Environmental Care

SMART GOALS

 Reach For The Stars

This term we have created SMART Goals.  We came up with goals for Reading, Writing, Math and one other area.  

To display our goals, we went with the reach for the stars theme.  Because we don't have much wall space, we decided to use our windows and some duraseal.  Here is the start of our class display.

STEPSWEB

 Sensational StepsWeb

StepsWeb is a programme that helps our learning in all areas of Literacy.

This is how much time I have spent on Steps so far this year.  You can also see what my accuracy levels are like:

Reflection: 

My next step is: 

Being On Time

Perfect Punctuality 

This week's value is Being on Time.  This is important for many reasons.  We did an activity to look at how people may think of us if we are on time or if we are not.  
Here are my ideas about being punctual.

REFLECTION: I always try to be on time but the mornings are hard because I struggle to get out of bed.  Hopefully, these ideas will help me. 

QUESTION:  Do you have any suggestions or ideas for how I can get up earlier in the mornings?

Let's Celebrate

 Have Fun and Celebrate

This week our values focus has been Having Fun and Celebrating With Each Other.  We have done this by nominating each other for Fish tickets, being kind to each other, having free time as a class because we had been working well together and giving each other compliments.  We have been recognising the great

Today, we are going to Wycola Park to have fun with each other because last term, our class earned over 3,000 Fish! Tickets.

At the start of the week, we created Google Drawings and learned some new digital technology skills.   This was our criteria.

L.O. Identify ways we can celebrate the success of each other.  

Digital skills~Use a checklist of skills to teach, try and peer assess.

DIGITAL SKILLS:

1) Change the background colour.

2) Create a different shape for each idea.

3) Use a different font for each idea.

4) Fill each shape with a different colour.

5) Increase the outline of the shape.

6) Make the colour of text different in each idea.

7) Centre your text.

Here are some examples:

Our Values Focus

 Be Honest and Trusted

This week our value is to Be Honest and Truthful.  The activity we did was creating a T-Chart to show what it is like when we are honest and when we are dishonest.  

Reflection and next steps:  Be able to seek the truth without being rude or mean.  

Terrific Tūmahana Trip

 Tūmahana at the Town Hall

On Monday, Takitini were very lucky to be able to go to the Christchurch Town Hall to watch an amazing show called Tūmahana.  Tūmahana was the creation story told by the people of Kai Tahu which is the South Island tribe.  

In the show we saw a narrator who was wearing a purple suit and told the story, hanging hoola hoops, silks, a trapeze bar and ropes.  The actors were doing tricks and acrobatics.  There were men fighting with traditional fighting sticks called taiaha.

The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra was playing the music throughout the show.  It was amazing.

Shadow Dance

Reflection:  I absolutely, positively loved that we all got to see Tūmahana.  The show was visually unbelievable to watch and I enjoyed the story that was told through dance, storytelling, music and acrobatics.