Term+3

media type="custom" key="11970294" ** Welcome to Term 3. ** Photos of how Term 3 activities are progressing will be uploaded as the term continues. Topics and activities may change throughout the term. ** Topic: ** ** 'Animals in Captivity' ** // *Click on the topic title to navigate to our Term 3 Topic Page //

**Focus Questions:** *What ways are animals kept in captivity? *Why are animals kept in captivity? **Values:** *Shows respect towards our environment. *Is curious about the roles that people take to care for the environment and animals. ** Storywriting: ** ** Recount Writing: ** *Writing about interesting events and activities that happened during the school holidays. *Writing about an interesting event that happened during the weekend. media type="custom" key="20558176" ** Descriptive Writing: ** - Describing what animals look like using interesting adjectives/describing words. - Describing what animals are doing using interesting verbs/action words. media type="custom" key="20558232" align="center"

** Report Writing: ** - Writing a simple report about a farm/domestic/wild animal. ** Maths: ** **Weeks 1- 4: Number Operations** *addition and subtraction as per stages. **Weeks 4 - 6: Geometry** *2D and 3D shapes *identifying by name and attribute *able to describe and explain attributes (including colours - knowing names of most colours) *classifying shapes according to attributes *copy a 2-4 shape repeating pattern *able to create a 2-4 shape repeating pattern **Weeks 7 - 8: Measurement - Mass** *classify objects according to heavy/heavier/heaviest *vocabulary - heavy/light **Weeks 9 - 11: Number Operations** *addition and subtraction as per stages ** PE/Fitness: ** ** PE Activities and Skills: ** **Weeks 1 - 3: Hoops and Skipping** *Jumping over the rope *Skipping on the spot *Skipping while moving forwards/backwards *Running and skipping

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*Rolling a hoop and keeping the hoop rolling *Rolling to a friend *Jump through the hoop (like a skipping rope) *Hullahoop around body media type="custom" key="20734654" align="center" media type="custom" key="20734922" align="center" media type="custom" key="20734926" align="center" media type="custom" key="20734928" align="center" media type="custom" key="20734938" align="center"

**Weeks 4 - 6: Small Ball Handling Skills:** *Throw up into the air and catch with both hands *Throw to a friend gently (under-arm) - catch with both hands *Throw at a spot on the wall/at the fence with one hand and feet apart for balance (over the shoulder) *Repetitive bouncing on a spot - keep going *Bounce to a friend and friend catches (with both hands) **Weeks 7 - 10: Jump Jam:** *Movement to popular tunes (like aerobics) media type="custom" key="20734742" align="center"

** Fitness: ** **Week 1:** Run with Hoops/Skipping **Week 2:** Te Reo Kori **Week 3:** Power Walking **Week 4:** Relays **Week 5:** Circuit Work **Week 6:** Obstacle Course **Week 7:** Skipping **Week 8:** Stamina Work **Week 9:** Individual Exercises (Stations) **Weeks 10 - 11:** **FREE WEEKS** ** Art ** *We will begin preparing art-work for our ** Art 'n Craft Day **, scheduled for Term 4. **Items Planned:** *Papier Mache Animals (wish us luck for this one!) *Painted Animals on Jungle background (using pastels to finish and add detail) *Observational Pencil Sketches of a variety of animals *Paint programme/ActivBoard paint pictures to be copied onto iron transfers for T-Shirts *Animal pillows