Music

Music

This term we have been having fun playing on lots of different instruments in the music room. We have learnt how to identify the beat and play along with the music in time using the percussion instruments. We have also been learning how to play some chords on the ukulele. We have practiced singing songs and playing the ukulele at the same time and we persevered even when we found it a bit tricky to begin with. The students are working at the curriculum expectation for music.

Maths Strand - Algebra

We are learning to: Identify and describe the rule for 'growing' patterns.

Indy can identify the next pattern in a sequence and is now learning to create an equation which will enable her to calculate any other item in the sequence. 

Te Reo Māori

We are learning to count in Māori and ask and answer a sentence about how many objects/people there are. 

This is us playing hopscotch and saying the numbers in Māori as we hop.



We took turns saying 2 digit numbers in Māori and making them.

Visual Art - Term 3

We looked at koru and kowhaiwhai patterns in picture books and practiced drawing them.

Then we visited the art gallery and learned more about Māori motifs.  

We created an artwork there by cutting out the shapes we saw and overlapping them.

We were inspired by the work of Reuben Paterson and created our own glitter art.

Social Science

We wrote about who is in our family, what we do together, what we like to eat, celebrations and jobs.

We created a poster and learned about the similarities and differences of families in our class.  

Maths - Term 3

Indy is learning to add by starting with the largest number.

Her next step is to do this with 2 digit numbers and without materials.

Discovery time - Term 3

Indy had a great idea to use her umbrella for shade while reading outside.