Writing

Skylar is learning to find words on her word card and copy them correctly in her writing.

Art Gallery - Self Portraits

At the end of Term 1, as part of our Self Portrait unit, we went to the Christchurch Art Gallery and learned to sculpt our faces using clay.

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Technology

WALT: Follow the technological design process to create a boat.

We used what we had learned in science about floating and sinking to ensure that it didn't sink. We looked carefully at the materials we used, as we wanted the materials to be light and waterproof so that they wouldn’t soak up water.

We also learned through testing, that it was important that our boat was balanced so that it stayed upright and didn’t flip over.

Te Reo Māori

WALT: Understand and say our mihi / pepeha including our name, the names of our parents and our school in Te Reo Māori.

Reading

Term 1

Skylar is learning to get her mouth ready and check what she reads looks right, sounds right, and makes sense.

Number Knowledge

We are learning to make groups within 5.

We learned a game called 'Rocket'.  We got a counter if we could make 5 with 2 of our cards.  The first person to fill their rocket is the winner!

Skylar has been learning to order numbers to 20.  

She won this game many times!

Her next step is to formulate her numbers (2, 7, 9) correctly .

Values and Beliefs

We shared with our buddy the things that we like and they shared what they like. We found we had some things in common and some differences. This discussion helped us to learn how to "connect" with others in our school.