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

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

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

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Friday afternoons Volleyball competitions vs other schools.

Students will participate in groups created from Numeracy Project Snapshot testing.

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

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

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

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

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

Athletics - Run, Jump, Throw

Touch - pass, catch, dodge, run, working together

Volleyball - catch, hit, working together

On Fridays we will be doing maths in 3 groups across the junior community. Gina is taking the Level 1 Group.

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

Red guided reading texts include very familiar themes and ideas, drawing mainly on New Zealand contexts and settings.

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

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

(This group formed in week 8 of the term)

Two groups, one of which is quieter for high sensory kids.

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

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

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

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

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

In maths this term we will be learning numbers to 10 then 20. We will be able to count forward and backward to 10.

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

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

Students decided they wanted to run stalls at the Motukarara Fireworks festival.

This year on Wednesdays HB Ruru will be having some Make You Think sessions.

Learn and use the decoding strategies listed below to help us read. Understand what we are reading and talk about/ask questions about it.

The students will participate and learn in daily swim sessions with coaches from Starfish swim school.

Groups will be skill based.

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

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

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.

In this programme we will be learning about:

Numeracy Project Stage 3:

Further develop basic skills for reading during 4 x weekly guided reading sessions.

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

This group are independent readers but they will still read with their LA 3 times per week to develop fluency and build comprehension.

This term we are giving the children ample opportunity to manage learning within the day.

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

Students are working towards being able to "image" numbers to solve problems

We are going to make a short film on experiments showing that people can be manipulated to react to pain when there is none present.

We are a group who are passionate about animals of all kinds every where - be they elephants, sharks, pangolin, tigers or geckos - and and how hu

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

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

Work together in small and large groups to understand how to interpret data, plan a statistical investigation and gather and display data.

We are learning to read a text and find meaning contained within it.

Moving from Counting from one by Imaging (imagining) to Advanced Counting (stage 3-4).

We will collaboratively go through the storytelling process and based on plot, setting and characters. then engage in three activities