On Friday's HB Pukeko will spend some time focussing on tools for learning at Ao Tawhiti. Most of these sessions will be IT based.

This group is working at early stage 3.

Children will use skills and strategies learnt to decode text with fluency during 4 x weekly instructional reading sessions.

We're doing an integrated literacy programme this year.

For the second half of Term 2 after lockdown we will be spending Monday afternoons focussing on visual arts.

Enjoy strategy games and escape rooms?
In this group you will teach the group strategy games that you enjoy and learn new strategy games.

See integrated literacy plan document linked below.

Each Wednesday this term we will be working as a whole HB on problem solving in maths. This term we will focus on Statistics.

4 x weekly guided reading sessions to build on basic strategies for decoding and understanding text.

Green Reading Skills:

Given that many learners in HB Piwakawaka have started school this year and are completely unfamiliar with the tools we use to support our learning

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Beth's and Melva's HB will be focusing on Visual Art and Drama this term.

In this program, we will create 2 literacy and 1 thinking activity for the hb each week (at least).

Due to the change in circumstances with the pandemic the program has been split into two components of reading LA's providing reading content and

We will be using a range of counting, grouping and equal sharing strategies with whole numbers, developing strategies to add and subtract.

4 x weekly phonics lesson based on Yolanda Soryl's Phonics Programme working through stage 4.

Moving on from Firm Foundations, this term we will begin working through Numicon book 1.

The beginning of the term sees us in Covid-19 Lockdown.

Once a week this year we will join HB Piwakawaka together for a maths problem solving session.

Moving on from Firm Foundations, this term we will begin working through Numicon book 1.

This term we begin our maths in Lockdown because of Covid-19 so to start the term my maths groups will be focussing on other strands of maths, rath

This term we will begin to understand how the Numicon system and resources work, recognise the numerals 0-9 and complete the Numicon Firm Foundatio

This term we will be following an integrated approach to literacy.

This year reading groups will be a part of our integrated literacy programme.

Cementing Fundamental Movement Skills as we are talk about technique of the individual movements.

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This term we will do three sessions focusing on technology and the living world.

Session 1 - Coding

Over 5 weeks we will follow a template to turn a pair of socks into a hand sewn sock monkey!

4 x weekly guided reading sessions to build on basic strategies for decoding and understanding text.

We will be using a range of counting, grouping and equal sharing strategies with whole numbers, developing strategies to add and subtract.

Each Friday morning, community Pouākai students will:

We will be working on Yr 6 WordLab Spelling 4x per week.

If you are in a team or thinking of being in a team sport this year or beyond, give this a go.

Beth and I will alternate HBs to share planning opportunities and swap planning weekly.

During Dance and Music we will learn elements of beat and rhythm, particularly relating to movement and making music.

We are running an integrated literacy program where writing and reading are combined in the same session, 4 times a week.

This year on Mondays we will have a floor wide focus on the Sciences and the Arts.

This group is working at the top end of stage 2 and into stage 3.
We will begin to work on learning how to image with numbers to 10.

4 x weekly guided reading sessions to build on basic strategies for decoding and understanding text.

Green Reading Skills:

See integrated literacy plan document linked below.

Moving on from Firm Foundations, this term we will begin working through Numicon book 1.

Students will explore problem solving skills that use symbols, diagrams, words and numbers to explore and express ideas in position and orientation

Number Strategies:
Use simple additive strategies with whole numbers and fractions

We will be exploring Chemistry using a range of experiments and activities, including "kitchen chemistry". We will focus on "making potions".

This term we will be following an integrated approach to literacy.

This year reading groups will be a part of our integrated literacy programme.

This term we will be following an integrated approach to literacy.

This term we will begin to understand how the Numicon system and resources work, recognise the numerals 0-9, initially 0-5, using the Numicon Firm