Student Kate – Third grade student

Bio:

Kate is a third grade student attending a private school in the Western Suburbs. Kate is a bright student and enjoys learning through different mediums. She loves reading books and drawing cartoons. However, Kate can be easily distracted by class mates due to her classroom being a loud environment. Kate loves when her class gets ipad time due to her love for using devices. She’s motivated to achieve awards due to her desire to be praised by those around her. Kate however, can be quite introverted and doesn’t always speek her mind. Kate is active but seems to only express her creativity when it comes to her drawings.

Demographic:

• 8 years old
• Educated in a private school
• Lives in the suburbs
• Middle class
• Has two siblings

Goals

• Have fun
• Be recognised for her work in classes
• What’s to help out the community
• Earn awards for achievements

Behaviour and Habits

• Uses Ipad in class by drawing, researching and using educational apps.
• Enjoys cartoons and loves to draw them herself.
• Interested in books
• Able to use tech easily
• Active kid loves playing in the monkey playground
• Can only take in so much information at a time
• Can get distracted easily by other class mates  

Student mick- First grade student

Bio:

Mick is in first grade at a public school in the eastern suburbs. Mick is quite a loud student as he has adhd and can’t sit still in the classroom. Due to this Mick sits at the front near the teacher at all times. Mick is separated from his friends he hangs out with in the class room but always seems to be able to make new friends whoever he is sat with. The kids around him consider him as the class clown. Mick enjoys outdoors and loves the colour blue. He loves being involved in classroom activities and is the first to put his hand up to lead a group. Mick struggles meeting his end goals due to losing interest quite easily. However, Mick has the desire to make his parents proud due to his brother being an overachiever. He desires praises from them but can’t seem to find a task that he can get to the end of.

Goals:

• To make parents proud
• Have fun outdoors
• Attention from peers
• Make everyone smile
• Get to the end of an activity he starts