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.

Maths - Position and Orientation

We are learning to:

• describe where objects are using the language of position
• give and follow instructions using the language of position and direction

We sat with a buddy, back- to-back and took turns at 
giving instructions about the position to put different 
coloured blocks in. 

We then looked at each others blocks to see if we had 
followed or given the positional instructions correctly 
and our block patterns looked the same.

We are learning to:

• show a quarter turn and a half turn in a number of 
  situations 
  

Te Reo Maori

We are learning to introduce ourselves and communicate about ourselves, our whānau, our school and where we live through reciting our pepeha.

Science - Floating and Sinking

Briley chose an object from the classroom.

She then

• asked the question; will it sink or will it float?
• made a hypothesis stating what she thought would happen
• tested her hypothesis by placing her object in the water
• observed what happened and reflected on her hypothesis
  

Reading Term 1

Briley is learning to retell a story, she has read, in sequence.