wendsday 23th november 2016

today  was playing with the wood with my friends the wood is you can play with and build with

Compare and contrast map

Learners: Hamish and Stephan Learning Coach:   Radha Moopanar         Date: 11 November

Learning Area:          iExplore                                         Key Competency:     Participating and Contributing NZC AO:                    Level 2 Language Features: uses a large and increasing bank of high-frequency, topic-specific, and personal-content words to make meaning & shows an increasing knowledge of the conventions of text

Learning Observed

In iExplore we worked collaboratively in small groups to create and present our new learning with our hapu group and get feedback from them on our learning.  The focus for this particular activity was to choose two things that we learnt from our iExplore and create a compare and contrast map to share what we learnt. We share ideas for topics and make open ended questions that we can research and explore. Having the opportunity to make choices about our learning promoted self directed learning, and this increased our focus and motivation. Hamish and Stephan recorded their compare and contrast map on a chart so all could look at them. It was great to see them make connections to their curiosities.

Evidence of learning

Next Learning Steps

Chose one idea to explore  and decide how you will share your learning in a variety of ways How will you and your group work collaboratively to maximise learning time Share learning at home

tuesday 22TH November 2016

today i was play with my friends with the wood that you can play and build with 

Thursday 17th November 2016

the hilight of my day is playing football with my firends we lost a round the anthorer team go ten and our team got 2 dose'nt mater  it is just a game 

iExperience-3D block construction

Thursday 10TH November

today i was playing with my friends 

the hilghit of my day is playing dogball in the multispace with my friends

Time machine narrative writing

Stephan Learning Coach:   Radha Moopanar      Date: 2 November 2016

Learning Area:        iDevelop: Speaking, Writing and Presenting                                         Key Competency:   Using Language, Symbols and Text NZC AO:                   Level 2 Language Features: Students will: • Select and use sources of information, processes, and strategies with some confidence to identify, form, and express ideas.

Learning Observed

This term our learners developed their curiosities in narrative writing. Stephan participated in workshops to plan, write, edit and present his writing.  The learners were introduced to narrative structure and language features.  Stephan used feedback provided by the Learning Coach and his peers to make improvements to his overall performance.  The use of a google document allowed Mrs Moopanar to provide ongoing feedback to the learners regarding their narrative content and organisation.  Stephan collaborated with other learners to practice and apply his presentation and writing skills.  The learners used devices to publish their narratives and used these publishings to observe, notice and make changes to their narratives. With support and guidance Stephan was able to share his knowledge and use appropriate structure and language to inform the audience.  It was great to see Stephan practice and apply his writing skills to develop an overall curiosity both at writing and presenting to inform.  Ka pai!

Evidence of learning

Please see the following links for Narrative presentation narrative

Next Learning Steps

Use a hook to grab the reader's attention Use the five senses to create atmosphere Use powerful verbs and adjectives

Thursday 3Th November 2016

tomorrow at home after school i will play my xbox 1 what will a play on my xbox 1 i will play Minecraft 

STEM Rockets Narrative

Learner: Percy, Towai and Stephan                          Learning Coach: Mr Hattie           Date: 1 November 2016

Learning Area: Learning Habitat 1 - iExplore STEM

Learning Observed

This week Percy, Towai and Stephan  got an opportunity to participate in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) activity. Percy, Towai and Stephan went with Mr Davidson and Mr Hattie to explore how to make rockets fly using chemical reactions. Percy, Towai and Stephan  had three different types of rocket fuel to choose from and they had to make their Rocket - film canister - fly into the air. To make it work you have to mix the rocket fuel and powder together and trap it inside the rocket. The chemical reaction forces the lid to fly off and when the rocket is placed on the launch pad, lid down, it force the rocket into the air. Percy, Towai and Stephan started off a bit “standoffish” but once they saw the rocket launch into the air instantly they were discussing how it happened and what they did to make it fly. Percy was constantly suggesting to use more and when that didn’t work said how about less. They used Connecting and Collaboration wonderfully as they were thinking about what happened and applied it to try something different. They worked extremely well together.

Evidence of learning

Discussing how they are going to approach the problem.

Next Learning Steps

Percy, Towai and Stephan’s  next learning steps are: Write a reflection about what they learnt. Further explore the science behind the chemical reaction. Write instructions on the blog about how to make a rocket fly.