Wednesday 16 April 2014

Dialogue Lesson

Here is a quick clip about the current inquiry task.
Well done to those of you who attended the workshop today - if you missed it, here is most of what we covered.
The inquiry task is to be completed by the end of our second session on Holy Thursday.

I apologise that the quality is poor, the image i used in the background wasn't great and I didn't spend enough time preparing for the quick clip so it's a little confusing in parts. Hopefully you will get all information that you require... Some of you may also get the small pun placed inside the clip... If you have any questions, please ask me or Ms D.

We will look to complete a few different clips like this next term to help us in our 21st Century Learning Model in Kakapo. If you can't access these clips at home, the computers will be accessible at school from 8:30 each morning.

Thanks!

Mr T


Sunday 13 April 2014

Sharing planning...

One of our focuses this year is Increasing our 'Student Agency' - this means developing the inclination within each student to take ownership for their learning. It means all Kākāpō students feel empowered to take control of their learning and realise that they are not passive recipients of education.

The latest idea towards this end is to provide access to much of the planning for Kākāpō Class for all students. This way students can prepare their thoughts, and take action to prepare themselves where necessary. We also have given access to the Individual Learning Task Sheet and subsequent docs.

This being said - teaching is a profession where plans change on a daily basis - Students will still be given info verbally about what is happening each week and in the coming days.

Click on the Weekly Planning tab above to check out what we are up to this week.

Happy to receive feedback in the form of email, comments below, or... We will run a survey of some sort in class.