by newschoolsyr | Jan 21, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, affective education, language arts, math, whole school
Why do we play games? What do they accomplish for teaching and learning? We have games for math, language arts, social studies, science and strategy. We have games for inside and outside. We have cooperative and competitive games. We have games we buy and we have...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 31, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, Uncategorized
School is a part of life. Knowledge is constructed through play, direct experience, use of resources, and social interaction. Learners are active participants, problem solvers, contributors, and social beings. Social-emotional learning at school...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 29, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, grades 7-8, language arts, middle school, writing workshop
Our four oldest students participated in a four-session writing short course on persuasive essays. The students read and listened to examples of persuasive writing. They learned how writing is only persuasive when there is an audience the author seeks to move. They...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 28, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, alumni
When our daughter, Maya, graduated from The New School and started attending Nottingham, we knew it would be a transition for her. It was her first experience with public school. How would she do with so many new teachers, passing from class to class with over a...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 27, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, grades 7-8, science, visual arts
This fall students in seventh & eighth grade participated in a science class that explored density and viscosity. Our class started with viewing a short video on density with water, oil and syrup. Students were then asked to come up with ten questions they had...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 24, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, grades 7-8, language arts, visual arts
The oldest students were part of a poetry unit this fall where they had to study the work of three different poets. Many chose lyricists. They were asked to select three poems for each poet or lyricist to study. Next they had to write an analysis on this body of work....
