Scratch & Makey Makey Learning Story - September 2015

Learner: Arnav, Imran, Aryan & Humaam                                   Learning Coach :DWilkes      Date:  Sept 2015- Week 8-10                                                      Learning Area: Technology

Learning Observed

For the past few weeks the learners have been engaged in an innovation station!  The learners were given the choice of 4 provocations which included: creating an Ormibot from scratch, designing an object in Tinkercad to print in the 3D printer, designing a Science experiment or designing a series of code using Scratch and Makey Makey each of which would develop their capabilities.  Arnav & Imran and Humaam & Aryan worked as pairs in a foursome in order to share a Makey makey set- such #oresome collaboration!  The boys enjoyed the first week of ‘discovery learning’ where they had some choices of tasks to complete to help them get familiar with the coding programme ‘Scratch’ and the extension kit ‘Makey Makey’ and make connections to their prior knowledge.  They watched tutorials, tried out their predictions and played around with the various affordances of the equipment and programme, self directing their learning from the presentation.  They used the Makey Makey and Scratch to create a game console and a simple musical instrument successfully.  For Week 9 and 10 the boys worked collaboratively to design and create an animation using Makey Makey and Scratch programme.  In order to piece together the code successfully there was a lot of trialling and prototyping which showed the tenacity and resilience of all boys.  They showed their curiosity, thinking and managing self skills by looking at what others had done and making connections to what they wanted to achieve.  See their learning below.

Evidence of learning

Next Learning Steps

add more code to the animation and share it on the LH1 website and/or teach another learner how to code using Scratch complete your design plan more neatly show the game to your family at home   use Makey Makey to extend the animation further

Learner: Arnav Sharma     Learning Coach:  J Taylor        Date: 21/9/15

Learning Area: Draw it

Learning Observed

Arnav chose ‘Draw it’ for her iExperience in Wk 3 - 6 Term 3. He was to show his design firstly by carefully sketching the animal he chose in detail on paper along with information about this animal. He used the internet to find the information and a picture to help him draw his animal which were 2 different animals in one. He was then to do a final drawing (see below) of the animals he chose. He has used great detail and also some of the 2 animals habitat to complete his drawing. Arnav finished his task on time and was able to explain to others about the 2 animals and their habitats.

Evidence of learning

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Arnav showed he had the curiosity to find an animal that suited him. He collaborated well with the other students in sharing and helping. Arnav was able to connect to his prior knowledge and experiences in discovering about the 2 animals. They were animals that interest him.

Next Learning Steps

Gain confidence in drawing a little more detail Using the internet to your full advantage Don’t be afraid to try new things and colours

this is the poem that i like it is by the best poem write in the Brian 'Peza' Perrins

There are times in life when you feel down and out
The world against you, of that there’s no doubt.
There’s no one around and no one to care
No one to talk to and no one to share.

Your troubles seem many and on the increase
Is nobody bothered, will this thing not cease? 
There’s light in the tunnel you hear people say
Hoping it’s your tunnel that there’s light in today.

But things seem to drag on just like before
Nothing changing for you, no knock at your door.
Then it just happens, it all comes together
No more the anger, at the end of your tether. 

Life’s not so bad now, you’re not down anymore
Things seem so easy you see, no longer a chore.
Next time that you feel down and under the weather
Look back at this moment and pull yourself together.



the first part  makes me feel like i am a person that sit's in a spot and feeling sad.The next part makes me think of there are two diffrent tunnel's and i just don't know what one to take the good  one or the bad one.The next one makes me feel like i am in my home staring at the door hoping that same one will knock.And the last this story is about when you trip over don't cray for hour pull your self to gether.

Arnav's Speech Learning Story

Learner: Arnav     Learning Coach: T.Dillner           Date: 18.8.15

Learning Area: Literacy - Oral Language

Learning Observed

This term all learners in Learning Habitat 1 had to deliver a speech or a poem. As Arnav is Year 6, he had to compose and present a speech. He chose to do his speech on the use of devices. It is a nerve wracking thing to stand and deliver a speech to an audience of peers, but Arnav tried his best to not let this affect him. I was pleased to see Arnav show more confidence than he has when presenting in the past.

Evidence of learning

Link to Arnav’s Oral Language Assessment Rubric

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Arnav was assessed against all four of our Ormiston Primary Vision Principles. He was able to best demonstrate being connected to the audience by mostly using a clear voice and curious by selecting a topic that was easy for the audience to be engaged with.

Next Learning Steps

Carry out more research to add content and substance to the speech. Practise in front of a mirror to work on eye contact and volume of voice. Video yourself and watch to self-assess. Seek feedback from others during planning and writing stages in order to increase collaboration.

Arnav's young authors challenge 2015

I hope you like me story.

The two friends

There was a dragon named Toothless. One day he was walking along the river and he heard a noise.He stopped and started to look around for the noise.Toothless noticed something furry in the bush.He went closer and saw it was a monkey. The dragon said Hi my name is Toothless. I am a black dragon and I can shoot lightning out of  my mouth .The Monkey replied Hi my name is Pessy.I am yellow and green.Pessy and Toothless started to talk and became friends. After a while they decided to play hide and seek.Toothless said”i will hide first” Pessy agreed, Toothless asked Pessy to close his eye and count to 20 so that he can hide. Pessy closed his eye and started counting while Toothless ran to hide. Toothless hid in a cave and covered the cave with leaves and vines,it took Pessy hours to find Toothless.At last Pessy found Toothless and it was Pessys turn to hide. Toothless closed his eyes and counted one to twenty ,Pessy ran to hide, he climbed a tall tree and hid there. Toothless went to see if Pessy was in a boat but Pessy was not in a boat . Toothless spent hours looking for Pessy but couldnt find him. At last Toothless gave up and Pessy climbed down from the tree, both were very hungry as it was lunch time. They decided to eat something. Pessy said lets go and eat mango. Pessy and Toothless started to look for a mango tree ,after a long hunt, they found a mango tree full of ripe mangoes. Pessy quickly climbed the tree and picked some mangoes. Both sat under a mango tree and they ate lots of mangoes. After lunch they were very sleepy. Toothless said he is going to sleep as he is very tired. Pessy said he is tired too. Both layed down and soon they were fast asleep.When Toothless woke up. he could not find Pessy. He thought Pessy is again playing hide and seek. Toothless started to look for Pessy,he looked every where but couldnt find Pessy.It was getting late afternoon and toothlesswas getting fasturated as he couldnt find Pessy.He called him but there was no reply, Toothless was very worried because it was getting dark. Toothless called his friends to help him out.All his friends search the bush but couldnt find Pessy, Toothless saw something on the ground, it was footprints.Toothless called his friends to investigate. They all followed the footprint and  saw a big fenced. They all couldn’t believe that there is a big fence to crossover. As soon as Toothless touch the fence to cross, he got electric shock. Toothless was okay and said we are meant to jump over the fence. They all had a quick chat and decided that they have to get a ladder to cross the fence. One of the them said they have a ladder at home. One of his friends went to get a ladder from his house, but his dad willing accompanied him to rescue  Pessy. When they reach the fence,one friend hold the ladder and one after another they jumped over the fence. Toothless was very excited to see Pessy he was able to save Pessy from the cage. Toothless and Pessy was so happy to see each other and they worked back happily. And when they reach their home,they felt like there is no place like home.They had a happy ending for both.


I wanted to share this story because it took a long time to write.I had to enter a compation and it took a the people got award form a famous witter i think.The people who only entered was the people who was got awards.This story was my first longest story i have ever done in my live.It had to be 600 or 500 word's long.

talent show

On the 28 of August there was a talent show and there where nine people vs. There was Rahi, Henry and Aryan, Kimba-jo and Hannah, Ved,  Neha, Gracy and Kavisha and the one that i think that was the best was Henry and Aryan because they one did hip hop moves and the other one did frozen and gangnam style at the end.My Second best was Ved because he play a Gutar and he play a song that was a little bit good and the people who came third because at the end of their show they did any move they wanted and the thing i found funny about there one was they did really cool moves.The person that came second was Neha because she had a clear voice and the thing she could of had in her song was like people doing back round music.The person who came first was Gracy because she had a really good dance that was good with the song and then that was how ever one know woh had talent.