Pedal ready snapshot.

This is me at Pedal Ready.

I want to share this with you my whanau because we are learning how to be safe on the road.

The key competency I used was managing self because I wanted to listen so I know how to be safe on the road.

My next steps are to use the key competency of Relating to Others by helping others if they are stuck or don’t know how to ride a bike.

Kapahaka snapshot of learning.

This is me doing kapahaka.

I want to share this with you my whanau because I have improved a lot with singing, doing hakas and the actions.

The Key Competency  I used was managing self because I listened so I knew what to do.

My next steps are to help others not talk in the middle of the singing, by reminding them and ignoring them if they talk. I can be a role-model for others.

Expressions snapshot.

This is me learning how to use expressions with our book.

I want to share this learning with you my whanau because I want you to see how much fun books are when you use expressions.

The Key Competencies I used was managing self because I didn't get distracted by anyone else when I was working with my buddy on our expressions, and participating and contributing by sharing ideas

I shared my ideas when I had an idea of an expression we could do.

My next steps are when I make mistakes, don’t carry on, stop and try and fix the mistake I did.

Maths snapshot.

This is me doing maths with my group. We were solving a fractions problem about how many bags of sugar does Aano’s family need. We had to add ⅔ and ¾.

I want to share this with you my whanau because I have been more confident with sharing my ideas.

The Key Competency I used was Participating and Contributing when I shared ideas because when I have great ideas on what we could do I just share it.

Bothamley park learning story

Bothamley Park Learning story

Problem:

How can we look after and support our local park? How can I use my ‘voice’ to make a difference?

My Learning:

I noticed that the stream was polluted with rubbish like plastics and packets  (also an old motorbike, glass) so we could pick up all the rubbish to make the stream clean. I found out that there are heaps of different invertebrates like banded kokopu and dragonflies I feel sad because people just leave their rubbish lying around then it all goes in the stream. Now I will try to convince people to put their rubbish in the bin by making signs saying please put your rubbish in the bin or please pick up rubbish you see.

Photo:

An invertebrate we caught.

Art Learning story

Brooklyn’s Art Learning Story

The problem:

How do I communicate what Bothamley Park is like using the style of Henri Matisse?

What we did:

We cut out shapes to represent what we saw at Bothamley park and we did a draft before we did the real one.  This is the draft.

Here is a photo of my art:

Success Criteria:  To represent the environment I saw at Bothamley Park, I will use-

• Cut out shapes
• Repeated shapes and patterns
• A range of geometric shapes.
• Bright and bold colors.

(highlight the success criteria you achieved)

My Learning:  (Choose 2 to write about)

I was good at cutting out repeated shapes. I used the key competency of managing self as learning power because we could get our work done faster.

Writing learning story

Brooklyn’s Writing Learning story

The Problem:  

How do I retell a significant event so others can share my experience?

My recount:  (copy and paste your recount here)

Monday 29th January In the (2017) Christmas holidays my whole family except my uncle Siva went to Whitireia park. (Whitireia park is near Titahi Bay beach). Me my uncle Justus my dad Tom and my brother Lockie saw a dead seal. It was lying on the rocks and it looked like someone had killed it because its tail was almost off it. I felt really sad that the seal was dead. my uncle was in Auckland that's why he did not come. Whitireia park is near Titahi Bay. My uncle didn’t come because he said he didn’t want to come. Before we had lunch I went kayaking.  It was funny because I kept on tipping out. Then I got the hang of it. You just have to lean forward and don’t lean sideways. I felt proud of myself when I got the hang of it. (we got there by car).

Success criteria: (highlight the success criteria your writing shows)

I can use-

• A powerful hook to get the reader’s attention
• Where, when and who in the introduction to set the scene
• An introduction- middle- conclusion
• The 5 W’s (where, when, why, who, what,) and 1 H (how) to add detail
• Dialogue to tell what happened
• The past tense
• Descriptive words to make the writing interesting
• Precise words to let the reader know what exactly happened.
• Connectives to make the story flow from one group of ideas to another.
• Punctuation to help the reader understand the ideas
• A personal voice like I think….

My Learning:  (Choose 2 to write about)

I was good at revising because before when I did not revise it did not make sense and some words weren't spelled properly.   I got better at adding punctuation because I never put full stops and capital letters then when I checked it again I saw there were no full stops and capital letters then I added full stops and capital letters. I used the key competency of  managing self as learning power because I didn’t get distracted and I managed myself.   I needed to use the key competency of teamwork as learning power because we could get our work done faster. Jonathan thinks I am good at using descriptive words because it’s describing what you did.