MLC Waka Challenge 2011

Today we launched our altered Learning Framework in the Middle School. Instead of it being in a circle the Middle School has chosen a waka to help us work through each piece of our learning.

As a Learning Community we got together in the hall to 'set the scene'. We were given this senario; we were a group out observing the habits of a Kakapo when the weather started to change. It was going to rain and we were going to get wet. We found 8 plastic bags and a roll of sellotape in our bag to make a raincoat.

We went back to class to follow the different steps: 'challenges', what challenges do we have? 'Focus', what are the jobs we need to do and what do we need to know? 'Solutions', what is our solution? 'Action', now lets make it. Next week when we are finished we are going to 'evaluate' our raincoats and learning.

We have had an awesome day creating our raincoats and we are not finished yet!