Project

How Do We Celebrate?

Reception

Children investigated the different ways our families, communities and cultures celebrate at this time of year.

In this project, children shared the celebrations that are significant to them and learnt about celebrations from different communities and cultures. They learnt the story of Rama & Sita, demonstrating their understanding by exploring and retelling the story through play. The project included a visit to a local Church, as well as visits from community members who shared how their families celebrate special religious or cultural events. The project culminated in a performance of the Nativity where the children were involved in the planning and preparations for this whole-school event!

Curriculum links

Head

Problem solving and critical thinking

Foundational skills

Taking control of your learning

Heart

Care and respect

Working collaboratively

Happiness in body and mind

Hand

Creativity and the arts

Expert skills

Design thinking

Underpinned by our seven
key principles...

We choose problems that matter: to us, to our families, to our community, and to members of the global community. The problems we seek to solve are authentic and important.

We work on our projects in collaborative partnership with peers, children and adults, and experts from within and beyond the community. Our partnerships enhance and deepen our learning.

We learn best when we work together, talking about our learning and sharing ideas. In our classrooms you will hear lots of productive talk as we explore and debate learning.

We learn through play and enjoy exploratory learning. We practice curiosity and risk taking, play roles and tell stories. Our projects offer playful self-driven learning experiences in a range of settings, but especially outdoors in nature.

We know that we can all be challenged, think deeply and solve tricky problems if we work together. We can all learn from each other, even if we are achieving at different levels.

We practise and perfect the skills we need for our projects over time, being persistent and resilient when our practice becomes challenging. We see mistakes as learning opportunities. We believe the learning journey is as important as the outcome.

We strive to produce beautiful and valuable work which addresses important issues in our proiects. Our products or performances are reworked and redrafted until we are proud of them and ready to use them to trigger learning conversations.