OUR CORE VALUES @ SALC Making Connections INTEGRITY

Posted on September 4, 2015 by juliab

Making Connections INTEGRITY

Integrity – ‘The Spirit of Honour’

“We aim to demonstrate integrity in our relationships with those in our own and wider community. We believe integrity is at the core of how others see us and as such, seek to be hold fast to what is good, by being honest, fair, trustworthy, respectful and ethical in everything we do. Integrity means we do the right thing and make the right choices, even when no one is watching. When we practise integrity, there is no difference between our behaviour and what we know to be right.”

Titus 2:7 – ‘In everything set them an example by doing what is good’

Source: Kotzur, T. (Principal) St Andrews Core Values

TEACHING ATTITUDES THROUGH LITERATURE

VIEW

The Empty Pot by Demi

STORY http://www.storiestogrowby.com/stories/empty_pot_china.html
YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/fvRbPr6MqjI

PICTURE BOOKS IN THE JS LIBRARY

Blabey, A. (2015). Pig the fibber. Scholastic Australia, Lindfield, NSW.

Booth, C., & Groves, P. (2010). Potato music. Malvern, S. Aust. : Omnibus.

Burch, R. G., & Motoyama, K. (2002). Telling the truth : learning about honesty, integrity, and trustworthiness. Huntington Beach, Calif. : Creative Teaching.

Child, L. (2007). Whoops! but it wasn’t me. London : Penguin.

Heinrich, S. (2007). The most beautiful lantern. Sydney : Hachette Livre Australia.

Johnson, R., & Parish, S. (2004). The truth about Reedy. Archerfield, Qld. : Parish.
Wilson, T. (2007). Harry Highpants. Malvern, S. Aust. : Scholastic.

NON FICTION IN THE JS LIBRARY

Cox, P. R., McCafferty, J., & Tyler, J. (2004). Don’t tell lies, Lucy! : a cautionary tale. London : Usborne.

Pryor, K. J. (2010). Integrity. South Yarra, Vic. : Macmillan Library.

Tym, K., & Wade, S. (2008). Tell the truth. London : QED.

FICTION CHAPTER BOOKS

Forrestal, E. (1996). Someone like me. Ringwood, Vic. : Penguin.

TEACHING IDEAS/RESOURCES

WEBLINKS INTEGRITY

Reflecting Integrity and Respect in Action through Teaching and Learning.

Image Intergity: Created by Sonia Dunn for SALC reused with permission

Book Hooks designed using the Green Screen

Posted on September 4, 2015 by juliab

This term interested student have created a Book Hook using the Green Screen, some creativity and the iPad app Green Screen by DoInk.

book hook The process involved 4 steps.

1) Select your book and decide how to “sell” your book.

2) Take a photo of what you want as your background (to replace the green screen) using the CAMERA app.

3) Record your video using CAMERA app.

4) Open the GREEN SCREEN app and add the photo and then the video.

Preview then PUBLISH.

More detail at Use Green Screen Effects on the iPad

See the book hooks created by the students below (support was provided in the actual process).

SMORE: “LIGHT UP THE LIBRARY” NEWSLETTER TERM THREE

Posted on August 27, 2015 by juliab

SELECT FROM THE VERSIONS BELOW

LIGHT UP THE LIBRARY – SMORE (redirect to the website)
NEWSLETTER as an IMAGE (embedded but not interactive).
NEWSLETTER embedded (see below image) on the JS Library Blog)

BOOK WEEK 2015

Posted on August 26, 2015 by juliab

Book Week is almost over for another year.

The students

have read and voted on the Shortlisted Books
created their class lanterns and
participated in a variety of class and library activities around the theme of Light Up the World.

See some highlights below:

The winners according to the students at St Andrews are

Early Childhood: Pig the Pug (by one vote)
Picture Books: Stone Lion (by one vote)

Teaching Notes for The Stone Lion

GLOBAL ONENESS PROJECT

Posted on August 21, 2015 by juliab

GLOBAL ONENESS PROJECT BRING THE WORLD TO YOUR CLASSROOM WITH STORIES AND LESSON PLANS.
“The stories explore cultural, social and environmental issues with a humanistic lens.”

Source

This website (and project) is an excellent resource that supports PYP principles and what we are trying to achieving when teaching it.

See more about the project on the video below.

e.g. Not just a piece of cloth

They have a a story of the month, free lesson plans, films and more.

SEPTEMBER – SHARE A STORY -SWAP A STORY

Posted on August 21, 2015 by juliab

SEPTEMBER – SWAP A STORY

For the month of September we are going to take a slightly different approach to the physical swapping of stories and instead swap stories by swapping the author and writer of the story in a Junior School progressive story writing attempt.

Progressive Story Writing in the JS Library

As each class comes to the library for their library session, they will add to the story prompt (one line per class). We are going to add to the story starter the “Blue Monster Story Starter”.

This story will be available via a collaborative document (and on the JS Library OPAC home page) and via a hard copy.

More ideas for Progressive Story Writing

OTHER IDEAS

Use a stimulus such as photos as a prompt to start the story

Storyit

Art and Visualisation

see the iPad Art Room – Cathy Hunt

Monster Stories

The first monster story that comes to mind is the classic Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.

More Monster Books
Search the OPAC using ADVANCED SEARCH

Use the following search

KEYWORD monster
TYPE picture book

APP SUGGESTION

There are many apps that allow to you create (and then swap stories). One of these is the Write About app.

More at

Write About This http://www.writeaboutapp.com/

http://www.childrenslaureate.org.au/events/

The Australian Children’s Laureate: enriching the lives of young Australians through the power of story.

LIGHT UP THE LIBRARY: CIRCUITS

Posted on August 9, 2015 by juliab

INTERACTIVE SESSIONS TO LEARN ABOUT CIRCUITS
Q: – What is an electric circuit?

INTRODUCTION: “Acting Out an Electric Circuit”

VIEW: Explaining an Electrical Circuit

SELF DISCOVERY

A) Small groups with materials to create an electric circuit.

B) Using the Brainbox and Snap Circuits to create circuits

C) Interactive games (see the Blendspace below)

* Other

Create your own circuit using aluminum foil, battery and light.

BLENDSPACE: TESTING AND CREATING ELECTRIC CIRCUITS

The term so far…. LIGHT UP THE LIBRARY

Posted on August 4, 2015 by juliab

New activities this week ….
Green Screening and Animation using Apps

Students explored animation using the app PLASTIC.
It simplifies the animation process and makes 2D images into movies and GIFs.

See more here.

Read a review for the PLASTIC animation app here.

In addition to this, students have begun to explore the simplicity of the DoInk Green Screen app. We have the green screen (purchased with P & F Funding) , iPad and tripod set up for anyone who wishes to learn.

It will be available for the rest of the term. I am hoping that some inspired readers will create some BOOK HOOKS.

LIGHT UP THE LIBRARY: Makerspace Cardboard Construction

Posted on July 28, 2015 by juliab

This term is always about Book Week and the promotion of reading. This year we are focusing on the pairing with a Makerspace concept.

At the start of term, students nominated their interest in a cardboard construction activity.

Over the course of two lunchtimes, students planned the lighthouse, presented their ideas, assessed the best plan and then came together a week later to actually construct the lighthouse. The process was loosely based on a DESIGN THINKING process.

At the top of the lighthouse there is an LED light that can be turned on (battery powered). This was a design element that the students need to consider when planning and building the lighthouse.

In the coming weeks we will add our shortlisted reviews to the Lighthouse Construction.

SO FAR in the JS Library this term…

Other activities that the students have been doing related to the Book Week are

creating BOOK LANTERNS using book dust covers
collating (PAPER CRAFT) of the L-I-G-H-T letters for display

STAY TUNED FOR MORE LUNCHTIME ACTIVITIES TO ‘LIGHT UP THE LIBRARY’ in the weeks to come.

Animation using apps
Green screening – LIGHTS – CAMERA – ACTION
Circuits – soft circuits, paper circuits and more

SEARCH – ASK – LEARN -CONNECT

DRAW A STORY

INVESTIGATE WORDLESS PICTURE BOOKS AND AUTHORS

Draw a story: Three Frames

Interactive Stories through Drawing

Draw a Story apps

OTHER