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Kite Day

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What the work shows

Tuia, Teleise, and Teariki made kites for the planned school kite day. Creativity, innovation, and risk taking were encouraged as they developed their kites. This work shows how other curriculum areas were integrated into technology.

The following sections detail the work, and indicate what was achieved at each stage.

For classroom background and teaching and learning sequence, see The learning context.

Developing knowledge Developing knowledge
Developing, testing, and evaluating first idea Developing, testing, and evaluating first idea
Learning about kites and further trialling Learning about kites and further trialling
Learning technological practice Learning technological practice
Final ideas and kites Final ideas and kites

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