Narrative Assessment: Marcus and a Kiwi Summer Holiday

Learner: Marcus
Date: 12.12.18 
Social Sciences Level 1, Understand how places in New Zealand are significant for individuals and groups

In iExplore, groups are learning about different places in New Zealand and how significant they are. Each group is designing a Summer Holiday for a family that includes: accomodation, activities and other interesting facts about these places.

Marcus is working collaboratively within his group to design their holidays. He is curious and uses devices to find answers to the questions he has. Marcus uses what he knows to make connections in his learning and developing his capabilities in all areas.

Key Competencies: Managing Self Thinking Relating to others Participating and Contributing and through the use of digital tools - using language, symbols and texts 

Next Steps: 

Continue developing your designing capabilities

Narrative Assessment

Narrative Assessment - iExplore - Term 3, 2015

Learner: Marcus                    Learning Coach: Miriam Kamsteeg      Date: Term 3, Weeks 5-7, 2015

Learning Area: iExplore - Reflections - Science

Learning Observed

Marcus choose to be a part of the iExplore group looking at reflections. We first brainstormed where we would be able to see our reflections. Then we had walk around the school to see what we could find our reflection in. As a group we decided that we all wanted to explore reflections with mirrors. We spent time using mirrors to create reflections. We discovered that you could get the sun on the mirror and send it around the room, you can look under things like the shelves on wheels, if you hold your mirror up to another mirror you can see lots of mirrors and we explored mirror writing.

Evidence of learning

Marcus is showing how he can use two mirrors to reflect each other and see under a shelf.

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Marcus showed Collaboration by  working with other Learners to investigate different ways to show/ find reflections (Participating and Contributing). They also showed that they were Capable by sharing their learning back on the video. Marcus explored many different ways to reflect with mirrors (Thinking).

Next Learning Steps

Share learning with other Learners not part of the iExplore group Explore with other items that reflect Share learning with home.

We Built This City!

Learner:  Marcus       Learning Coach: Luisa Maloni    Date: 7th May , 2015

Learning Area: iExplore: We Built This City

Learning Observed

Due to the high interest in building structures out of the magnetic shapes, we have embarked upon an iExplore learning adventure designing and constructing a city out of cardboard. Marcus has been working in a focussed and independent way throughout this project using his design sheet to inform his next steps. Marcus was able to talk about his structure and say what it was for as well as processes he has used in constructing his building. See video below.

Evidence of learning

Marcus can problem solve to meet the needs of his building as well as refer to his own design to inform his process for building. I wonder if Marcus likes to construct things at home?

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Marcus shows that he uses his Curiosity, creativity, problem solving and Thinking skills to trial his ideas with the materials he has available and to describe the purpose of his building. Marcus demonstrates his Capabilities in Technology- constructing a building that meets a particular purpose as well as in persevering - working steadily and independently towards his own goals (Managing Self).

Next Learning Steps

Develop his vocabulary to include 3-D shapes he will use e.g. cube, cylinder, cone as well as architectural terms e.g. tower Further develop his construction processes to be able to construct simple 3-D shapes e.g. cube