I am learning to add and subtract with ten as one of the numbers.

"I was learning to make ten.  It was hard for me.  It was easy to draw the dots. I like doing take aways, and I want to do more of that.  The Squares group and Mrs Wyatt help me to do my Maths."

I am learning to retell what I have read.

"I have learnt to say what happens in the story.  I can say what happens at the beginning, middle and the end. I can point to the words, and sound them out.  Long words are hard to read.  Mrs Wyatt helps me with my reading."

Obstacle Course with Youthtown

"I was tired when we had to do star jumps, and run around and over things. I was proud of carefully going over the ladder.  I did not touch the sides."

I am learning to write words with vowels as the middle sound.

"I was writing a Funny Sentence.  I was learning words with 'e' in the middle.  It was hard to write the words correctly.  I felt happy when I finished writing it.  Mrs Wyatt helped me learn these words."

Tapa Design for the Art Exhibition

Whole Class Reflection – Art

Learning: “I learnt how to draw patterns.”   “I learnt to not put too much dye on the cotton bud.”.  “I learnt about tapa from Samoa, Tonga and the Cook Islands.”

Tricky: “Drawing some patterns was tricky.”  “The dying – had to be very careful.” “Keeping the vivid on the pencil lines.”

Proud: “The dye looked beautiful and I was proud of that.”   “I was proud of my patterns.”

Help: “I needed help to dye some parts of the panels, drawing over the pencil lines with vivid, putting the right cotton bud in the right container, knowing about different patterns.”

Next: “I want to learn more patterns.”   “I want to know more about the Cook Islands, Tonga and tapa.”  “I want to use vivids more in the classroom.”  “I want to learn more about drawing.”

I am learning to read as I write to make sure my writing makes sense.

"I am good at drawing pictures for my writing.  I am good at sounding out the words, and I am good at writing lots of sentences. I find spelling the big words tricky.  Mrs Wyatt helps me with my writing."

I am learning to identify a sentence, for eg, the beginning with capitals and the end with full stops.

 "It was hard to find the letters.  I had to look very carefully.  I felt happy when I finished."

I am learning to add and subtract problems that involve ten as one of the numbers.

"I was learning to count and equals ten.  It was hard because I had to count the beans.  My friends helped me."

Building with Bunnings

"I made a key holder, and I liked it.  I had to put hooks on, and paint it."

Lots of fun playing Kiwiball

"I like playing Kiwiball.  I had to hit the ball and run to the bases.  I had to "Chomp" the ball when it came rolling to me."

I am learning to look at the first and last sounds in words to help me work out new words

In Reading we have been learning lots of things to help 

us to work out new letter sounds and words.

"I thought it was funny when they went down the slide and got their pants wet" Haley said.

i am learning to attempt to write my idea in a sentence that makes sense and re-read my story to the teacher

In Writing we have been learning lots of things like writing our ideas in a sentence and writing some sounds in words.

"I can sound out some words" Haley said.

Long Shape

We have been learning to find and make a long shape.

"This is my long number frame.  I liked counting the rods."

Dice Patterns

We have been learning to match dice patterns to numbers.

"It was tricky for me to draw the squares and to write the number 2."

I am learning to read in the correct direction

In Reading we have been learning lots of things to help 

us to work out new words, and learning new letter sounds.

"I like looking at the pictures in the story" Haley said.

I am learning to start writing on my own

In Writing we have been learning lots of things like letters, drawing a picture that matches our story and also remembering to do finger spaces between words. 

"I like writing letters" Haley said.

I am building my water confidence

When we go to the swimming pool we do lots of things including safe entry into the pool, getting ourselves wet, blowing bubbles, floating with and without help, gliding and playing fun water games.

"I can use the bar to move around the edge of the pool."

I am learning the attributes of numbers to 10

In Maths we have been looking for numbers in every day situations.  We have been making sets and coming up with different ways to write numbers.

"I made the number 7.  My Dad is 67 and that has a 7 in it.  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7."

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