{"id":2350,"date":"2024-06-26T10:51:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T10:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/?p=2350"},"modified":"2024-06-26T12:27:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T12:27:10","slug":"the-concrete-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/?p=2350","title":{"rendered":"The Concrete Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-15256769\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2052306\/15256769-ep-32-the-concrete-garden-by-bob-graham.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-15256769&#038;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>You know when you open a book by Bob Graham that it will be something wonderful and that is exactly what Concrete Garden is&#8230;simply wonderful. It was a joy to share with my students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can we capture our garden?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p> My Year 1 children delighted in creating their garden and we chatted about how to capture the memory of it. We created a mindmap of ideas and decided on taking a photo&#8230;just like the mum in the story. Pop your photos into Book Creator (<a href=\"https:\/\/bookcreator.com\/\">https:\/\/bookcreator.com\/<\/a>) and use the &#8216;record&#8217; feature to share the thinking behind their creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"388\" data-id=\"2355\" src=\"https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-221-510x388.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-221-510x388.png 510w, https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-221-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-221.png 717w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"383\" data-id=\"2354\" src=\"https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/thumbnail_IMG_0593-510x383.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/thumbnail_IMG_0593-510x383.jpg 510w, https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/thumbnail_IMG_0593-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/thumbnail_IMG_0593-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/thumbnail_IMG_0593-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/thumbnail_IMG_0593.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do people connect?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Take time to explore how people in our community connect&#8230;.like <em>One Song Sing <\/em>and<em> Landcare<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"356\" data-id=\"2356\" src=\"https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-222-510x356.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-222-510x356.png 510w, https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-222-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-222-768x536.png 768w, https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-222.png 1285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"329\" data-id=\"2357\" src=\"https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-223-510x329.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-223-510x329.png 510w, https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-223-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-223-768x495.png 768w, https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-223.png 1457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With older grades you could survey the school community and explore ways we could &#8216;build community&#8217; within our school?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have decided to introduce a Year 6 &#8216;Book Club&#8217; during lunchtime in the Library. Other ideas?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meet Bob Graham<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"723\" data-id=\"2361\" src=\"https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/9781406307160-768x1089-1-510x723.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/9781406307160-768x1089-1-510x723.jpeg 510w, https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/9781406307160-768x1089-1-212x300.jpeg 212w, https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/9781406307160-768x1089-1.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"345\" height=\"500\" data-id=\"2359\" src=\"https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/A-Bus-Called-Heaven.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/A-Bus-Called-Heaven.jpg 345w, https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/A-Bus-Called-Heaven-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"592\" data-id=\"2358\" src=\"https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/jigsaw-510x592.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/jigsaw-510x592.jpg 510w, https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/jigsaw-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/jigsaw.jpg 558w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Allow time for children to dive into a range of Bob Graham&#8217;s books. Carefully observe his illustrations &#8211; are there similarities across titles? Can you identify the parts of a narrative within each story (setting, complication, resolution). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Can you expand on the characters?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"329\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Untitled-picture1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Untitled-picture1.png 329w, https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Untitled-picture1-300x295.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Compass Points Thinking Routine:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>N<\/strong> &#8211; What might Nasrin <strong>N<\/strong>otice in the courtyard below?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>S <\/strong>&#8211; What information might she <strong>S<\/strong>hare with her family overseas?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>E <\/strong>&#8211; What might <strong>E<\/strong>xcite her the most about the day?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>W &#8211; <\/strong>What <strong>W<\/strong>orries might she have?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know when you open a book by Bob Graham that it will be something wonderful and that is exactly what Concrete Garden is&#8230;simply wonderful. 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