http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidentified_flying_object
Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, UFO's, the Nazca Lines and much more.... we're going to explore the mysterious and unexplained phenomena that have puzzled people for many years.
We will have lots of writing opportunities: adventure, narrative, reportage.
We'll have lots of opportunities to talk, debate, argue and challenge.
We'll have lots of opportunities to test hypotheses... to research the stories.
We'll have opportunities to create our own hoaxes, films, photographs.
We'll have opportunities to make things and test the Science behind whether we can make them float, or fly.
We'll have a whale of a time doing it...
The teaching staff made this video as a stimulus for the children on their return to school after the Half Term to begin the topic. Big Foot was a talking point for many weeks afterwards. the children's engagement in their learning was incredibly high and excellent outcomes were achieved.
Schools work hard to develop creative and stimulating curricula. We all aspire to memorable and interesting topics that capture children's imagination and help them to 'live' the experience... thus deepening their connection with the learning. That is by no means an easy thing. It requires a significant investment of time, energy, imagination and effort. It requires the same of teachers as we hope to achieve for children through doing these kinds of things. It requires creativity, imagination, 'flow'... that wonderful state of becoming lost in your work, of time having little meaning, of being immersed in an activity that you enjoy doing.
I have to share my thanks with the colleagues who were involved in the making of this film. They are a very talented and dedicated group of people.
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