Measurement Portfolio Sample

This term in maths we are learning about measurement. Before we started the learning we got a rich task and we all did the task in an amount of time. The task was all about measurement and we had a go at the task.We hadn't had any workshops around measurement so I didn't do very well. Then we had some workshops on measurement like, area with Elly, capacity with Nic and weight with Troy. I went to two of the workshop. After that week we did the rich task again and I knew a lot more but if a went to 3 workshops I would have done even better.

Book Buddies Portfolio Sample

This term we have started I reading program called book buddies. Book buddies is when the teachers give you I buddy and you both pick I book from the selection that the teacher gave us. My buddy is Zara and we are reading a book called paper planes. Paper planes is about I boy who is in the middle of a war and he is with his best friend and his family. The teachers made a slide everyone and copied and here is Zara and I's slide.



Evaluation: I think that Zara and I have picked a great choice on what book we are reading because I really like the book and Zara is a great buddy to work with.

Feedback/Feedforward: Wow Sophie, you have come really far in your reading, you could work reading more of the book-Tabitha

Excellence Portfolio Sample

Every Monday Poutama and Poutokomanawa have discovery time. Discovery time goes till lunch. There are lots of different activities like finger knitting, making pompoms, skipping, tents, sewing and pogo sticks etc. Last week I did skipping and then I came inside and did some finger knitting and making pompoms. We tried to make a giant pompom but it didn't work so we jus made small ones.



Evaluation: I think that I have done well in discovery time because I have been showing panekiretanga but I could work on discovery a bit more.

Feedback/Feedforward:
Sophie you have done great at showing excellence in discovery time next time I agree with you you could discover a bit more and go out of you comfort zone -Bella M

2nd Discovery Time

Today I first attempted to make a house out of the imaginz but there wasn't enough bits to make it. So then I went outside and did some skipping with Zara and Yassmine. After that I went inside and did some sewing. I was going to make a quilt and then I didn't have enough time to finnish so I'll finnish at home. So today I learnt how to make a quilt.

Discovery Time

Every monday from 9:20am till 12:40pm we do discovery time with Poutokomanawa. The teachers chose a lot different actives like making goo, sewing, finger knitting, tents, marbles etc. I made tents and we put blankets, white boards and books in the tents. After we made the tents we did some finger knitting. This was challenging because we didn't know what type wool but in the we had to experiment and thick wool work the best.

SLC Reflection

Yesterday I had my student led conference with Nic and my Mum. Today the teachers gave us some questions to answer about my SLC.

1) How do you think you did on your SLC? What was the highlight?

I think that my SLC was good because I don't normally get time to share my learning with my Mum. 

2) What did you do differently to make your SLC stand out?

I think that I made mine stand out by sharing my learning from the heart not from my post. 

3) How will you make your Home Led Conference in Term 3 be awesome? What things might you do to make it awesome?

I could go out and not get distracted from my brother and other family members and ask my Mum if she has any questions.

Sea Turtles Writing

This term our writing has been around Sea Turtles, First we watch a video so we could learn about them. Then we took notes about the video and then we made a plan so we knew what we were going to write about. Then we did our first draft and then we conference with a teacher. Then we did our second draft.

Here is the video we watched.


Here is my writing.

Sea Turtles

The Sea Turtle is a threatened species that has been on earth over 150 million years. It takes approximately 20 years for the Sea turtles to grow into the adults.

Eggs

When the eggs are lay approximately 1000 are laid.When the eggs are laid they are the size of a ping pong ball. Their Mum will dig a hole and lay the eggs in there. Only 800 will hatch.

Babies

When the eggs hatch they are the size of the palm of your hand. Getting to the water is hard for the little turtles because there are many obstacles like crabs, birds and rubbish that can kill the turtles because they can’t defend themselves. Only 400 make it to the water.

Growing Up

Growing up is still hard for the sea turtles because there are Sharks, big Fish and Birds that will eat the turtles. So only 200 tune into adults.

Adults

When they grow into adults they are the size of a table. When the Mums grow fully into adults they go up to the beach. Then dig a hole and lay their eggs, but only 2 survive to breeding age.