Olympic Games Project

18th December 2024Website Admin

Our students have been working hard on a cross-curricular PBL project exploring the theme “How Can I Develop Self-Discipline in My Everyday Life?” In humanities, they researched and created Olympic timelines, while in English, they wrote detailed athlete profiles, which were later brought to life through role-played interviews. Building on this, students wrote and recorded narrative videos exploring self-discipline in sports, drawing on their own reflections and storytelling skills. The project culminated in the creation of a Vimeo channel, where their Olympic timelines, athlete interviews, and self-discipline narratives were shared a fantastic showcase of their learning, creativity, and collaboration.

Teacher’s Reflections

“The project was a great success, and it was fantastic to see students engaging so well across different subjects. A real highlight was the athlete interviews, where students brought their profiles to life and developed their confidence in presenting. I was also really proud of how they tackled the narrative videos, especially those who find writing challenging, as it gave them a chance to share their ideas creatively.

The most challenging part was keeping the project’s focus clear as students moved between subjects, and some needed extra support with the recording and editing process. Next time, I’d build in more time to practise these technical skills and allow more opportunities for peer feedback earlier on, particularly during the writing stage. That said, I wouldn’t change the collaborative and creative elements of the project, as these really helped students stay engaged and take pride in their work. Overall, it was a rewarding experience, and the final videos on the Vimeo channel were a brilliant showcase of their hard work and creativity.”

– Aymane Hamidi

Students’ Reflections

“The project taught If I’m having big emotions I can ask some one to help me and we like having good fun and I will might need some help if i need.” – Zac

“The project was great but a bit stressful when the internet was a bit funny and laggy and i almost lost my whole entire work.” – Bobby

“My highlight of the project was making my video because it was incredible and really fun. This is because it taught me a new skill of how to use stop motion which I have never used before..” – Aaron

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The Stones Ages Project

18th December 2024Website Admin

Our first project this year was looking at the Stone Age. We looked at how people lived in the Stone Ages but also thought about how this compared to the way we live now. We learnt about the different lives of stone age people including how they dressed, the food they ate and the houses they lived in. We used all this information to create our own stories. The stories were then made into a simple coding programme called Scratch Junior. The children were able to add and change the characters, the background and move the characters around. The children were therefore able to use modern technology to present their knowledge on the lives of people in the past. We also used this idea in Jewish Studies looking at stories from the Torah and how we can use the messages from these stories in our day to day lives. In Life Skills the children were also thinking about how they can survive by looking at basic everyday skills of making their bed, washing their hands and hanging up their clothes.

Teacher’s Reflections

“I feel that this was a successful project as the children were able to learn about the lives of people who lived a long time ago and how they survived and compare that to our lives. I feel the trip to Chiltern Open Air Museum was a success as the trip was very practical and interactive and the children could try out skills they would have used in the Stone Ages such as making a fire and making a basic shelter. The children also enjoyed transforming their Stone Age story into a Scratch Junior coding project and using the different coding techniques although I feel this was a bit tricky for the less able students who just wanted to play rather than create a specific coding project!”

– Stephanie Sungtong

Students’ Reflections

“My favourite part of the project was the fossils” – Adam

“I felt really happy with my sone age story” – Kingsley

“My favourite part was using Scratch Junior for my project.” – Eli

“I would create longer pieces of work next time.” – Eli F

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