Farming and mud go together
KG2x students have chosen the topic on the farm to explore together. This got them discussing a variety of animals and their habitats. Needless to say, it was a great opportunity to get messy as they created their own mud in class to give their craft pig a better home. The boys loved digging into…
Jungle beat
Nursery Z students started their day calling out jungle animals and learning about their features. This then led to a spontaneous matching activity where the students matched pairs and extended this into an “acting out” session, prompted by their teachers. The children also used finger puppets and magnifying glasses to look closely at the animals…
Remembering the fallen
On the 11th day of the 11th month 103 years ago, what was then called ‘The Great War’ ended. Millions died, many of them slow and cruel deaths. It was the war that put paid to what the poet Wilfred Owen, himself killed a few days before the armistice, was to call “that old lie:…
Making sense
It makes sense to say that children of various ages make sense of life in different ways. Any student of psychology will tell you that in the first years of life, the child’s knowledge of the world is accrued through the senses. This is why, at an early age, at St Edward’s College, we try…
Snail and Splatter
At KG level, learning is not simply about schooling. It is mainly about adapting to the use of a highly sophisticated machine also known as the body. Both fine motor skills and gross motor skills need honing at KG level, and what better way to do this than to have fun with colour? So, snails,…
Legs and wheels
As part of their current topic ‘Transport which was selected through the emergent curriculum, KG1W spent the day learning all about road safety. This included aspects such as walking on the inside of pavements, looking out for Zebra Crossings and Traffic Lights, and that roads are for cars while pavements are for people. As usual,…
No pen to write with
There was a time when the pen was considered as mighty a tool as the sword. Today we get creative. The students in Year 2Y at St Edward’s College used different writing tools to practice their writing skills. Sometimes they even use ingredients. Year 2Y used dried pasta to practice writing words consisting of the…
Making memories with Toucans
Finally, after almost 2 years we went on a school outing to Piscopo Gardens. It was a truly memorable outing where we got to see not only indoor and outdoor plants and herbs but also toucans, meerkats and budgies. The boys were also given the opportunity to feed the fish and at the end of…
Dwardu's Scoops - Issue 3
The College newsletter Dwardu’s Scoops has just been uploaded. Read it and get an idea of the many, many activities which the teachers organise to create learning situations for the students. Students also participate in the writing of this newsletter with articles on activities, both in school and outside school hours. Download here