Surrey teacher Darcy Booth discusses the development of Core Competencies through coding and robotics. âItâs an opportunity for them to put all of the core competencies to use. I feel like weâre constantly talking about communicating with each other, problem solving, critical thinking and they get to see that and what it really means and…
Educator Kasha Duff explores the use of âWalking Wednesdaysâ to help students enhance their critical thinking and conversational skills during Spoken Language class. âI was focused on getting students away from the desks more oftenâ¦I realized how much they were lacking that skill, to talk to somebody who you donât talk to on a regular basis.…
Story Workshop is a classroom structure initially developed at Opal School to support language and literacy. Evolving over time, teachers are finding that the use of rich materials such as clay, paint, props, or blocks can play an integral role in language development, and strongly support children to see themselves as storytellers and authors.…
Two music videos, Hide & Seek and Show Us The Way, centre on young Indigenous people embracing and acknowledging Indigenous heritage and feature 22 Indigenous students, representing 19 Nations from Surrey Schools. Student-written lyrics along with compelling visuals shed light on some of the challenges facing Indigenous youth in an urban setting. Through the…