9 hours agoFalling in Love with Reading(Year 5, Week 33) Written by Adri: HERO OF THE WEEK This week the hero of the week is Andrew. We have noticed he has been working hard and also having fun with his friends. He also finished a badge book and has been very intentional. He is a great friend in the studio. Journaling …6 min read
Jun 17Hero-Driven Learning(Year 5, Week 33) Post from Gwen (for Monday) Monday morning we talked about all 5 senses, and talked about Daniel Kish who is blind and uses echolocation to bike ride and hike. Heroes have been working really hard Monday, here are some photos of them working.4 min read
Jun 10Friday Funday Week(Year 5 Week 32) — Written by: Gwen and Adri Quest This week in quest we have been working on making flyingers, researching animals and zoologists. Monday we made flyers or letters about zoologists that we are inspired by. This is a heroes flyer for Steve Irwin. …4 min read
May 27Babby Farms(Year 5 Week 30) This week we came into the studio on Monday, ready for a fresh start and a new session. That Monday we had quest launch, it was about zoology. Jake was asking us many different questions to build on the topic, but the main question was “There…7 min read
May 6360 Reviews(Year 5 week 28) On Thursday morning we had our discussion about 360 reviews. Jake was the discussion leader and he was reading some 360 review done by a variety of heroes in session one, he then asked us to rate them and what we decided pretty much became the…6 min read
Apr 29Marketing(Year 5 Week 27) This week we worked on marketing for the children’s business fair and it was really a joy for all the heroes, in fact we are dropping flyers off today at different places around town to draw as much attention to the business fair as possible. Hero of the week This…4 min read
Apr 22Falling in love with reading(Year 5, Week 26) This week in the discovery studio we have been learning about what it means to “fall in love with a book”. We had a discussion about books that have inspired us and some that have even been life changing. Then we discussed about some books that…4 min read
Apr 15Hero of the Week(Year 5, Week 25) — Written By Lauryn, Gabi, and Ibby. Hello parents, it is Year 5, Week 25! This week in the discovery studio it has been a pretty chill week and heroes in our studio have been so focused on what they are doing for work. We have…4 min read
Apr 8Curiosity and the Habits of Life-Long Learning(Year 5, Week 24) “What would you learn if you were driven by curiosity?” At Heroes Academy and Acton Academies across the globe, we make promises to families to create the environment in which each child that enters our doors will: ● Embark on a journey of adventure, challenge, and…7 min read
Mar 18“Joined Together With Gold”(Year 5, Week 23) — On Monday the heroes were introduced to the idea of Kintsugi. Kintsugi is the Japanese art form of mending pieces of broken pottery by joining the broken pieces back together with gold. Kintsugi encompasses the idea of highlighting or emphasizing imperfections as an area to celebrate or focus on. …5 min read
