Art portrait

WALT: Create self-portrait and painting them with water paint.

We can do this when: we use a pencil to draw ourselves with all the elements of a face and painting our portrait using relevant colours by staying within the lines.

Next step:  Use our drawing and painting skills to design and decorate our art mural.

James made a very well constructed self-portrait using different colours and painting techniques. Great work.

Writing

WALT: write some information about ourselves through planning and ICT.

We can do this when:  we write a detailed informative piece of writing and typing it up on a computer.

Next step:  To add more detail to my writing to make it more interesting e.g. descriptive words.

Writing 2015

We learned about ANZAC Day and wrote about some photos from the war. 

I am learning to: Write to describe.
I can do this when I can:
- Write sentences that talk about what is happening in the photo.
- Write sentences that make sense.
- Use verbs (doing words) in the right place.
- Use punctuation correctly.
- Write in detail.

I have used punctuation correctly in my writing. My next step is to use a dictionary.

Writing 2015

I am learning to: Write and Publish a poem.

I can do this when I can :

Describe myself using a range of different words including adjectives.
Read my poem with a clear voice at the right speed and noise level.

Next Step : Write a  Bio poem about one of your family members or a pet.

Maths

Today in maths we finished our fraction ice creams.

We are learning to:

- Identify symbols for fractions.

- Say the names of fractions correctly.

- Find fractions of groups.

- Show the CARE value Excellence in our work presentation. 

Our next steps are to:

- Apply this knowledge to find fractions of larger groups of objects.

- Improve our work presentation. 

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CARE Values

We are learning to show the CARE value Excellence. One way we did this in Term 1 was to have a quick tidy up of the school grounds. We picked up heaps of rubbish, returned sports equipment and delivered things to lost property.

Our next step is do this by ourselves when we walk past some rubbish or sports equipment that is in the wrong place.

Reading

We are learning to use our knowledge of word families and blends to work out unknown words and spell words.

One game we play to help us with our reading and writing is 'Pass The Bomb'. We have cards with parts of words, word families (e.g ing) or blends (eg. bl). When the Bomb comes to you you have to say a word that has the letters on the card in it. If the Bomb goes off you have to keep the card. At the end of the game the people who don't have a card are the winner.

E.g. One card had 'bl' on it so we said words like black, blank, blast...

Our next step is to include some of the more challenging cards in the game.

Maths

We are learning to: recall addition and subtraction facts in 3 seconds or under.

We play a game with dice. Two people roll a dice at the same time. They then have to add or subtract the numbers on the two dice. The winner gets to challenge another person in the circle.

We have noticed that we are getting faster at recalling our basic facts.

Our next step is to have a practice at home with dice or on mathletics.

Art Attack

Today we took part in an art workshop with Neil Shaskey. 

We were learning to: sketch a portrait. 

We showed we could do this when we could:

- Draw facial features the correct shape and size.

- Position facial features correctly.

- Use shading techniques.

We really enjoyed the workshop and were proud of the art work we produced. We thought the shading was hard but we didn't give up. 

2014 Term 4 Writing

2014 Writing Term 4

An awesome author uses finger spaces, capital letters and punctuations.  

They also give their story a title, use different sentence beginnings and they use ‘wow’ words and lots of Fast Words.

Student reflection on Oaklands 50^th Jubilee:

2014 Term 4 Maths

2014 Term 4 Maths

I am learning to:

Solve problems mentally (addition & subtraction) using basic facts I know.

2014 Term 4 Reading

2014 Term 4 Reading

In my group I am learning to predict, clarify words and phrases I do not understand, ask questions and summarise the text in my own words.

Mrs Bergmann: What do you like best about reading?

Student Voice: I like to read all sorts of books and learn lots of things from them.

2014 Term 4 Music

2014 Term 4 Music

Students are given the opportunity to experiment with a musical instrument and playing different simple music pieces that could then be built on to create a larger unit incorporating the skills learnt.

Student Voice:

I like to play the recorder because I can play it very well and I can play simple music pieces.

2014 Term 4 Discovery

2014 Discovery Term 4

WALT - to use our Key Competencies during Discovery.

Student Voice - " I am being creative and managing myself during  Discovery by creating a little house out of boxes and other stuff".