Taiao

In Taiao I have been learning about chickens. I have learned about the parts of a chicken, some facts about chickens, the parts of an egg (which I used to make an omelet), and what a chicken needs to be happy and healthy.
Something I learned was making a omelette.

Music

In music with Mr McCullum I have been learning to play the ukulele.

I'll know I've been successful when I hold the ukulele correctly and can strum the cords.

Something I learned was learning how to do the song smoke on the ukulele.

Reading

I am learning to find and select the key information summerise I'll know I can do this when I can use picture and word clues to make inferences and explain WHY an inference has been made.

Something i enjoyed was reading the books

Maths

I am learning to solve problems up to 100 by going back through a tidy ten number and us basic facts 
I'll know I can do this when I can explain and show the order of single fractions with different denominators from smallest to largest value.

Something I found hard was doing more than just the answer.

Don Binney Art

I am learning to create art inspired by Don Binney. 

I'll know I can do this when I have created a landscape with a foreground, middle, and background.

My bird and my background are coloured using pastels and natural colours.

Something I will do next time is leaving no gaps.

Writing Reports

I am learning to write an information reports.

I'll know I can do this when I can plan and write an information reports with a title, topic sentence, and a group of facts about a subject.

Next time I will give more information. 

Peace Week 2017

I have been learning about Peace Week.

Peace Week is an annual tradition organised by The Peace Foundation every year. You can learn more about The Peace Foundation by following this LINK.

As a way to learn about Peace Week I did three different Peace Week activities.

With Miss Brennan we created a poster to help promote peace and Peace Week.

With Mrs Baker we made hand print doves and wrote messages of peace on them.

With Mr Horn we looked at the symbols of peace such as the dove and created origami doves.

Learner Qualities

I am learning to empathise. 

I'll know I can do this when I can identify a variety of ways I can show empathy to others.

I take them to the teacher when some ones heart in the playground 

Creative Writing - Scripts

We are learning to write scripts to create a play.

We know we are successful if our script has:
- multiple characters
- a setting
- character speech
- stage direction (in a different colour to the speech)

Once we have written our scripts we are creating the plays using Puppet Pals.

My play is called "Zombie Fight to the Death"

Music, Dance Term 4 2016

We are learning how to:

• Perform as a group

We will know we have been successful when we:

• Put in the effort to learn the song words and the actions
• Perform with energy and expression
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