Supporting HOS200

The HOS200 class put on a small cafe-like experience where they served beverages and some light snacks in order to be observed and graded by diners - staff!
JWR, JMC and I went a couple of times to support the various HOS200 students. Overall, the experience was quite pleasant. We were served sponge drops (dairy free options available!), tea/coffee/juice. The student's service was quite good and we gave a gold coin donation to contribute towards the cost of ingredients. 
Looking forward to the next one and being able to also support the Food and Beverage students. 

Mid Year Reports - Juniors

Junior subject report comments are due on the 6/6 and Junior Whaanau report comments are due on the 12/6. I have made a start on tick boxes and thought about the types of comments I can use to describe/sum up the practical and theoretical knowledge that Y9 students in both Textiles and Food Tech have developed/gained. Faculty meeting last Wednesday helped to clarify some grey areas around comments for students that struggle/of a lower ability - the goal is to have something positive to say about every student! I'm confident I can get the comments completed in the time frame we have. I need to make sure I double check with Jen/Aimee in regards to the FT assessments and Aimee in regards to the Textiles assessments - making sure that I am following correct procedures when commenting and editing.
Ashok has provided some very helpful hints:

Professional Learning - Motivating the Unmotivated

Textiles Blog

My FFC Textiles blog is an incredibly helpful teaching resource to assist both junior and senior students through a range of topics. This is also a place where I am collecting resources to use for current and future classes. The picture below shows a range of useful sites (on the left) that enable the students to explore fashion on many levels and at their own pace. Thank goodness we have access to chrome books during class time! The Dio Textiles teacher, Amy, has been an amazing wealth of knowledge and support over the last few months. She is very inspiring and has allowed me to make links to her work on Pinterest.

Textile's Blog

The Textile's blog is proving to be a great platform for engaging the senior students. Currently, both the Year 11s and 12s are working on an assessment that requires them to analyse and then sketch their own dress/winter garment design ideas. I use the blog to engage the students in quick and simple tasks that require them to analyse garments with reference to the elements of design. The views on the left hand side indicate how many visitors there have been to the blog.

Quick Writes - Gail Loane

I have been introduced to Quick Writes. Looking forward to using the class blog as the platform to deliver this to Room 29.

http://www.gailloane.co.nz/book.php