Harry's Blog

Learner: Harry                      Learning Coach: Mr Hattie                Date: 30 June 2016 Learning Area: Learning Habitat 1 - Mathematics Learning Observed Harry has been learning about how to find a fraction of a number. He has been looking at different strategies to help solve these types of problems. Harry has learnt how to use equal sharing and addition to solve these types of problems. Today Harry was extremely happy with his efforts. Has has been working hard and is able to solve these fraction problems. Once Harry completed his task I found him with several of his peers around him and Harry was teaching them how to solve the problems. He could see that they were struggling and he took it upon himself to show them. Once Harry had finished the learners that he was teaching all understood...

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...

Learner: Harry     Learning Coach:  T.Dillner          Date: 24.11.15 Learning Area: iDevelop - Literacy Learning Observed In the Yoyo’s group, the learners were thinking about connecting their understanding of vocabulary. The task provided them with an adjective or noun and they had to quickly think of three things that matched that word. For example, the provided word was ‘red’ and they could have written apple, fire truck and tomato. Harry chose to work collaboratively with a buddy, and together they came up with their ideas. He would come and show his work to the Learning Coach to get confirmation that he was doing the right thing. At times, he showed that he could be curious by thinking of words that were more diverse and creative, and other choices were more simple. Evidence of learning Next Learning Steps Complete the second vocab sheet when he has time. Compare his words with ...

Learner: Harry Lang                                                             Date: October 2015 Learning Area: Project Based iExplore              Learning Coach: John Dyer                  Learning Observed Harry and the Yoyos are on a mission to make our school a better place to learn and play. Over the past 2 weeks we have been researching, brainstorming and planning projects to carry out during Term 4 and beyond. There has been much excitement about the projects and how we can bring some of them to life. One of the projects Harry ...

Learner: Harry Lang      Learning Coach:  J Taylor        Date: 21/9/15 Learning Area: Draw it Learning Observed Harry chose ‘Draw it’ for her iExperience in Wk 3 - 6 Term 3. He was to show his design firstly by carefully sketching the animal he chose in detail on paper along with information about this animal. He used the internet to find the information and a picture to help him draw his animal which is a Spider Monkey. He was then to do a final drawing (see below) of the Monkey. He has used great detail and also some of the Monkeys habitat to complete his drawing. Harry finished his task on time and was able to explain to others about the Spider Monkey and it habitat. Evidence of learning Key Competencies/Vision Principles Harry showed he had the curiosity to find an animal that suited him. He collaborated well with the other students in sharing and helping. Harry was able to connect to his...

Learners: Joshua & Harry     Learning Coach: T.Dillner            Date: 21.9.15 Learning Area: Technology - 3D Printing Learning Observed Joshua & Harry chose to participate in 3D Printing during iExperience during Week 7-10 this term. We initially learnt about the Thinker’s Key called ‘BAR’. BAR stands for Bigger, Add, Replace. To practise, the learners had to pick either a pen, lunch box or tennis racquet to make a feature bigger, add to the item and replace something. The learners had as much creative license as they needed and then they reflected on how functional the item had become - could it still be used for its original purpose? The next stage was to come up with an item that we use at school and repeat the BAR process. Joshua & Harry decided on creating a dice to use in a game. Joshua & Harry had to use the website TinkerCad to design their dice. They had to use the pre...