Being Curious
Who knows whom challenge
Who knows whom?
Who knows whom?
The challenge:
The challenge:
- Get a name
- Get a location
- Get a response
- Get a memory
Why are we doing this?
Why are we doing this?
- To promote the Wakefield School 175th Jubilee
- To learn about what school was like in the past
- To practise skills and learn new skills.
- To see where our curiosity takes us.
What skills do we hope to improve from doing this?
What skills do we hope to improve from doing this?
- Communication: Letter writing, composing emails, talking on the phone.
- Research: online, library, books.
- Understand timelines.
Our initial questions:
Our initial questions:
- Are these children still alive?
- What does the S2-3 mean?
- It means standard 2-3 which is the grade they are in. - Keira, Paige, Lilly
- What year of schooling are they?
- Standard 2-3 is the same as Year 4-5 so they'll be 8-9 years old - Caleb H rang Mrs McLaren for this info.
- How old would these people be now?
- 62-63 years old - Caleb H.
- How old is this photo?
- 54 years old - Ryan
- What age are these children when it was taken?
- 8-9 years old - Keira.
- Where in the school was the photo taken?
- How much has the school changed since then?
- What was it like at school back then?
- Did any of these children get smacked at school? What did they do to get it?
- Why are there more girls than boys in the photo?
- How do we find them?
- Can we find them on social media?
- Do we have anyone from our families that have been to this school that might know these people?
- Who is the teacher?
- It could be K. Matches, O Anicich, M. Hutcheson, D. Hutcheson, I. Donaldson, or K. Wilkes - there were listed in 150 years of Wakefield school days. Sophie/Riana
- Who can we talk to?/What are the places where we could start?
- Office - old records
- Library - historical books
- Look in the Wakefield History book
- Ring Mrs McLaren
- Olivia's grandpa because he went to this school
- Mr Verstappen
- Internet
- Teachers that have been here a long time - e.g. Paula, Christine Ross
- Bruce
