ireflect 8.8.16

something in found hard was tug-of-war

some thing I look foward to is doing iexplore

week 2 term3 ireflect

capable playing is all about sharing with smaller
people and teaching them to use the equipment and 

help people on the slides,swing,monkey bars and 

others.

wednsday ireflet day 3 term 3

what learning i did today ? i did throwing running mathletics jumping

term 3 day 1 ireflection

something  new i learned today is making the cups into a tallest tower.
What I liked about my learning today is Quick Writ because I wrote about my best holiday.

Learner :Tristan    Learning Coach: Margaret Patrick       Date: May, 2016

Learning Area:  Clay -Visual  Arts                            Narrative Learning story

Learning Observed

Tristan was curious to explore the elements of clay: its texture and its ability to be moulded into a shape. He chose to be a member of the i Experience  Clay:Sticky-Tricky OR Plastic- Fantastic and collaborated with the other learners in the group. Tristan had 2 challenges to create two items from a slab of clay. During the challenges he was continuously engaged in a reflection process examining ways to overcome failures and share newly discovered successful techniques connecting with others in the group. Tristan created a flat plate and applied pattern to it and a 3D bird body shape which he had to join a round head shape and add parts like wings, tails and other details.He participated in a group reflecting on the qualities of clay using a Y chart. During the process he learnt the techniques of hatching, using slip, and moulding when adding 3D shapes and motif pieces to clay. He used a range of clay tools and learnt how to store clay to maintain its peak condition for reuse. He used his thinking and curiosity to solve his problems. He developed his capabilities but at the end he squashed his bird.

Evidence of learning

Next Learning Steps

Being able to creatively use this medium in other areas of the curriculum in the future. Continue to make tiles and beads and create a totem pole in his time. Share his skills and knowledge with other learners who might like to use clay to depict/model their learning in the future.

Making the Titanic ship

Tristan's Fractions Learning Story

Learner: Tristan Learning Coach: T.Dillner           Date: 10.6.16

Learning Area: Maths             Key Competency: Using Language, Symbols & Text, Managing Self

Learning Observed

Tristan was using Mathletics as part of his daily learning. The task that he was completing involved finding a fraction of a group e.g. ¼ of 24 or ⅜ of 32. While he was doing this, Tristan didn’t fully understand what the question was asking him to do. Tristan made a capable learning decision and came to look for help. This shows that he was also curious to know the answer and extend his knowledge. First of all Tristan collected some counters so he could physically move the materials around and understand how to make even groups. Then he practiced his basic facts by completing simple multiplication equations like 3x4, 8x3, 6x4. Afterwards, Tristan was able to complete the set Mathletics tasks on his own without using the counters to help him. Tristan - “I was learning about fractions. When I was learning I was moving the beans to make groups to have the same numbers. I was curious because I was asking questions.”

Evidence of learning

Next Learning Steps

Keep it up with making great responsible learning choices. Practice more fractions based Mathletics tasks at school and at home. Attend some of the opt-in Maths workshops about fractions.