Harry's Blog

Learner: Harry Lang                                                              Learning Coach: D Wilkes Learning Area: Collaboration                                              Date: Term 3 Learning Observed This term our overarching theme has been collaboration and Harry has had plenty of opportunities to show how collaborative he is and to grow his collaboration capability.  To kick the term off Harry was on a team of learners who had to collab...

Learner: Harry     Learning Coach:  T.DIllner          Date: 18.6.15 Learning Area: Social Science - Matariki Learning Observed While the Year 5 and 6 learners were at the Marae, the Year 3 and 4 learners spent the day finding out about Matariki - the Maori New Year. The learners watched and listened to the story ‘The Seven Stars of Matariki’ which was read by the author. From this, they were able to understand the background information about Matariki and how it came to be. One of our activities was kite making, as it represents how Maori people used to try and reach the seven Matariki stars. Harry worked with Nima to design his kite. He thought carefully about how he would like to design it and could describe the importance of adding stars to his kite. He showed me how he could draw stars by using 5 continuous lines without taking his felt off the page. Harry was focused and on task, showing careful...

Learner: Harry, Tristan and Kevin     Learning Coach: T.Dillner           Date: 2.6.15 Learning Area: Learning Observed The Keas Hapu group have been learning about the features that we use to make music. They were introduced to the formal language of Tempo, Dynamics and Rhythm. After three sessions, Harry, Tristan and Kevin chose to work together in a group to collaboratively write three lots of four beats (rhythm), that had a change in volume (dynamics) and speed (tempo). The learners needed to record their patterns using correct musical notes to show timing and the correct Italian terms to show where the dynamics and tempo changed. The boys then had an opportunity to share this with the Keas and demonstrate their understanding of the three features of music. They used clapping to show these patterns. Evidence of learning Key Competencies/Vision Principles All three boys were beginning to...

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...

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