Over the past term, the Piwakawaka children have become excellent data collectors. They have discovered there are many ways to present their data; such as tally charts, pictograms and block charts. Extending from this, the children learnt to read and interpret data so...
In Literacy this week, we have been looking at the importance of giving accurate instructions. We began by watching a short video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct-lOOUqmyY , that the children found very funny, because instructions written by two children for their...
This week we have been working on our number bonds to 10 and subtraction knowledge. The children have used solid objects, number lines and Numicon to respond to written word problems and number sentences/ calculations. The children enjoy using the Numicon as it...
These past eight weeks have quite possibly been the most challenging, emotional, creative and spectacular weeks in my entire teaching career. With such a spectrum of emotions and experiences, I stopped today to reflect on the achievements that have arose from an...
On Thursday, Year 1 and 2 were lucky enough to visit Mr Donovan’s house to experience up close, the wonder that is the beautiful Honey Bee. They children observed the worker bees collecting nectar from the abundance of Bottle Brush which line the garden. They...