Harry's Blog

Learner: Harry L          Learning Coach: Bex Remington          Date: 25 June 2015 Learning Area: iDevelop - Maths Learning Observed Harry had learnt to count on from the biggest number on materials (either counters or fingers) so now it was time for begin adding on by creating images in her head.  He starts with a picture of the biggest number and then adds on by imaging more counters being added to his big number.  We discussed that sometimes it is easier to close our eyes and nod our heads as we count on.  Harry can now use this technique with confidence and has moved on to adding numbers by grouping 10s.  Harry is able to add bigger numbers by creating groups of 10 first and using his facts to 10. Evidence of learning Photo 1: Harry concentrating hard on remembering the number and counting on in his head Photo 2: Harry making bundles of 10 with popsic...

Learner:  Harry Lang                                             Date: March 2015 Learning Area: iDevelop - Literacy                      Learning Coach: John Dyer                  Learning Observed Harry has already demonstrated some lovely qualities this year. He is polite, has a lovely sense of humour and asks questions about his learning. This has been evident in his learning during writing in Term 1. We have embarked on a series of writing workshops about narrative story writing. Harry has begun to understand the importance of writing from personal experiences when ...

Learner: Harry L          Learning Coach: Bex Remington         Date: 1 April 2015 Learning Area: iExplore - Rocks Learning Observed One of the first activities the learners of Habitat 1 took part in was painting a rock that would be placed somewhere in the school grounds.  The rocks were painted and have been waiting for their placement.  Today we decided it was time to put the rocks in their place.  Harry was excited about finding somewhere for his rock.  The habitat chose to put them around the trees in our front garden.  When Harry took his rock out he wasn’t sure which tree to choose.  He asked me where he should put it and I told him the choice was completely his.  He finally chose to put his rock near his friends and in a place he could ‘still see it.’ Evidence of learning These are pictures of Harry finding a space in the garden for his roc...