Playground Designers

With our new playground currently being built, and only a matter of days away before being finished, Mrs Lindley decided to seize the opportunity to give us the chance to be our own playground designers.

First we talked about all the different playgrounds we've been to..... the good bits and the bad.

Then we used the ipads to look at different playgrounds. Picking out all our favourite parts we then designed our own playgrounds.

Here's what we designed. 

Braxton and Jonah, Aylah and Kohana talk us through their design.

Tuakana Teina

As part of our Maniakalani program I have enrolled our class into a group where we look at other schools blogs and they look at ours (leaving comments as we look).

My class went to a senior room to help us learn about commenting on blog posts
"Is it positive, is it helpful, is it thoughtful"

Acknowledging International Languages Week

Instead of our usual weekly poem I opted to acknowledge International Languages week by learning a variety of ways to say Hello.

Children then took a copy home in their poetry books with a wee note to parents saying "Maybe your family know other ways  to say Hello that your child can teach the class"

Extending Students

x2 of my students need extending, therefore I am going to trial them on the Smart Words program (List C).  (Week 4 T3)

Phonics Test

I wasn't confident my Lion phonics group had their middle vowel CV words sorted (but I had moved onto Yolanda Soryl Stage 5). I gave all of them a test; write a silly sentence using 11 cvc words with a range of middle vowels.
The average mark only came back at 6/11. Decided that they don't have this mastered. Stop doing stage 5 Yolanda Soryl and bring back to Stage 4 with a wider range of follow up CVC word activities.

Incorporating Students language/interests

Incorporating students language:
- Letting them share. ie: hand up one at a time. Think, pair, share. News.

Incorporating their interests:
- Growing grass heads/little gardens (New World veges)
- Have a teddy day. Kids bought in their favourite teddy to work with for the day. The kindy also came to visit on Teddy Day.