Each Friday, children have an opportunity to run or join a workshop led by their peers.The workshops are varied and interesting and totally led by

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

In this learning program we will be looking at Level 2 Statistics.

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

Students will continue to use the Story Telling model to explore how to write narratives.
Students will:
listen to stories,

This term on Friday's we are offering a variety of workshops.

Moving from Advanced Counting to Early Additive Part Whole

3 x weekly phonics lesson based on Yolanda Soryl's Phonics Programme

Moving from one-to-one counting to counting from one on materials.

Children will use skills and strategies learnt to decode text with fluency.

They will learn to ask and answer questions about the text.

We will be reading 4 x weekly to establish book knowledge and reading processes.

Work through Stage 6 of the Yolanda Soryl Phonics program.
Students will learn middle long vowel sounds.

Moving from Emergent to one to one counting

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

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

Students will read with their LA 4 times per week to gain confidence and build fluency and develop skills.

This term HB Ruru are going to be learning about Farms. HB Ruru has showed an interest in animals and also machinery.

This group meets every Friday to sing.

In these sessions we will have children running workshops about their passions and interests.

Building an understanding of music and it's technical aspects such as beat, rhythm, melody and dynamics (loud, soft etc).

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Children have difficulties with pencil grip, control and hand tiredness.

Children will gain confidence in writing independently. They will have good phonological skills and have a bank of sight words.

A TA led programme using Yolanda Sorryl's Early Words Programme

A TA supported group to increase alphabet knowledge.

Understand the scientific process by participating in weekly experiments.

The NZ Opera presented La Traviata in english, set in a kiwi fish n chip shop. It was designed to engage students year 4 onwards.

We will be reading 4 x weekly to establish book knowledge and reading processes.

(This group formed in week 8 of the term)

At least 3X weekly guided reading sessions plus one independent.

(This group was formed towards the end of term 1)

Using templates and the skateboard press, students will design and create their own longboard.

Over the three days we will go out and look for geocaches and hide our own.

Discuss the basic ideas of electrical flow, using the example of the flow of water then applying it to electricity.

In this PINs we will be exploring a range of messy play options.

We are going on an overnight tramp to learn about the fundamental skills needed for tramping.We will learn how to stay safe in the wilderness and p

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

In this PINs we will make some Princess Dresses which are inspired by Gina and Nadine bringing in their wedding dresses and also by our favourite m

Understand how homelessness exists all over the world, including New Zealand.

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

Create and interpret pictograph, bar graph, line graph, tally chart.

Use the different language of graphs.

Children will use skills and strategies learnt to decode text with fluency.

They will learn to ask and answer questions about the text.

Children will use skills and strategies learnt to decode text with fluency.

They will learn to ask and answer questions about the text.

In Rainbow Cookie we share a big book weekly. We read together and discuss strategies for reading, fluency and expression.

A small workshop for a few students to be extended by a tutor from the School for Young Writers .

All students from the HB participating in a one night, two day camp to build relationships across the school at Spencer Park.

Understand how plastics are effecting the oceans.

Use statistics to represent information from inquiries both individual and shared .

Both create and read graphs of information.

To create an environment where children write without fear.

Each week we go to Starfish Swimschool and participate in their swimming programme.
Sit and quarter turn entry

This group regularly meets to sing.
We learn new songs and rhythms.