Kowhai Ltp T.4

Term 4

Kowhai Syndicate 2009

Years 0/1/2

Week

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Dates

12 - 16 Oct

19 - 23 Oct

27 - 30 Oct

2 - 6 Nov

9 - 13 Nov

16 - 20 Nov

23 - 27 Nov

30 Nov - 4 Dec 7 - 11 Dec

English

Students will acquire and begin to use sources of information, processes and strategies to identify, form and express ideas. Students will recognise that texts are shaped for different purposes and audiences. Students will recognise and identify ideas within and across texts, recognise and begin to understand how language features are used for effect within and across texts and recognise and begin to understand text structures. Continue to reinforce expectations. Phonics will be a part of the reading/writing programme.

Listening, Reading, Viewing

English

Speaking, Writing, Presenting

Maths

9

10 14 - 16 Dec

Students will acquire and begin to use sources of information, processes and strategies to identify, form and express ideas. Students will recognise how to shape texts for a purpose and an audience. Form and express ideas on a range of topics, use language features, showing some recognition of their effects and organise texts using simple structures. Recounts - draw on personal background, knowledge - trips, visits etc. Develop and convey personal voice and support ideas with some detail. Model - plan - draft - read - edit - conference - publish. Spelling - essential lists 1 and 2. Handwriting - Magic Caterpillar handwriting process to be followed. Letters practised are chosen from phonics programme/ on a formation or a needs basis. Introduce/develop poetic/narrative writing skills - simple poems - acrostic, list, cinquain etc and make believe stories. Measurement - Geometry - 2D and 3D shapes - Year 0/1 - 2 weeks. Measurement - time - Year 2 - 2 weeks. number/algebra (includes problem solving,) mult/div from Stage 3 onwards and fractions.

8 weeks -

Social Sciences Science Health

Stream Study - living world - life processes. Key Idea - We can use the Sciences to help us protect and improve our environment. Living things have certain requirements in order to grow and stay healthy. Social Skills - school wide progamme. Skills taught are chosen by Christine (DP) on a needs basis and linked to key competencies.

Phys Ed.

Personal Health & Physical Development, Movement concepts and motor skills run, jump, throw, aquatic skills. B1 - explore space, direction and speed. B1 - jump and land safely. Jump, leap, and hop for distance B1. Throw, push, sling for distance - B1. Participate in run, jump, throw games- A2. Safety procedures for run, jump, throw & aquatics - A3.

Music

Explore and share ideas about music from a range of sound environments & recognise that music serves a variety of purposes & functions in their lives & in their communities. Explore how sound is made, as they listen & respond to pitch. Explore & express sounds & musical ideas, drawing on personal experience, listening & imagination. Explore ways to represent sound & musical ideas. PK. DI & UC. Singing, listening, moving and playing. Musical elements - pitch. End of year production - Wizard of Oz.

Visual Arts Dance Drama Te Reo

Design, drawing and painting. PK and DI. Continue to explore a variety of materials & tools & discover selected elements and principles. Investigate visual ideas in response to a variety of motivations, observation, and imagination. Improvise & explore movement ideas in response to a variety of stimuli. Share dance movement through informal presentation & share thoughts & feelings in response to their own & others dances. UC and C and I. End of year production - Wizard of Oz. End of year production - Wizard of Oz. C and I.

Manners - thank and apologise to people, compliment people. More greetings - ask people how they are, respond to"how are you?" The Body - identify different parts of the body.lours - respond to questions to identify the colours of objects.