Creativity is blooming!

Year 3 Session 7, Week 1

Spring is here and creativity is blooming at Active Leadership Academy! Eagles put their imaginations and ingenuity to the test this week. We’ve seen amazing ideas take form through creative writing, research, and inventing. Our focus has been on intentionality to ensure we are using time wisely and producing excellent work. ES/MS eagles that were intentional during core skills time, and earned 200+ points this week, received video game time on Friday!

Two learners stand on a wooden deck outside, smiling and holding small items near a fence

Girl stirs a tub of blue liquid at a classroom table

LE Studio Update

LEs learned about dinosaurs and archaeology during quest time. Our little paleontologists carefully studied fossils they made themselves out of clay. They also designed mini dinosaur models exhibiting their individual style! Later in the week, when it warmed up, LEs enjoyed painting outside using stencils. DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) time has been a great source of bonding between the little eagles and ES. ES eagles have been volunteering to read to them and they love it!

Four young learners mold clay on colorful trays at a classroom table

Four clay fossil imprints in blue, red, purple and blue on a bright green tray

Two children make dinosaur crafts at a classroom table, one smiling at the camera

Two boys at a table make paper dinosaur crafts with scissors and trays in a classroom

Young learners make dinosaur crafts at a classroom table with crayons, scissors, and paper trays

Three children sit on the floor building colorful connector toys in a classroom

Three children paint at an outdoor picnic table with colorful trays and stencils

Children read books on blue beanbags during DEAR time in a cozy classroom

Four children sit on beanbags reading a picture book in a hallway with a bright green wall

ES/MS Studio Update

ES began their creative writing session in writer’s workshop. They will create stories using pictures from Storybird as inspiration. This week’s quest was planned and led by an MS eagle! ES and MS researched real world problems and designed inventions to help solve them. Presentations were given on ocean pollution, mosquitoes, world hunger, and wildfires. MS had excellent civilization discussions this week on the Magna Carta, the Golden Age of Islam, and the Black Plague. They have been making a conscious effort to challenge their opinions and argue for an opposing viewpoint.