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We ask students themselves to assess their learning.
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. . . all of the courses. I especially liked the last one, making bone beads. I liked all the teachers that made it enjoyable.
. . . making things and learning everything it was fun.
. . . looking at bones and making things. All the course, even the teachers.
. . . doing the cross-stitch because I found it fun and exciting to finish.
. . . the Aider, it gave me a challenge.
. . . being able to make things / meeting new people, making truffles.
. . . making my clay models with my own ideas.
. . . not being told what to do. Being able to get messy and creative. The way my models came out.
. . . everything because Ive never done anything like this before.
. . . I would look forward to it all week.
. . . the town we made might be made into a real town.
. . . about recycling and preserving energy.
. . . it wasnt just reading, we did loads of experiments.
. . . everything because I had never done it before so it was a good experience. It was really fun fabric printing my t-shirt was my favourite part.
. . . dressing up and doing the show to the parents, and the scenery.
. . . meeting other people as enthusiastic as me to build robots.
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. . . cooking, baking and Mrs Potter was nice, I also liked the way we were taught.
. . . the way we can go to university than sitting indoors doing nothing and it is so much FUN!
. . . designing my own theme park in groups and marketing them on the computer.
. . . the people, the teacher, EVERYTHING!
. . . it because of the approach to teaching.
. . . the fact that everyone was made to feel welcome and the teacher was really nice.
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. . . the art that we did and that we had an excellent teacher that helped us when we needed it.
. . . I had fun every time I came here. I liked everything especially the Egyptian and the Roman activities.
. . . I enjoyed all of it because you got the chance to learn some history whilst doing art. I liked it especially because you got to do stuff you might not usually do.
. . . the friendliness of the people that helped me out. I also liked being able to sit quietly and relax while you were working.
. . . doing something different. And the teacher.
. . . I liked it because it is good to learn a lot.
. . . the way Miss Driscoll did not leave anyone out.
. . . the thing I like about it is that it was so fun. I had so much fun I would do it all over again.
. . . it kept me busy.
. . . the lot.
. . . everything and everyone and learning new things.
. . . the fact that I can now use a computer properly, hopefully without any help.
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. . . being with other children, I liked all the food, I liked coming to do Indian cooking, I liked all the children and I liked Mary.
. . . everything Ive done so far. This was the best mornings ever.
. . . I liked everything, especially designing my pop band.
. . . it was spectacular.
. . . making the chassis and putting on the motor, battery holder and the wheels. I liked the way it was being taught by going through it step by step.
. . . everything especially the staff because they were friendly and helpful.
. . . its been enjoyable, fun and great, as you get to build your own car and make new friends.
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. . . how everyone helped and didnt laugh if you went wrong. Every bit was good.
. . . building and using new materials (shaper saws, drills, glue guns).
. . . putting skeletons together, learning names of bones and going through trays of animal bones.
. . . how to identify the age of dead people.
. . . everything and the teacher, she was very nice. This experience has made me really want to join a gymnastics class.
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. . . working on the computer with co-ordinates and line of symmetry. I liked working on shapes.
. . . making friends from other schools.
. . . all of this course. The best things I like doing was seat drops and full twists. This course was very good and I have enjoyed it.
. . . all of it. I learned a lot of HYPER TEXT MARK UP LANGUAGE which is really cool.
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. . . being able to print practically whatever I wanted to without getting told off like at home. Dad would shout at me if I used too much ink.
. . . making the flexing tetrahedral which was very difficult but the end result was really good. I also liked the radiating shapes picture and the tessellation.
. . . mostly everything because Ive enjoyed myself.
. . . everything. 100/100. Excellent, brilliant, extraordinary. Nothing else.
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. . . leaving. I want to come again.
. . . that it was hard to make it learn things and I felt like breaking the robot.
" . . . the hard Easter Cookies (but my Dad did).
. . . what? You must be joking!
. . . the frustrating getting measurements right.
. . . washing up but it had to be done.
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. . . waiting for next Saturday.
. . . I didnt not like nothing.
. . . because my Mum & Dad never come to anything.
. . . I did not not like anything.
. . . not having loads and loads and loads and loads of time.
. . . nothing. I liked all of it.
. . . the amount of time playing table tennis. It should be 3 hours.
. . . nothink.
. . . nothing because I liked it all.
. . . not one thing!!!
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Students learned:
. . . not to take things out of the oven with no glove.
. . . how you market something on the internet and also how to use Microsoft Publisher.
. . . to talk to each other while playing a match and to pass and involve everyone in the game.
. . . how to have fun and it is not all about winning.
. . . so much I want to come again.
. . . the thing that I learned was that art is more fun in history.
. . . everything we done on the course and I wont forget what I have learnt ever because after these four weeks I have had loads of fun as well as learning all of these things on the computer.
. . . that you can make things that looked hard and theres definitely no word as cant.
. . . a lot more things about the Romans than I do at school.
. . . more about what is around us (under our noses that we dont otherwise see).
. . . how to know if newts were girls or boys and other things.
. . . the pond dipping was amazing. I couldnt believe what lived in a pond.
. . . the importance of working as part of a group.
. . . how to build a robot in a fun way.
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. . . interesting facts, good art tips and how to make different things.
. . . that measuring ingredients isnt as easy as it looks.
. . . that you dont have to be perfect at art and that its great fun.
. . . I learnt to go in space when someone was going to pass to me!
. . . how to control the ball when your surrounded.
. . . not to whistle on a stage.
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. . . how to make a Christmas cake and not to eat too much icing or it will make you sick.
. . . I learnt how to cook and I cant wait to try and do them at home.
. . . how to use a jig, how to use a hot melt glue gun and how to build a chassis.
. . . that if the wheels arent square, the buggy will go off to one side or the other.
. . . that if something is more streamline, it will go faster.
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. . . how to act well, why to speak slowly and how to be extra nasty!
. . . how to make cakes, how to knead, making bread dough, how to clean kitchens and working with different people.
. . . to clean up as you go. Working in a team and about hygiene.
. . . how to use a drill and shaper saw.
. . . lots about projecting your voice. Im sure this will help me along the way to fame if I get there.
. . . how to be a policeman.
. . . that you can cover up mistakes.
. . . how to be a baroness and to carry on if a make a mistake.
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. . . to be brave and confident. To try out new things. Even if they are not always easy.
. . . how to use a new computer programme and finding maths programs on the internet. How to do co-ordinates on the computer.
. . . there is mathematics.
. . . lots about bombing.
. . . good methods of using plaster and clay. I also learned that if you are going to plaster your face you must Vaseline it first.
. . . to stand up and talk in front of an audience.
. . . about vitamins and what they do to your body.
. . . writing a book must be very hard work.
. . . to take one step over my fear line.
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. . . that Montego Bay is a beautiful place.
. . . how to turn my heading into a shape and how to give my heading a shadow on my computer which my Dad wants me to show him how to do.
. . . how to make beads out of wrapping paper.
. . . how to make jewellery without spending money.
. . . aerodynamics, origami.
. . . kites are hard to make and how to make a brilliant paper aeroplane.
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