Amelia O'Brien

It's arrived- #WorldwiseLearning! Thrilled & humbled to be a contributor to this transformative publication. 🙏 @carlamarschall @TeachGlobalEd for the opportunity & important work. Ready to explore & continue extending my own practice to enhance learning @UWCThailand #TeachSDGs

Y5 Biography Writing Unit: Immersion phase - Reading like a writer. Analysing text by identifying questions author may have asked to obtain info. Inspired by @Mattglover123 @GuyClaxton’s Split Screen: ATL developed during learning- students amazed to see how many skills applied!

@SaraKAhmed Thanks Sara! Much of my work is inspired by educators like you! This time, we started the learning by reading 'The One Thing You'd Save' by @LindaSuePark (reco by @kiwibronny) which prompted interesting discussion around values & identity. @BQDressler- you would 🩷 this book!

The power of collective 'I am' statements. Students so proud of who they are. Process to develop statements adapted from Sara K Ahmed's 'Being the Change'. #pyp #whoweare #identity #inclusion #diversity @SaraKAhmed

@inquirymaths Thanks Andrew, yes, absolutely can post pictures on your Inquiry Maths website.

@_AmeliaOBrien The inquiry looks fantastic, Amelia! Would love to post the pictures on the website.

Use of agree/disagree socratic circle discussion to lead into #inquirymaths place value provocation. Great way to gauge prior knowledge, generation questions and create excitement & interest to start unit. Reflected with 'Ah ha!' statements. @inquirymaths #pyp #mathschat #p4c

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This is a sad day 💔 🇦🇺 fear over compassion? "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill To those who campaigned for no: How do we ensure we give a voice to the under represented? How do we ensure people hear?

Bella Lhamo & I just finished this beautiful book by @GabrielleWang based on #empathy #identity #belonging #story. It made us laugh, cry & wonder. Bella read ahead-couldn’t put it down. A must add for any collection @BQDressler @Ms_Baya @flipoz @Katherineqi @kiwibronny

@Ms_Baya @kellyyanghk Thank you for creating & sharing this Baya, it’s beautiful. Would ❤️to hear how your class is engaging with it? I’m thinking @ProjectZeroHGSE Connect Extend Challenge followed by questioning re open-mindedness & interactions & how these can promote understanding…?

@sherrattsam @FleiszigLana I found this clarification around “explicit” very useful. I thought that “explicit” referred to “direct”. A definite ‘I used to think/Now I think’ moment! Thank you both.

Exploring the role of explicitness in the teaching of Mathematics at our school, with @FleiszigLana nothing is “by chance”, everything is intentional and explicit. #scopuspyp

Y6 engaged in a series of connected tasks that required deep reflection & thinking to uncover an ‘I am’ statement. Prompted brave sharing and empathetic listening. Statements really reflect context. Inspired by @SaraKAhmed ‘Being the Change’ ❤️. #identity #pypchat @MountScopus

@traintheteacher @flipoz @SaraKAhmed @kiwibronny @Ms_Baya @Little_Mamu @BQDressler @stefaniadiana12 @votefortiff Thanks so much Steph! I will look into all of these further. Hope you are doing well! @Ms_Baya you have also talked highly of New From Here previously!

Hello #PLN! Looking for recommendations for read alouds, (picture & chapter) for Year 6 (12 yr olds) that focus on #DEIJ, #identity & power of an individual. 🙏 😊 @flipoz @SaraKAhmed @kiwibronny @Ms_Baya @traintheteacher @Little_Mamu @BQDressler @stefaniadiana12 @votefortiff

@JenFriske @UWCThailand @ibpyp Miss that cohort! 😊

The buzz is already a bit more palpable in the upper primary courtyard as the grade 4&5’s prepare to open their marketplace to the public! Goods and services enterprises created by the students in support of their year-long service partners. @UWCThailand #ibpyp #pypchat @ibpyp

G4 taking #responsibility & developing #researchskills: identifying & analyzing patterns in our own prior knowledge data. Sorting questions about observations… what should we do next? Consensus: we need to find out about ‘innovation’! #pyp #pypchat #atl #htww #agency #voice

At LAST! It's Time to Revise the Traditional "Whole Body Listening". #inclusion #neurodiversity juliecarterlaw.com/whole-body-lis… See ya later, ableist Larry 👋

Love this visible thinking. So intentional. #agency #voice #choice #ownership #literacy #creativity #somuchbetterthandownloadedpostersthatnoonelooksat

Mindful cloud watching & #reflection - a moment of complete grounding as we braved the cold and wet, observing the beauty of the space above us. Elicited some powerful refections… #mindfulness @lucykkindy #socialemotionallearning #pyp #atl #intrapersonalskills