distortion through grid drawing.

6000 years ago the totem of defeated Chinese tribes would be added to a totem for the supreme tribe. the most powerful totem became the supernatural creature. from the boar's head, deer's antlers, the snake's body, ears of an ox, whiskers of a goat, the claws of an eagle & the scales of a fish - the Dragon was born.

awesome work year 5. all i can say is fanstastical!!!

mr Yap is just over the moon.

chalk or cheese?

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my professional experience this week is off the chain, 5 days down - 3 to go. where to begin?


situational analysis.

awesome teachers and habitus* @ Pagewood Public; great class dynamics in Year 5 & most importantly (an example of a high modal adverb!) fantastical artworks were made and more yet to come!

observation aspects: [minimum of 4]

1. co-operating teacher. one word - brilliant. ;
2. student quotes of the day! ;
- Jacqueline: "Miss, if the National Anthem says we 'boundless plains to share' then why aren't we sharing?"
- Miss Ella: "Who can give me an example of Fauna", Kinde student: "A flower?!"
- Ben: "I don't think refugees should be allowed", Fin: "If you put yourself in their shoes, how would you feel?"
- Jacqueline : "I heard that the teacher's had a 'Melbourne Cup Feast'?"
- Braydon "It's sooo inn Miss!"
- "I'll eat those chocolates for you!" on Miss McLean's Birthday.
- "Miss Ella, terracotta - isn't that a cheese?"
- "Yes Miss Hoare." x 24

3. pre-service teaching ballistics &
4. non-stop, overload in the right hemisphere of the cerebrum!!!

* see sociologist : Bourdieu, Pierre (Prof.) French. 
recommended reading : Bourdieau's A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste (1984).

image - credit to rob maclean.