Learning Programmes
Learning Programmes are units of learning used that are not timetabled into a colour block. They are used on the Discovery Campus and in the year 7-10 Community. The year 11-13 community use these for mentoring session information. Talk to your LA if you would like to follow one of these.
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Level 5 - Number and Algebra |
For term two the focus will be on number and algebra skills. |
5 | |
Phonics Group T1 2016 - Stage 5 (Nadine) |
Work through Stage 5 of the Yolanda Soryl Phonics program. |
2 | |
Bees Maths Group Term 4 |
Numeracy Project Stage 3: |
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ART: self portraits. |
Portraiture, creating work that represents our turangi wae wae, our place in the world. |
2, 3 | |
Inventive Paleontology Impact Project |
Dromaeosaurus Re-creation |
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Big Books Term 3 - Level 1 readers (Suze, HB Kea) |
4 x weekly shared reading lessons to develop concepts about print, language features and reading strategies. |
1 | |
HB Fancy Chicken - Phonics Stage 5 T2 2017 |
Work through Stage 5 of the Yolanda Soryl Phonics program. |
2 | |
Red Reading Groups Term 2 |
3-4 guided reading lessons per week where children will develop and use basic skills and strategies for reading more advanced simple texts. |
1 | |
Reading Group - Level 2 T4 |
Students will read with their LA 3 times per week to gain confidence and build fluency and develop comprehension. |
1 | |
Fashion Inquiry |
We will learn about fashion through the ages to be able to understand where fashion has come from and get ideas for designs. |
1 | |
2016 Rainbow Cookie Stage 1 Maths Group. Term 1 |
Read numerals 1 - 10 |
1 | |
Term 3 : Conservation Inquiry Whole HB Science/Social Science |
Child lead request for HB inquiry |
2, 3 | |
HB Fancy Chicken Phonics Stage 5 - T4 2017 |
Work through Stage 5 of the Yolanda Soryl Phonics program. |
2 | |
Photography |
Are you interested in photography? Do you like taking photos but want to take your skills to the next level? |
3, 4 | |
T2 2016 - Gina's Handwriting Group |
Once per week Nadine and I take home the handwriting books at write a new letter or combination of letters in. |
2 | |
HB Hawk Gina's Handwriting Group - T4 2018 |
Gina's group are focussing on slope, flicks and linking letters. |
2 | |
Information Report Writing - Term 2 2015 |
This LP is for around half our HB who are more advanced in their writing. |
1, 2 | |
Play ground PINs - Run by Corinne Rooney. |
Visit some local playgrounds. |
1, 2 | |
Immy's cooking |
The goal of this learning programme is to improve |
3, 4 | |
Maths Group 2 Term 1 |
Stage 2 numeracy project basic facts and strategies. |
1 | |
Science Investigations with Kate 3.1 |
The focus of these workshops is to have fun planning, running and discussing scientific investigations. |
3, 4 | |
2022 term 1 maths - geometry and fractions |
We will start our maths exploration this year by looking at aspects of geometry, with a focus on symmetry (reflective, translation and rotational) |
1, 2 | |
Reading Group - Yellow/Blue T3 |
Students will read with their LA 4 times a week to develop strategies for decoding and comprehension. |
1 | |
HB Kea Strand Maths Measurement |
Our group is examining Non standard units to measure length and width. |
1, 2 | |
PINS - T3 Robotics |
In term 3 we spent every Wednesday afternoon learning how to programme Lego Mindstorms EV3 robots. |
1, 2 | |
Clone of Digital Discovery - Emailing an attachment |
Students will work with their iPad buddy to email the photographs they have created using the iPad email application and the Kiwi email account. |
1 | |
Africa Fundraiser |
Aim: To have a raffle to raise money to buy 300 t-shirts for all of the kids in a village in Zimbabwe. |
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HTML5 Game Design |
Learn how to code in HTML5 to produce a simple game that runs in the Canvas. Games will run on a range of devices (computers, tablets, phones). |
3, 4 | |
Bugs Maths Group Term 4 |
Numeracy Project Stage 3: |
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Building a new community |
A community focus on our core values to continue to build our special character in our relationships and in our responsibility for our learning pat |
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Pond Restoration Project |
We have been out to visit the frog pond at Discovery. When Discovery leave their site it will be returned to pasture and later built upon. |
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Snow Leopards Maths Group Term 3 (HB Kea, Suze) |
Working at late stage 3 of the numeracy project: Addition and subtraction to 100 by imaging, whole numbers to 100, forwards and backwards in 1s, 2s |
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HB Fancy Chicken Level 1-2 Writing Program - Non Fiction Writing T2 2017 |
This term we are going to be doing some non fiction story telling. |
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2017 Term 1 Purple Reading Group - Fancy Chicken |
Students reading at Purple are still developing fluency and expression, and still rely on decoding strategies frequently. |
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Magenta Reading Group Term 2 |
3-4 guided reading lessons per week where children will learn the beginning skills for reading a simple text. |
1 | |
Reading Group - Purple/Gold T4 |
Students will read with their LA 4 times per week to gain confidence and build fluency and develop skills. |
1 | |
Fine Motor Skills |
Work through a selection of activities to help with fine motor skills |
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2016 Rainbow Cookie Stage 2 Maths Group. Term 1 |
Working at Stage 2 of the numeracy project |
1 | |
Term 3: Literacy Focus: Storytelling through action focus sequencing. |
As part of our work with the RT Lit we have begun a whole school approach of story telling where students learn to sequence storytelling first thro |
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Clone of HB Fancy Chicken Phonics Stage 6-7 - T4 2017 |
Work through the end of Stage 6 and the beginning of Stage 7 of the Yolanda Soryl Phonics program. |
2 | |
Sea Creatures Inquiry Option |
This term we will be learning about sea creatures - their habitats and attributes. |
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HB Ruru and Rainbow Cookie Phonics - Stage 6 T2 2016 |
Work through Stage 6 of the Yolanda Soryl Phonics program. |
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Numeracy - Stage 4 Add/Sub Term 2 |
Students are working towards being able to part-whole to add and subtract. |
1 | |
Pottery PINs |
Have fun exploring the medium of clay. |
1, 2 | |
Melz English |
This workshop has focussed on building confident with writing and reading. |
3 | |
Orange Maths Group Term 2 |
Stage 3 numeracy project: Basic facts for numbers to 20 and skip counting in 2s, 5s and 10s |
1 | |
Term 3: Junior Music with Mary |
Building an understanding of music and it's technical aspects such as beat, rhythm, genre. |
1 | |
Reading Group - Gold T3 |
Students will read with their LA 3 times per week to develop fluency and build comprehension. |
1 | |
Junior Writing HB Kea |
In our group we are learning about the surface features used in writing. |
1, 2 | |
7-9 PE (3.1 and 3.2) |
Students will develop their knowledge and skills around being a team member and roles and responsibilities needed. |
3 | |
Andy Warhol Inspired Portraits |
The children will create a four tile portrait based on Andy Warhol's iconic pop art. |
1, 2 | |
7-9 PE (2.1) |
Students will develop knowledge of bones and muscles through the sports of football and netball. |
3 | |
Caterpillars Maths Group Term 4 |
Numeracy Project Stage 3: |
1 | |
Maths Measurement |
A four week course in Term one, based on e-Asttle results. Concepts will include time, distance, mass, capacity and volume. |
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YMCA Soup Event |
Molly, Bella and Lulu are organising an evening of food and entertainment at the YMCA to raise funds for the Otakaro Orchard. |
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Woodpeckers Maths Group Term 3 (HB Kea, Suze) |
Working at early stage 3 of the numeracy project: Basic facts for numbers to 10 by imaging, forwards and backwards number sequence from 1-20 and sk |
1 | |
HB Fancy Chicken Level 1-2 Writing Program - Raggylug Fictional Writing T1 2017 |
This term we are going to be doing some fictional story telling. We will start with Libby telling us the story of Raggylug. |
1, 2 | |
Community Pekapeka WordLab Spelling - T4 2019 |
We will be working on Yr 4 WordLab Spelling 4x per week. |
2 | |
2016 Term 3 LA lead inquiry group |
A small group that is often changing depending on content. All chn can choose to be in this group. |
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Orange Reading Group Term 2 |
3-4 guided reading lessons per week where children will develop, extend and use skills and strategies to decode text with fluency. |
1 | |
Reading Group - Green T4 |
Learn and use the decoding strategies listed below to help us read. Understand what we are reading and talk about/ask questions about it. |
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Term 2 2015 - Fundamental Movement Skills |
To learn and practise a range of fundamental movement skills of body management, locomotor and object control. |
1 | |
2016 Rainbow Cookie Stage 2/3 Maths Group. Term 1 |
Numeracy Project Stage 2/3: |
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Term 3: Personal Inquiries for all students using solo |
All students will follow their own personal inquiry in SDL time that includes goals from each level in solo. |
2, 3 | |
2020 Term 3 Punctuation and handwriting groups . |
Capitals |
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HB Fancy Chicken WordLab Spelling - T4 2017 |
This term we are starting a new program called WordLab Spelling. |
2 | |
Code Cracking PINs Term 2 2015. |
In this PINs children will learn about cryptology and how to crack simple codes. |
2, 3 | |
Numeracy - Stage 5 Add/Sub Term 2 |
Students are working towards being able to use a variety of part-whole strategies to add and subtract. |
2 | |
mathematics term 3 2015 stage 6 |
Term Focus = Multiplication and Division. |
3 | |
T1 2020 Integrated Literacy Level 2P-3+ |
See integrated literacy plan document linked below. |
2, 3 | |
Child Led Workshops W10 Term 2 |
A place to put all photos, works, videos, etc from child-led-workshops. |
1, 2 | |
Maths Group 3 Term 1 |
Stage 3 numeracy project: Basic facts for numbers to 20 and skip counting in 2s, 5s and 10s |
1 | |
Fractions level 1 |
We will spend 8 days focussing on fractions of shapes and equal sharing. |
1 | |
Numeracy - Stage 4-5 Mult/Div T3 |
Students will work in small groups with their LA 3 times per week, to learn the knowledge and strategies below. |
2 | |
English - Reading |
Please read a novel and complete a book review. You can use the attached template if that is helpful or use your own design if you prefer. |
4 | |
7-9 Netball (3.1) |
Students will develop their skills and knowledge around the game of netball. |
3 | |
Visual Arts - Monsters |
For this Learning Programme we will be looking at cartoon style monsters in both movies and books, to draw inspiration for painting our own monster |
4 | |
Daily Walk- Term 2 |
To use our local environment as a place of learning through a daily walk: |
1 | |
Mathematical Transformations |
Children will learn to communicate and record the results of translations, reflections, and rotations on plane shapes. |
1 | |
Reading Group - Yellow |
Students will read daily with their LA to build Reading confidence and skills. |
1 | |
Red Reading Groups Term 3 (HB Kea, Suze) |
Two groups: Red 1 and Red 3: 3-4 guided reading lessons per week where children will develop and use basic skills and strategies for reading more a |
1 | |
Emergent-Year 1 Writing Term 2 |
Children will work with the LA in a guided writing session 3-4 times a week. |
1 | |
Numeracy - Stage 5 Add/Sub Term 4 |
Students are working towards being able to use a variety of part-whole strategies to add and subtract. |
2 | |
Bug Inquiry |
In term 1 we will be identifying and classifying bugs and looking at their habitats. |
1 | |
Term 3: Arts Festival and Film Festival |
Students will attend two films in the Film Festival |
2, 3 | |
2016 Term 4 Fast words for Writing. |
There are 5 coloured cards for the children to work through, starting at green and ending on Crimson. |
1, 2 | |
T2 2020 Integrated Literacy Level 2P-3+ |
See integrated literacy plan document linked below. |
2, 3 | |
How to become supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?: Boot camp |
Roll up, roll up, come along boys and girls and come to this foundation drama course. |
3, 4 | |
7-9 Dance (2.1 and 2.2) |
Students will learn the heritage and social background of dances from around the world. |
4 | |
Term 4: Music with Mary |
Two groups, one of which is for high sensory kids. |
2, 3 | |
Phonics Term 3 - Stages 4 and 5 |
3 x weekly phonics lesson based on Yolanda Soryl's Phonics Programme working through stages 4 and 5. |
1 | |
Melz Maths Class |
This course is designed to support Number knowledge especially increased speed and accuracy with our basic facts. |
3 | |
Daily Walk Term 2 |
Children will participate in a daily walk with their classmates. Walks are between 15 - 30 minutes and are all in the general area of school. |
1 | |
Crocheting Cos I Can Impact Project |
The aim of the project is to make as many blankets as I can and donate them to pregnancy help on Pages Road. |
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Fractions level 1 and 2 |
We will spend 8 days focussing on fractions of shapes and equal sharing. |
1, 2 | |
2016 term 4 Reading programme, level 4 |
To work with students through guided reading SHARP programme to learn comprehension and retell strategies. |
4 | |
Transformations Learning Program - T3 |
Students will work through the areas of learning below: Position and Orientation: Unit adjusted from NZ Maths |
1, 2 | |
2018 Term 1 Phonics - Stage 5 |
Using Yolanda Soryl's Phonics Programme children learn: |
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Term 2 ICT Goals |
Every student lifting ICT literacy skills across the community. |
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2016 term 1 Reading level 3 |
Students will read and respond to a variety of texts, including fiction and non-fiction articles and stories from School Journals, and novels of th |
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