What a year it has been. I think I have loved every moment of it. It has been both hard and rewarding and I can't wait til next year so that I can keep improving, reflecting and changing my pedagogy.
Very thankful for the wonderful staff at NCS. They have supported and encouraged me throughout the year and I feel so incredibly blessed to be part of such an amazing school community. It really is the best.
Here a a few things we have been up to in term 3 and 4.
Bridges Unit
During term 3 we studied Bridges, their design and construction. As well, the unit culminated in thinking about the great divide - how Jesus has bridged the gap between us and God, so that we can now be in relationship with him. During this term we also had PD task to create (I thought assignments were over when I finished uni!) something that we could use to talk about our students relationship with Christ in their reports. So after much thinking, to end the unit, I got the students to create a tract which could explain to another person, how Jesus bridges the great divide. Here are a few pages from their booklets.
Electricity Unit
In term 4 we studied electricity, which was lots of fun. I am always wanting to make the ordinary, fun and extraordinary, so instead of doing a boring timeline of how electricity came to be, we made it creative. This the the one I created on the board.
Christmas Art
This art is a little hard to explain how to do. But we first brainstormed words that relate to christmas like FAITH, HOPE, LOVE, JESUS, JOY...
We then chose a word and wrote it quite large on a piece of coloured paper. Then we chose two colours. Using the first colour, we traced around the top half of the word and then alternated the colours until we had about 6-8 lines. This is the result!
Well...I hope to blog a bit more next year! Hope you have a lovely Christmas and a fabulous new year. See you then!
