by Kristina HAFSETH | Apr 21, 2026 | ECC
This week we began work on our new unit of inquiry. Our central idea is, ‘Numbers help us make sense of and organise our world’, and we are starting with an inquiry into numbers in our lives. To capture the children’s interest, we introduced a fun provocation. The...
by Kristina HAFSETH | Apr 15, 2026 | ECC
This was a special week, with Student-Led Conferences taking place on both Wednesday afternoon and today. Thank you to the many of you who were able to attend with your child(ren) and support them in sharing their interests, passions, and learning spaces. As you could...
by Kristina HAFSETH | Apr 8, 2026 | ECC
This week, as outlined in the ‘Coming Up This Week’ message on Seesaw, we explored our third line of inquiry: caring for and sharing resources, with a particular focus on water. We began by considering how animals are affected when water becomes scarce. The children...
by Kristina HAFSETH | Apr 2, 2026 | The Grades
After the week’s holiday, the children were delighted to reunite with their classmates. We enjoyed hearing their stories about travel and their experiences with the recent heavy rain here in Oman. With the cooler weather, we have also been making the most of extended...
by Kristina HAFSETH | Mar 18, 2026 | ECC
Good afternoon, This week, as part of our inquiry into measure, we investigated the concepts of tall and short. After reading a book related to these ideas, Cork and Fuzz: Short and Tall, we talked about how the two main characters—a possum and a muskrat—debate their...
