Yuvika's Animal Habitat- Digitise It - August 2015

Learner: Yuvika & Komal                                                          Learning Coach: DWilkes       Date: August 2015                                                                       Learning Area:  Science

Learning Observed

This term the LH1 learners have been learning about animals, adaptations and habitats. Yuivka and Komal hve been building their language and developing her understandings of the many ways the natural world can be represented.  They are able to recognise that living things are suited to their particular habitat and can discuss the adaptations of specific animals.  They used their curiosity to research the adaptations of their selected animals- tiger and lion- both in the African large cat family.  They recognise that all living things have certain requirements so they can stay alive and could identify these for owls.   Komal and Yuvika were fortunate enough to go on a field trip to the zoo where many animals captured their curiosity.  For fun, they combined some of these animals and used the learning from the zoo trip to create a creature using the www.buildyourwildself.com wesbite.  After this, they needed to create a habitat that would be suitable for their tiger and lion.  They opted for the ‘Digitize It’ option knowing that he wanted to design the creature habitat in a new digital tool to develop her capability at using it.  They each went through a rigorous design process that involved connecting with information through researching to create a fact file on the Tiger and Lion, drawing a draft diagram of what the habitat would look like and then creating it in a digital tool of their choosing.  Yuvika’s google draw was a good representation of what she initially planned with some modifications.  Ask her to show it to you!  Komal used Tinkercad to draw her habitat and had some difficulties with this tool. Vivian collaborated well- listening to other learners and asking questions. When it was time to share their learning, she presented her habitat with some confidence to the Learning Coaches and learners in LH1.  You can see Komal’s assessment here and Yuvika’s here.

Evidence of learning

Next Learning Steps

write a reflective blog post about the learning and share with parents Yuvika’s project would benefit from some deeper research to have a better understanding of the lion adaptations create a more detailed diagram with labels that is represented in the final product Komal needs to practice presenting and do clear research so you are prepared- why don’t you present to your family?!

Yuvika, Saniya & Louisa's Maori Language Learning Story

Learners: Yuvika, Saniya & Louisa    Learning Coach: T.Dillner           Date: 27.7.15

Learning Area: iExperience - Maori Language Week

Learning Observed

During Maori Language week the learners rotated through different experiences to extend their knowledge of Maori words and phrases. Yuvika, Saniya, Louisa and Martina (who has since moved away from OrmPS) formed a group to work on looking at a range of Maori vocab booklets. They had to look at the pictures and use an iPad app called ‘Pic Collage’ to make a Glossary of new words. The four girls took time to select a text that they all agreed on and then took turns to use the iPad. They were inclusive of each other and understood what they needed to do to be successful. When needed, the group could choose a person to approach the Learning Coach to ask questions and clarify their ideas.

Evidence of learning

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

The four girls were collaborative when completing this task - they had to pool their ideas and justify their thoughts to the rest of the group members (Thinking & Relating to Others). They were openly curious, as a lot of the words they came across were new and unfamiliar. When a new word was encountered, they showed their wonder and awe by saying “Wow! I didn’t know that!” or sharing with another learner or a Learning Coach - “Did you know…?” (Using Language, Symbols and Text).

Next Learning Steps

Keep working on compiling new Maori words as part of the Daily 5 in Literacy. Teach another group (or family member) about some of the discoveries that they’ve made.

Yuvika's Maths Learning Story

Learner:   Yuvika (M)                                                 Date: June 2015

Learning Area: Maths - Knowledge                                     Learning Coach: John Dyer

Learning Observed

Yuvika has settled seamlessly into our learning habitat. She has been working on upskilling her mathematical knowledge. This has involved playing a range of games with others in her maths group. In this photo, Yuvika is using a range of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division strategies to reach a range of target numbers. She enjoys playing against her friends and enjoys it even more when she beats them! Yuvika has a good grasp of doubling and halving which she used to good effect in this game. She is more confident adding numbers together and is growing in confidence when using a variety of the other three operations.

Evidence of learning

Yuvika has settled in well with her Maths group and can be seen here demonstrating her 4 x tables knowledge.

Key Competencies/Vision Principles being demonstrated

Thinking - Making sense of information, experiences and ideas. Using language, symbols, and texts - Making sense of words, numbers and images. Managing self - knowing when to lead, when to follow and when to act independently. Relating to others - Interacting effectively in a range of contexts. Participating and contributing - Being actively involved in school and the community Curious Collaborative Connected Capable

Next Learning Steps

Continue to develop basic facts knowledge. This will include instant recall of addition and subtraction facts to 20 and instant recall of multiplication facts for the 2, 5, 10 x tables. This will progress to the 3, 6, 9 x tables, the 4 and 8 x and finally 7 x tables.