Wonder Wall by Heather O'Hara https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm Add your questions, tensions and musings here any time- and respond to others en-us 2017-07-04 07:54:01 UTC 2017-07-05 23:45:51 UTC hello@padlet.com What is the best advice you can give to someone who is about to teach 3-5 year olds for the first time? https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062581
JL]]> 2017-07-04 23:49:38 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062581 Action-What are some ideas about ways to observe or see young children doing Action. https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062593 (Emma T)

]]> 2017-07-04 23:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062593 Portfolios taylerannette https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062594 How do other schools use portfolios...what do you include???

]]> 2017-07-04 23:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062594 Assessment https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062602 Ideas and strategies for making assessment authentic and age appropriate (and not too time consuming)]]> 2017-07-04 23:50:04 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062602 EYLF & PYP documentation https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062614 Documenting children's learning authentically. The PYP & the EYLF in collaboration with each other. - What is authentic, what is not? ]]> 2017-07-04 23:50:17 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062614 are all the concepts, attributes etc meant to be focused on throughout a year? https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062619 2017-07-04 23:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062619 How do we include play in a very busy Prep program? https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062642 2017-07-04 23:51:03 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062642 Is there such a thing as 'visuals' to represent the attitudes that people use to explain them to 4-5 year olds https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062643 2017-07-04 23:51:07 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062643 How do we do meaningful UOIs but also support the incidental learning that occur in a 3-5 years class? https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062645 The Early Years in the PYP document explicity states that you should take on this incidental learning. We need to ensure our Early Years UOIs are not just like the Primary Years versions.]]> 2017-07-04 23:51:10 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062645 E-portfolios https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062702 Is anyone doing this? How is it working? ]]> 2017-07-04 23:51:59 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062702 https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062734 2017-07-04 23:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062734 How can we simplify PYP language for young children https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062778 2017-07-04 23:53:29 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062778 Portfolios https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062800 In my school - we included samples of children's artworks, pictures and notes. 
JL]]> 2017-07-04 23:53:49 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062800 Celebrating Learning https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062817 Showing and celebrating a child's learning with parents. How is this done at your school? ]]> 2017-07-04 23:54:10 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062817 I agree the language in PYP is very wordy and overwhelming at times, however I would only simplify it for children in regards to the introduction of each new term. Would always use the correct language https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062840 2017-07-04 23:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062840 communicating to families and documenting the journey children travel on throughout the year... https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062882 2017-07-04 23:55:09 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178062882 Should Outcome/Intention https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178075368 Should learning outcomes and intentions be explicitly explained to the children?]]> 2017-07-05 03:57:11 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178075368 Elevator Pitch..... https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178076173 Play, inquiry and learning are essentially interchangeable.   When we play, we are inquiring into something and we are always learning something]]> 2017-07-05 04:23:25 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178076173 Elevator pitch... https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178076410 inquiry and learning come from play but you can have inquiry and learning without play.    ]]> 2017-07-05 04:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178076410 Heather: it would be great to see the tailor made guide you use alongside your PYP planner to make it age appropriate for 3-5 year olds https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178078509 2017-07-05 05:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178078509 Term Planners https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178078533 Examples of how to document in the PYP Term Planner.]]> 2017-07-05 05:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178078533 It would be good to collate templates which explain the potential learning which results from play. For example: why we provide blocks for children; why we provide a dramatic area ..... https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178078559 2017-07-05 05:16:21 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178078559 Skills, Concepts & Attitudes https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178078587 examples of effective ways to incorporate these in planning, teaching and documentation ]]> 2017-07-05 05:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178078587 Language and mathematics in a unit https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178142891 children's found objects (engaged)
discussing content
social interactions
labels/signs for displays
related books, puzzles - links to literacy/numeracy
role play reading
songs/dance
finger plays
writing opportunities - differentiated according to level of interest/development
personal experiences
descriptive language - spikey, rough, smooth, colours
making plans - drawing to illustrate instead of writing 
activities - arrange materials in collage, sorting and categorising, size, patterns, measure
sort into type - glass, plastic etc
recycling - make sculptures, display, labels
keep rubbish from eating time, sort, classify, how can we reduce rubbish, recycle??


]]> 2017-07-05 23:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178142891 I would love to share our ideas on our units of inquiry-central ideas, lines of inquiry etc. https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178144638 2017-07-05 23:45:19 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherohara/v009tkl4tdvm/wish/178144638