Term+1

media type="custom" key="11970284" Welcome to Term 1! Pictures of how each topic is progressing will be uploaded as the term continues. Topics and activities may be changed along the way too. ***Topic: Sunsmart When Out in the Sun** **Key Focus:** *What does 'Being Sunsmart when out in the Sun' mean? *How can we be 'Sunsmart'? *What can help us be Sunsmart? *Why do we practice being Sunsmart people? *Practising wearing appropriate hats at school during interval and lunch times. *Identifying shade areas around the school. *Drinking water often. *Use of sunblock. Link to Sunsmart Schools website with loads of information about being Sunsmart. [|www.sunsmartschools.co.nz] Slip, Slop, Slap, Seek and Slide Song media type="custom" key="12408546" align="center"

Here are T1 children preparing props for our T1 Assembly held in Week 5. One of our items was a Sunsmart Song media type="custom" key="13229958" align="center"

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***Rules, Roles and Routines in T1:** **Key Focus:** *Developing understanding of 'Green Card' behaviour in T1 and the School. *Understanding the role of bus tickets, chance cards, award system, consequences for inappropriate working behaviour in T1 class, expectations of work behaviour and general behaviour of a Putauaki Perfect Person (PPP). *Class timetables and what to expect daily. *Developing a sense of familiarity of T1 class routines over the term (on-going throughout the year). *Practising routines and trying new activities in T1 through the use of Habits of Mind with a focus on... - P ersistence - S top and Think - L istening to o thers with E mpathy Our 6 Golden Rules that we sing everyday...they help us to remember everything else!

**Written Language:**  **Recount Writing (Writing about our Holidays)**  *Retelling/recalling interesting events that occurred during the holidays. **Key Focus:** Who is in the story? When did the story happen? Where did the story happen? What happened? media type="custom" key="12352790" align="center"

**Descriptive/Character Writing:** *Describing ourselves, someone we know. *Describing an animal, an ojbect. *Using interesting adjectives (describing words). *Using interesting verbs (doing or action words).

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**PE/Fitness:** **Fitness: Ball Handling (tennis balls/small ball skills)** *Bouncing (bounce and catch, bounce repetitively). *Roll (distance, towards a target). *Catch with two hands. *Throw (at a wall, at a target, to a friend) - underarm - overarm

**PE: Swimming** *Developing confidence in/under the water. *Developing confidence moving around in the water. *Developing confidence with floating in the water. *Developing confidence/skills with floating and kicking across the pool. media type="custom" key="13413390" align="center"

**Art: Crayon and Dye mediums** *Self Portraits using crayons and dying over with coloured dye (background). - head and shoulders (using space/size of shapes) - face and placement of features on face (using space) *Use of colour, patterns on clothing/in hair, use of crayon/dye medium media type="custom" key="12442214" align="center"

Our unfinished self portraits...so far!

Week 8 - They are finished!!! media type="custom" key="13526956" align="center"