Term 4 - Discovery

Discovery time is an opportunity for your child to choose from a range of activities some of which are not offered during the normal course of the day.  Your child is encouraged to try different things.  The Key Competencies: Thinking, Relating to Others, Understanding texts and symbols, Managing Self and Participating and Contributing are embedded through Discovery time, as are the School Values.  

Beat and Rhythm

WALT:

Write and clap a rhythm

CRITERIA:

·      To write and clap a rhythm

·      To use semi quavers, crotchets or rests in our rhythm

·      To write a rhythm that is equal to four counts    

Term 4 - Published Writing

WALT:

Publish our writing

Criteria:

·      Re-read our draft so that it makes sense

·      Go back and fix up mistakes

·      Copy our draft work correctly

·      Use our neatest hand writing

Reading

These are some of the things I think a good reader does:

• Reads fluently
• If they don't know a word they break it into smaller parts to work it out
• They re-read to help make sense
• They stop and pause when they get to a full stop

Term 4 - Oaklands' School CARE VALUES

I show the Community  value when I put rubbish in the bin.

I use the  Active Thinking value when I follow instructions and let other people learn.

I demonstrate the Respect value when I use my manners.

I show the  Excellence value when I do my best work every time.

Term 4 - Dance/Drama Integrated Topic

WALT:

Express ourselves creatively through dance

Criteria:

·      Learn the steps to the dance

·      Keep in time to the music

·      Follow instructions

Value Focus: (Excellence)

·      To try our best

·      To persevere

·      Acknowledge the efforts of others

Johanna's MIhi

Te Reo Maori Mihi

We are learning to:

• Introduce ourselves in Te Reo Maori
• Communicate personal information, such as our name, parents' and grandparents' names and home town in Te Reo Maori

To be successful we need to:

• Speak clearly and fluently
• Use short simple sentences of Te Reo Maori to communicate personal information.

Gymnastics:

We are learning a range of balancing, rolling, jumping and travelling movements to incorporate into a floor routine.

Criteria:

• To incorporate at least two balancing movements
• To incorporate at least one jumping movement
• To incorporate at least one rolling movement

Term 1 Writing

We are learning to:

• Use a plan to organise our thoughts and ideas

Success Criteria:

• Record what our ideas look like, feel like and sound like

Term 2 Visual Art

We are learning to

• Craft a pencil sketch

Success Criteria

• Set the page limits
• Use curved lines and shapes appropriately
• Apply light and dark shading to specific areas

Term 2 Mathematics - Statistics

We are learning to:

• Ask questions
• Collect data
• Read our graphs

Success Criteria

• Ask on question to obtain data
• Collect data by using tally marks
• Graph our data using a column graph
• Make one observation from reading the graph

Term 2 Writing

We are learning to

• Edit our writing

Success Criteria

• Reread our first draft
• Underline words that need to be checked for spelling
• Use our dictionaries to correct spelling errors
• Re write sentences that do not make sense

Term 1 Integrated Topic

We are learning to express our understanding of Conflict

Teacher Instruction - With this play dough, make something to show what you know about conflict.

Teacher Question - What have you made to show me what you know about conflict?