Focus is an opportunity for teams at Berkley to share their learning with the rest of the school.
Last week I was a part of the collaboration process of getting the Te Aroha focus together. As a team, we discussed what our learners could share with the rest of the school. Their are a few unspoken rules about putting on a focus and one of the main ones is: Do not repeat what another team has done! This is pretty self-explanatory and the majority of Te Aroha learners wanted to present something completely new.
Our team teachers collaborated and came up with a range of ideas to present to our respective rooms and hand over ownership to the learners.
My class were really excited to work on skits that retold Berkley's 2016 events/adventures. Together, the learner's and I decided to focus on two different skits: Our team Rainbow's End Trip and The Culinary Challenge.
Collaboration and communication were the key to successfully creating the scripts and making sure all learners from our class were participating. There were a range of ways learners could participate, such as: technicians (working on lighting and sounds), props (bringing on and removing props from the stage), hosts etc.
I was really pleased with the way most groups came together, shared their ideas and brought the scripts to life. The organisation was quite stressful! Rachel created a really fantastic video, along with backing music, that showed images of Te Aroha learners throughout the year, and events that the whole school participated in.
Rachel taught Caro and I how to insert audio and videos into a powerpoint. Caro and I worked together to add suitable images/audio/videos for the backdrops (projected onto a white wall in the Cultural Centre).
Te Aroha learners pulled off a really funny, attention grabbing Focus. There were loads of laughs and moments that other learners could relate to.
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