Peer Feedback for Joanne

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Peer Feedback for Joanne

Reflection Three

Joanne, what a lovely pictures you attached to your reflection. The outdoor environment covered in a bed of pink blossom leaves.  The pink just automatically drew your eye to the photograph.

Isn't it funny that "T" spoke using language that sounds very like a parents voice "Its everywhere", "look at the mess".  I wonder if this has been said to "T" at home, who then begun instantly cleaning it up.  "T" was certainly role modelling the tukana/teina concept here when the two younger children decided to copy and start cleaning up too.  They all worked well together collaboratively using low technology to problem solve the solution of clearing up you outdoor centre area.

I wonder how long it took the children to clean up the outdoor environment?  I noticed in the two other photographs the children had done a great job of using the broom, shovel and dust pan to pick nearly all the pink blossoms up, quite a hard going activity for young ones.  Well done, kia kaha children.



Reflection Two

Joanne, your title for this reflection clearly shows that a child can process and led their own learning experience.  Give them the time to think through their thoughts and they will come up with an idea to solve an issue quite easily.

When J asked to draw her farm and retrieved the coloured pencils, maybe it was the bright colours that had attracted her attention to the low technology product.  J  was able to visualise her thinking by putting her thoughts onto paper in the form of drawing.  The freedom to express herself creatively through the use of coloured pencils.

It was nice that J wanted to share her drawings with her family and was able to take her picture home with her.  I wonder if she has been for a visit to a farm, maybe this could be an extension of her interest of farm animals.  An introduction of "Old MacDonald had a farm" or some plastic animals set up for her to play with might further her interest in farm animals too.