Last week’s Sports Festival was a success thanks to Milky Way’s hard work and diligence. We hope you were all very proud to witness their growth and to see them shining at their last Sports Festival as preschoolers. They did an excellent job and they will carry these lovely memories with them for years to come! Thank you for supporting them and cheering them on!!
What is the best way to resolve a conflict? As 5 and 6 year old learners, how do we go about dealing with disagreements that occur at school? What are the steps we should follow to set a goal and achieve it successfully?We combined all the three lines of inquiry of our current unit. The learners tried to address the above questions in this week’s UOI lessons.
They looked at pictures that were supposedly meant to be problem-solving tactics and tried describing what they thought was happening in the pictures.They then said whether they thought they could use that particular tactic to solve problems. Those whose response was no had to explain their reasoning. Someone said they didn’t think using rock paper scissors to solve a conflict is a good idea because the person who loses will feel sad and won’t be able to enjoy themselves when their turn finally comes around.
To further understand how to deal with conflict in their day to day lives, they role played in groups of 3 members and had to act out different scenarios presented before them. Below are the 5 different scenarios and what they said were the best solutions to use to try and resolve the conflicts.
Scenario 1: Accidentally knocking over someone’s toys.
Solutions to this conflict- 1)Apologizing and explaining clearly that it didn’t happen on purpose , that it was a mistake. 2) Apologizing and then offering to fix the broken toy.
Scenario 2: Cutting the line.
Solutions to this conflict: 1)Tell the person who cut the line to go back. 2) Apologize and promise not to do it again.
Scenario 3: Fighting over toys.
Solutions to this conflict: 1)Set a timer. 2)Take turns.Use rock paper scissors to decide who will play with the toy first.
Scenario 4: Interrupting when someone is speaking/ giving a presentation.
Solutions to this conflict: 1)Apologize for interrupting and promise that you will listen quietly next time. 2)The speaker needs to tell the audience how he feels. He needs to explain to them why he is not happy about being interrupted.
Scenario 5: Arguing about which game to play. Two people want to play hide and seek but the other person wants to play tag.
Solutions to the conflict:1) We should go with the majority vote. That is to play the game that the two people want to play.
Below is a picture of how their problem solving choice wheel turned out.
We made this wheel together as a class so that whenever someone encounters conflict they can look at it and decide which problem-solving choice will work best for them. It is meant to be a valuable tool for them to solve problems and disputes that might happen between them and their friends.This way they won’t always have to seek advice from the teachers. This tool will give them many opportunities to confidently make decisions by themselves.
Onto the other line of inquiry; there are several ways to achieve goals. Their goal for this particular instance was to plant two types of radishes in two groups. Okay the goal is set. Now, what steps should we follow to get the task done? The students’ response was that assigning roles to the individuals in each group was the first step to get things going.Some people are going to put the seed into the holes dug in the ground, others will cover those holes with soil. Some will make sure an adequate amount of space is left between each group of seeds. Others will water the garden and pull out any weeds whenever necessary.
Happy birthday to you M! May you have a wonderful year full of love and happiness♥
Respect for the aged day is a day that honors the elderly for their contributions to society and celebrates their longevity and good health. The students made very beautiful crafts to acknowledge their grandparents and all the elderly around them.
Our 2 main LPs for this week were knowledgeable and inquirers.During our morning routine the line leader chooses a few people to stand in front of the class and use a sight word to construct sentences. Some found this challenging and needed help. Those who helped them proved to be knowledgeable because they were able to look back at what they learned and share their knowledge with their peers. They were inquirers in the sense that they asked lots of questions.They also showed traits of being principled, caring and reflective! Doing the right thing without being told, showing concern when their peers seemed to be in trouble and being able to look back at their past actions and do better. These were some of the ways they displayed the aforementioned LPs. Excellent work Milky way!
~The week ahead~
We plan to continue learning more about teamwork through team building challenges!
Thank you for reading this week’s blog. Have a great weekend!
