Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Performs

In two weeks College Street Normal School will be in the Regent Theatre performing Cinderella and Rockerfella.  My part is the boys dance. Room 20 Room 9 and Room 10/11 boys are in the dance too. Our coach is Mr R. He did this last year for the year 6s too, so he has had experience. The  codename of our dance was "Volleyball" to keep it a secret.

The first time we did it we were terrible at it! When we had a look at ourselves, we thought, "What are we doing?" To improve our dance performance, we had to practise at lunch time on Tuesday's. The first time we practised, we had to go over it so many times, but now, after four weeks of practise, we are really good according to Mr R.

For the practice we sometimes go into the hall and perform in front of an audience.  Then we have to sit down and watch the next act.  I like acting in it rather than watching the performances.

This in going to be the first time I have been on stage in my entire life. I am feeling happy, but nervous. I can't want until we go on stage!





Wednesday, June 1, 2016

My Favourite Thing about Grill 2.0

My favourite thing about Grill is there are more ways of learning than just the traditional way, like Classroom. It is not the classroom we work in, it is a digital app that the teachers make for us. There are all sorts of tasks you have to do over the week.  There is a homework page and a maths page and many more. The first time I started Classroom I would get stuck easily but in a couple of days I got it sorted.

There is a new thing I will talk about in Classroom and it is Fast track.  It is the biggest task to do in Classroom because it is your weekly list of tasks to complete.  You can keep track of what you have done with Fast track and what you have not done. You need to put down the link to the task you have done and highlight it green.

I like being able to choose what I do, when I do it and who I do it with.  It helps me become a flexible and independent learner.  Fast track motivates me to complete my tasks because it is my responsibility to make sure I do everything that I am meant to do.

Below is an example of what Fast track looks like.