Maths - Term 4

Amelia, you are able to accurately solve addition problems with large numbers by counting on from the biggest number (held in your head) in increments of 1 (tracked on your fingers). Your next learning step is to accurately solve subtraction problems with large numbers by counting back from the biggest number (held in your head) in increments of 1 (tracked on your fingers).

Science

It was exciting watching my very own bean seed sprout and then watching it grow!

Swimming

 

 Getting ready for our first swimming lesson!

 Practicing the correct position for streamlining!

Discovey Time - Term 4

Amelia, throughout the year, you enjoyed a wide range of activities at Discovery Time.

Dance/Drama

Maui catches the sun

 

We participated in our syndicate production called "Maui catches the sun." 

We helped to chose some dance actions to go with the lyrics in the song "Slow down sun." We danced and acted and we were very brave when we performed in front of an audience. 

We were learning to:

• Use our knowledge of daily activities/chores to create movements
• Create and perform a movement phrase using locomotor and non-locomotor moves 
• Work cooperatively with another child when creating and performing a dance sequence 
• Discuss how facial expression, movement, and gesture can be used to create meaning   

This is us practicing our dance 

This is us in our costumes getting ready to perform for an audience.

Visual Art

We looked at Koru patterns in picture books and in kowhaiwhai patterns. We then practiced drawing korus ourselves.

We visited the art gallery and learnt about a variety of Māori symbols and then we created an artwork by overlapping cut out symbols with straight, jagged and curved lines.

This is my artwork based on the artwork created by Reuben Paterson.

Music

This term, we have been having fun playing on lots of different instruments in the music room. 

We have been learning: 

• How to identify the beat and play along with the music in time, using the percussion instruments. 
• How to play some chords on the ukulele. 
• How to sing songs and play the ukulele at the same time.
• How to persevere even when we found it a bit tricky to begin with.

Māori

 

We are learning to count in Māori and ask and answer a sentence about how many objects/people there are. 

Amelia was able to write the sentence to answer how many animals there were in each picture.
 

Social Science

We wrote about who is in our family, what we like to do with our family, what our family likes to eat, a family celebration and family jobs and chores. We created a poster with our writing and then we drew a picture of our family.We learnt about ourselves and we are really proud of the quality poster we created.

Discovery Time - Term 3

 

You enjoy being creative on your own and with your friends Amelia.

Maths Strategy - Term 3

Amelia is able to use known hand patterns to solve addition and subtraction problems that have 10 as one of the numbers.

Amelia's next learning step is to continue to work on counting back to solve subtraction problems.

Writing - Term 3

Amelia is learning to add detail to her stories by using joining words to make compound sentences.

Amelia, I enjoyed hearing you read your story about using chocolate molds to make chocolates at home.

Reading - Term 3

Amelia is reading at Turquoise level 18
Amelia is learning to identify differences between different types of texts (fiction and nonfiction). She is also learning to recall facts from nonfiction texts.

Maths - Time

We have been learning to:

• sequence events within a day

• order the days of the week
• order the months in a year
• describe a duration as long or short ­
• ­name and ­directly compare the duration of two events
• ­­tell the time to the hour and half hour using analogue clocks

Before we talked about clock features, we all drew clocks using our prior knowledge.

Amelia your next learning step is to tell the time to the hour and half hour using analogue and digital clocks.

Play Based Learning

Amelia, you really enjoy creating and constructing during Discovery Time.

Science

Amelia, you participated well in all the learning about the sun and how it affects everything, including animals and also causes night and day. It will be exciting to see the lanterns with the little lights in them at the Matariki lantern parade!

Art

Amelia, you did a great job at selecting recycled materials and independently constructing your alien/robot named Scoopy.

Maths - strategy

I am able to solve addition problems by holding the biggest number in my head and then counting on, using my fingers to keep track.

My next learning step is to consistently solve subtraction problems by holding the biggest number in my head and then counting back, using my fingers to keep track.

 

Ball skills

 

Lesson 1

 Lesson 2

We reflected on what made our passing and catching better this time. The children said...

• I watched the ball carefully
• We stood closer together
• I held my hands ready to catch
• I aimed for my partners hands 
• I didn't pass so quickly - I looked at my partners hands and threw to them

Technology

*Define specifications (features/ properties) for a boat that will float

*Design a boat that floats

*Create a boat and test/observe whether it floats

*Reflect on the results and discuss any changes you would make

We designed a boat using what we had learned in science about floating and sinking. We looked carefully at the materials we would use, as we wanted the materials to be light and waterproof, so that they wouldn’t soak up water and sink. Some of us also learned through testing, that it was important that our boat was balanced, so that it stayed upright and and didn’t flip over.