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Helping Year 11's avoid stress at the end of the year

In 11DVC, the students have 3 externals that they enter drawings into. 1 - Sketching 2 - Orthographic 3 - Isometric For 1 - Sketching,...

Ashlee Rouse

Jun 9, 20172 min read

Year 9's - freaking out

This year, for the Year 9 sketchup segment, I though it might be a good idea to introduce the idea of a "Group". This is done when a...

Ashlee Rouse

Jun 6, 20172 min read

Feedback from Staff

#4LearningEnvironments #3Relationships

Ashlee Rouse

May 24, 20171 min read

Updating online platform with student work and exemplars + info

Ashlee Rouse

May 22, 20170 min read

Conversations with student who is sick and absent

Ashlee Rouse

May 19, 20170 min read

Helping staff with displays - TPU

Here is the laser cut setup for the TPU. I am helping staff with their setups for displays, and also, will use this as a good experience...

Ashlee Rouse

May 19, 20171 min read

Positive rewards for consistently hard working students

The top is the invitation for the consistently hard working students in my class. The kids that got over 10 lessons with 3 ticks received...

Ashlee Rouse

May 19, 20171 min read

12DVC Trip to Wellington

We took a trip to Wellington so that the kids could draw some buildings, and gain inspiration from the land and the city. This is a good...

Ashlee Rouse

May 19, 20172 min read

Year 11 Assessment - Influential Designer

After assessment this year, I have seen the following improvements due to a change in my teaching style: - Students have more detail in...

Ashlee Rouse

May 14, 20172 min read

Organising stuff for Poipoia girls

All the wood is ready! #6Teaching

Ashlee Rouse

May 14, 20171 min read

A range of meetings to work together as a staff and approach the needs of learners as an informed te

Staff meetings: - Monday 8.6.17 Department meetings / pow wow's: - Tuesday (after school) 5.2.17 - Tuesday 9.6.17 PD supplied by school:...

Ashlee Rouse

May 13, 20171 min read

Poipoia girls - making things!

My girls from Poiapoia want to make things! This decision has come from the feeling I got after 2 weeks of drawing where they were happy,...

Ashlee Rouse

May 13, 20171 min read

Professional Learning - How cabinets are made, and how to restore them

Currently, I am spending my spare time working on restoring a sweet 1960/70's cabinet. There is a sliding door that needs to be replaced...

Ashlee Rouse

May 13, 20171 min read

Assessing year 9 DVC

Assessment for DVC Year 9. Found following issues: - Kids were not using very good terminology in their descriptions of existing designs...

Ashlee Rouse

May 12, 20172 min read

Awesome outcomes for the Te Hinake Trust logo project - Year 9 DVC

- Year 9 DVC - Community Project - Te Hinake Trust logo request from the trust - RB came in to present the topic and discuss what the...

Ashlee Rouse

May 12, 20171 min read

Following up students

Situation: - My Tutor group - One boy is late all the time and has a flippant attitude towards this lateness - One girl is a little sad...

Ashlee Rouse

May 12, 20173 min read

Positive focus in class

My most recent year 9 class have been pretty good, but there are a few kids who are quite negative in their attitudes and their work...

Ashlee Rouse

May 11, 20171 min read

Discussion with student - Year 12

My year 12's are struggling to complete the work that they need to do for the 6 credit internal standard "Develop a product design". It...

Ashlee Rouse

May 11, 20172 min read

Helping staff with WiX and registration evidence

Since we are moving into the new criteria for our teaching evidence standards, it is time to revisit WiX and change the template for...

Ashlee Rouse

May 11, 20171 min read

CACTUS work outs

OMG CACTUS has started again. It has been alot harder this year that is for sure. The trainer is more focused on discipline, and is...

Ashlee Rouse

May 11, 20171 min read