Last term, Room 14 students created their own musical composition to play on the marimbas. They had to compose 4 bars of 4/4 time, using 3 lines and 4 pitches. When the composition was complete, they had to perform their composition to an audience. Click on the video below, to view...
Each term, we finish with plays in the last week. Everyone enjoys the opportunity to work within cross levels, showcasing their creativity. It's a lot of fun, and each term the focus is to meet our class constructed criteria, while also improving in the areas identified the previous term.
Here are our term 2 plays, click the image to go to all five plays. Every term we have reading homework, every week students are expected to complete and record four nights of reading. This is tallied at the end of the week, giving an overall total for the term.
As well as standard reading homework, we also have a term reading challenge related to the topic we are covering, this term being Mäori myths. This term 9 students read a minimum of 28 nights or completed the full reading challenge with 8 books read, and 8 lots of detailed information researched and presented. Not everyone completes our homework expectations, and it is at end of term, when they wish they had persevered more with this. We have a treat for readers, negotiated by themselves. This time, they chose to make their own ice creams, building them as high as they liked (and going back for seconds and thirds). Reading is a vital part of learning, and it is an essential skill needed in all areas of learning (even maths). Reading homework helps to consolidate a range of reading skills. |
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December 2014
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