Science

Specific Learning Outcomes:

The life cycle of a plant: (Life Processes)

· Identify the different parts and functions of a plant

· Understand that a plant needs a certain environment to grow

Growing seeds and plants: (Life Processes)

· Grow own plant from a seed (e.g. sunflower, pumpkin, bean, pea)

In our growing unit we grew beans, they were growing really well in the classroom. Let’s hope they continue to grow well in your garden.

Maths - Term 4

We are learning to find fractions of lengths, including seeing when a fraction is greater than one.

Braydon is also learning to skip count forward and backward in 2's, 5's and 10's.

Swimming

Creating

This week we read the book Clever Mr Brown. Mr Brown made an aeroplane that didn't fly very well. We had a go at making our own aeroplanes and then tested them out to see if they would fly.

Dance & Drama

Maui catches the Sun

We participated in our syndicate production called “Maui catches the sun." Our class performed the jump jam ‘Kotahitanga’. We danced and acted and we were very brave when we performed in front of an audience. 

We were learning to:

·       Perform a movement phrase using locomotor and non-locomotor moves 

·       Work cooperatively with other children when performing a dance sequence 

·       Discuss how facial expression, movement, and gesture can be used to create meaning  

 This is us rehearsing our dance 

 Here we are all dressed up

Music

Music

This term we have been having fun playing on lots of different instruments in the music room. We have learnt how to identify the beat and play along with the music in time using the percussion instruments. We have also been learning how to play some chords on the ukulele. We have practiced singing songs and playing the ukulele at the same time and we persevered even when we found it a bit tricky to begin with. The students are working at the curriculum expectation for music.

Next Step: Braydon, your next step for writing is to use a dictionary to correct the words that you have underlined. 

Te Reo

This is us playing hopscotch. We are saying the numbers in Te Reo as we hop. 

We are learning to say count to 20 and beyond in Te Reo. We are learning the names of colours, animals and simple greetings.

Visual Art

As part of this unit we also went to the art gallery where we created our own panels.

Glitter Galore

Maths Strand - Algebra

We are learning to: Identify and describe the rule for 'growing' patterns.

Braydon can identify the next pattern in a sequence and is now learning to create an equation which  will enable him to calculate any other item in the sequence. 

Who are you? (Social Science)

We wrote about who is in our family, what we like to do with our family, what our family likes to eat, a family celebration and family jobs and chores. We created a poster with our writing and then we drew a picture of our family. We learnt about ourselves and we are really proud of the quality poster we created.

Discovery Time

During discovery time the children have a lot of fun while taking control of their own learning. The children are developing the key competencies in the NZ Curriculum of thinking, relating to others, managing self, participating and contributing, and using language, symbols and texts.

Maths - What's the time?

In our unit you have been learning to sequence events in a day, order the days in a week and months in a year, tell o'clock and half past times as well as make them.



Making half past 4



Making quarter past 2




Making quarter to 8

Braydon, your next step is being able to read and make times to the minute.

Discovery Time

Braydon, you enjoy being active with your friends.

It's great to see you working with a variety of children.

Science - What's Up?

Braydon you participated well in all our learning in this unit. It was great to see you at the Matariki Celebration on Tuesday using your lantern.

Writing - Term 2

Braydon is learning to re-read to check his writing and add detail to his work.

Maths - Term 2

Addition and Subtraction

Braydon is learning to add by partitioning numbers.  

Braydon can 'borrow' numbers from one side to make a tidy ten on the other.  

This makes solving the problem easier.

Braydon's next step is to apply this to subtraction problems.

P.E

P.E - Large Balls

LG: to pass and catch large balls

To pass we had to look at the person we were passing to with our hands in W shape. To catch we had our hands up ready.

Maori

LG: to know our personal mihi

Technology

We are learning to:

• Define specifications (features/ properties) for a boat that will float
• Design a boat that floats
• Create a boat and test/observe whether it floats
• Reflect on the results and discuss any changes you would make

We designed a boat using what we had learned in science about floating and sinking. We looked carefully at the materials we used, as we wanted the materials to be light and waterproof, so that they wouldn’t soak up water and sink.