Term 2 2015 PLG @ Halswell

This term's PLG will be on Thursday 21st May at Halswell Primary School at 3:45pm. 

The school have recently had a rebuild following the Earthquakes and now have collaborative hubs catering for their students teachers.  There will be an opportunity to have a tour of the school, talk about the vision and design thinking behind the collaborative space, as well as to learn how teachers are working collaboratively to teach in their learning environments. 

Registrations for this event are now closed! We look forward to seeing you all there on Thursday.

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Hacking your classroom

At our PLG meeting last week there was lots of conversation about how we can make changes to existing spaces to make them more open, collaborative and focused around 21C teaching.

Check out this link to find out some really practical steps to follow to 'hack' your classroom... get your kids involved, plan together, take risks and be creative!

Clearview Learning Environments

Today I went for a walk around Clearview to capture a mixture of the learning environments we have, what children are doing in them and the furniture children are choosing to use. It is interesting when we walk around to see the opportunities children have to think about where is the best space for them to work, how they might use the space and who they need in the space with them. Our children are becoming a lot more able to make and articulate these decisions. 

We look forward to sharing our learning environments with you at our first MLE PLG meeting next month.