Transdisciplinary learning at Northbridge International School Cambodia is a curriculum approach that goes across, between and beyond subjects. Emphasis is placed on integrated learning where subjects explore a theme, problem or concept in depth.
This year specialist teachers in music and visual art have had the opportunity to work alongside grade level teachers to explore the transdisciplinary theme ‘How We Express Ourselves’.
This has allowed for specialist teachers to offer their expertise by exploring the central idea through a music and visual arts lense and for students to make connections beyond the boundaries of traditional subjects.
This semester, Grade 1 students have explored the central idea, ‘Ideas and Feelings Inspire Creativity’.
Within the classroom students have investigated links between music and visual art. They were exposed to a range of music and discussed the different emotions they experienced when listening to each piece.
Students then explored how different sounds in music can be expressed through lines, shapes and patterns. They created independent and collaborative artworks inspired by music.
Following this, students investigated artworks by Wassily Kandinsky. They discussed the vocal, body percussion and percussion instrument sounds that could be connected with the different lines, shapes and patterns they observed in the artworks. They worked collaboratively in small groups to compose a piece of music to accompany each artwork.
Lots of research points to a very common problem in student learning: Too much information!
Students can become overwhelmed and consequently processing and memory retention can become difficult. Not just for students with executive function challenges, or neurodiversity; for many neurotypical students too! Especially younger students. Feeling overwhelmed can also trigger stress and anxiety.
Reading is an essential skill for success in school and in life. It is also a skill that can be developed and nurtured at home, from an early age. You as parents and caregivers play a vital role in helping your child develop a love of reading.
Last week, our second annual NISC Cup kicked off, with four schools and over one hundred students facing off to see who would be taking home the silverware on offer in separate boys’ and girls’ competitions. Last year CIA girls’ team won a thrilling final and were hoping that the cup would be returning to their school for a second year in a row, while our own NISC boys’ team were hoping to retain their hard won 2023 title.
World Children's Day, celebrated on November 20th, is a global occasion dedicated to promoting the rights and well-being of children everywhere.
