Crew JSM first week back!

Crew JSM have kicked off the second half term with a series of sessions focused on preparation for their student led conference (SLC). The crew have taken control of blogging their own sessions to let you know a little more about what is going on in crew. 

 

Written by Holly N.

On Monday in crew we did a check-in, with the question ‘what did we enjoy most about our two week holidays and what we did on halloween and bonfire night’. After that, we each got a post-it-note and wrote one of our character traits or howls that we need to focus on this term and identify for our SLC. Then we talked in partners and shared what we had written and discussed strategies of how to improve as a crew.

 
Written by Callie S.

On Tuesday in Crew we have been practising and preparing for our SLC’s (student lead conference). Before the half term break we practised greetings and now we’ve moved onto watching an example of past SLCs. In the video there are people doing the conference and talking to their parents about their work and how to improve and what they’ve done especially well in their portfolio.

 

Written by Chloe T.

On Wednesday in crew we had a check in question of ‘how do we feel about our student led conference’. Some of the crew said they felt excited about the chance to show work, some feel nervous about the challenge. We then worked on our portfolios and jumped on learning targets for improve our work. We focused on bringing all our pieces of work up to the highest standards our craftsmanship and quality.

 

What happened in Crew 7DPE recently?

In one of our daily Crew sessions 7DPE explored the concept of “conflict” and Crew members contributed to the discussion of four key questions:

(1) What is conflict?

(2) What causes conflict?

(3) What happens to us when we experience conflict?

(4) How might we defuse or resolve conflict at school?

We considered the global conflict of interests on the Korean Peninsula, the plight of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and contemporary sources of conflict in the local and national news.

We identified the “fight or flight” reflex that sometimes governs our reactions when we experience conflict, and the physiological response to it that cannot always be controlled. 7DPE then discussed how we might defuse or resolve conflict in the school context.