The Stone Age Project

16th May 2023Website Admin

In this project, Year 3 and 4 looked at different aspects of life during the Stone Age. This involved the students exploring what people wore during this era as well as visiting the Chiltern Open Air museum. The project finished with students showing their Stone Age costumes in a fashion show for the rest of the school.

During the project, students also learnt about the role of an archaeologist and the famous stone site of Skara Brae in Scotland.

Teacher’s Reflections

  • I really enjoyed this project as it was such a fun and interactive project!
  • The fashion show was a great success as it was a different way for our children to present their work.

Students’ Reflections

My favourite part of the fashion show!

My favourite part was the trip to the museum!

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Journeys Project

16th May 2023Website Admin

In this project, Years 3 and 4 worked on an extended project which explored the themes of journeys. This involved them studying the exhibitions of famous explorers like Ernest Shackleton and journeys to Ancient Egypt.

The students also completed their own ‘sponsored journey’ from the old site of Gesher in Kilburn to our new site in Pinner, for which they were tasked with using as many different types of public transport as possible.

Teacher’s Reflections

  • The students were able to acquire an extensive knowledge about Egypt, including what the country is like now and how that differs from how it was in the past.
  • The project was well-rounded and covered various curriculum areas such as geography, history, art and music.

Students’ Reflections

My favourite part of the project was the transport museum

I learnt how to wrap a Mummy with linen

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How Can People Help Minibeasts Project

16th May 2023Website Admin

In Spring Two, Zayit Class worked on an exciting project linked to their topic of ‘Minibeasts’, They focused on improving their knowledge of scientific vocabulary, how minibeasts are important to the environment and how people can help to protect them.

The main focus on their project was to develop their art and design skills by designing and making minibeast hotels. Through this task the students also worked on giving and receiving feedback about their designs.

The exhibition for the project involved Gesher’s Senior Leadership Team cutting the ribbon as part of the grand opening of the hotels.

Teacher’s Reflections

  • Engaging with all children involved the different learning and play opportunities
  • Rewarding to see all the children make great progress towards their communication targets
  • Challenging to build the minibeast hotels, however with a lot of teamwork and encouragement the children made great progress

Students’ Reflections

My highlight of the project was going to the environment centre.

The project was fun and I learnt how to make a minibeast hotel

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Spring Term 2022 Exhibition

7th April 2022Ali Durban

Exhibitions are the culmination of the projects students have been working on, These are some pictures of the beautiful products that formed part of our student’s exhibition days this term.

Loni Beqvist talks more about the importance of exhibitions in her article Demystifying Project-Based Learning.

‘Students present their work (product and process) to a public audience. This authentic audience is carefully chosen and is best when it includes members who require the knowledge and products created in the project by students. This might include a school-wide Exhibition night where the local community is invited, or a presentation at the local aquarium to inform the public about ocean conservation’.