Reflection Week 10 Session 11

Reflection Week 10 Session 11

Well, we were expecting 20 year 3 students and 30 turned up…… AND……. due to absences we had only 14 year 5 teachers. What to do??

Not wanting to disappoint and turn them away we were quickly able to make a few organisational changes on the spot and decided that each year 5 “teacher” would have 2 year 3 “students” each. We used the stand-up hand up, pair up and off we went.

The students spent the first part of the session introducing themselves and a short get to know you time. Then we moved to the computers. The year 5 “teachers” immediately began to teach! The roll play session from the week before kicked in and they knew exactly what to do. The “teachers” were able to trouble shoot and problem solve on the spot. They clarified instructions when needed, reworded, used gestures and suggestions to help their “students” understand. In turn, the students were highly engaged; they listened, understood and applied what they were taught.

The level of communication was excellent; they really worked patiently and listened to their pupils. They answered all questions with a high level of expertise and knowledge. The year 3 “students” were attentive and respectful and followed all instructions.

The feedback session was brilliant. We asked the teams to sit together and tell each other one thing that was a positive about the Minecraft session. There was so much enthusiasm and praise for the year 5 “teachers” and the year 3 “students” it was wonderful to hear.

Positive! Positive! Positive!

This session brings together everything we have been working towards over the past 10 sessions. Being our first kids teaching kids session we had hoped to achieve an outcome that would be the basis of what we could work towards in the future. In actuality it was so much more that we hoped and was exactly what we dreamed it could be. We are so proud of our students and the Minecraft team.