Tip of the Iceberg

We are up to our necks in rehearsals for our Grade 6 musical, Once on this Island, but I had to share the role of technology in making the musical run smoothly. Honestly, I don’t know how we ever did a musical without it. Here’s what we’ve been doing so far: Choreography YouTube now provides [...]

This tweet from @pluke17 got me thinking… He shared a link to this photo of his son Declan’s art work: I thought it was a pretty amazing drawing, and I was equally impressed that this 11-year-old had found something he wanted to learn and knew exactly where to find the information that would help him. [...]

Monica (Grade 3) comes into my lesson after lunch and says, “Mrs Beasley, can I share with you something I’m really proud of?” “Of course, I’d love to hear it,” I reply. “Barack Obama won the US election and he is the first black president of the United States!” Well, when you have passion like [...]