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

Students will read with their LA 3 times per week to develop fluency and build comprehension.

Moving from Counting from one on Materials to Counting from one by Imaging

Moving from One to One Counting to Counting from One on Materials.

Children at the Red level are consolidating their 1-1 matching when reading words, building on their sight words (words they know straight away) an

This term we will be working on addition and subtraction and revising our strategies from Term 1. We will then learn some new stage 5 strategies.

Over term 1 we will participating in various drama games and activities in order to increase our confidence, co-operate with others, communicate, a

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

2 x weekly handwriting sessions based on Casey the Caterpillar Handwriting Programme for printed letters.

Students are learning to add and subtract by using a variety of part-whole strategies.

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

This term we will be working on addition and subtraction and revising our strategies from Term 1. We will then learn some new stage 5 strategies.

Moving from Advanced Counting to Early Additive Part Whole

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

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

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

Talk to Write
Purpose is to understand how a story is sequenced and to remember it and write a story.

Teach mode, mean, median

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

Moving from Counting from one on Materials to Counting from one by Imaging

This term we are beginning by looking at space. We will be following the inquiry process that HB Phoenix use - just an easier version.

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

Moving from Counting from one on Materials to Counting from one by Imaging

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

To create an environment where children write without fear.

Moving from Emergent to one to one counting

Children will build on their basic reading skills and strategies during 4 x weekly guided reading sessions.

Over the course of this Learning Programme the students will investigate the properties of 3D shapes, how to sort 3D shapes based on their attribut

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

Testing

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

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

To look at how the bee population is important to the earth.

Understand the bee life cycle.

In sexuality education this year we will we looking at similarities and differences, strengths, gender roles, families and our bodies.

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

Number

Working with 10, adding on, doubling, making 10, place value.

Skip counting, multiplication

Today Jason shared the "magic bucket" experiment that he was given on the condition he doesn't tell us what is inside.

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

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

Both create and read graphs of information.

The the focus for the writing program non fiction writing and is using the storytelling method of Chris Smith - explore, brainstorm, map, act, shar

This course was mostly student led. The choice was entirely the students and I just supported.

We are learning to read a text and find meaning contained within it. We will use the ITTM (I Think That Means) strategy.

The KOS programme

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

Taking part in netball, soccer and rugby competitions on Thursdays and Fridays during school time.

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

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

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

The intention is these skills will be revisited and continued to be practiced in subsequent writing.