We've had so many serious injuries this week...

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We’ve had so many serious injuries this week…
Guest Presenter: A local plant expert!
Setting Goals
Finding Flow
Grit

Our 1st Year, Session 5, Week 4

We’ve had so many serious injuries this week…

This week Eagles have:Broken armsBroken legsGone BlindBeen attacked by bearsCaught in lightning stormsHad to be rescued by a search and rescue teamWe have been training in first-aid and thankfully these injuries are only simulated as part of our survival quest!They have overcome many challenges as a group using a compass to navigate through a challenging (and disastrous) course :)

Two children sit on a classroom rug, one with a wrapped arm, smiling beside shelves and chairs

A seated girl smiles beside a boy in a yellow shirt with a gray scarf in a classroom

A guide wraps a boy's lower leg while he sits on a beanbag in first-aid training

Two children in a classroom simulate injuries, with one bandaging another's legs during a survival quest

Two children sit on the classroom floor smiling and giving thumbs up during a survival quest activity

Children in a blindfolded survival quest balance and guide each other around an indoor obstacle course

Eagles lie on the grass simulating injuries during a survival quest first-aid training exercise

Children and a guide simulate a survival quest outdoors beside the water

Children on an outdoor survival course walk between ropes beside a guide near an industrial building

Guest Presenter: A local plant expert!

The Eagles REALLY enjoyed learning about plant identification, edible and medicinal uses, etc…She was generous enough to spend over 2 hours with the Eagles this week sharing her extensive and fascinating wisdom of pursuing her calling!A special thanks to Nicole Lundberg from the LSU Agriculture Center & the Sea Grant of Louisiana!

Guide and eagles examine plant samples and greenery spread across a table in the classroom

Children gather around a table with a guide in a classroom learning about plants

A guide and three learners examine a tall plant outdoors with a local plant expert

Guide and Eagles posing around a floor map, some holding up small items in an indoor learning space

Setting Goals

We resisted the power of setting and achieving goals this week, and in PE the Eagles have been setting person fitness goals!

A young hero crouches in a gym beside folding chairs while a guide stands in the background

Three children and a guide jump rope in a gym with mats, windows, and flags

Finding Flow

Flow, also known as getting in the zone, is when a person performing an activity is feeling fully focused, involved, and enjoyment in the process of the activity.Socratic discussions focused this week on:When have you felt the most in flow?Is there a particular activity in which you easily get into flow: playing inside or outside? Working on math or on reading? Playing sports or creating something?What will you do to get into flow today?

Children and a guide sit in a circle on a rug, talking and writing during a Socratic discussion

Three learners work at laptops around a classroom table with headphones, a whiteboard, and a world map

Two learners work at a table with laptops during a Socratic discussion in a classroom

Grit

How many people have experienced grit: that feeling of going and going and having your sites set on the future? That feeling of working so hard? Eagles’ socratic discussions this week focused on:Do you maintain your grit more by:

Keeping a positive attitude;
Looking up to a hero;
Having support from Fellow Travelers?

In what part of the day do you have the most grit and why:

PE;
Art ;
Core Skills;
Quest/Project Time;
Free Time?

Are you on track to reach your goals?Are you on track to level up to where you want to be by the end of the year?What will you do today so that you end the year where you want to be, so that you can stay focused on your long term goal and growth?These are the kinds of conversations that the highly productive and creative people have - and the Eagles have them every day!