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| Ashton "Time Travel Ship" |
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| Taniesha "Princess Ariel" |
The history of primary education in our Jamaican schools has been based on repetition
and rote memorization.
One of our goals is to expand comprehension and writing
skills which are often very weak. Also, students do their daily work using a stubby pencil and a ‘rubber’ (small eraser) to make
corrections. Rubbing out errors over and over again is really frustrating and
is a deterrent to creativity and learning.
(Click on the thumbnails to view the stories)
The results have been wonderful. Kids who were barely able to write a sentence have succeeded at writing and reading aloud and with great pride in their accomplishments.
Check out three of the Grade 4 students’ creativity here:
They even acted out their characters:
