Salad Making Video | Assignment

RMIT Classification: Trusted
Child’s Name: .......................... Date: ....................................
Observer: ...............................
Focus A Learning Story
Taking an interest
Finding an interest here – a topic, an
activity a role. Recognising the familiar,
enjoying the unfamiliar, coping with
change
In the video of making salad, we can find
the children to take an interest in the
activity. The boy seemed pretty much
excited about the apparent familiar subject
of making a salad. However, he had to do
the activity that is unfamiliar to him, which
is collecting the parsley leaves with
scissors. That is a changed scenario for
them as he had to go to the garden. Then
the kid had to get into places where the
leaves are perfect for making the salad.
Furthermore, the kid learned about how to
notice the leaves, among other kinds of
trees. Also, in the video, we can see that he
had some minor difficulties on how to cut
the tomatoes for the salad, but the teacher
helped with that (Cloney et al., 2019). The
teacher was continuously helping the kid
and others by doing it in front of them
simultaneously.
Furthermore, the kid seemed to be indulged
Being involved
Paying attention for a sustained period,
feeling safe, trusting others. Being playful
with others and / or materials
Persisting with difficulty
Setting and choosing difficult tasks. Using
a range of strategies to solve problems
when ‘stuck’

RMIT Classification: Trusted
in the task. The high level of attention can
be seen in the boy’s face in the video as
they were collecting the parsley leaves.
Also, he was concentrated on the cutting of
tomatoes and making their salads. The kid
seemed to be feeling pretty much safe
while reaching to the places where the kids
were collecting the leaves. The instruction
and the environment seemed very friendly.
So the boy trusted these aspects (Youtube,
2014). Furthermore, in the video, the kid is
learning to use various materials properly,
like the scissors or the knife that he is using
to make the salad.
Primarily the task of making a salad
seemed pretty straightforward and exciting.
But the difficulty lies with the small details
in the mission. The difficulty level is high
because little kids do the task. At that age,
they are not familiar with using knives and
scissors. Usually parents and guardians
don’t let kids handle or meddle with such
things. But the instructors had taught them
properly how to use the materials. When
the boy was cutting the leaves, he was
Expressing an idea or a feeling
In a range of ways eg. Oral language,
gesture, music, art, writing etc.
Taking responsibility
Responding to others, to stories, and
imagined events, ensuring that things are
fair, self-evaluating, helping others,
contributing to program

RMIT Classification: Trusted
placing his hand under the leaf before
cutting it, so it does not fall and touch the
dirty ground also, when he was using
knives the teacher was doing it
simultaneously and showing the kid how to
do it properly. Even when the boy got stuck
because of the enclosed space, the teacher
helped them to reach the leaves.
The feeling of the video is very subtle, as it
seemed pretty ordinary for the kids. But as
the learners are kids and as they were using
materials like scissors and knives, there
was a substantial chance for things to go
south (Yates, 2017). Still, the instructor
was in total control of the workshop,
Helping the kids in every way, showing
them first how to do the tasks like
collecting and making the salad.
Furthermore, the instructor even doing the
tasks with the kids to let them watch and
learn how to do things. She even helped the
boy when she was stuck with various task.
Here the idea is to provide the students
with more than one option to learn. First,
she shows them how to do the tasks and