Students are now entering their 4th Big Idea of the year:
Grade 6 - Adaptability, Balance, Structure and Consequence
Grade 7 - Respect, Tradition, Relationship and Resilience
Grade 8 - Challenge, Identity, Entrepreneurship, Interpretation
Students have been taking part in activities during the Entry and Exit points to deepen their thinking of the Big Ideas. Here are some of the things that they have been doing so far this year!
Mr Richard Price - IMYC Coordinator
IMYC - Big Ideas
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Formal arrangements and relationships underpin or give organisation to complex issues."
In January, students took part in a workshop led by the Chinese Cultural Centre. The students rotated around 3 different activities which centred around paper crafts; hanging mobiles, chinese wedding balls and year of the rat tumble toys. The activities helped students to link with the big idea and see that in being organised and following instructions, a piece of paper can become 3 very different physical structures!
Grade 6 - Structure (Entry Point)