Maths - Term 4

Briley, with some teacher support you are able to add groups of ten to 2 digit numbers by drawing models. Your next learning step is to add groups of ten to 2 digit numbers by only using number knowledge.

Science

It was exciting watching my very own bean seed sprout and now I can watch it grow!

Swimming

 Practicing the correct position for streamlining!

Practicing pushing our tummies up and looking at the ceiling, so that we have good technique for backstroke!

Discovery Time - Term 4

Briley, throughout the year, you have enjoyed a wide variety of activities at Discovery Time.

Dance/Drama

Maui catches the sun

 

We participated in our syndicate production called "Maui catches the sun." 

We helped to chose some dance actions to go with the lyrics in the song "Slow down sun." We danced and acted and we were very brave when we performed in front of an audience. 

We were learning to:

• Use our knowledge of daily activities/chores to create movements
• Create and perform a movement phrase using locomotor and non-locomotor moves 
• Work cooperatively with another child when creating and performing a dance sequence 
• Discuss how facial expression, movement, and gesture can be used to create meaning   

This is us practicing our dance 

  

This is us in our costumes getting ready to perform for an audience.

Music

This term, we have been having fun playing on lots of different instruments in the music room. 

We have been learning: 

• How to identify the beat and play along with the music in time, using the percussion instruments. 
• How to play some chords on the ukulele. 
• How to sing songs and play the ukulele at the same time.
• How to persevere even when we found it a bit tricky to begin with.

Visual Art

We looked at Koru patterns in picture books and in kowhaiwhai patterns. We then practiced drawing korus ourselves.

We visited the art gallery and learnt about a variety of Māori symbols and then we created an artwork by overlapping cut out symbols with straight, jagged and curved lines.

This is my artwork based on the artwork created by Reuben Paterson.

Māori

We are learning to count in Māori and ask and answer a sentence about how many objects/people there are. 

Briley was able to write the sentence to answer how many animals there were in each picture.

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 - Term 3

You enjoy being creative on your own and with your friends Briley.

 

Maths Strategy - Term 3

Briley is able to add 2 digit numbers by using place value and known facts to add the groups of tens and groups of ones. 

Briley's next learning step is to subtract 2 digit numbers by using place value and known facts to subtract the groups of tens and groups of ones. 
 

Writing - Term 3

Briley is working hard to reread her writing and check her punctuation. Her next learning step is to consistently use adjectives to make her writing exciting for the reader.

Briley, I enjoyed hearing you read the story that you wrote about helping out doing jobs at home. 

Maths - Time

We have been learning to:

• sequence events within a day

• order the days of the week
• order the months in a year
• describe a duration as long or short ­
• ­name and ­directly compare the duration of two events
• ­­tell the time to the hour and half hour using analogue clocks

Before we talked about clock features, we all drew clocks using our prior knowledge.

Briley, your next learning step is to correctly position the numbers 1 to 12 on a clock face.

Play Based Learning

Briley, it's great to see you being creative with construction and drawing during Discovery Time.

Science

Briley, you participated well in all the learning about the sun and how it affects everything, including animals and also causes night and day. It will be exciting to see the lanterns with the little lights in them at the Matariki lantern parade!

Art

Briley, you did a great job at selecting recycled materials and independently constructing your alien/robot named Rainbow-Sparkles.

Maths - strategy

I am able to solve addition problems by holding the biggest number in my head and then counting on, using my fingers to keep track.

My next learning step is to consistently solve subtraction problems by holding the biggest number in my head and then counting back, using my fingers to keep track.

Writing - Term 2

Briley is learning to underline words she is unsure of and add detail to her writing.

Ball skills

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

We reflected on what made our passing and catching better this time. The children said...

• I watched the ball carefully
• We stood closer together
• I held my hands ready to catch
• I aimed for my partners hands 
• I didn't pass so quickly - I looked at my partners hands and threw to them

Technology

*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 would use, as we wanted the materials to be light and waterproof, so that they wouldn’t soak up water and sink. Some of us also learned through testing, that it was important that our boat was balanced, so that it stayed upright and and didn’t flip over.