Explore Year 6. Session 1. Week 5.
The Explorers celebrated their many achievements from Session 1 this week. They shared their work with their community at their Exhibition of Learning, worked together to earn freedoms, and expressed feeling successful in their team building challenges.
TEAM BUILDING CHALLENGES
The learners in Explore worked together to write a word using the “Robot Writing Tool”. They discussed how they achieved success and shared that they followed the lead of one of their studio-mates. The Explorers reflected on what makes a good leader and came up with these traits: “someone you can trust, someone who is calm, someone who is a good communicator, someone who listens to everyone, someone who is helpful, someone who is confident, and someone who leads.”
The Explore learners worked to create their Studio Contract during Session 1 and after weeks of thoughtful debates, they voted enthusiastically to approve their Studio Contract on Wednesday!
EXHIBITION + SHOWCASE
On Thursday, the Explorer’s guests were invited to their studio for Work Cycle Check-Ins with their learners, a poetry reading, Showcase presentations, and to witness the signing of the Explore Studio Contract.
The Explore learners’ guests joined them at their tables for a Work Cycle Check-In. The Explorers guided their guests through their Badge Plans and learning programs, and their guests asked questions like, “Which program challenges you the most, and how do you stay motivated to work on it?” “Which of your programs do you find the most focus in and why?” and “Will you share your proudest Work Cycle moment from this Session?” to better understand the work they do during Work Cycles and the mindset that helps them succeed.
The Explorers were poets in Writers’ Workshop this Session and wrote Acrostic poems, Haikus, Nursery Rhymes, and Odes. They voted on three poems from each category to be read at their Exhibition based on the level of excellence of each poem and gave a reading of those poems for their guests to enjoy.
Over the last two weeks, the learners in Explore took time to reflect on their work and the culture they’ve been building in Session 1. They presented their reflections to their guests in their Showcase Presentations. The Explorers bravely shared about the challenges they faced this Session and how they overcame them, as well as their biggest wins and what they were proudest of in their goal setting.
The Explorers landed the Session by writing Thank You notes to community members who supported them in Session 1. In Closing Group, they read the letters they wrote to themselves in the first week of Session 1, and celebrated their hard work in their learning programs this week.
For more from Session 1 Week 5, click here: Explore Session 1, Week 5 photos & videos