Ok I have just got back from the school and it has been the most useful day for testing that I have ever had. When I arrived the reception staff were very helpful. I arrived early to meet the other teachers as I had planned a range of activities which would be used across two different years.
Meeting Sarah (the year 1 teacher) she suggested taking groups of six to the ICT room in there levels of literacy. This turned out to be very ideal as I now could test the artefact on different levels of skill and see how that changed the result.
The children arrived at 9:15 and strangely starting doing a wake up exercise. I haven't been to school in years but this certainly was a good way to wake the children up. Having previously met the class for artefact two (interview) the chidlren recognised who I was immediately because I was named 'the game lady'.
When conducting the first group it took a little longer than expected because I wasn't too sure what would be the best way to work with the children. I was testing a number of different artefacts because I only had the one day to test so it was decided to allow the children to colour in whilst one child was taken aside to test the matching game.
I did not realise how much you have to take into consideration when working with children but everything had to be timed. I managed to get four groups done and recieved alot of data but I will have to review this later on.
Whilst at the school I also managed to hand out diaries to children in year 5. I found a site called 'Moshi Monster' that claims to be a helpful learning resource and also very amusing. Speaking to Sarah she thought that this would be ideal for the age group. A letter explaining the aim of the project has been written to the parent and a diary has been included so hopefully fingers crossed I should have some results.
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