SA Federation Conference: Day 1 (Anya Tiepelt) by Anya Tiepelt https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07 en-us 2022-06-21 17:33:10 UTC 2025-04-07 00:36:10 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. How do the stories/histories you teach give the children in your class an opportunity to see themselves, their families and their communities reflected back to themselves? anyatiepelt https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2227557826 2022-06-22 06:27:06 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2227557826 2. What is your intended purpose in teaching the stories that you teach? anyatiepelt https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2227558187 2022-06-22 06:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2227558187 3. To what extent is your school community a reflection of the wider community the school is part of? anyatiepelt https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2227558508 2022-06-22 06:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2227558508 How to use this Padlet anyatiepelt https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2227559287 If you want to dd a post, you click on the white cross in the red button in the lower right corner - or you double click on the screen.

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]]> 2022-06-27 17:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231656422 https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231657346 2022-06-27 17:27:54 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231657346 https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231660868 Grimms faerytales are recommended for ECD. Not much of it makes sense to our little ones. w
We've wavered from this by including seasonal stories and some other beautiful tales told that feels relevant. ]]> 2022-06-27 17:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231660868 Just So - Rudyard Kipling https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231662222 2022-06-27 17:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231662222 https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231670185 As classes grow you quickly have to adapt your lessons to the changing demographic. 

Different children take different lessons or messages from all stories so you need to have stories that can resonate with all the children and know that the message they get will be different. Cant force your views on children understanding because this comes from a variety of different factors eg. family, friends, community, home. 

Different generations respond differently to stories. Some/ few children get absorbed in stories and live and play in stories. Reenact stories, fantasy world is different these days, eg. dino vs fox, bird, animal from stories.

Can make up stories to best suit your class, can adapt the stories using the background or characters in these stories. Use third person from this fantasy to tell stories.

Use stories with scenes/ plots that a variety of children with different backgrounds can relate to. Does not need to be whole story, can be different

Universality of  a story is very important and the propose for the story, ie describe a location or bullying. Can be story from any point of view, the message is more important than the direct words of the story. Can link different stories to different subjects and situations. 

The intention is almost more important than the content of the story.





]]> 2022-06-27 17:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231670185 Breakaway group -ECD (Nicole, Natalie, Nobesuthu, Nomathemba,Taywan, Kelly) https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231671030 1. Local stories, nature stories pertinent to location and the local nature, flora and fauna. Fairytales, African tales, story books written by local authors. Writing own stories, stories from our lives and parent's lives. Inviting parents to share stories about their culture eg. Ramadan, Eid festival. African stories]]> 2022-06-27 17:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231671030 https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231671475 Child needs to feel seen and heard.

]]> 2022-06-27 17:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231671475 https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231673154 The story you use is dependent on a variety of different factors including, lesson, school, class, age etc.]]> 2022-06-27 17:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231673154 https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231673356 Collaboration is important to develop stories and relevant material to engage with students. 

Finding it harder in the mathematics and science departments.

]]> 2022-06-27 17:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231673356 Early Childhood resource https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231674330 2022-06-27 17:54:04 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231674330 Resource shared by Wilma Dawes Resource from ECD/KG Constantia Waldorf School: World Tales , the extraordinary coincidence of stories told in all times, in all places Collected by Idries Shah. ISBN 0722668600 PUBLISHED BY PENGUIN BOOKS https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231677775 2022-06-27 17:58:24 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231677775 Children tell us and ask us what they need. They guide us. Incorporating cooking and this expands languages and understanding as well. Children can connect with the stories from their own community or culture or country to a very great extent and children even want to emulate the characters and they become their heroes. Middle School: Modern and current biographies (especially of living heroes) are more relevant to teenagers than older stories. The story has to resonate, touch, feed, inspire both the teacher and the learners. https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231680469 2022-06-27 18:02:38 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231680469 Waldorf English Drive https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231680904 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zyyVQO4nrIlEsiJLs0xfBQUlu5RflWnb?usp=sharing

This is a common drive for us to share what has worked in our own classes to assist each other, so that we can continue to be dynamic teachers meeting our children as they need us. ]]> 2022-06-27 18:03:25 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231680904 Common ground https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231681458 It was incredible how there were similar thoughts emerging from the different breakout rooms. We also spoke about language and culture, and the importance of making our stories as universal as possible, and recognising our diversities as often as possible.]]> 2022-06-27 18:04:30 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231681458 World Tales , the extraordinary coincidence of stories told in all times, in all places Collected by Idries Shah. ISBN 0722668600 PUBLISHED BY PENGUIN BOOKS https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231682506 2022-06-27 18:05:29 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231682506 https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231692754 have you seen Africa meets Africa's work on grade 9 maths through Zulu beadwork?]]> 2022-06-27 18:21:58 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231692754 Colleagues sharing https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231705358 Specialist teachers (in high school) can use stories from other main lessons, can take a more integrated approach. For example, the class 10 Ancient History covers a great swathe of time where there is development in mathematical thought in each ancient civilization. Maths teachers can use this in the main or running maths lessons.
 
Looking for story ideas in maths:
The book "The Indian Clerk" tells the story of Srinivasa Ramnujan, the self-taught Indian mathematician (also The Man Who Knew Infinity).
Also Fermat's Last Theorem by Simon Singh.]]> 2022-06-27 18:40:41 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2231705358 Anya's resources pt.1 anyatiepelt https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2232594625 2022-06-28 15:59:36 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2232594625 Anya's resources pt. 2 anyatiepelt https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2232596278 ']]> 2022-06-28 16:02:32 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2232596278 Anya's resources pt.3 anyatiepelt https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2232596994 2022-06-28 16:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2232596994 Anya's resources pt.4 anyatiepelt https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2232597765 ']]> 2022-06-28 16:04:59 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2232597765 From Linda Raubenheimer anyatiepelt https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2232618109 Wonderful resource for all schools for African stories, history, geography and culture related directly to our curriculum: Africa A Guide for Teachers and Parents by Betty K. Staley

]]> 2022-06-28 16:37:42 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2232618109 In our discussion we talked about the fact that the better we know the children we are working with the better we can allow them to influence what they learn and experience. The teacher who can listen can give each child a better sense of coherence through including their interests, inputs, ideas etc into the lessons https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2232668726 2022-06-28 17:56:28 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2232668726 Anya's email: anyatiepelt@waldorfconstantia.co.za anyatiepelt https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2233551219 Feel free to reach out and make contact!]]> 2022-06-29 16:46:50 UTC https://padlet.com/anyatiepelt/y49s9p4nebdn9d07/wish/2233551219