rm 2 presenting their inquiries in class.  Q & A's at the end also a Kahoot (Windsor won lol) Really cool quote that concluded Sofaia's presentation:

'A riot is the language of the unheard - Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.  Darkness can not drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate can not drive out hate, only love can do that'.

Lockdown Return

LOL (Lockdown Online) has come to a grinding halt for most of us and we are now preparing to return back to the comforts of our classrooms - what these will look like will be the same as when we suddenly gapped our rooms that final day after the Level 4 announcement.  The only difference will be the array of sanitation stations in Room 2 (mini sanitiser bottles, reminder stickers on each learning table), visual displays alert to safe hygiene practises and reminders to wash, sanitise, wash, sanitise...........
Week 6 return and only 5 students - and very much greatful to those 5 students who returned ready and willing to share their lockdown narratives with me.  Although some continued at home for various reasons, Room 2 were ready rock n roll.  The week was full of PB4L - role playing, fun systems, team building, laughter, popcorn popping and our very own school DJ was in the mix jamming a range of sounds at morning tea/lunch time. Super Duper proud of our students and their resilience to rise above the 8 weeks of lockdown - and now we have entered into Level 1 as of Monday 11.59pm 💛.  Massive thank you to our families for trusting in our systems set in place so that your children can come back to school.  Hi Five to the MOE (Ministry of Education) for the devices and hard packs that our students received also.  Bring on the last legs of this term.