Term 4 Discovery

Term 4 

Discovery

We are learning to engage in positive relationships with others.  

We focus on developing the following key competencies:

Thinking

Relating to others

Using language, symbols and text

Managing self

Participating and contributing 

Student reflection from a Discovery session: 

“I did a lot of weeding and cleaning and sharing my ideas with the other children and I helped filling up our compost bin.”

Term 3 Maths

Term 3 

Maths 

We are learning to: Measure and weight materials and pour liquids from and into containers.

Success Criteria: We made our own healthy smoothy and fruit salad by cutting, measuring and weighing our fruit.

Term 3 Gymnastics

Term 3

Gymnastics

Success Criteria:

To perform two different kinds of rolls (pencil and hedgehog) correctly.

Next Step:

To learn more advanced rolls like the elephant and circle roll.

Student Voice:

It like all the different rolls.  It is easy to do the pencil roll and I like the hedgehog roll.

Term 3 Reading

Reading 

Teacher question: 

What do good readers do?

Student’s response:

A good reader looks carefully at the words and use their voice to make their reading interesting.  They ask themselves if what they have read makes sense.

Term 4 Dance

Term 4 

Dance

Success Criteria:

I can participate, follow instructions, move independently and in time to the music.

 Click on the link below  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SmThM9NDGA

Term 4 Music

Term 4

Music 

We are learning to: recognise different sections of music and respond through singing, moving, playing and creating. 

To be successful we need to:

• Listen carefully to the music
• Move as directed by the words in the song
• Sing as we move

Click on the link below:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgQ1_GEC8ZM

Term 3 Te Reo Maori

Term 3 

Te Reo Māori 

My Mihi

We are learning to:

Introduce ourselves in Te Reo Māori.

Communicate personal information, such as 

our name, parents' and grandparents' names and 

home town in Te Reo Māori.

To be successful we need to:

Speak clearly and fluently.

Use short simple sentences of Te Reo Māori 

to communicate personal information.