This past fortnight our text focussed on 'Who are we? What makes us who we are? This led to fascinating discussions as to who or what we identify as and what makes us who we are'. Are you still Samoan if your parents are Samoan, but you were born in New Zealand and never been to Samoa?
It was great to debate topics in a respectful way (speaking frames were put up as a scaffold/ support for some learners).
One of the tasks students had to complete was to create a family tree and to go back as far as possible. It was lovely to hear how students had to ask their grandparents for some details and the incidental family stories that were shared. Students had to publish their Family Tree on their blogs. Here is an example from Deborah (Y8 student):
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