Student agency

Below is a link to an excellent explanation of ‘student agency’ by Karen Boyes, a New Zealand  educational guru!

Student agency


...and here are classroom samples of student agency!

How New Entrants can check their learning ...

... and find their next step or ask for new challenges when their new learning has been successful.

Writing in Room 1

Here we are, busy retelling a story and doing our self-assessment!
A classroom full of actively engaged 5 year olds, being able to talk about their learning and their next steps!

The end of the week!

Our teacher today was Zara, welcoming us and setting up the date board. Great job Zara!

Today we have been learning to use symbols to make a sound-scape:

After that we designed our own symbols for a land-scape: the landscape that surrounds us! We have also learned to label these land-marks using Te Reo:

...and here is Elijah who has learned to write his name really well.  He labelled all his Mobilo creations!

Ka kite ano! See you all Monday!

PS: all Room 1 children did a spelling test today. You will find the results in your child's homework book!

This week - week 7!

This week we have two assistant teachers in Room 1.  It is their task to welcome everyone, get the date board ready and then take on a teaching role.  Well done Ryker and Sophia!

After that our maths time start.  It is great to see the children challenging themselves and others with new maths problems!

We have had an unexpected special visitor - Mr Weta.  We studied the weta and then learned to write a report.  A report needed to have facts and should have verbs like: is, has, can, lives.  Here is some of our work and the material we used for our study. 

Studying our native flora and fauna fits well with our current study about our past.  Children are learning that while there once was an abundance of species, nowadays we have to protect these to ensure our national treasures - our taonga - do not become extinct!.

After writing time, our reading time starts.  Today we learned about characters and settings of a story.  We listened to a Maori myth and then, after some discussion worked hard to produce some excellent work. Tu meke!

Our learning wall...

Children in Room 1 are becoming much more aware of what they are learning in reading, writing and maths. They are actively involved with deciding what their personal next steps in these learning areas are. They are learning to do their own self assessment and can track their progress on the learning wall!

 

Self assessment in writing

We are getting very good at articulating our learning and we are only 5!!!