Participating in the Arts

I have been contributing to artwork to enrich our classroom to support our Family Tree work for Maori  and our descriptive writing about Fireworks 

Counting Money and Giving Change

I am learning to recognise the value of NZ coins to add, total and give change.



At first I thought it was hard but I could add the money.  It was a bit harder to give change.

Bella, you counted the coins well.  When the amounts of change of simple you can work them out but it was harder for amounts like $3.20  from $5.00.  Mrs Templeton  21.11.16

Writing Recounts

I am learning to write a recount about my experiences.

• sequence my ideas
• add detail to my ideas
• use time words e.g. later, after, next, first, finally etc.
• use capital letters and full stops

Predicting, inferring and exploring vocabulary

I am learning to predict, make inferences and explore vocabulary


The questions were a bit hard for me but I could read what it says easy. Next time it would have been easier to help each other and talk about it more.  - Bella 15.11.16

Well done Bella, I like the way you reflected on your Reading.  Keep looking for clues in the text to help you predict (good guess) and infer.  Mrs Templeton  15.11.16