Alliteration

Jenny jumps with Joanne, Joanne juggled with a jungle joee. Jenny juggles with John. John jogs to Jennifer. Jennifer does jumping jacks with Joelle. Joelle is joyful and jogging to Jenn’s house. Jenn is jingling with Joelle. It was June 2018

Narrative Assessment: Jenny and Sports

Learner: Jenny
Date: 04.12.18 
Area: Health and Education Level 2
Regular Physical Activity - Experience creative, regular, and enjoyable physical activities and describe the benefits to well-being.

In Health and Physical Education, our hapu have been learning Cricket and Basketball skills with coaches. For four weeks, we have had coach Roni for basketball and coach Josie from Auckland Cricket come to our school and instruct our learners. The children have learned lots of skills for both games. In basketball, these skills include: dribbling, arm bar, stance and passing. In cricket, skills included: over arm and under arm throw, batting, bowling and catching. Both sports got learners to develop their capabilities and curiosities in these sports, form connections in both codes and to collaborate with others.

Jenny enjoys sports and Physical Education. She shows capabilities in both sports and demonstrates skills she has learned.

Key Competencies: Managing Self Thinking Relating to others Participating and Contributing and through the use of digital tools - using language, symbols and texts 

Next Steps: 
Continue developing your capabilities in the skills you've learned
Use the same attitude in sports inside the habitat

Similes

Cricket

Guess what? Lavakula Hapu went to Cricket on Mondays! We did it in the multi space. It was really fun. We learned skills like….bowling stance and getting ready for the ball because our cricket coach Josie is sneaky when she throws the ball. Our coach plays cricket at Auckland Cricket. The First skill she taught us was stance. We have to put our legs not that long and our hands in front of our chest. Your partner is supposed to throw the ball at your chest. Another skill that coach Josie showed us was catching, we have to throw the ball to the chest because if you don't the ball would be flying over your head. If you on a real game someone else would've got the ball. “Seriously Tammy” said Jenny “What….” said Tammy and I said “Why did you throw the ball over my head” Tammy replied “But you didn't catch it “ After we talked Josie told u to play a game where we get into a circle and Josie has her stick and she throws the ball to someone but at times she gets sneaky.

Moon Diamante Poem

Narrative Assessment: Jenny and her Writing

Learner: Jenny
Area:Writing Level 2
Date: 12.11.18 
In Writing, we have been recounting our experiences. A recount is retelling a learner's experience from their own point of view. Some of our experiences include: the blindfold game, cricket and basketball. We have been learning to add in detail by using adjectives, verbs, feelings and emotions in our writing. Our hapu have been working hard to include at least three different words to paint a better picture for our audience.

Jenny is able to write and her build sentences into paragraphs. She has been learning to add more detail and ideas into her writing using new interesting words like adjectives and verbs. Jenny is beginning to order her ideas carefully into paragraphs. She is developing her curiosity by asking questions and is slowly making connections by using ideas discussed in a larger group. Jenny collaborates with others by sharing her ideas in discussions. She is beginning to think carefully about her ideas and the audience she is writing for.

Key Competencies: Managing Self Thinking Relating to others Participating and Contributing and through the use of digital tools - using language, symbols and texts 

Next Steps: 
Continue using detailed ideas in your writing
Reflect on your learning and think of how you can improve
Keep practising your writing at home

Animals IExplore:Starfish

Blindfold Challenge

Guess what our hapu did today! We played a game and we called it…..THE BLINDFOLD GAME!

My experience was ok…. I mean at least I had fun! The first thing we did was go walk to the library and we sat down on the big may area. Miss Lavakula told us to buddy up and my buddy was my bff, Tammy! I chose Tammy because I trusted her and she trusts me hehe!

In the library we got blindfolded and every-one was included! I asked tammu if I could be her partner. Tammy got blindfolded first because she was begging about it. So I let her because I’m nice and I should be grateful because its my birthday on Nov 4!! When I leaded her around the library  but instead, I was so close to getting her outside and it was hilarious!! Then Miss Lavakula told us to switch over and Tammy helped me to put the blindfold on. When I wore it, it was pitch black like I couldn't see a single thing only black! I bumped into a few people, but I forgot who I bumped into tho….

My experience felt weird but it was fun. It felt weird because I had to walk without seeing and it felt fun because we got blindfolded and Morrow and Moopanar hapu did not participate!

Recount:New Playground

Today Lavakula’s Hapu went to the new playground the first ting I went to was this area that looked like a dinner table. It had four seats and the wood was a dark orange colour. We we went there because to describe it. I felt very happy, like the happiest girl in the world!! I pretended to play tea time with  my friend Tammy!

The texture of the dinner table was like a type of wood. (I’m guessing its called Birch wood) It looked really heavy, Heavier then Me! The length looked tall.

Another thing I also saw was the pirate ship wheel with this kind of pipe and water came out of it. It lead to a holding thing and it hold water. When you push it up it released the water. The water goes to the sand. People make a sand pit/lake for the water to come in.

My Holiday's! =D

In the holidays I went to my cousin Roza, David and Harris house, they live in a mansion! One of my cousins wanted to make fire so we did. We used a microscope and some paper.

Then we went on the balcony and with the help of the sun we made a little fire! Another thing we did was baking!! Me, Joanne and two of my cousins baked…. Choc chip cookies!! After making those cookies, I ate them with ice-cream and the cookies tasted soo burnt! “O M G” said Jenny

Another thing Me, Joanne and my cousins did was play some Minecraft. In one of my cousins Harris, his world is called…. Town 2.0. We were role playing and diamonds on Minecraft PE was money for us. We all were in survival mode. Joanne was in her Minecraft world decorating her house, It is sooo CRAZY!!! She also made an animal farm and chicken farm. The chicken was behind her Minecraft house and her animal farm was next to my Minecarft house. But in the online/virtual world! But David couldnt play, he played ROBLOX!

I felt sooo happy because it was sooo fun!

Uniforms At School

Yes or No = No

I think we should not have uniforms at school because you might see something you really like to wear in your closet and it could even say your name. Example: It would say… Jenny.

Another reason why I think we should not have uniforms at school is because its colorful and beautiful. Uniforms might be dull and boring. The uniform could be black but you want to wear the color yellow.

Narrative Assessment: Jenny and Maths

Learner: Jenny
Area: Maths Level 2
Date: 20.09.18 
In Maths, we have been learning about Fractions. We know that fractions are a part or piece of a whole. We have been learning to identify fractions of shapes and numbers. When trying to solve fractions of numbers, we have been using our knowledge of multiplication and division to justify our answers.

Jenny is developing her capabilities by solving fraction problems using her knowledge of multiplication and division facts. She works collaboratively and listens carefully to others share their ideas. During small group teaching, Jenny will ask questions and offer her ideas also. Jenny thinks about her ideas and will happily share her thinking with others. She is beginning to solve harder problems using what she knows about basic fractions. 

Key Competencies: Managing Self Thinking Relating to others Participating and Contributing and through the use of digital tools - using language, symbols and texts 

Next Steps: 
Continue developing your curiosity and connected skills. 
Continue to practice your knowledge using Mathletics.
Keep practising your timetables to 10 and divided by facts.

How a spider creates its web.

The spider dangles a silky thread and the spider waits for the wind to carry it to a branch. Then it makes a V then Y. Next the spider makes a spiral.

After making a spiral it repeats, but makes it even bigger. Then it waits for its prey/fly to come get stuck to the spider can eats it’s food.

Explain "How a caterpillar turns into a butterfly"

The female adult butterfly lays a small egg. It lays the egg on the underside of a leaf. After a few weeks later the egg hatches and out comes a caterpillar.

The caterpillar eats its shell to get nutrients. Its an eating machine. It eats leaves to get bigger and bigger, then it sheds its skin. Once its big enough it makes a chrysalis.

After a few weeks the chrysalis turns into a pupa. Then some days later the pupa turns black, and when it does its almost ready to come out.

Now its ready to come out of the pupa, first it finds a hole to come out of, then it comes out of the pupa. Next it goes on the side to get its wings dry because its wetand to get its wings strong enough to fly. Finally its a butterfly.

Auckland Museum

On Thursday 23rd August 2018, LH1 went to the Auckland memorial museum. We explored different areas. LH1 went there because for a trip to learn about the Moari culture. I felt amazing because it was cool! All of us travelled to the museum. One of my favorite places, we’ve been to was the secret world of butterflies because I got to create my own colorful butterfly and even went inside a statue of caterpillar slide and sliding down it. When i finished making my butterfly I made it cool and colorful and saw it on the big giant screen and i was so excited to see it. It flew lazily. The last place that i liked was the Weird and Wonderful area. I liked Weird and Wonderful because when you color in a butterfly (Coloring Page) and put it under this camera it will show up on the big screen. It felt like an illusion. The other fact that was weird was the statues of insects, some big ones and lots of tiny ones. Another Wonderful thing was the box, there were different kinds of cool and weird stuff inside there. I said “ooooooooohhhh and wooow”. I also was a green, big couch, I got tired and sat down. After I followed Tammy to the door to go to explore another area. I felt amazed because I never seen anything like it and the museum is hugeeeeeeeeee!!! I also felt frightened because we lost 2 learners, Aishpreet and Ali, but we found them.

Narrative: Jenny and the Human Nervous System

Learner: Jenny
Date: 20.08.18 
Science Level 2
Living World: Recognise that all living things have certain requirements so they can stay alive

As part of our iExperience, we have been learning about 'How the Human Nervous System works'. We looked at the different parts of the brain and what they do. As an activity, learners worked on a word search that had tricky words like: cerebellum, corpus callosum and spinal cord. Through Kahoot and multichoice questions, we were able to learn about what our human brain does to and what we need to keep it functioning.

In this activity Jenny is learning to develop her capabilities by matching the parts of the human brain to the right meaning. She develops her curiosity by listening carefully to the instructions and thinks carefully about her ideas. Jenny also shows confidence when sharing with others. She is beginning to make connections by relating what she already knows about the brain to this lesson.

Key Competencies: Managing Self Thinking Relating to others Participating and Contributing and through the use of digital tools - using language, symbols and texts 

Next Steps: 

Continue developing your curiosity
Think about what other Science areas you would like to explore

Monster at a carnival

Once upon a time there lived a monster named Octoe. He is obviously a boy, Octoe had rotten yellow sharp teeth. He had long oozy slimy tentacles. Octoe also had an oval head and pointy scaly skin. Every Saturday he relaxes on an abandod beach because its quiet. Octoe lives at Goldcoast. One day he went to Dreamworld to have some fun. Octoe ran to Xtreme. People saw him and ran away frightened. Someone dropped a large box. It was made out of plactic. It was the middle of the day and the box had cat noises coming from it. There was an animal inside. The box smelled like nothing so far. It smelled like plactic and it was locked. Octoe looked around every single corner, while he was walking people ran away, even the workers ran away too.

My Narrative : At The Zoo

Once upon a time there was a girl named Priscilla. She loved to play with her friends. Priscilla behaved like a good girl, Priscilla had brown hair, Black eyes and a beautiful smile. She liked to learn maths, draw flowers and play with puppies. Priscilla’s favourite colour was yellow. She wore a yellow headband, white running shoes, ripped jeans and a shirt that said “ #BESTIES ”

Lost Puppy

Once upon a time was a puppy named Billie, He was a boy, He had very light brown fur. He also hd big fluffy ears too! Billie was cuddly and friendly, Billie behaved so good, his fur was fluffy as a baby dog.

One Day he was with his owner Jenny and they were at the beach playing fetch. Jenny threw the ball to someone's umbrella and they got angry, Billie ran to get the ball to get it, But the lifeguard saw Billie and thought he had no owner. So he asked the woman that the umbrella fell on to adopt the puppy and she said yes.

Narrative: Jenny at Swimming

Learner: Jenny
Date: 24.06.18 
Area: Health and Education Level 2
Regular Physical Activity - Experience creative, regular, and enjoyable physical activities and describe the benefits to well-being.

In swimming, group three have been learning to use different techniques such as freestyle, backstroke and gliding in the pool. Other skills include: floating, breathing, kicking and arms. This group also swims in the deep pool.

Jenny is developing her capabilities in swimming. She demonstrates floating on her back and kicking at the same time. Jenny is developing her curiosity by listening carefully to her instructor and observing the other learners in her group. She is making connections by using what she has learned outside of school. Jenny collaborates with others in the pool by taking turns.

Key Competencies: Managing Self Thinking Relating to others Participating and Contributing and through the use of digital tools - using language, symbols and texts 

Next Steps: 
Continue developing your capabilities in swimming
Use the same attitude in swimming inside the habitat

Narrative: Jenny's Writing

Learner: Jenny
Area:Writing Level 2
Date: 04.06.18 
In Writing, we have been learning to plan our writing carefully and build sentences into paragraphs. We know that paragraphs have one main idea and the following sentences add more detail or ideas to the main idea and previous sentences. Our hapu have been writing their experiences of swimming.

Jenny is able to build her sentences into paragraphs. She has been learning to add more detail and ideas into her writing. Jenny is beginning to order her ideas carefully into paragraphs.
She is developing her curiosity by asking questions and is slowly making connections by using ideas discussed in a larger group. Jenny collaborates with others by sharing her ideas in discussions. She is beginning to think carefully about her ideas and the audience she is writing for.

Key Competencies: Managing Self Thinking Relating to others Participating and Contributing and through the use of digital tools - using language, symbols and texts 

Next Steps: 
Continue using detailed ideas in your writing
Reflect on your learning and think of how you can improve
Keep practising your writing at home

My holidays

In the holidays I went to my cousins house. There names were Roza, Harris and David. We played games with our dogs Billie and Rocko. Then I went home and played with my little sister Joanne. We played hide ‘n’ seek. For dinner we had rice and crabs, I loved it. After we went to sleep. On the next day at 9:00 o'clock I played with my little sister Joanne again and we played tag. It was fun! I really enjoyed my holidays because I played with my little sister Joanne and my cousins.

Maths: Jenny and Problem Solving

Learner: Jenny
Area: Maths Level 2
Date: 20.03.18 

In Maths, as part of Problem Solving we have put our learners into groups of four. They have been placed into mixed abilities for the purposes of learning collaboratively and based on the Key Competencies. Problem solving in maths requires our learners to work in a smaller group to solve word number problems. This is part of our design once a week.

Jenny has been working with other learners to develop her collaborative skills. She shows her capabilities by using materials and is beginning to share her thinking with others in her group. Jenny uses her curiosity by asking questions and making connections with her prior knowledge to further develop her understanding.

Key Competencies: Managing Self Thinking Relating to others Participating and Contributing and through the use of digital tools - using language, symbols and texts 

Next Steps: 
Continue developing your curiosity and connected skills. 
Continue to practice your knowledge using Mathletics.

Art: Jenny and Sketching

Learner: Jenny 
Area: Art - Visual Arts Level 2 
Date: 20.02.18 
In Art, some of the learners have been learning about drawing from their own perspective and what they can see. The learners chose a specific place inside the playground and had to sketch what they saw. We were practising sketching with different lines and looking at different shapes as well as shading. It was not an easy task but learners did try their best. 

Jenny has been practicing her capability by trying hard to draw from her point of view and what she saw. She showed curiosity by looking for the best place that suited her in the playground. Jenny was able to work collaboratively with others by sharing space helping others if asked. She is beginning to make connections and use techniques already learned to help her with her learning.

Key Competencies: Managing Self Thinking Relating to others Participating and Contributing and through the use of digital tools - using language, symbols and texts 
Next Steps: Practice sketching only what you see, practice shading,   continue to look at objects from your point of view and interpret what you see

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