Monday, August 7, 2017

The introduction of Seesaw

In Room 1 we are trialling the Seesaw app as a part of our reporting to parents, sharing learning, feedback processes, whānau education, and much more.

From Day One my main aim was to provide parents with a wide range of samples of learning so they were able to see the range of experiences that a 5 year old new to school is lucky enough to experience.




The first part of our learning journey in Room 1 to share with parents includes annotated evidence of quality play sessions.  


It's also important to capture our small group learning times such as guided reading and numeracy times.  Many of these examples have been video to try and capture the student voice as well.


Whānau and friends can also see the other opportunities afforded to the children during the week especially when we have visiting experts.  Te Reo sessions with Whaea Kerri and music sessions with Jacob being a prime example.


Flipped learning can still happen in a NE room and videoing or photographing and annotating examples of our phonics lessons was a great entry into this.  We were able to help parents understand the sounds the letters make and how we learn to write them.  This way when the children go home, whānau are able to support them with the language we use at school.  A great way to ease anxiety around how to help my child at home.

Next step:

  • Continue to help parents to join seesaw so my whole class are added.
  • Teach chn to make their own entries. 







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