Associate Principal of Teaching & Learning of Elementary, The KAUST School, Saudi Arabia
Joined October 2015
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Laura Pendergast retweeted
23 Aug 2023
Our outstanding Pedagogical Coordinators for literacy, @_mrsrees and @clmcewen, leading our lower elementary teachers through the launch of #UFLi. We’re excited for the impact this initiative will have on the foundational skills of our readers @GESatKAUST #reading #skywriting
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8 May 2023
Partnering with KAUST Smart to bring real life #sustainable #autonomousvehicles solutions to grade 5 students and their #PYPx inquiries. Fortunate to learn from experts in our own incredible community #kaust @GESatKAUST @smagdy82
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1 Mar 2023
Partnering with parents - unpacking zones of regulation as a framework to support emotional literacy and self-regulation at home and at school. Led by our wonderful GES counselling team @GESatKAUST #EmotionalIntelligence
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11 Jan 2023
Ending the day with the launch of our new edible school garden 🪴 Bringing sustainability, plant sciences and farm-to-table education to our students #Sustainability #pyp @GESatKAUST #WEP2023
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11 Jan 2023
Inspiration from a legend on giving back, lifting up others and using your skills and success to make the world a better place @didierdrogba #WEP2023 @GESatKAUST
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11 Jan 2023
GES students in G3-5 self-initiated science fair! Students opted into participating, selected own topics and managed their own learning #agency #Science @GESatKAUST
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Laura Pendergast retweeted
14 Dec 2022
Maybe Pinterest and TPT aren’t the best sources of mathematics information:
#iteachmath #mtbos
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Laura Pendergast retweeted
1 Dec 2022
Wrapping up my week in Saudi Arabia. Last night I joined teachers for their #buildingthinkingclassrooms book talk digging into the first two chapters. Today I get to teach 2nd grade!!! @pgliljedahl
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Laura Pendergast retweeted
30 Nov 2022
@MikeFlynn55 working with our parent community to help foster ways in which parents can support their children at home with mathematics. What are the ways in which you help to develop mathematical thinking at home? @GESatKAUST
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30 Nov 2022
Field Day for G1&2. A time to connect, collaborate in a different way, move our bodies and have fun! Overseen by our incredible PE team who make learning joyful! @GESatKAUST #PhysEd #balance
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Laura Pendergast retweeted
29 Nov 2022
Any day I get to work with preservice teachers is a good day. Their future students are going to be lucky to have them. Such a thoughtful and engaged group of educators.
29 Nov 2022
@MikeFlynn55 supporting local student teachers in exploring best practices for teaching mathematics. @GESatKAUST
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Laura Pendergast retweeted
29 Nov 2022
Using vertical surfaces in a Clothesline Math task to help elevate student thinking in G4. #Buildingthinkingclassrooms @GESatKAUST @MikeFlynn55
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27 Nov 2022
Teacher workshop- Flipping the script and disrupting our thinking around math tasks as both teachers and learners with @MikeFlynn55 #ThinkingClassroomsinMathematics #TeacherLearning #Math @GESatKAUST
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Laura Pendergast retweeted
27 Nov 2022
Launching a week of learning labs and mathematical thinking in G5 with @MikeFlynn55 #BuildingThinkingClassrooms @GESatKAUST
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20 Nov 2022
Library time is a powerful and authentic extension of literacy instruction. Today #grade1 was stopping to notice their wonderings and questions while listening to a great book #readingisthinking #LiteracyMatters #Reading
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Laura Pendergast retweeted
15 Nov 2022
“I wanted to update my presentation to show that I can make comparisons between two earth-changing events.” - Omar
The beauty of having clear levels of understanding so students can frame their inquiry to be more personal yet rigorous conceptually.@GESatKAUST @igeeducators #pyp
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31 Oct 2022
Grade 1 team coming together with coaches and pedagogical leaders to moderate student writing samples and identify next steps for our writers @GESatKAUST #Literacy #PurposefulPlanning #DataInformed #PYP
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Laura Pendergast retweeted
29 Oct 2022
We are recruiting teachers for 2023-24 as @GESatKAUST continues to grow and expand! Seeking lower and upper elementary teachers familiar with inquiry, workshop and the AERO standards. #pyp #pypchat tks.kaust.edu.sa/work-at-tks
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27 Oct 2022
Bringing STEAM into Islamic Studies! Mr. Mohammed and his Ed Tech Coach @MrAdamPE used Sphero Indi to take the steps involved in wudu and combine them with basic coding principles #pyp #coding #STEMeducation #IslamicStudies @GESatKAUST @SpheroEdu
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