Narrative Assessment: Suri and Sports

Learner: Suri
Date: 04.12.18 
Area: Health and Education Level 2
Regular Physical Activity - Experience creative, regular, and enjoyable physical activities and describe the benefits to well-being.

In Health and Physical Education, our hapu have been learning Cricket and Basketball skills with coaches. For four weeks, we have had coach Roni for basketball and coach Josie from Auckland Cricket come to our school and instruct our learners. The children have learned lots of skills for both games. In basketball, these skills include: dribbling, arm bar, stance and passing. In cricket, skills included: over arm and under arm throw, batting, bowling and catching. Both sports got learners to develop their capabilities and curiosities in these sports, form connections in both codes and to collaborate with others.

Suri enjoys sports and Physical Education. She shows capabilities in both sports and demonstrates skills she has learned.

Key Competencies: Managing Self Thinking Relating to others Participating and Contributing and through the use of digital tools - using language, symbols and texts 

Next Steps: 
Continue developing your capabilities in the skills you've learned
Use the same attitude in sports inside the habitat

Similes

Suri's Firework Painting

Guess what our hapu did? On monday we got to play cricket in the multispace. We got to learn some skills. My favourite skill was bowling, oh i almost forgot our coaches name was Josie. Bowling was even the first skill we learned. Their were three types of bowling under arm, over arm and the um… let's just say around bowling cause you swing your arm around. We played snowflake tag. So basically one person has a ball. I got to be the first tager coach Josie said “how we play snowflake tag, so one person is the tager’’ thats me “and tag people with the ball then they get a ball and they are a tager too’’ last man standing wins. After we learned over arm, under arm and around bowling. We did under arm first, we had to go in partners i was with Riley-C. We did pretty good with all. When we learned around bowling i said to Riley “this is how you do it so you need to hold the ball with two hands next to your chest, put your foot out, put the ball in your throwing hand and you are gonna put your arm with the ball straight pointing at the back, and you other arm pointing forwards then swing the back arm around and the front arm going around with it and release that is how you do it’’ I had so much fun playing cricket. I hope we do it next year.

Narrative Assessment: Suri and Writing

Learner: Suri
Area:Writing Level 2
Date: 12.11.18 
In Writing, we have been recounting our experiences. A recount is retelling a learner's experience from their own point of view. Our experiences include: blindfold game, cricket and basketball. We have been learning to add in detail by using adjectives, verbs, feelings and emotions in our writing. Our hapu have been working hard to include at least three different words to paint a better picture for our audience.

Suri is beginning to build sentences into paragraphs. She has been learning to add more detail and ideas into her writing. Suri is beginning to order her ideas carefully into paragraphs.
She is developing her curiosity by asking questions and is slowly making connections by using ideas discussed in a larger group. Suri collaborates with others by sharing her ideas in discussions. She is beginning to think carefully about her ideas and the audience she is writing for.

Key Competencies: Managing Self Thinking Relating to others Participating and Contributing and through the use of digital tools - using language, symbols and texts 

Next Steps: 
Continue using detailed ideas in your writing
Reflect on your learning and think of how you can improve
Keep practising your writing at home

the blindfold game

Guess what happened? Our hapu went to the library. We played the blindfold game. My experience was so weird. Once i was moving i suddenly forgot everything that happened. We had to go in partners i was with Sanjana. On the next day we got to go to the playground to do blindfolds i kept on bumping and crashing. I was so scared to bump into stuff. Sanjana made me go up the log stairs but i touched something really weird when i gpt to the top step. On the bottom step i slipped. I thought she was taking me back to the start but nope. I had so much fun it was pitch black witch made it harder and i like it that was. That was a bit of my experience being blind folded. I was so happy.

the new play ground

Today the new playground just opened. It is so fun and big. But to be honest there is not a lot. I expected that there would be a lot more. The whole lavakula hapu went to it in writing. The first thing did is my favourite the climbing pole. The one on the sides are the lowest one. The two in the middle are the second quite tall one. Last but not least is the really high one. It was so high i was even scared to go on it. I managed to climb the second highest and the lowest. The next thing i did was that i went to this steering wheel. When you steer it crazy water will go out from the pipe. This thing can hold the water and release it. When the water is released the water goes to the sand and there is a hole that the water can go in. The playground is a lot of fun. I was a bit scared because the pole was quite high. I thought there would be cool monkey bars and they are different and a bigger slide. Ladder monkey bars and a swing that can hold one person.

In the holidays i did lots of thing. It was so fun and exiting. One of the things i did was that i had a sleepover at my cousins house Rhianna and Rafael they live in pukekohe. It was fun. We watched a movie teen titans. But we really didn't do a lot. The next day my had a sleepover at my house. We also did not do a lot. We just played a bit of fortnite and it was really hard. But then i got use to it and i got a victory royal. By the next day i went to xtream to play some games and we did bowling. The best part of my holiday is that i got a drone. It was really hard to fly. That was a bit of my holiday.

should we wear uniforms to school

I think we should wear uniforms to school cause you can represent your school and look smart and cool. Also if you wear mufti people think you are from another school. Wearing uniforms is colourful abit but still. And mufti cost more money cause you have a lot of mufti and a little bit of uniform so it is cheaper I think we should wear uniform because it is comfortable.

Narrative Assessment: Suri and Drama

Learner: Suri
Date: 20.09.18 
The Arts: Drama Level 2
Explore and use elements of drama for different purposes
Share drama through informal presentation and respond to elements of drama in their own and others' work

In iExplore, groups have been learning about drama. What is drama? What is the purpose of it? And why people use drama? In groups, learners have to come up with an idea to share using drama. Plan and storyboard their ideas. Then they use some time to film, record and edit their drama using iPads and finally share and reflect on their piece they have put together.

In this activity Suri is learning to develop her capabilities in showing different emotions and acting skills. She is developing her curiosity by researching and finding out more using devices. Suri was able to collaborate with others by sharing her ideas, listening to others and working in a group to create their movie. Suri made connections by using what she learned and knows about drama while in this iExplore. 

Key Competencies: Managing Self Thinking Relating to others Participating and Contributing and through the use of digital tools - using language, symbols and texts 

Next Steps: 

Continue developing your planning ideas when researching

Continue to question what you what to learn from drama during iExplore

I think we should not have gum at school because… because it could fall out of there mouth. We should not have gum cause people play with it like slime and it's yuck. I think we should also not have gum because it gets stuck it the carpet. Also we should not have gum cause if you`re by yourself and you choke and no one can save you. Another reason why we should not have gum because it goes on the ground and people can step on it. When they step on it so it can get stuck on there shoes.

First the spider dangles down a sticky silk. After it waits for the wind. Once the wind carries the sticky silk to the other side. It walks a cross and at the same time it spins a web. Then it goes to the middle and makes a Y shape. After it makes spokes of a bike.

The female butterfly lays a small egg on the underside of the leaf. After a few weeks later the egg hatches and out comes a caterpillar. A caterpillar eats its shell for nutrients it also eats milkweed leaves. Caterpillar is are eating machines. It goes on a diet so it eats milkweed. When it gets big enough it forms a pupa. After a few weeks the pupa it turns blackish then clear. Soon the pupa breaks open and out comes a butterfly. Itss wings are wet and they can't fly straight away. So they wait later its wings are fully ready.

the museum trip

Yesterday on August 23rd Thursday we went to the Auckland museum. LH1 had to be there by 9am. We travelled by a bus “Yay i love ride on a bus.’’ My favorite part was eating because i had a delicious lunch I had a mandarin, apple and a egg and ham sandwich “mmmmm.’’ My second favorite part was looking at the interesting galleries and the secret world of butterfly room. In there we got to make our own butterflies when we finished the butterflies we can see it on the big screen last but not least the outside it was so fun too because there was fresh air. Our hapu got to play tag. But the sad thing is once we called the roll Aishpreet and Ali were lost,everyone was worried. Luckily we found them when we were getting our bags form the cage. When we found Aishpreet and Ali we went on the bus. It was like half an hour to get to school. I was so tired when we got back we got to watch storks. It was super fun.

Narrative: Suri and the Human Digestive System

Learner: Suri
Date: 20.08.18 
Science Level 2
Living World: Recognise that all living things have certain requirements so they can stay alive

As part of our iExperience, we have been learning about 'How the Human Digestive System works'. We looked at the process of food and what happens when we eat. We learned about the organs and their functions. Through Kahoot and multichoice questions as well as a cut and paste activity we were able to learn about what our human bodies does to food and what we need to keep it healthy.

In this activity Suri is learning to develop her capabilities by cutting out pictures of the organs and pasting them in the right place. She develops her curiosity by listening carefully to the instructions and thinks carefully about her ideas. Suri is beginning to make connections by relating what happens when she eats certain foods and what it does to our bodies. 

Key Competencies: Managing Self Thinking Relating to others Participating and Contributing and through the use of digital tools - using language, symbols and texts 

Next Steps: 

Continue developing your curiosity
Think about what other Science areas you would like to explore

One pitch black windy night there was a monster named Bob. He is a furry and fluffy monster like a cloud. Bob had blue fur and purple spot`s. He also had no sharp teeth like needles it looked like he did not look after his teeth, they were all rotten and yellow. Bob had no sharp claws. He had brown gleaming eyes like the sunlight.Bob also had four arms. Bob had three ears one on top and were they normally are on the sides. Bob had braces as well One day… Bob went to Daze Land. There was a roller coaster that loops five time “AAAAAARRRRRGGGGG’’ everyone shouted out loud on the coaster. He really wants a lot of prizes then Bob saw a game but no one was there so he decided to play it look liked it was a bow and arrow game. Suddenly Bob saw a mystery box it was covered with white and it looked like snow and there was also very dusty with Question marks on the sides. So Bob decided to play the game. “ oh man i only have three arrows’’ he got the bow and the first arrow “ok i just have to get a bullsy’’ (Wosh) the first arrow sadly it did not do it second arrow did not go as well once the finill arrow hit the target it got a bullsy “YAY’’ he jumped in excitement so Bob finally got the box when he opened it inside was a bone and some weapons he panicked so he started to look around in the abandoned part of Daze Land it was really spooky. Soon he heard a sound like a chuckle “hehehe’’ Bob peaked he gasped “that is my friend blue wait it is a chicken bone ah ha you put the stuff in the mystery box’’ said Bob “Bob? What are you doing hear’’ you you set it up the game i can explain i s-s-s-s-s-s-st blue sighed i stalked you i know i like to go with you “it is ok blue lets play some games’’ THE END

Once upon a time there was a girl named Alice. She liked to play sport mostly soccer. Alice looks like an athlete like Alice is fit she wears soccer clothes like cleats. Alice behaves really good but sometimes Alice gets crazy. Because she gets mad. Her skin is white and she has brown hair. Her lucky number is seventeen. One day… Alice and her friend priscilla went to the flatbush zoo. Suddenly they saw there friend`s Eeshaan, Aishpreet and Avantika. Aishpreet said “hey it`s Alice and priscilla’’ “what`s up’’ said Eeshaan. They also saw Mrs Moopanar she was looking at the lion`s. Mrs Moopanar said “hey Avantika’’ behind you Mrs Moopanar there is a lion it escaped from its enclosure’’ Mrs Moopanar panicked “Arggg’’! The lion looked like it was ready to pounce. Then Mr Morrow came. He was the zookeeper. He knew all about how to get the animals to make them fall asleep. So Mr Morrow made the lion`s sleep by blowing a dart gun at them. Later when Mr Morrow blow the dart gun Mrs Moopanar hid as fast as she could. Soon the lion`s fell into a deep sleep Mr Morrow said “the coast is clear so you can come out now it's safe’’ “yay’’ everyone said. They all went home. THE END

the lion escape

Once upon a time there was a girl named Alice. She liked to play sport mostly soccer. Alice looks like an athlete like Alice is fit she wears soccer clothes like cleats. Alice behaves really good but sometimes Alice gets crazy. Because she gets mad. Her skin is white and she has brown hair. Her lucky number is seventeen.

One day… Alice and her friend priscilla went to the flatbush zoo. Suddenly they saw there friend`s Eeshaan, Aishpreet and Avantika. Aishpreet said “hey it`s Alice and priscilla’’ “what`s up’’ said Eeshaan. They also saw Mrs Moopanar she was looking at the lion`s. Mrs Moopanar said “hey Avantika’’ behind you Mrs Moopanar there is a lion it escaped from its enclosure’’ Mrs Moopanar panicked “Arggg’’! The lion looked like it was ready to pounce. Then Mr Morrow came. He was the zookeeper. He knew all about how to get the animals to make them fall asleep.

So Mr Morrow made the lion`s sleep by blowing a dart gun at them. Later when Mr Morrow blow the dart gun Mrs Moopanar hid as fast as she could. Soon the lion`s fell into a deep sleep Mr Morrow said “the coast is clear so you can come out now it's safe’’ “yay’’ everyone said. They all went home. THE END

                              

Narrative: Suri at Swimming

Learner: Suri
Date: 24.06.18 
Area: Health and Education Level 2
Regular Physical Activity - Experience creative, regular, and enjoyable physical activities and describe the benefits to well-being.

In swimming, group three have been learning to use different techniques such as freestyle, backstroke and gliding in the pool. Other skills include: floating, breathing, kicking and arms. This group also swims in the deep pool.

Suri is developing her capabilities in swimming. She demonstrates floating on her back and kicking at the same time. Suri is developing her curiosity by listening carefully to her instructor and observing the other learners in her group. She is making connections by using what she has learned outside of school. Suri collaborates with others in the pool by taking turns.

Key Competencies: Managing Self Thinking Relating to others Participating and Contributing and through the use of digital tools - using language, symbols and texts 

Next Steps: 
Continue developing your capabilities in swimming
Use the same attitude in swimming inside the habitat

Narrative: Suri's Writing

Learner: Suri
Area:Writing Level 2
Date: 04.06.18 
In Writing, we have been learning to plan our writing carefully and build sentences into paragraphs. We know that paragraphs have one main idea and the following sentences add more detail or ideas to the main idea and previous sentences.

Suri is beginning to build sentences into paragraphs. She is beginning to develop her capabilities when writing her ideas. Suri is collaborative and is able to share her ideas with others in small groups. She is developing her curiosity by asking questions and is slowly making connections by using ideas discussed in a larger group. Suri is beginning to think carefully about her ideas and her audience she is writing for.

Key Competencies: Managing Self Thinking Relating to others Participating and Contributing and through the use of digital tools - using language, symbols and texts 

Next Steps: 
Continue using detailed ideas in your writing
Reflect on your learning and think of how you can improve
Keep practising your writing at home

my holidays

In the holidays i went to philippines cebu with my cousins Rihanna and Rafael.My whole family came except some because they have a baby Haru. They also have to look after my dog. In the philippines we stayed with my aunties and uncles for two weeks. In the last week we said goodbye.we went on a cruise ship to go a different city. We stayed in this department hotel. It had a big pool that was four feet deep. And there was a small pool that was about one foot. When we were flying back to Auckland the plane shook. It was so scary but then it stop and we landed. I really loved the philippines. Because it was super fun but it was very hot. It was so hot and sunny i got sunny burnt.

Maths: Reversibility

Learner: Suri
Area: Maths Level 2
Date: 20.03.18 
In Maths, the Cylinders group have been learning to use more than one strategy to solve harder number problems. One strategy that they have been learning is reversibility. This strategy requires the learners to change a hard subtraction problem and switch it around to make it an addition problem. For example: 82-45= ___+45=82

Suri has been developing her skills by collaborating with other learners. She shows being capable by using materials to help her and is beginning to share her thinking with others in her group. Suri is still beginning to develop her curiosity to ask questions and make connections with her prior knowledge to further her understanding.

Key Competencies: Managing Self Thinking Relating to others Participating and Contributing and through the use of digital tools - using language, symbols and texts 

Next Steps: 
Continue developing your curiosity and connected skills. 
Continue to practice your knowledge using Mathletics.

Art: Suri and Sketching

Learner: Suri 
Area: Art - Visual Arts Level 2 
Date: 20.02.18 
In Art, some of the learners have been learning about drawing from their own perspective and what they can see. The learners chose a specific place inside the playground and had to sketch what they saw. We were practising sketching with different lines and looking at different shapes as well as shading. It was not an easy task but learners did try their best. 

Suri was practicing her capability by trying hard to draw from her point of view and what she saw. She showed curiosity by looking for the best place that suited her in the playground. Suri was able to work collaboratively with others by sharing space helping others if asked. She is beginning to make connections and use techniques already learned to help her with her learning.

Key Competencies: Managing Self Thinking Relating to others Participating and Contributing and through the use of digital tools - using language, symbols and texts 

Next Steps: Practice sketching only what you see, practice shading, continue to look at objects from your point of view and interpret what you see

The Stowaway