Parents evening: Thursday 1st September

 

Group and Individual Learning

We focussed our discussions at our term 3 parent evening around group and individual learning. Starting with a glass of wine, the parents were invited to move around the classroom taking some time to look at their daughters work on display. As they moved around, they were asked to introduce themselves to people that they did not know.

The next task was to work individually, sketching their thoughts on the provocation; ‘How  does the smell of a rose get to your nose?’. The parents then moved into working with a partner on using the language of clay and wire to develop a three dimensional interpretation of their ideas.

Following on from this we gave the parents a further complication to their thinking and asked them to form a group of four and combine their efforts into one creation. This was accomplished with much fun and hilarity, especially during the time they had to explain their thinking to the rest of the group.
The evening concluded with a powerpoint presentation showing the work their daughters engage in during the week and how their learning is provoked both individually and in the group setting.

The next day, the girls were delighted to find their parents work on display. They kept visiting it and showing the other girls what their mummy or daddy had made. Of particular interest was the powerpoint show we showed the girls of their parents working away. They enjoyed spotting their parents in the Foundation Class busily at work.

What we hadn't realised was how attached the girls were to the parents work. When we tidied up the table and 'deconstructed' some of their work, several girls were quite upset. Sydney couldn't believe that the Mt St John sculpture had been unpacked and it took a lot of talking to explain our way out of that one!