Reflection

This was so fun and hands on, the learners were so excited for this experience. They had been excited all week to be able to finally build their hut. We decided on only building one hut because of the amount of wood that would be needed. I found that if anything the boys just all wanted to have a turn and were at times impatient (this was kind of expected). I found the vocabulary that they had been learning started to flow more in conversations that they were having. Learners were able to talk about the tools and why we would use them before we used them. When we used the tape measure learners were able to discuss the length in correct units, this was awesome. The next step with these huts is to re design and then to gift it to our class so everyone can use it.

Things to note

Garth Jacobsen (Associate Principal) led this lesson as i'm not much of a builder (haha). This lesson took place in the caretakers shed. I really enjoyed learning alongside my learners, I thought it was cool to tell them that I was unsure how to do a lot of this building and to show them that we are all life long learners. I didn't realise how much noise the tools would make, therefore it is hard to hear some of the conversations my learners are having. It was hard to position the mic so it got all of the conversations that were happening in the shed.