1. Internships - the 10 year olds have developed their CVs and covering letters and have been interviewed for a range of opportunities including graphic design, architecture and journalism. Dev's article on Sports Day was published in the Times of India today and he has another print deadline for 12 hours time!
2. Composting - Year 3 are developing their own compost - exploring the difference between aerobic and anerobic composting and the use of organic matter. They will be planting trees in this compost later in the term.
3. Year 1 are looking at the digestive system. They explored how it is that pizza turns into poo and today they put some food in a blender to see what happens when it all gets mashed up. They will be mapping the journey of food over the next few days.
4. Guest kids from the local school are learning IT skills - they do not have computers at their school. They have developed powerpoint presentations and today learned how to put these on a pen drive and transfer them to a different computer.
5. Year 2 are in art class. They are doing self portraits using mirrors to examine their own faces. They will then do a goethian observation of what they notice and what they like and why.
6. Tara m'am taught physics today using a pendulum suspension to explore how friction, resonance and gravity work. I have never seen a science class so gripped - ages - 7-11.
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