Children to manage their own time
Last week was our Multi-cultural week and the children have really enjoyed the activities they've completed. I thought that I'd give my class (Y6) the opportunity to manage their own time. Each child was given a sheet of activities (and some relevant resources) to do with Mexico, six of which they had to complete, by Friday lunchtime. Some tasks, such as the dance and games task needed to be completed at certain times during the day obviously.
The result is rather surprising - All but two of my children managed to complete all six activities, with a number of them completing all the tasks (usually finishing them at home as self-administored homework!). For me the week was rather hectic, not knowing what each child was planning to do was awkward on Monday, but by the end of the day it had settled down. The hardest part was keeping on top of everyone, especially those who find it more difficult to manage their time!
Most importantly for me was that the children (well most!) proved how they could manage their own time reasonably well and that they enjoyed the week, learning a lot about Mexico, it's history and it's customs.
For those that are interested, you can download the sheet I created for the children and the resources above. Let me know if you want the 'original' Word file to alter.
Impressive resources! Did any of the pupils, despite advice to the contrary, find the idea of Day of the Dead macabre in any way?
Posted by: Alan Coady | Saturday, February 10, 2007 at 09:19
Thanks for the kind comments. Non of the children found the activity macabre, it was their favourite activity after making the flags.
Every day the children had started their work before I even managed to start the register!
Andrew
Posted by: Andrew Ross | Saturday, February 10, 2007 at 12:17
What a super idea. I'd love to try something similar so would appreciate the word version.
Posted by: Angela | Saturday, February 10, 2007 at 15:50
Could I please have the word file too? Great resources!
Posted by: Jana | Saturday, January 05, 2008 at 20:58
A long shot, but no other teacher did their work on Spain by any chance? I'm just about to amend your idea to suit our Spain topic but thought I'd ask first!! Many thanks.
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Kevin
Posted by: kevin watier | Monday, January 07, 2008 at 05:24
Sorry - I was the only teacher to do it this way so don't have any planning for Spain!
Andrew
Posted by: Andrew Ross | Monday, January 07, 2008 at 20:04