Learner: Justin Date: August 2015
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Learning Area: iExplore Learning Coach: John Dyer
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Learning Observed
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Justin recently developed an interest in cities of the world and chose to delight his Hapu group recently with a speech.. He enjoyed researching his topic and finding facts and information that was unusual and interesting. He chose a slide show to present his learning and engaged with the audience as he explained where in the world his chosen cities were and fun facts about each of them. The audience enjoyed finding out about these.
Justin knew the continents and where countries and their capital cities were located. He also answered some simple questions from the audience. I look forward to hearing about more wonders of the world in Term 4. Good Job Justin.
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“And by the age of 3, I had travelled by myself to over 200 countries in a canoe made from a bathtub!”
Justin takes his learning about the world very seriously and he gets up close and personal explaining about many of the wonderful cities of the world to us all.
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Justin needs to aware of his audience and present research that is at their level as some learners were not able to engage with the language and content used. He needs to present with the enthusiasm that he has for his chosen area. Justin should also try to take his learning further by using his ideas and findings to launch an iExplore than goes beyond just a presentation. E.g. It would have been lovely to see this iExplore develop into running a day devoted to Justin’s favourite city and have all the learners get involved..
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Learner: Henry, Willie & Justin Learning Coach :DWilkes Date: Sept 2015- Week 8-10 Learning Area: Technology
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Learning Observed
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For the past few weeks the learners have been engaged in an innovation station! The learners were given the choice of 4 provocations which included: creating an Ormibot from scratch, designing an object in Tinkercad to print in the 3D printer, designing a Science experiment or designing a series of code using Scratch and Makey Makey each of which would develop their capabilities. Henry, Justin and Willie enjoyed the first week of ‘discovery learning’ where they had some choices of tasks to complete to help them get familiar with the coding programme ‘Scratch’ and the extension kit ‘Makey Makey’ and make connections to their prior knowledge. They watched tutorials, tried out their predictions and played around with the various affordances of the equipment and programme. They used the Makey Makey and Scratch to create a game console successfully. Henry also supported other learners with using the Makey Makey- great collaboration and leadership. For Week 9 and 10 the boys worked collaboratively to design and create a jump scare game using the Scratch programme. In order to piece together the code successfully there was a lot of trialling and prototyping which showed the tenacity and resilience of Willie, Justin and Henry. They showed their curiosity, thinking and managing self skills by looking at what others had done and making connections to what they wanted to achieve. See their game here. Willie even wrote a blog post about it already!
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Learners: Anjli, Katherine, Justin & Gary Learning Coach: DWilkes Learning Area: Science Sept: August 2015
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Learning Observed
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Anjli, Katherine, Justin & Gary had a blast conducting Operation Big Science in Week 7. Thanks to the New World kit of ingredients. Lots of learning resources as well about the Types of Mixtures and Chemical Reactions in Baking. The learners learned that cooking is scientific fun and that the science capabilities are for life. After initially watching a short video explaining the difference between chemical and physical changes the learners were challenged to explore their curiosity by examining their materials and discuss their priori knowledge about the materials and cooking with them. Then they collaboratively devised an experiment - a cooking experiment, using the ingredients they selected including popcorn, chocolate, almonds and butter. First they identified a question and then a hypothesis- making connections to their prior knowledge. As a group they needed to plan their method too. During the cooking they made observations- noting what they notice, think and wonder. Justin did well to lead parts of the experiment. They also practiced their capability at measuring while completing their recipe. It was collaborative and delicious!
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Operation Big Science - Video
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Learner: Justin Learning Coach: DWilkes
Date: August 2015 Learning Area: Science
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Learning Observed
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This term the LH1 learners have been learning about animals, adaptations and habitats. They were fortunate enough to go on a field trip to the zoo where the animals captured the curiosity of Justin. He has been building his language and developing his understandings of the many ways the natural world can be represented. Justin is very able to recognise that living things are suited to their particular habitat and can discuss the adaptations of specific animals like the chimpanzee. He not only recognises that all living things have certain requirements so they can stay alive, he can identify and discuss these for a variety of animals.
Justin used www.buildyourwildself.com to create an amazing and unusual animal. The learners were instructed that they needed to create a habitat that would be suitable for their imaginary creature. Justin opted for the ‘Digitize It’ option knowing that he wanted to design the habitat in Tinkercad to demonstrate his capability at using it. Justin went through a rigorous design process that involved connecting with information through researching to create a fact file on the Scorcher, drawing a draft diagram of what the habitat would look like and then creating it in a digital tool -which ended up being Tinkercad because Justin demonstrated perseverance and learned this new tool brilliantly.
Justin collaborated very well- listening to others, supporting others with his knowledge and asking questions. He assisted other learners who were using Tinkercad as he learned quickly. When it was time to share his learning, he presented the ‘’scorcher’ habitat confidently to all of the Learning Coaches and learners in LH1. You can see his assessment here.
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Learner: Justin L, Henry, Willie, Rohullah and Nehaal
Learning Coach: DWilkes Date: July 30, 2015
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Learning Area: Science
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Learning Observed
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Our trip to the zoo was a learning adventure for Justin, Henry, Willie, Rohullah and Nehaal. The boys were split into small groups while we toured the zoo visiting animals from around the world and observing their behaviour and habitats. The boys loved seeing the red pandas, reptiles, primates and the African mammals. While the observed the different enclosures they were prompted to ‘notice’ the animal habitats and discuss and describe the zoo habitat each animal lived in. They all asked lots of questions and were eager to move from area to area. Willie and Nehaal wanted to know why people poach animals? Justin and Henry were curious about the size, shape and colour of the elephant tooth and Rohullah and Peanut the Pukeko were fascinated by the colours of the flamingos. They all thought is was very amusing that one of the elephants had the same name as their classmate “Anjli”. The boys were attentive, collaborative and curious.and enjoyed the opportunity to talk about what they already knew about animals, their adaptations and what they need to survive.
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During the animal encounters with the zoo keepers the boys demonstrated their curiosity when they got to touch the cheetah pelt and skull. They wanted to know how the zoo keepers got them. All of the boys were managing self during the zoo visit by staying with their groups, buddies and listening to instructions. They was collaborative and participated and contributed in all 3 animal encounters: flamingos, cheetahs and elephants. Justin, Henry and Rohullah enjoyed watching Willie and Nehaal connect to their learning from school when they got to hold the elephant artefacts at the front of the encounter and because they could tell us which continent a lot of the animals came from.
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Visit the Auckland zoo website to learn more about the animals and their habitats.
-share and contribute ideas and questions with the wider group
-use zoo learning and wonderings in their Habitat Design learning adventure when we go back to school
-make connections to their observations of the animals habitats at the zoo to their natural habitats
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