Opal School Blog
Finding mystery and surprise in familiar places
While exploring the art of letterboxing over the past couple of weeks, we began to think more deeply about riddles, clues and puzzles. Earlier this…
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Opening Doors
We've been thinking deeply about the role of digital technology in learning at Opal School lately. How, we wonder, can we embrace new media in…
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Something Beautiful
As we have continued to unpack the word “beautiful” in Opal 2, we have watched as children carefully and thoughtfully engage with the language of…
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Observing Leaves – Drawing What We See
"Look with all your eyes, look." -Jules Verne We are noticing the beautiful leaves that have recently fallen and landed at our feet…
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How did Explorer’s Workshop get started in Opal 4?
How do teacher intentions frame a year of project work? Before the school year started, Matt and I looked over the State of Oregon’s social…
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How did Explorers’ Workshop get started in Opal 4?
How do teacher intentions frame a year of project work? Before the school year started, Matt and I looked over the State of Oregon’s social…
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Listening for What’s Next, a math exploration
There are hundreds of different images of the child. Each one of you has inside yourself an image of hte child that directs you as…
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Exploring Cardboard, Part 2
The Global Cardboard Challenge was just five days away. On Monday, October 1st, Opal 3 students set off on the arduous task of not only…
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Intentions Update
Here is an update now that we are two months (rather than 3 weeks) into our work with intentions. Since Kerry and I have introduced…
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