Tuesday, 23 August 2016

Walking on stilts Narrative Assessment


Learner: Sanjana                    Learning Coach: Talia Morgan        Date: 23/08/2016
Learning Area: iExperience
Learning Observed
Today at the Howick Historical Village the learners were offered the opportunity to try out games from the 19th Century, Victorian times. Some of these games, although old, were completely new to the learners. Sanjana was brave enough to have a go at walking on the big wooden stilts, with assistance at first. However, She was determined to accomplish walking on the stilts by herself. She was so close and she continued to persevere.
Evidence of learning

Sanjana persevered in developing her capabilities walking on big wooden stilts.
Key Competencies/Vision Principles
Sanjana is developing both her Capabilities and Curiosities in iExperience - games. She was willing to give all games a go, no matter how difficult they appeared or how unsure of them she was (Participating and Contributing). Sanjana was sharing all of the materials provided for the activities with her peers and was encouraging them all to give things a go (Relating to Others). She was curious about all the things their were to explore and asked lots of questions, yet was able to be a capable and responsible learner (Managing Self).
Next Learning Steps
  • Write a story about what she experienced at the Howick Historical Village
  • Create her own game for an iExplore at school
  • Share learning with home







Monday, 22 August 2016

Writing Narrative Assessment


Learner: Sanjana                Learning Coach: Talia Morgan        Date: 19th August 2016
Learning Area: iDevelop - Writing
Learning Observed
After a modelling session on writing a recount on our weekend, Sanjana independently wrote her own weekend recount. Sanjana shared her weekend experiences that she shared with her friend in the habitat, Harmeet. Sanjana wrote her story as if it hadn’t happened yet and as if she was waiting for it to happen.
Evidence of learning
Sanjana wrote her own recount, in a different tense. Can she write a recount in the past tense?
Key Competencies/Vision Principles
Sanjana is developing her Capabilities in writing. She was able to independently write her own story (Managing Self). Sanjana wrote about what is going to happen in the weekend, including what her and her peer were going to do - the who, when, where and what (Using Language, Symbols and Text). Sanjana tried to sound out difficult and unfamiliar words on her own and recorded the sounds in the order she could hear them in and wrote most high frequency words correctly (Thinking).
Next Learning Steps
  • Use capital letters and full stops correctly.
  • Write a recount in past tense.
  • Share learning with home.