Thursday, 16 October 2014

Hackschooling Day 3

Our morning reflection:

What’s gone well?
What’s been a challenge?
In future…
Changing our tote tray system


No one’s been in yellow all week because the kids are in charge

The Rainbow people could put kids in yellow if they’re talking
Sorting our the classroom
because it all happened really quickly, everyone was on to it



Super-long conversations when we’re making decisions – too long waiting for our turn on the mat
·   Say the person’s name before you pass them the Talking Mouse.
·   Once we’ve made a decision, we’ve made a decision (we have to accept it).
·   We could start our class hui again and make decisions once a week (with a notice board for ideas)
·   Try not to go off on tangents
·   Try to solve problems quickly
·   Be quiet, listen to each other and it’ll be faster
Fitness because we’ve fitted it in each day



When we were tidying up, the mess was getting a bit overlooked and the class got really messy

Our class has worked has a really good team because everyone’s helped each other



People are ringing the bell too often to get the class’ attention
This should be the Rainbow person’s job
Think do I actually need to ring the bell? before you ring the bell

Some people change the noise level because they feel like it
This should be the Rainbow person’s job – if someone else is finding the noise level a problem, they should tell the Rainbow Person

It’s been hard to adjust to smaller tote trays
Choose a red tote tray

It’s been hard to adjust to all the decisions


Taking the roll in the morning takes too long
Could we all sit at our desks so we don’t waste time?

Packing/tidying up took too long (20 minutes)
·   Tidy up quicker
·   Don’t make such a big mess in the first place



Idea
Aliya, Laila, Eve, Niamh
Breea, Lola. Tama, Jamieson
Jamie, Brendan, Nolan, Harry
Weekly learning timetable
Teacher creates a plan with Must dos and Can dos – we can do that at any time we like in the day, we just have to get everything done

We should choose when we eat, not play


We should have workshops for all learning areas – kids could run them

Some could learn in the REACH style
karakia etc
roll
fitness
writing
morning tea
reading
maths
tidy up
lunch
roll
novel
afternoon: inquiry, golden time
Library/ books system
We should all bring our own books to share so we can have new books in our class

We could have recommendations for books

Longer library visits, fewer visits

Organise books according to the size of the books
Decide how to decide!
Vote in a class hui

Amy should get the class’ attention when kids want to say something to the class

1. Vote
2. Split up and talk
3. Noticeboard
4. Class hui
5. Groups, then convince other people to your side
6. People vote by convincing people
7. Teacher decides
8. Rainbow people decide
9. Will it be fair?
10.             Is it more efficient? Why/Why not?
Learning buddies
Change seats but have no learning buddies


We don’t need learning buddies – kids should just move around if they want to. We should sit in our seat permanently.
If we choose our own LB we’ll just choose a friend, If we go by the pattern we’ll always be with our friends.

Idea
Luca, Dot, Saoirse, Francesca, Peta
Jet, Noah, Mahinaz, Sofia
Joe, Cody, Meline, Ella
Weekly learning timetable
We should all do the same subject at the same time – we can work independently on games then Amy can work with us one at a time or in groups
Different workshops for writing, maths, reading that kids can sign up for. If kids want to write at maths time, they can.
Kids can learn different subjects at different times during the day.

Workshops with Amy/ work independently
Like Nolan’s group
When we do maths – some people could stay with Amy and others could learn independently. When independent workers come back they could share their learning and discuss the process
Kids could run workshops for each other
Workshops for maths/ writing/ reading – kids could suggest workshop topics
Afternoons: research hackschooling and do Inquiry
Library/ books system
We shouldn’t move the bookshelf because it’s in a good place – there isn’t a better place to move it to.
New reading books – school fair money or kids could buy some at the school fair because lots of people have read the books that are there.
New books more regularly
Get new books every 2 weeks (from the school library) so everyone has a chance to read the old books
When you’ve finished with a library book, you could share it around.
Inquiry book box
We could write our own stories and put them on the library shelf
Decide how to decide!
Class hui once or twice a week

Class hui once or twice a week
Learning buddies
Choose your own because we know who we can work well with


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