Practising Adding and Subtracting

Learner: Helen    Learning Coach: Margaret Patrick       Date: May, 2016

Learning Area:  Clay- Visual Arts                             Narrative Learning story

Learning Observed

Helen was curious to explore the elements of clay: its texture and its ability to be moulded into a shape.She chose to be a member of the i Experience  Clay:Sticky-Tricky OR Plastic- Fantastic and collaborated with the other learners in the group. Helen had 2 challenges to create two items from a slab of clay. During the challenges she was continuously engaged in a reflection process examining ways to overcome failures and share newly discovered successful techniques connecting with others in the group. Helen created a flat plate and applied pattern to it and a 3D bird body shape which she had to join a round head shape and add parts like wings, tails and other details. During the process she learnt the techniques of hatching, using slip, and moulding when adding 3D shapes and motif pieces to clay. She used a range of clay tools and learnt how to store clay to maintain its peak condition for reuse, over a long time period. She used her thinking and curiosity to solve her problem of trying to form curved edges on her plate by using a bendable ruler to form a curve. She was very capable and was very pleased with the bird shape she produced.

Evidence of learning

Next Learning Steps

Being able to creatively use this medium in other areas of the curriculum in the future. Continue to make tiles and beads and create a totem pole in her time. Share her skills and knowledge with other learners who might like to use clay to depict/model their learning in the future.

Reading Reading Reading!!!

Charlotte, Norah, Vivian & Helen's Chinese Lantern iExplore Learning Story

Learners: Helen, Norah, Charlotte & Vivian Learning Coach: T.Dillner           Date: 25.2.16

Learning Area: iExplore - Chinese New Year                                               Key Competency: Using Language, Symbols and Text, Relating to Others

Learning Observed

Helen, Norah, Charlotte and Vivian chose to complete an iExplore where they could make something to show their learning. When we began this, it was near to Chinese New Year and the girls opted to use this as their topic of curiosity. They were particularly fascinated with the Chinese Lanterns. To begin with, they needed to ask questions about how the Chinese New Year and Chinese Lanterns were connected. To do this, they focused mostly on using the 5W’s and 1H. After doing some background research, Helen, Norah, Charlotte and Vivian had to collaboratively agree on a method and set of materials that they would use. Finally, they made their lanterns according to their research and ideas, and added their own creativity too.

Evidence of learning

Next Learning Steps

Share this learning with another group of learners by making a presentation or video. Explain their choices of colour and materials e.g. why has a woollen tassel been added?

Norah, Disha & Helen - RESPECT iExplore Learning Story

Learners: Norah, Disha & Helen    Learning Coach: D. Wilkes          Date: 5.2.16

Learning Area: iExplore - Social Science

Learning Observed

In the first week of school Norah, Disha & Helen opted into an iExplore around ‘respect’ ultimately creating a product using a digital media.  One of the key purposes of this was to become more familiar with our OrmPS Learning Model. The girls embarked on some important foundational learning around respect and made connections to the Treaty of Waitangi as well.  Norah and Helen are beginning to understand that people have social, cultural, and economic roles, rights, and responsibilities and that cultural practices reflect and express people’s customs, traditions, and values.  Disha enjoyed working with a range of other learners and is beginning to understand how people make significant contributions to New Zealand’s society and that we all have rights and responsibilities.  Working with other learners, the girls began the learning adventure by unpacking the word ‘respect’  being curious around what  it means to them? why is it important? using the mini-whiteboards.  They had an opportunity to see the Treaty of Waitangi and to make the connection that it was an agreement grounded in respect.  They had some fun ideating ‘what would you have on your treaty should aliens comes to live on planet Earth?’ After that, Yuvika, Gracy and Bariyah really enjoyed thinking about how we ‘Respect self’  ‘Respect Others’ and ‘Respect Environment’ at OrmPS and came up with some fantastic contributions- particularly around respecting the environment.  They then collaborated to create a media product which they could present to the wider group and they selected Tellagami (see image below).  I was so pleased with how Norah and Helen worked as capable role models for Disha and the leadership that Norah displayed.  Ka Pai!

Evidence of learning

co-constructed RESPECT iExplore presentation & Tellagami Video of girls

Next Learning Steps

Start an iExplore learning journey carefully using the OrmPS learning model Continue to work collaboratively with learners who are not in their immediate social circle Use the vocabulary and NZSL signs that learn in other learning areas Grow their capabilities with other digital tools through practice eg. Pic Collage, Sock Puppets, Puppet Pals, iMovie etc.

my refletion

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I did today was iExplor and my faroat part was iExplor. iEplore was a lot of fun and learning. What is my Goal for tomoroo . For my  Goal for tomoroo  is try more harder.        

Learning Decimals and Fractions

Learner: Helen    Learning Coach:  N.Denuwara         Date: Term 4

Learning Area: Mathematics

Learning Observed, Key Competencies/ Vision Principles

Helen has been learning about place values and decimal numbers in maths this term. To help her understand the value of a decimal number she is using the place values chart shown below. She has shown her capabilities at recognizing where each number goes on the place values chart by writing decimal numbers in the chart. She has also been participating and contributing in class discussions about place values. Helen has also made connections to her knowledge of number word forms to show her capabilities at writing values of decimal number.

Evidence of learning

Helen's maths work

Next Learning Steps

Write the fraction version of simple decimal numbers.