Music

In music with Mr McCullum I have been learning to play the ukulele.

I'll know I've been successful when I hold the ukulele correctly and can strum the cords.

Taiao

In Taiao I have been learning about chickens. I have learned about the parts of a chicken, some facts about chickens, the parts of an egg (which I used to make an omelet), and what a chicken needs to be happy and healthy.

Something I found hard was cooking the omelets.

Reading Papango

I am learning to apply my prior knowledge in a text.

I'll know I can do this when I can think of ways I have connections to a text and I can use those connections to help decode unfamiliar words and ideas.

Something I enjoyed was learning about different birds.

Art Attack: Don Binney

I am learning to create art inspired by Don Binney.

I'll know I can do this when I have created a landscape with a foreground, middle, and background.

My bird and my background are coloured using pastels and natural colours

Something that was hard about art was trying to get it finished in time.

Maths Tapaono

I am learning to convert improper fractions into proper fractions.

I'll know I can do this when I can identify a variety of ways I can show empathy to others.

Something I found hard was the hard denominators in fractions.

Learner Qualities

I am learning how to empathise.

I'll know I can do this when I can identify a variety of ways I can show empathy to others.

I show empathy by thinking about how other people feel.

Writing Report

I am learning to write an information report. 

I'll know I can do this when I can plan and write an information reports with a title, topic sentence, and a group of facts about a subject.

Something I learnt was to how to write paragraphs.