Bri Collishaw

Inspiring little humans through inquiry and play (and preferably outside!) 🇺🇸🇰🇼🇲🇼🇱🇺

[Bri Collishaw @MsCollishaw]

After reading ‘Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics’ by @pgliljedahl - here are the first graders using vertical non permanent surfaces to show their thinking.

How can we use models to show our thinking in mathematics?

Thanks for the book recommendation @mathsmakesense !

[Bri Collishaw @MsCollishaw]

We don’t give math homework but parents are always asking how they can support at home. Here are some engaging and educational games for them to play together, anytime, anywhere!

#PYP #IteachMath

[Bri Collishaw @MsCollishaw]

It’s here! Hoping I beat @JAdamsLux and @KerynDowling to the first copy to make it to Luxembourg 😜 Looking forward to another inspiring read by the marvelous @kjinquiry 🥳

[Bri Collishaw @MsCollishaw]

Grade 1BC is currently obsessed with pop up books, so we decided we should inquire into how to make them to show our understanding of our UOI - Home is Where the Heart is 🥰

#PYPchat #studentagency #inquiry

[Bri Collishaw @MsCollishaw]

When you go down to visit @LouNerd3 in Early Years and are reminded of @kjinquiry “Play is the purest form of inquiry”

Important that this applies to First Grade too!

#PYP #EYtalking #inquiry #pypchat #EYmatters

[Louise Heard @LouNerd3]

This year I’ve been working on my @canva skills to build parent and community understanding of what learning looks like in EY. Sharing these infographics in response to student learning has really strengthened our home school partnerships.

#EYFS #EYtalking #EYmatters #EYtagteam

[Bri Collishaw @MsCollishaw]

Tell me you’re a PYP school without telling me you’re a PYP school…

A birthday card shared with me during parent conferences 🥰

#pypchat @ibpyp #learnerprofile

[Bri Collishaw @MsCollishaw]

@MichaelPalagi @VEXRobotics @mabycraft @dailystem @AndreaMango1 @jennifercypra is our amazing makerspace teacher!

[Bri Collishaw @MsCollishaw]

Today we looked for patterns in the hundred chart

After, the Ss self differentiated by choosing to use the chart to help complete puzzles. I asked how it felt to use their knowledge of patterns to solve the puzzles, one S whispered “powerful” 🥳

@mathsmakesense @ISLuxembourg

[Bri Collishaw @MsCollishaw]

We’ve been exploring how art can convey a message and how sometimes the title can give us a hint of what the artist might have been thinking or feeling.

Here is 1BC’s collaborative artwork inspired by Howardena Pindell called ‘Who We Are Together’ 💜

@ISLuxembourg #pyp

[Jennifer Cypra @jennifercypra]

Awesome G1 art morning! Thanks for inviting me @MsCollishaw! Enjoyed assisting a group of artists in creating 3D representations of famous paintings in the Makerspace @ISLuxembourg #ISLuxLS

[Bri Collishaw @MsCollishaw]

@MichaelPalagi @KarenD_EY @SarahAlMay @LouNerd3 @JessGosling2 @emmzie_stanford @mermerinlux There are so many 🥰

Mary wears what she wants
The paper bag princess
Julian is a Mermaid
Red A Crayon Story
Gender Swapped Fairytales
Cinderelliot
Paydens Pronoun party
Franny’s Father is a Feminist

Send any more I’ve missed!

[Bri Collishaw @MsCollishaw]

Hi @haleshannon

We love your books about the Princess in Black! We were feeling inspired and wrote our own version and one day maybe you can come and visit us in Luxembourg @ISLuxembourg

Love, Grade 1BC

[Bri Collishaw @MsCollishaw]

@SeanPYPParis @JAdamsLux @ISLuxembourg @AnnevanDam1966 @SuzanneTEdu @Mrs_Gilchrist @LouNerd3 @ericagrainger_ @ibpyp What if it’s just “Art can change the way we see the world”? And then we look at the choices artists make to express themselves and how those choices can provoke or change thinking and understanding

[Bri Collishaw @MsCollishaw]

Where are my #PYP people?

@JAdamsLux and I are trying to decide…can a quote be a central idea? Any thoughts?

@ISLuxembourg @AnnevanDam1966 @SeanPYPParis @SuzanneTEdu @Mrs_Gilchrist @LouNerd3 @ericagrainger_ @ibpyp

[Bri Collishaw @MsCollishaw]

Just finished the amazing course ‘Building Addition for Young Learners’ with @pwharris and would highly recommend it to all Early Years math teachers.

Hoping that one day we can learn from you in person in Luxembourg!

[Bri Collishaw @MsCollishaw]

The perfect rainy morning for some math PD with @pwharris Thanks for the recommendation @mathsmakesense

[Bri Collishaw @MsCollishaw]

@KarenD_EY @emmzie_stanford @SarahAlMay @RuthOConnell2 @mathsmakesense Just picked up ‘Leading with a Lens of Inquiry’ by @jess_vanceEDU and the first thing I read this morning was “Our power, as educators and leaders, comes from the connections we make.” Grateful for you @KarenD_EY 💜

[Bri Collishaw @MsCollishaw]

@YuniSantosa @LouNerd3 @ms Hi Yuni! I am also teaching grade 1 and constantly trying to find the balance between play, inquiry and delivering content. I would love to hear about how it looks in your context