Harry's Collaboration Learning Story - July 2015

Learner: Harry Li                    Learning Coach:   DWilkes      Date: 20-07-15

Learning Area: Key Competencies (Collaboration)

Learning Observed

On our first day back in Term 3 we had a super day of “Collaboration” immersion activities.  While the learners worked on the Collaboration Challenge in mixed ability, mixed year level groups they collaborated on a variety of tasks which encouraged discussion, problem solving, perseverance and teamwork.  It was great to observe Harry as he was very engaged in the tasks, demonstrating curiosity, sharing and teaching others.  I noticed that Harry helped Kevin in supporting our new learner Daniel.  Harry learned to use Pic Collage to record all of their challenges.  Harry participated in all challenges and really enjoyed doing the tasks with his teammates.

Evidence of learning

Acrostic writing challenge                                   Pic Collage challenge

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Harry engaged with the challenge demonstrating collaboration strategies such as asking questions and making decisions together.  This activity challenged harry and his team to develop their problem solving skills (Thinking).  He is growing his ability to relate well to others and to manage himself more effectively.

Next Learning Steps

grow his capacity for collaboration by working with learners and practicing reflective listening ask questions use a new digital tool like Storybird to write a collaborative story

Harry's Literacy Learning Story

Learner: Harry    Learning Coach: T.Dillner           Date: 2.6.15

Learning Area: Literacy - Handwriting

Learning Observed

Recently, learners in Mrs Dillner’s Literacy group have been working on proper letter formation, beginning with the letters that start with a ‘c’ shape. Harry has shown that he is able to use the top, middle and bottom spaces on the line. His letters mostly follow the correct writing pattern, but he will need to work on using this consistently in his book. While completing this task, Harry worked quickly and efficiently.

Evidence of learning

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Harry showed his capability of using the correct way of writing ‘c’ start letters on a lined white board. He listened to the instructions and applied them to his own learning (Managing Self). Harry started adding flicks on the ends of his ‘d’ and ‘a’ letters without any instructions from the Learning Coach. This shows he is able to connect prior knowledge of correct handwriting to what he is doing in his own learning (Thinking).

Next Learning Steps

Use tidy and correctly formed letters in all of his books. Ensure his writing doesn’t become too large or spaced out on the lines.