STEAM Club gets Scratchy

Learners: Kim, Selestine, Sharon, Karis, Harry, Aditi	Learning Coach:  D Wilkes	Date: 12-08-16
Learning Area:  Technology & Maths NZC Achievement Objective:        Level 2-Technological systems:  Understand that there are relationships between the inputs, controlled transformations, and outputs occurring within simple technological systems. Number strategies:  Use simple additive strategies with whole numbers and fractions.	Key Competency:    Thinking Relating to others Participating & Contributing Using language, symbols & text	4C:
Learning Observed: The learners were invited to use the coding program Scratch to create a simple calculator.  We began by logging into the LH1 account and creating a Scratch pad.  Then the learners used some simple code to make the sprite (cat character) say hello.  After that they were presented with a more difficult challenge: This challenge highlighted the learners who were willing to persevere (Selestine & Karis & Kim) and those who required a lot more support.  It was great to see them explore the different types of code and realise that they needed to set up an ‘event’ for each instruction.  I would strongly encourage all of the learners to create their own account and try more of the challenges found here.
Evidence of learning: The learners were making a lot of connections to their previous experiences with coding, maths and the Scratch program.  Harry has been doing his iExplore learning adventure with Scratch and Makey Makey so he was very collaborative and helpful with the younger learners- helping them log in and create their first Scratch pad.  Harry is definitely developing his capabilities with coding in Scratch and at helping others.  Sharon, Selstine, Karis and Kim were having a lot of fun exploring their curiosities at making the cat sprite ‘meow’ and at creating musical instrument sounds.  Aditi enjoyed recording her own voice and making the program repeat her greeting.
Next Learning Steps: Practice using www.scratch.mit.edu to develop their coding capabilities Persevere with the maths challenge to see if they can make a simple calculation Come to STEAM club every week and blog about what they learned Try https://code.org/ for some self directed easy to follow coding tutorials

Amazing news...

Today I met a world record holder/speed skier/cycle and an all time olympian who is not gone to the Rio Olympics but he is so cool he is good role model I can follow by learning more about him and he could be my role model for my goal to end up going to the Olympics versing in swimming yay.

I also learned a lot about him and he was quite interesting and his stories were interesting he was just amazing I'm just glad my school was that lucky to meet an olympian who's brother is one of the most special olympian.

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Karis Writing Learning Narrative Term 2

Learner:  Karis      Learning Coach: Margaret Patrick       Date: June, 2016

Learning Area:   Writing                                     Narrative Learning story

Learning Observed

The focus for Quick Writes has been sharing opinions and writing arguments to support the learner’s viewpoint. Karis enjoys quick writes and is a very enthusiastic writer. She contributes to the hapu group discussions prior to writing and is keen to share her finished work with others. She is very capable in an audience situation and connects well with them. Karis has made a major decision regarding her writing and has set a higher expectation for the quality of her content and presentation. Handwriting and presentation are significant factors that affects the audience’s ability to read your writing. In the photo below Karis demonstrates her new sloped writing style. Her letter formation, and much more consistent linking and letter size. She is regularly using the school’s agreed format for setting out her Learning book. She has written a reflection about her writing. In it she reports that she feels more confident to show her written work to others. She wants to improve her editing especially correcting her punctuation. Karis wants to use conjunctions and commas more accurately.  She also wants to add more detail including “wow words” to make her sentences more interesting. She is self managing her learning competency of writing symbols and text

Evidence of learning

Next Learning Steps

*consistently set the same expectations for her writing presentation and quality of content whenever she needs to write ie:iExplore, iDevelop and iExperience. *write a persuasive speech and enter the school’s speech competition. *make sure her stories are published in her DRIVE iDevelop folder and added to her Blog.