2024 Semester 2: Spark Learning Expo | Event Wrap + Photo Gallery
Today, our Canterbury Events Centre buzzed with excitement for the 2024 Semester 2: Spark Learning Expo!
Families and students gathered to explore creative and innovative displays from our talented Years 5-6 students, showcasing the amazing projects and skills they developed this semester in their Spark subjects.
Check out our Facebook Page for the full photo gallery with our highlights event video coming soon…
Display Topics:
$20 Boss; Body Wise Explorers; Build Your Brain; Community Awareness; Dance In Action; Digital Technologies; Fast Fashion; Form Vs Function: Bookbinding; Junior Creators Learning Lab; Mission To Mars; Profit From Plants; Recycle, Repurpose and Reinvigorate; Shark Tank Inventors; Techno Tales and Videos For Social Change.
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What is SPARK?
SPARK is an elective-based ‘hands-on’ curriculum for Years 5 and 6 students that is unique to Canterbury.
Each semester our students choose a special subject to study.
Then students from both year levels are combined into the same classroom and taught by relevant staff.
SPARK is about building curiosity, encouraging students to try something new, and providing an exceptional opportunity for them to embark on their own learning journey, as part of their ‘World Ready’ Canterbury education.
When does SPARK occur?
SPARK happens once per week, with students encouraged to continue their learning beyond the classroom.
How does SPARK link to the curriculum?
SPARK focuses on the Australian Curriculum’s general capabilities, looking at critical and creative thinking, personal and social capability, ethical understanding and intercultural understanding.
How can I see my child’s learning?
The Junior School hosts a learning exhibition at the end of each semester, where all students will have something to exhibit based on their SPARK sessions.