Harry's Blog

Learner: Harry and Saif        Learning Coach: Mr Hattie          Date: 7 April 2016 Learning Area: Learning Habitat 1 - iExperience Learning Observed In the lead up to ANZAC day we are looking at different aspects of ANZAC Day to immerse the learners into the topic. Harry and Saif were in the area that was looking at Life in the Trenches. This is a new topic they seemed very interested in once they figured out what a trench was. After the learners developed their Capabilities in understanding about life in the trenches we looked at creating a trench scene in the Habitat. The Learners worked Collaboratively to construct their scene using the furniture. Once the trench was built we sat in the trench and discussed what we thought of life in the trenches. Harry was very excited and asked about how they kept the food cold and fresh. Saif was wanting to know where the soldiers went to the toilet. ...

Learner: Harry Learning Coach: T.Dillner            Date: 4.4.16 Learning Area: iDevelop - Maths           Key Competency: Thinking Learning Observed Harry was practising how to use the strategy of making a tidy ten when adding. He was given a task that required some thinking around how to manipulate and use the numbers to form an equation. Harry asked for some guidance around this and was then able to complete it on his own. Soon after, several other learners also asked for help. They were all directed to Harry, who got the group to sit in a circle on the floor where he went through the process of how to be successful at the learning task. He demonstrated his capability of understanding the concept, as well as connecting with other learners and communicating clearly. Evidence of learning Next Learning Steps Look for more opportunities in Math to share exp...