Task: Collaborating

This week we've been asking questions about celebrations and festivals around the world. After discussing traditional kiwi celebrations and our experiences, we've been looking into other cultures with the hope of making connections between the purposes of their celebrations and our own (and with each other).

We're very lucky to have a diverse group of learners in our class. Listening to stories of cultural traditions in Afghanistan, the United States and the Pacific Islands from Shukoor, Logan, Kyan and Matthew has provided a great insight into celebrations around the world. It has also given us ideas for questions we would ask about others that we research. Thank you boys for your input.

Collaboration has also been a focus for us in our research. This is a graphic we've been discussing with regards to this...


It tells us that collaboration is about working together to achieve something. Sometimes we aren't doing the same thing when we collaborate. Sometimes it is better to be finding out different things and have different jobs, then come together and communicate what we have learned to create something great as a team.

Over the coming weeks, we will be reflecting on and investigating how we can better collaborate.

TASK: Watch the video below. It features a remake of a popular festival in Europe. Can we work together to gather lots of information about this festival? See what you can find out and leave a comment (think WWWWWH).

If you see that someone has already mentioned what you were going to say, challenge yourself to find some new information!