Discovery Term 4


We are learning to engage in positive relationships with others and focus on developing the key competencies:
Managing self
Thinking
Using language, symbols and text
Participating and contributing 
Relating to others




Student reflection from a Discovery session: I stuck with my activity of colouring in.

Writing Term 4


I am learning to: write a description of an animal.

What I need is: 
Describing words
What the animal is
What the animal looks like
What the animal does


Our animal is the giraffe.It is a very tall animal and it has a two metre long neck. It has small knobs and it likes green leaves. It can't run .


Typed and written by Conor, Xiyi and Kade.

CARE Term 4


Student response: I show Excellence when my learning is on the Quality Learning Table.

Dance Term 4

We are learning to: express ourselves creatively through dance.

To be successful we need to:
  • Learn the specific steps to the dance
  • Keep in time to the music
  • Follow instructions
  • Try our best

Click on the link below of Room 21 and 2 practising together: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wj-Pu1_gsk&safe=active

Music Term 4



We are learning to: recognise different sections of music and respond through singing, moving, playing and creating.

To be successful we need to:

  • Listen carefully to the music
  • Move as directed by the words in the song
  • Sing as we move

Click on the link below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgQ1_GEC8ZM

Mihi Term 3


Te Reo Māori Mihi

We are learning to:
   Introduce ourselves in Te Reo Māori.
   Communicate personal information, such as our name, parents’ and grandparents’ names and home town in Te Reo Māori. 
To be successful we need to:
   Speak clearly and fluently.
   Use short simple sentences of Te Reo Māori to communicate personal information.

Gymnastics Term 3



We are learning to: do a pencil roll.

To be successful we need to: put our arms above our head, have our hands palm to palm, our legs together and keep our bodies as straight as we can.


- Connor is on the far mat.

Maths Term 3


We are learning to: Count on and back to solve problems within 100.

Success Criteria: Start from the bigger number and count on or back to solve problems. Solve these in our heads or use a hundreds board to help us.



Click on the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-ZuQAwCFSo&feature=em-upload_owner

Reading Term 3



Teacher question: What do good readers do?

Student’s response: They sound out tricky words and think carefully about the words. They leave words out and come back to them.