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**What I hope we will be able to assess:**

Problem solving skills - working with others and taking initiative, using tools, critical thinking

How well they contribute ideas and develop team building skills

How well they collaborate and independently participate in project

CforE outcomes: TCH 2-01a; TCH 1-03a/20-3a; TCH 1-14a/2-14a; TCH 1-14b/2-14b. Lit 2-02a prob some writing ones as well

Possibly SCN 1-07a/2-07a; 1-08a/2-08a ( we are doing some work on forces and mechanisms as part of the whole project so would hope that the application of this learning will be seen in toy)

wallwisher – for collecting ideas about design issues audio – recorded discussion re choice of toy annotated drawings – shared and individual video photos wiki pupils report of actions observation interview
 * Evidence Collecting**


 * What we did assess**

TCH 1-14a/2-14a; TCH 1-14b/2-14b TCH 2-04a Lang Lit 2-02a with elements of 3-02a 25a/26a EXA 2-06a H&WB 9a/10a/11a/12a

Pupils view 16/1/09

Q1How was it working as this group?  P5/6 Sometimes people, if they didn't know what to do, didn't do anything. You thought about what needed to be done We discussed a bit more what needs to be done Everyone worked well as a team, everyone agreed in the end if there were different ideas; nobody argued with the group decision. Everyone enjoyed having to do new things P4 It worked because we were friends but it could work with other people I did like everyone's ideas It helped that we had done lots of this sort of thing before I think it was hard to communicate with the others when they were on a job. Its important that everybody contributed ideas – B's idea was very good because he thought we could do every obstacle like food.

Q2 Did you change anything as the project went along?  P5/6 We decide who is going to be in charge and have a rota Everybody had something to do – because the leader told them to what to do Everybody decides the tasks and then the leader says who should do things P4 There were lots of jobs to be done but people sometimes stood around because before we had a leader people just standed around doing nothing We need a leader all the time not just some of the time – we shouldn't force people to be a leader if they don't want to. Better to take turns to be the leader

Q3 What did you think about how we collected the evidence?  P5/6 Taking pictures writing it up on the wiki, I found that the easiest bit. Taking turns to collect the evidence is fair – sometimes you have to do it even if you don’t like it but you need to just get on with it The wiki is easier than Glow because there’s only a couple of buttons I like the wiki because everyone can see it all over - what we’ve done P4 I had to have a bit of help with the camera because the turn on knob was stiff We had to learn how to use the wiki; at first I thought it was going to be really hard but its really easy to use; I think C (P3) could use it. When you said we had to type into the wiki I thought it would be really complicated but I realised you just had to click on edit on the toolbar.

Q4 What knowledge did you aquire?  P5/6 About levers Levers make it easier to lift things Working with fancy materials Working with materials that you would work in real factories (corriflute – saw a box made out of it at youth club) Joining plastics P4 Tried new skills eg hammering tacks Testing different things – learned some things that didn't work so wouldn't need to try them again I was a bit nervous using the saw at first but then I did it with L(P5) and that made me more confident

Q5 What things do you think you have learned that you could use another time?  P5/6 Co-operating – thinking about the rest of the group Using double sided tape better How to use a wiki Problem solving – like sticking the corriflute together I’ve got better at small fiddly things P4 Numeracy skills – scoring – thinking about doing that but we haven't decided about the scores yet.

2/11/09 P5/6 Leadership skills – what makes a good leader?

J: not be shy – not worry about them not liking you if you say what you need. Don’t shout at them if they go wrong, just help them to get it right.

K: Communicate – don’t just do your own ideas, ask them.

B: Be calm

L: pay attention, listen

General discussion – about role of the teacher Sometimes its easier if you’re (meaning teacher) not there – then you get a bit of a chance to suss it out without being told. If you go a peerie bit wrong or even a big bit – its easier if there’s not a teacher to help.

About using a wiki again – I asked if we could use it in any other subjects. B said – we’ve used it in loads of subject this time – technology, art, language, maths, science – we didn’t use history. Yes we did said K – because we used some ideas people in the past have used.


 * Successes**


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pupils completely engaged throughout project and still as keen as were at start
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">pupils positive attitude to collaborative learning
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">growth in realisation that “other” people value their work
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">ease of use of the wiki and how well they responded to it
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">easy to identify individual contributions even when not there
 * “<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">true” pupil voice – when detailing actions wrote as they speak
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">I could access it from anywhere and could see their progress in real time when I was away
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">After voting, they have invited in parents, QIO, PGDE student
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">possibiity of assessing several curriculum areas including some of “responsibilty of all” areas – also very pleased that they were easily able to identify the different curricular areas they had worked in

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**Failures (or would have been better if...)** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">fitted well into normal school work – could leave them to get on with work in own space and know what they were doing as they kept own record
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">I had taken more time to work out how we could have made more use of the potential of the wiki eg should have edited audio so it wasn't too big to put up
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">made a decision about posting video clips
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">but we all learned a bit from mistakes**a** as we went along eg putting scanned drawings worked better when we put them up as links to pdf rather than as image
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Next time I'll record feedback so mix of audio and scribed
 * Managability**

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**Transfer to other settings** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">I think so – would try with younger children without any qualms