Term 4 Music

WALT
- keep a beat
- keep a beat using different instruments

Term 4 CARE Values

Jun Hao, when you listen to your friends, it does show that you care about them and your community. Ka Pai.

Term 4 Dance

Big Idea: We can express ourselves creatively through dance

Deep Understandings:

The children will understand:

That dance has evolved through the decades.

That to learn a dance you need to follow a series of instructions.

Dance is a form of social interaction.

Dance is good for your health and well being.

Skill Focus:

1 - Learn the specific steps to a dance

2 - Keep in time to the music

3 - Follow instructions

Value Focus (Excellence)

1 - Trying our best

2 - Persevering

3 - Acknowledging the efforts of others

Term 4 Discovery & Key Competencies

September 20, 2013

Key Competency: Thinking

How did you use your thinking when you made this?

"I just did my counting. That one, that one, all the way down."

Term 4 Writing

I think this is a great piece of writing because...

"Samantha was going to come to my home."

Samantha is coming to my home.

Term 3 PE

What's your favourite thing that we do in gymnastics?

What do you think is the trickiest? Why?

Term 3 Maths

Term 3 Te Reo

Term 3 Reading

What does a good reader do?

"Read nicely. Read sensibly."

Term 2 Maths

WALT

• sort objects into categories for display
• make a display of the data collected (pictograph)
• make statements about data displays

Student Comment

Tell me about the graph.

"That's the little one (black). That's 5 (brown). That's the higher (blonde)."

Term 2 Writing

I am learning to:

• say my story out loud before I write and clap my full stop. 

Success Criteria

• I said my story out loud to the teacher before she wrote to make sure it made sense. 
• My picture will be a detailed plan for my story.
• I will write my full stop.

Teacher Comment

Jun Hao, I like how your picture shows what your story is about. Good work saying your story out loud, so we know it makes sense. 

Term 2 Art

WALT

• create an art work using printmaking including leaf prints and sponging. 

Success Criteria

• Identify which is the textured side of the leaf so we can use it successfully in our art
• Include at least 4 leaf prints
• Use autumn colours (Leaves should be white)
Use sponging technique (dab, dab, dab as opposed to wiping the paint on with the sponge)


Try not to sponge on top of leaves

Student Comment

What do you think is good about your painting?

"Squishing the red one, and the orange one too."

What is something you think is not-so-good?
"The colour's on here (point to leaf)."