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

"I wrote a Silly Sentence, with letter 'e in the middle of the words.  Mrs Wyatt helped me.  It was easy for me to write Silly Sentences."

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 and edit my work to make sure what I write makes sense.

"It is easy to write the words for my writing.  Sometimes I put capital letters in the middle of my sentences.  I can write lots of sentences.  Mrs Wyatt helps me sometimes."

I am learning to use chunking to decode new words.

 " I was finding letters that make words.  I did it all by myself.  It was easy for me."

I am learning to add and subtract groups of ten by using simple known addition facts.

"We added tens.  50+10 was easy.  I did not need the iceblock sticks."

My Birthday Collage Balloon

"I know that my birthday is the 11th of February."

Lots of fun playing Kiwiball

"I learnt to roll the ball and catch it with my mit.  We said "Chomp" when it went into our mit.  We play with Coach Marko."