Tristan's Zoo Narrative Assessment - July 2015

Learner: Tristan Learning Coach :   DWilkes                               Date: July 30, 2015

Learning Area: Science

Learning Observed

Our trip to the zoo was a lot of fun and learning for Tristan.  He was part of a smaller group while we toured the zoo visiting animals from around the world and observing their behaviour and habitats.  Tristan enjoyed looking at the animals and asked lots of questions.  For example “why do they have pink bums?” about the baboons and ‘why do they stand on one leg?’ about the flamingos.  He thought is was very amusing that one of the elephants had the same name as his classmate “Anjli”.  Tristan was attentive, collaborative and curious.and enjoyed the opportunity to talk about what he already knew about animals and what they need to survive.

Evidence of learning

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

During the animal encounters with the zoo keepers Tristan demonstrated his curiosity when he got to touch the elephant tooth and ivory.  He asked ‘what do they use ivory for?’ and ‘why is the tooth so bumpy?’.  Tristan demonstrated progress with managing self during the zoo visit by staying with his group, buddy and listening to instructions.  He was collaborative and participated and contributed in all 3 animal encounters: flamingos, cheetahs and elephants.  His favourite was the elephants.  Tristan connected to his learning at school and could tell me which continent a lot of the animals came from.

Next Learning Steps

Tristan would enjoy and benefit from visiting the Auckland zoo website to learn more about the animals and their habitats. -share and contribute his ideas and questions with the wider group -use his learning and wonderings in his Habitat Design learning adventure when we go back to school -make connections to his observations of the animals habitats at the zoo to their natural habitats