Collaborative Learning

End of Year Photos

secondarysection — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:35:10 +0000

We thought it would be nice to finish the blog off for the year with some happy snaps. This is the Choir and Glee Club performing at Bundoora Pre-school and Bundoora Extended Care.

Photos also from our Christmas Concert on Monday 5th December.

Thinking Cap – four

secondarysection — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 13:40:46 +0000

Question 1.

Feeding Time

Zookeeper George was in charge of feeding all of the animals in the morning. He had a regular schedule that he followed every day. Can you figure it out from the clues?

The giraffes were fed before the zebras but after the monkeys.

The bears were fed 15 minutes after the monkeys.
The lions were fed after the zebras.

Question 2.

Four good friends have four different favourite sports. Read all the clues to find out who prefers which sport.

	Kickball	Tennis	Football	Soccer
Robert	.	.	.	.
Audrey	.	.	.	.
Danny	.	.	.	.
Jane	.	.	.	.

1. Audrey likes neither soccer nor football.
2. Danny used to like football and kickball best, but he has changed his mind.
3. Neither of the boys here likes soccer best.

Question 3.

How to Age Quickly?

The day before yesterday, Jenny was 17 years old. Next year, she’ll be 20 years old. How is this possible?

Thinking Cap – Three

secondarysection — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:52:02 +0000

Question 1.

The dog named Jam is heavier than the dog named Jelly.

Copper weighs more than Brandy but less than Pumpkin.
Brandy weighs more than Jelly.
Pumpkin weighs less than Jam.

List the dogs in the order of their weights, starting with the heaviest.

Question 2.

Move from letter to touching letter , including diagonals, to find the name of a popular fictional character. Use each letter only once. You will have four letters left over.

T	O	P	Y	D
M	T	E	R	H
F	R	I	R	A

Thinking Cap – Two

secondarysection — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:22:21 +0000

Question 1.

You must cut a birthday cake into exactly eight pieces, but you’re only allowed to make three straight cuts, and you can’t move pieces of the cake as you cut. How can you do it?

Question 2.

Can you place six X’s on a Tic Tac Toe board without making three-in-a-row in any direction?

Question 3.

Two students are sitting on opposite sides of the same desk. There is nothing in between them but the desk. Why can’t they see each other?

Have fun and good luck!

Thinking Cap – One

secondarysection — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:10:47 +0000

Each week this term we will be posting ’Thinking Cap’, lateral thinking questions for family and friends to work together to solve. Please post your answers in a comment. Prizes will be given each week for most creative and correct answers. Please use your own initiative and do not copy anyone elses answers.

Good Luck!

Question 1.

Let’s take a break from puzzles and go on a boat ride across the river. There are four adults who want to cross it. They come upon a boy and a girl playing in a rowboat. The boat can hold either two children or one adult. Can the adults succeed in crossing the river? If so, how?

Question 2.

In spite of their name, killer whales don’t hunt and kill people. In fact, these dolphin-like animals prefer to eat smaller marine animals, such as seals and penguins. Now here is the problem. Acting alone. it takes two killer whales 2 minutes to catch two seals. Based upon this rate, how long will it take a pod of ten killer whales to catch ten seals?

HAIRSPRAY REVIEW July 2011

secondarysection — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:45:36 +0000

Your holiday homework is to comment on and evaluate the Hairspray performance using the S,W,SW tool. We ask for students, families and friends to give honest and constructive feedback on the performance.

Strengths (eg. what went well, what you liked)

Weaknesses (eg. what didn’t go so well)

So What Ideas (eg. how could the performance be improved, do you have any ideas for next years performance, including performance themes?)

We appreciate your feedback, enjoy the holidays!

Melb Zoo / Healesville Sanctuary Excursion Evaluation: S,W,SW (8 June, 2011)

secondarysection — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 04:28:39 +0000

As all classes have now been on an excursion to either the Melbourne Zoo or Healesville Sanctuary it is time to evaluate the excursion. We ask that students with the support of someone at home to complete an S,W,SW. Students need to identify 6 strengths (things they liked or things that went well), 3 weaknesses (things they didn’t like or things that didn’t go so well) and then 3 ‘so what idea’s’ (can be what could be changed to turn the weaknesses to strengths or other ideas to improve excursion).

HAVE FUN!

A T-Chart

secondarysection — Thu, 26 May 2011 03:39:45 +0000

Weird and Wonderful Animals

secondarysection — Wed, 04 May 2011 05:25:51 +0000

In preparation for the new integrated unit on ‘Weird and Wonderful Animals’, teachers in the Secondary section would like to find out what students are interested in learning about the topic. Please leave your suggestions in a post to the following questions.

What animals would you like to learn about?

How could you make a difference to an animal’s life? (we will be working towards improving the health and wellbeing of a chosen animal/s, for example raisng money for an animal shelter)

We look forward to your responses.

Secondary section teachers

SKH have some of their favourite photos from a recent Melbourne Zoo excursion.