We will spend lots of time outdoors during the fourth term, making use of our campus' green space while it is still easily available to us (before

Gina's group are focussing on slope, flicks and linking letters.

This term we are starting a new program called WordLab Spelling.

Work through Stage 5 of the Yolanda Soryl Phonics program.
Students will learn digraphs for beginnings and ends of words.

Use simple additive strategies with whole numbers and fractions.
Know simple fractions in everyday use.

Use a range of counting, grouping, and equal-sharing strategies with whole numbers and fractions.

Blue guided reading texts include some contexts and settings that are likely to be familiar but may be outside the student’s direct experience.

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

Weekly guided reading sessions to build on basic strategies for decoding and comprehension of text using Sharp Reading program.

To work with students through guided reading to learn comprehension and retell ability of texts.

3 x weekly reading sessions to establish book knowledge and one to one matching.

Children will build on their basic reading skills and strategies during 3 x weekly guided reading sessions.

Turquoise guided reading texts include less familiar themes, and although settings and contexts may be outside the students’ prior knowledge, they

This integrated literacy unit uses a story written in the form of a play as the starting point for a number of oral and written language manipulati

This term we will be working on using the Talk to Write process to write information reports.

Students will take part in a series of workshops, as below:

We are a group who are passionate about the Rain Forests of the world and the animals who all those habitats home.

We are a groiup who feel passionate about the oceans of the world and how human plastic pollution is impacting these life sustaining waters.

Students will take part in workshops at least three times a week.

To work with students through guided reading to learn comprehension and retell ability of texts.

To work with students through guided reading to learn comprehension and retell ability of texts.

THIS UNIT WAS NOT TAUGHT.
STUDENTS IN THIS UNIT ARE NOW TAGGED TO GEOMETRY LEVEL 2 AND HAVE BEEN ASSESSED. (SEE GEOMETRY 3.2 LEVEL 2)

In this unit students will:

We want our HB to visit a Marae so that we can better understand our culture of Maoritanga.

As a group organise a replanting in the Port Hills.

Organise trees being donated by Trees for Canterbury.

Students will create an article that explains or argues for their big project idea.

Weekly guided reading sessions to build on basic strategies for decoding and comprehension of text using Sharp Reading program.

Learning to play play netball and participating in netball inter school competitions.

Two groups, with HB LA.

Building an understanding of how to our thinking effects the outcome of situations.

Students will work with an author to further develop their writing skills.

A focus on diversity in writing.

CLW
Leading or participating in workshops lead by peers.
Using self management skills to participate.

Each week HB Kiwi completes a different piece of artwork with Libby and Gina. Sometimes they do drama or singing too.

This term we are going to select an ocean creature to write a short information report.

In HB Kiwi we will use Te Reo words and phrases to support the teaching and learning.

The aim of my project is to show how many tanks there are in the world on a slide show.

Explore some environmental Issues in the world today and how they affect children.

Making toffee in the kitchen at school - video cameras to record it
Will teach others to make toffee with helpful hints in the video.

Digs and Mario are organising a once a week trip to Snow Exchange for 3.2 (five weeks).

Term 2 2017 HB Kiwi's storytelling story.

2 x weekly phonics lessons based on Yolanda Soryl's Phonics Programme as well as two must-do activities per week.

This term we will be working on writing imaginary recounts; we will write about an imaginary role and giving details of events, eg.

Work through Stage 7 of the Yolanda Soryl Phonics program.

Gina's group are focussing on slope, flicks and linking letters.

This group are independent readers but they will still read with their LA 2 times per week to develop fluency and build comprehension.

Students reading at Purple are still developing fluency and expression, and still rely on decoding strategies frequently.

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

Blue guided reading texts include some contexts and settings that are likely to be familiar but may be outside the student’s direct experience.

This group is moving into stage 6 from stage 5.

Students will work in small groups with their LA 3 times per week, to learn the knowledge and strategies below.