Environment

Karen Walstra

Feb 283 min read

Leap Day, Leap Year - Teaching Ideas.

Are you discussing Leap Year with your learners? Thursday 29th February 2024 is Leap Day, an extra day in calendar.

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Learning Spaces: Caves, Waterholes and Fireside, for your Learners

Karen Walstra

Mar 7, 20231 min read

Learning Spaces: Caves, Waterholes and Fireside, for your Learners

Learning Spaces: Caves, Waterholes and Fireside, for your Learners - how and where do your learners learn

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Karen Walstra

Jun 5, 20225 min read

School Environment and Technology

Create a learning environment, in your school garden often the first impression of visitors see. A resource we don’t use enough.

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Examples Of Being Truly Responsible Citizens

Karen Walstra

Jul 17, 20215 min read

Examples Of Being Truly Responsible Citizens

Inspire learners to be responsible citizens. Thousands of people in communities are assisting with clean up after protests and looting.

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Karen Walstra

Apr 20, 20212 min read

Earth Day 2021 - Restore Our Earth

Earth Day 22 April get involved, as a family, school, community. Do projects to assist in sustaining our Earth

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Karen Walstra

Feb 2, 20212 min read

World Wetlands Day #RestoreWetlands

World Wetlands Day 2 February. Consider ways to create an awareness among your students.

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Strategic Planning is Vital for Every School

Karen Walstra

Nov 23, 20203 min read

Strategic Planning is Vital for Every School

Strategic Planning is vital in every school to plan for the future, to be sustainable and remain relevant.

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Tips for “New Family Life" with COVID-19

Karen Walstra

Apr 1, 20203 min read

Tips for “New Family Life" with COVID-19

"Lockdown" life with COVID-19 is very different, let's find the positive and thrive

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Spaces to inspire learning - Learning Spaces

Karen Walstra

Nov 10, 20192 min read

Spaces to inspire learning - Learning Spaces

Create and design venues for learning and teaching differently. Create learning spaces to inspire learners.

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TECHNOLOGY IN ALL AREAS OF SCHOOLING including in FET

Karen Walstra

Sep 24, 201910 min read

TECHNOLOGY IN ALL AREAS OF SCHOOLING including in FET

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Recreate and Evolve your Tech or D&T Classroom into a MakerSpace

Karen Walstra

Jul 24, 20173 min read

Recreate and Evolve your Tech or D&T Classroom into a MakerSpace

Many schools have a Technology Workshop or Design and Technology Room, with a range of hand-tools and machine tools. This is often a...

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Classroom Furniture & Arrangement for learning and e-learning spaces

Karen Walstra

Mar 3, 201412 min read

Classroom Furniture & Arrangement for learning and e-learning spaces

Why change the classroom layout? Why change and rearrange the classroom furniture? Our classrooms are often so stayed and old fashioned,...

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Karen Walstra

Jan 7, 201412 min read

Colours for the Classroom

Colours for the Classroom, for example: using a variety of colours in a classroom reduces passivity and boredom.

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Exercises for the brain, in the classroom - exploring neurobics

Karen Walstra

Jan 6, 20148 min read

Exercises for the brain, in the classroom - exploring neurobics

Neurobics encourages us to use, as many senses as possible to create strong and multiple associations, therefore when we remember the...

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Karen Walstra

Jun 11, 20133 min read

Girls and Boys Draw Differently

Have you watched the children on the playground or in the classroom? Girls and boys play differently. They fight differently. They...

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Grade R Stimulating Indoor and Outdoor Playing Environments

Karen Walstra

Feb 7, 20133 min read

Grade R Stimulating Indoor and Outdoor Playing Environments

Grade R Stimulating Indoor and Outdoor Playing Environments. Playing is an essential part of growing up

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An Inviting Learning Space - The Classroom

Karen Walstra

Feb 4, 20134 min read

An Inviting Learning Space - The Classroom

Organizing and changing the classroom to suit what is being taught, in a fun and interesting manner, helps one feel comfortable and prepared

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Making Learners Aware of Community Involvement

Karen Walstra

Jan 24, 20132 min read

Making Learners Aware of Community Involvement

What values are we teaching are children? At school we often speak about behaving well, respecting each other and being kind to each...

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Karen Walstra

Jan 22, 20134 min read

Teaching about Garden Creatures

Many years ago, at my first teaching job, our Head of Department had planted a wonderful garden in a small space on our small school...

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Karen Walstra

Jan 21, 20131 min read

Creativity in the Classroom

How do you inspire your children to be creative when you teach? Our schools often restrict or hamper creativity among the children, we...

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