Gratnells has partnered with AmazeLab to create an exclusive collection of #WhatsInMyTray activities. Create your own fossils in a Gratnells tray using play doh and plaster of Paris. Equipment: Gratnells F1 tray Toy dinosaur Jug Water Play doh Plaster of Paris Spoon What to do: Take your play doh out of the tub creating a well shape Using your…
This What’s in my tray? activity was created and supplied by Maureen Wade, The Victory Academy, Kent. Explore atomic structure, the relationships between sub-atomic particles and learn how to determine atomic mass and atomic number. Learning outcomes You will be able to: Describe the structure of atoms. Describe the masses and charges of sub-atomic particles….
Gratnells has partnered with AmazeLab to create an exclusive collection of #WhatsInMyTray activities. Create your own flowers to show how water travels up a flower’s stem via capillary action. Equipment: Gratnells tray Water Container Food colouring Kitchen roll Spoon Scissors Jug What to do: Carefully using scissors, cut a square of kitchen roll in half (you are able to…
Are you looking for engaging ideas to inspire young minds over the summer holidays? Dr. Katherine Forsey, Gratnells’ Learning Rooms & STEM Consultant, has hand-selected 22 of her favourite STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) challenges to help you through the summer break. From catapults to kitchen chemistry, balloon powered LEGO cars to stomp rockets,…
This week we are back at Oranga School for the Official Opening of their two new collaborative learning spaces, Block 2 and 3. Such an important event for a school needs an equally important visitor to cut the ribbon and who better than New Zealand’s Prime Minister, ‘The Right Honourable’ Jacinda Ardern. The opening was…
Re-designing a learning space is not something that is left to just school leaders and designers. The students must be involved in order to feel part of the process. Our PLS Design Framework relies on the thoughts of the students at different stages, so that we can ensure their ideas are incorporated into the new…
This week, we are back in Grey Lynn School to catch up with the year 1 and 2s to see how they are defining learning activities within their use of space. Transitioning into the use of more collaborative learning environments is a learning journey for students and all staff. The Planning Learning Spaces in Practice…
This week I went back to Trumpington Park Primary School to find out from the staff what they thought about the PLS Design Framework and the impact it has had on their teaching and the student’s learning. Now that the full class has moved into the space, both teachers, Anna Patuck and Emma Norman, have…
I last updated you about Grey Lynn School in week 11, where we saw the ‘Activity Poster’ project come together. The posters have now made their way into the ‘Learning Hubs’ where both teachers and children have had a chance to use them to support their daily activities. With school holidays and a senior camp…
This week I went back to Trumpington Park Primary School to observe the full class of year 4 students in their new learning space. You may remember back to my earlier blog posts; the year 4 students were first using the new room in small groups before moving the full class in. By starting off…