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Us and the Universe | Creative Schools
www.creativeschools.com.au/blog-posts/us-and-the-universe

Even in groups, most students appeared to be working individually rather than collaboratively. There was confusion between forces and energy. Were they waiting to be given the answer rather than working collaboratively to come up with a potential answer?

Expose – Explore - Expand | Creative Schools
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They focused on developing students collaborative & inquisitive habits of learning with workshop style sessions, to create a high functioning space.

Count the Beat like a Superhero | Creative Schools
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The classroom environment already incorporated a lot of opportunities for play and imagination however the students were not used to collaborating and working together. What happened?

Settlement and Sustainability | Creative Schools
www.creativeschools.com.au/blog-posts/settlement-and-sustainability

The collaborative activities, warm ups and reflections resulted in a visible increase in empathy, perspective and cause and effect. Warm ups such as the ‘Human Knot’ and ‘Leaning Out’ helped them to understand that not all methods work.

An Elemental Adventure | Creative Schools
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Collaborating & managing. -. Work independently, and collaboratively when required, to plan, develop and communicate ideas and information, using management processes. Humanities and Social Sciences. – HASS Skills (7-8).

Pets and Space | Creative Schools
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We ended up with six pets that were made with students working collaboratively. The curriculum focus was space and our solar system, so the idea of pets was incorporated into the curriculum focus.

Thinking Outside the Box | Creative Schools
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The core of the project combined mathematics (specifically algebra, fractions, decimals, and percentages) with creative and fun tasks like collaborative game design, a school excursion and video presentations.

Local | Global | Creative Schools
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“Creative Schools is very collaborative. That is a good thing. You can get inspiration from other people, and they get inspiration from you, and you get feedback from each other. You get more help, and you help others more in Creative Schools.”.

Hunger Games and Crossing Cultures | Creative Schools
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To generate understanding of narrative dystopian fiction featured in The Hunger Games, students participated in small group collaborative reading and simultaneous note taking on setting and characters.

Wacky Food Factory & Intergalactic Hotels and Tourism | Creative Schools
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Collaboration was a particular focus with the class as Freya had mentioned that collaboration was an area that the class would benefit from developing. How did we make the curriculum come alive?