Welcome back to returning students
and
Hajimemashite to all our new students! It's great to be back and it's going to be a super-busy term!
Did you notice the three different languages in the title of this blog? Can you pick what languages they are? We will become very familiar with these in our classroom this year! Exciting stuff!
We have a lot on and because of this, I've set up this blog to help you out when you need a bit of extra guidance.As part of our ICT foci we will be using our technology more than ever this year. We will be applying technological focus to our learning in agriculture, sport, values and writing - just to name a few. So, it's fitting that I find a way to communicate to you that is technological as well.
A further reason for me to set up this blog is that I'll be heading to Japan early in Week 8 and this will provide me with an opportunity to communicate with you all! Mr Whare and I will do our best to ensure I get to Skype with you too, but this may provide us with another means of communication!
Today, as I was planning for Term One, I used the internet and both my home computer and my laptop for so many different things! I was thinking about how life has changed technologically since I was your age! The changes to the amount of technology I use, even since I began training for my teaching career have been astounding and I'm excited for you all, to be learning in an age when ICT is not just available and fun, but also has such a strong focus placed on it.
Anyway, let's get started on our learning!
Task:The first thing I'd like you to consider this year is how you learn best. Think about all the things that you are required to learn (or choose to) in your life. Studies have shown that your brain is much more effectively wired for learning when you're young, so it's important that you find tools to aid your learning now... so that your minds can be like sponges and soak up as much as possible.Do you learn best from looking at pictures? From memorizing facts? From reading or from acting out your learning?
I'll talk to you more about this in class... but for now I'd like you to think carefully about it.... after all, it's about YOUR learning... and learning is a skill you use for a lifetime!
Have a great day!
SenseiScience :o)
