Dance Term 2

We are learning to:  follow instructions from a dance teacher to learn a dance routine.

We can do this when:  we keep to the beat
                                    we are in sync with the dance moves being taught
                                    dance with another partner

MATHS

WALT use our Maths skills to problem solve.
SUCCESS CRITERIA We can work out different ways to solve a problem in Maths.

STUDENT VOICE " I know how to work out Maths problems". 

Reading

Learning Intention

We are learning to understand the purpose of punctuation. 

Success Criteria

Find an example of punctuation

Pause at a comma

Emphasise words followed by an exclamation mark

Teacher Comment

 You read well by pausing at the commas and using a big voice before the exclamation mark. Well done Gemma!

Writing

Learning Intention

We are learning to write a lab report about skittles changing colour.

Success Criteria

 List the ingredients

 Write clear instructions

 Describe what you saw

 Discuss your findings with a buddy

Teacher Comment

Well done listing the ingredients and describing what you saw with your group. 

CARE

Well done Gemma on receiving your Silver CARE Award.  It is great to see you using the CARE Values at school and you are truly a role model for others. 

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Topic

FIRESAFETY

WALT: identify what to do in the case of a fire.

We can do this when:  

• we communicate a plan to get out of a house that is on fire
• Identify how to stop a fire from happening

Student voice:  "I would go into my sister's room, wake up my dad and mum and then go out of the door."

Art Term 3

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Gymnastics

This term your child is learning different skills in gymnastics.

Learning different shapes:

- straddle

- pike

- stretch

- tuck

Learning some rolls:

- pencil roll

- dish roll

- hedgehog roll

- circle roll

- elephant roll 

Achievement Objectives

Students will:

• Participate in creative and regular physical activities and identify enjoyable experiences.
• Experience creative, regular, and enjoyable physical activities and describe the benefits to well-being.
• Describe and use safe practices in a range of contexts and identify people who can help.
• Develop a wide range of movement skills, using a variety of equipment and play environments.

Learning Outcomes

We are learning to:

• Create and perform sequences of unlike actions on the floor.
• Identify how to use equipment and perform skills safely.
• Identify how gymnastics is helpful to everyone.

TEACHER COMMENT:

Great to see you using your body to do the pencil and hedgehog roll. I can see you are keeping your body nice and straight and tucking your knees and head together. 

I love how you started with a shape (stretch) before you did your roll. 

Library

In the year 2 hub we show our C.A.R.E values in the library!!

Community

Put books/ equipment back where you found them.

Active Thinking

Choose books appropriate for you.

Respect

Use manners.

Communicate quietly and respectfully.

Handle books/ equipment with care.

Excellence

Return/ renew your books on time.

TEACHER COMMENT:

GREAT TO SEE YOU USING THE CARE VALUES IN THE LIBRARY. I CAN SEE YOU ARE HANDLING THE BOOKS WITH CARE AND CHOOSING THE RIGHT BOOK FOR YOU.

Te Reo

Last Friday the students started their first session with Matua Rihari.

We sang a few waiatas and all the students were engaged with the singing and actions that went along with it. 

CARE values - Assembly

In Year 2 we show our C.A.R.E values during assembly!!

Community

Enter and exit respectfully.

Active Thinking

Focus on the speaker or presentation

Respect

Listen respectfully.

Sit quietly.

Excellence

Follow the assembly expectations

Topic - Learner Disposition

WALT: describe EMPATHY, one of our dispositions and use it towards others.

I can do this when I show empathy towards my peers.

This week the year 2's explore what EMPATHY is.  We then made cards for one another by interviewing each other.  The students put a lot of effort into their cards and showed a great amount of empathy towards each other. 

Maths Term 2

WALT use our number knowledge to play a maths game.
SUCCESS CRITERIA We can follow the instructions to the maths games.

STUDENT VOICE " I know about numbers and that helps me play this maths game.

Gemma

We are learning to keep to a rhythm and change when instructed.

I can do this when I keep a rhythm by making different sounds with my body. 

Thank you for showing me your fantastic skills!  I loved watching the little performance and seeing you trying your best at keeping the rhythm. 

AWARD

Well done Gemma on receiving your Bronze CARE certificate.  It is great to see such a fantastic role model showing COMMUNITY, ACTIVE THINKING, RESPECT AND EXCELLENCE in the year 2 hub!

Writing Year 2

WALT think about sounds in words as we write.
SUCCESS CRITERIA We will think about the middle  sounds in words that we are writing.
STUDENT VOICE " I can work out how to spell words by thinking about the sounds in the middle of the words that I need". 

PE

We are learning to send and receive balls.

I can do this when:

I catch the ball with two hands without dropping it.

I pass the ball to someone else using a chest pass or under arm throw. 

Great work on passing the ball, I observed you passing the ball with such care and catching the ball by keeping your eyes on the ball and tracking it with your hands. 

Maths Term 1 2017

WALT count to 100 in ones, twos, fives, twos, tens.
SUCESS CRITERIA I can count in ones, twos. fives, tens to 100.
STUDENT VOICE " I can count like 1,2,3,....100 and 2,4,6....100 and 5,10,15,20..... 100 and 10,20,30,40..... 100.

Reading Term 1 2017

WALT read like we are talking.
SUCCESS CRITERIA I can read just like I  am talking.
STUDENT VOICE ' My reading sounds just like I am talking".

JUNIOR CHOIR

WALT: Show the CARE value RESPECT at Oaklands School

We can do this when we: Belong to groups such as Kapa Haka, and Junior Choir and attend regularly.

Great singing!!! Keep up with the great movements and the enthusiasm you put into Junior Choir. 

Music

We are learning to: 

explore different musical instruments

We can do this when:

*We keep a beat with the instrument

*Use our instrument to make loud and soft sounds

Well done Gemma on participating in the group musical experience.  You are doing a great job at showing community and listening to the teacher. A great job at using soft and loud sounds with your instrument.