Hi Katlyn.
Well done on a great start back to Enrich for the term.  You settled into our "new-look" day with ease.  You worked so well during our first session of writing for talent development.  You put a lot of detail into your analysis of fairy-tales.  I look forward to getting started on the planning and actual writing for your narrative stories.  I think we are going to have a lot of creative ideas coming through.  It was great to see you plan your afternoon so well.  You prioritised what needed to be done and completed both P4C and the drama workshop.  I can see you are thinking ahead, which is going to help you to have a successful term.  Well done Katlyn!
Katie.

First Day For Term 3 2011

Today is my first day back at enrich for term 3, and I'm already really busy. This term we are starting a new programme where we get a sheet fortnightly which tells us what we have to do. There is a list of things we must do, like P4C, and a list of things we have to pick, and also a list of puzzles to do before E
nrich starts and in the breaks.  This Term we are also doing Talent Development and I chose to do Creative Writing with Katie. For it we are writing Narratives and turning them into Mini-films to enter into the Made Awards. I can't wait for this afternoon because thats when we start the workshops. I'm going to be really busy this term.

Teacher Comment

Katlyn.

I have noticed a big gain in your confidence over the term.  This is great to see.  You are interacting well with other children, and feel more at ease expressing your thoughts and opinions.  You have excellent time management - this is evident in your Must Do / Can Do sheet.  You track your learning, and back this up with regular blog posts.  It is great to see you challenging yourself with a variety of activities.  Keep up all your wonderful effort for next term Katlyn.

Katie.

Last day at Enrich

Today is my last day at Enrich for Term 2 2011, and I think I've had a pretty good term.  One star (good thing) is talent development, because I've had fun making mosaics and arranging and glueing the pieces. My other star would just be being here because I've made a lot of friends who like the same things as me and also because of being able to do things like choosing what we do at what time. My wish is that I plan my time better and do everything I'm supposed to ahead of time instead of just waiting till the end of the term.

Art Talent Development

We're all finished making our practice pieces and we're ready to start making our big design. We have to get a move on though, because we only have 2 days left to start and finish it. For our design we've decided to do a Kiwi with different sized ferns all around it, with grass on the bottom. We've been talking about donating it to the Invercargill's Children's Ward, which would cheer up the kids there.

Enrich

I like going to Enrich because I can be with other kids my age who know the same things and share the  same interests. I also like the fact that at Enrich, the teachers have games and sessions where your brain actually thinks without knowing the answer straight away and you get challenged. My favourite thing about going to enrich is how we get to do everything on computers because it makes it easier to get your ideas down before you lose them. Another good thing is how we have different independent activities so people can do what they want to do for example, some people like to do current events and some like to do math challenges and Enrich lets you do either, as long as you are learning and filling up your must do can do sheet.

Art - Talent Development

Today is my 7th day at Enrich for this term and my 6th day at Art Talent Development. For Art Talent Development, (which teaches us how to do passion projects on our own) we are doing mosaics. For the past 5 weeks we have been researching mosaics on the Internet, designing patterns/pictures, arranging tiles, smashing them up, gluing them on and finally we are onto the final step, filling in the gaps with grout. I am really excited to see how to do it, because it sounds really interesting. I did a letter K with spiky bits of tiles round the edge and instead of filling in the whole background I'm going to fill it in with grout instead, which should be interesting. I chose to fill in the gaps with grout because I think it will give it a good effect and make it look different.