Discovery Time

Today we began Discovery Time.  This is time where the children are able to choose from a variety of activities put out in Rooms 1, 2 as well as the outside space and our shared space between the classrooms.  We have a focus which is 'being respectful to others'.  This focus will change and will be matching our school values.   We are developing some specific skills in the children of greeting others, introducing ourselves, asking to be included in activities, and using our quiet voices to show respect to other learners.  There is a poster up in our classroom that shows the rubric for our learning in this time.

A key component of the programme is reflection time.  In this time we discuss our learning using some reflection prompts and also finding out who was chosen as the Discovery Time stars.  The children that receive the badge stand up in front of everybody and explain what they did to receive the badge.  The children from both rooms did really well today but unfortunately nobody from Room 2 was chosen as the Discovery Time stars this week.  We are going to try really hard to be caught showing respect next week!

I have attached some photos of the children from Room 2 to show some of the activities we chose to participate in today.  This also includes our writing time at the end where we work by ourselves to say what we liked about Discovery Time or what we learnt during Discovery Time.