Mathlympics Narrative- Week 4&5

Narrative Assessment: Learning Coach:  Diana Wilkes         Date: 25 August 2016

Learning Area:         Maths                                               Key Competency:    Using language, symbols & texts, Managing Self NZC AO:                   Level 2 Measurement→ Create and use appropriate units and devices                                       to measure length, area, volume and capacity, weight (mass), turn                                       (angle), temperature, and time.

Learning Observed

We have had a mathalicious two weeks!  Norah, Momo and Louisa have participated in the Mathlympics iExperience which has involved a series of measurement challenges, a BreakOut code team problem solving tak and an archery challenge,  The mini-mathlympics iExperience enabled the girls to be curious as they explored the resources in the various mathlympics activities where they measured volume, capacity, distance, time and practiced setting up a calendar. They were encouraged to explore the different resources and see how they could build on their maths capability. They connected the knowledge that they already had about good ways to practise maths capability with the equipment and used it to make conclusions about what to do with the equipment.  In the BreakOut EDU activity the girls collaborated well and managed to crack some codes. It was great to observe how well the girls collaborated together and how they applied their prior knowledge to the bow and arrow design.  The girls were inspired by some videos before they began to draw their design and list the materials needed.  They built their design with materials making modifications as they went and practiced shooting before the final competition.

Evidence of learning

Youtube video here: https://youtu.be/NKpXRhS4mX4

Next Learning Steps

Tell your family about how you improved your bow and arrow to make it shoot farther Write a blog post to reflect on the learning especially what you’d do differently next time. Practice measuring at home (eg. when cooking)

Olympic Narrative

Learner: Momo, Alesha and Norah     Learning Coach: Mr Hattie          Date:2016

Learning Area: Learning Habitat 1 - iExperience

Learning Observed

During iExperience we were discussing sports that have been discontinued from the Olympics. Some very weird sports indeed, such as underwater swimming, horse high jump, rope climbing, even cricket was once in the Olympics. For this task the learners were charged with coming up with inventing a new sport. They had to come up with the rules, how to play, uniform and show the others their game. Momo, Norah and Alesha’s group go very excited about this idea. There was talk flying back and forth about whether they want to involve jumping, running, team game or individual events. Momo and Alesha were frantically writing down the ideas for the games they could play, showing great brainstorm Capabilities. The Collaboration in terms of deciding what they should pick was very high. They showed their Capabilities with coming up with the team uniform. Norah said “because we are from NZ we should have the fern and the clothes need to make our game easier”. This was a great Connection to know that a uniform is both a representation of your country as well as something that should be suitable to the sport. Their team sport was called human high jump. This is where you have to pile your team mates on top of each other to and jump over them.

Evidence of learning

Momo, Alesha and Norah discussing their game.

Next Learning Steps

Momo, Norah and Alesha’s next learning steps are: Use this experience to springboard an iExplore. Use the experience to write an instructional piece. Design the game further and run a PE session with it.

Learner: Leon, Saif, Momo, Maanvi  KahJun           Date: July T3,Wk 1 2016 Learning Coach: Margaret Patrick                             Narrative Learning story

Learning Area: iExperience  Developing our capabilities

Learning Observed

During iExperience Week 1 Term 3 we were exploring what “being capable” means for us as learners and how we can develop our capabilities. The groups of learners experienced a range of fun tasks and their challenge was to participate and collaborate to improve their skills. This led to talking about setting goals to help us improve our capabilities. This group of learners set a goal to get as many quoits over the 2 pegs as possible at the same time. After their rotation of different fun tasks the learners gathered together to think and discuss what being a capable learner would look like. They came up with these ideas: being independent; having an attitude of “I can do it”; being confident; being persistent and not giving up; trying things in different ways and self managing themselves. They also made the connections with ways they could develop your capabilities:  by training your brain by practicing and  remembering, trying your best, working hard, having an open mindset to try and learn new things and setting goals. They were  introduced to the SMART acronym to help with setting goals. The learners had time to think about the things they were capable at and then consider the areas they need to develop their capabilities in. The learners were then asked to think of 4 goals for themselves . An academic goal,a social goal, a physical goal and a #oresome goal.

Evidence of learning

Next Learning Steps

*complete writing an academic goal, social goal, physical goal and #oresome goal. *discuss these with their parents/whanau and caregivers. *publish them in their Learning Pathways. *present them on the art shapes they created.

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