What’s Cooking at NSW? We are hoping to have a more consistent and ongoing exploration of food and cooking take place on mornings & afternoons at NSW. Would you like to help? We would love to have parent volunteers come in and share some of their culinary talents with the children. So far this year…
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Day in the Life 4/23/12
2012_4_23 – Day in the Life, a set on Flickr. Click to see images from what’s going on at school, taken over two days, 4/24 and 4/27. — Documentation Committee
Dear Parents,
“Dear Parents, We need help. Can you help us cut the wood? I love you, thank you,” From the Castle Group; ,Deia, Charlie, Marek, Theo, Asha and the Drawbridge Group; Caroline, Piper B., Mateo, Oliver, and Sophia. The West Wing Children are continuing their interests in castles. Two small groups have developed and are working…
“It means how big you are.” -Juliette
Yoli met with children interested in the problem of size in scale to things that work together. After a lot of observation, the teachers discussed what they thought this group of children were trying to figure out when they worked in the Block Area. The children had drawn several sizes of fairies and built homes and told…
Back Patio provocation!
They spent the afternoon discovering the mechanisms and how to work the tubes, pulley, and containers together. Filling the black cauldron with wet sand, proved to be extremely heavy to lift off the pulley system. The others look on with little empathy. Felix: “It’s really heavy!” Morgan: “Just do it.” Felix: “You need to help…
“What is the green thing?” Imonie
In the last two visits to the garden, the children have been caring for and cleaning the raised beds: weeding, pulling mushrooms, sweeping. After the storm, the children found more mushrooms and new weeds. When they went to pull them out, they discovered new bugs. “Let’s put the Roly Polies back in the garden!” -Xavier…
COFFEE WITH ROLEEN — NOTES — 4/18/12
Coffee and Croissants and Champagne and a Fine April Breeze Through the Weber’s Open Door With Roleen. A wonderful and typically enlightening and validating gathering occurred Wednesday morning. Has anyone mentioned the laughter at these “Coffee’s”? There’s a lot of it. New School Westers are some funny folks, that’s the truth. Come for the coffee,…
Drop and cover
Today we practiced for an earthquake drill in the East and West Wings. We talked about what to do when your teacher says “drop and cover”. “Drop”: the teachers will be demonstrating the earthquake protection drill by calling out the commands to ‘drop and cover’. “Cover”: the drill has you drop to your knees where…
“Caterpillars have a scrunched up face like this…” -Michael C.
Working with Flora, her intern Tania facilitated an assignment using the children’s interest in animals. She brought puppets and asked the children to choose an animal and ‘become’ that animal. Easton chose a tiger, Michael C. a snake, Sarah a cat, Tyler a dog and Imonie a cheetah. Michael C. chose to use the snake…
Notes from Kindergarten Night 4/10/12
It was another great Kindergarten Night with a lot of valuable information. In two hours, we were able to put some meaning behind a process that can seem very daunting. Tanya Anton, founder of GoMamaGuide.com and author of “Westside Guide to Public Elementary Schools,” is an expert in the research, and was here to begin our…