Reflections+Term+2


 * Personal Highlights. **
 * Room 2 the place to be.**
 * Positive relationships developed with children and their whanau.
 * Still developing my skills in technology, as one of my goals.My website page, Blog and RTC wiki, as well as ipad.
 * Being a part of the positive growth and progress that many of the children in the class are making.
 * The range of fun activities and experiences that we as a school have been involved in this term.


 * Student Highlights. **
 * We are Miharo.**
 * Hakinakina day, Fun Friday afternoon,Sports,Library and Cultural gallery visits,Discovery,Scooters, Sk8zone, Flax Rock, The Matariki festival week- Dawn ceremony, Breakfast,workshops,Duffy Theatre,Hangi, The Festival, connecting with other schools and teachers and PMP.
 * Still learning lots of new things and knowing that " I can do it."
 * Still developing skills in the computer suite and on the Bike Track, as well as ipad skills and Literacy and Mathematics skills.
 * Progress,development and learning across the curriculum.
 * Tuakana-Teina.


 * Challenges. (Being honest)**
 * To always do my best.**
 * Again I have worked hard, but often am unacknowledged. I always try to do my best and am always there to help and support.
 * Communication- sometimes I **still** find out about things that are happening or have changed by accident.

**Student Success**.
 * Ki ui ki ako ki tae. **
 * To inquire to learn to succeed. **
 * Continued progress especially in National Standards areas of Reading, Writing and Mathematics.
 * Tuakana- teina activities.
 * House activities eg Sports and Discovery.
 * Positive attitudes towards their learning and social skills.
 * Enjoyment of school and all that we do ( Very few absences).
 * Growing independence and responsibility.
 * The right attitude. "It doesn't matter if you don't quite succeed as long as you try."

**Personal Success**.
 * I can do it.**
 * Coping with personal challenges and changes in my life successfully.
 * Giving things a go and being successful especially ICT, Kapa Haka etc
 * Still being flexible to changes.
 * Development of my goals, porgress is ongoing eg website, blog, wiki.
 * Preschool liaison and negotiating their involvement in Miharo and school activities eg Duffy Theatre etc.
 * Duffy Books in Homes co-ordinating.Grandparents Reading programme running well.
 * Continuing to establish positive relationships with whanau,community and other schools.
 * Positive feedback from whanau about how happy they are with their children's progress and how well they feel that their children are doing in Room 2. 8 out of 10 sets of children's parents have personally approached me to tell me that.

**Goals.**
 * Onwards and Upwards.**
 * **Learning Journeys**. These are still progressing well. Children know what they can do, as well as where to next, and what they need to learn to do now. They use WALTS and can verbalise what their own personal WALT is for the task that they are doing. Learning journeys will continue to be extended. At present they are used in Literacy and Mathematics, in written form, but verbally and on the board in class or group form in other areas.
 * **Promoting success with the children in their holistic learning.** We have had a successful term with some excellent results in Reading, Mathematics and Writing, as well as ICT and school transition (starting school and settling into routines) and independence.I also want to continue incorporating SMART goals into the children's learning and development programmes.
 * **Inquiry Learning**. Children have participated well at Pre Structural and Uni Structural levels.Several children have moved onto a Multi Structural level.Term 3- I want to extend this and incorporate new children coming into school into the Inquiry learning process.
 * **ICT**- I am still making big improvements in this area as I learn new things. I regularly update my website page, especially with photos of new activities and events the children have been involved in. I update my Blog site regularly with comments, children's stories and photos. I have discontinued my reflective journal wiki and now use my RTC wiki for a reflective journal as well. I have recently up dated it to co-align with our Professional development on RTC. I have regularly added features and photos, as well as videos and voice threads. I have a facebook and skype and am always **exploring** my ipad. I now use it in the classroom and have found many exciting apps which I have downloaded to help the children with their learning. I have recorded children's drama and singing on it as well. I use photography and video in the classroom to record events and also to assess children.I still make up folders of songs from Utube for the data projector for Singing and also for Kapa Haka.


 * Refer to other pages in wiki for photos, videos, voice threads and RTC write ups** **as well as samples of the children's work.**