Reflective+Practice+Term+4

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** Personal Highlights /Reflections / Successes **
Developing and continuing to develop positive relationships with students and their whanau.I have had several new children come into the class this term. I maintain contacts with whanau personally or through a daily notebook. I keep a log which records the conversations, interviews, interactions, reports and meetings with whanau weekly (in with my planning folder). I am continuing to develop my skills in technology and have kept up to date with my class children's wikis and my personal RTC wiki. I also have continued and extended the class twitter that I started end of 2013.I regularly twitter events and learning that the tamariki have been involved in. I have also updated my class webpage on the RiversleaSchool's web site and my Miharo's Blog. I have set these up for 2015 and updated them to my new room- Room1 as well. I also have continued to extend my personal educational twitter to joining edchats and connecting with educationalists around the world. The range of fun activities and learning that the children have been involved in this term and especially our Inquiry unit (Survivor). Performing my roles and responsibilities well. Eg Duffy Co-ordinator ( co-ordinating the Duffy Books, the Preschool programme, Grandparents Reading, continuing contact with Rotary of Havelock North and Books in Homes in Auckland). Helping organise a Duffy Dictionaries for the Senior room and involvement of Rotary members in school events such as Prizegiving.. I have continued my role as Lead Teacher of Mathematics. I have been available for assistance and have also updated the Numeracy wiki on Riverslea wiki regularly with resources, ideas, PLD and planning as well as links to many valuable sites. I have provided resources from PLD sessions I have attended and have lots of resources, curriculum information, handouts and links which I have offered to teachers and also have available on the Numeracy wiki thread on the Riverslea wiki. I have already updated it for 2015. I have continued my roles as Preschool liaison, NZEI rep and Staff BOT representative, including EEO officer. I have been available for guidance on Wikis and have assisted teachers to set up their children's wiki pages to further progress in this area. Two teachers need to do more work on this and I am ready to help when needed. One teacher will be new next year ( Principal Release) so will need extra guidance in this area. I have maintained contact with whanau/ parents over their children's learning eg through the wiki pages. I have given out links to their children's pages and have put a link on Miharo's blog. I also have had regular contact after school with whanau. ( records in planning).

** Students Highlights/ Successes **
Sports such as the school Hakinakina sports especially Athletics, WeeklySchool sports and the Bike Track activities. Duffy Books,and Grandparent's Reading Preschool Visits, Mayfair Kindergarten visit. Learning new apps on the ipads Progress in Reading, Mathematics and Story-writing. The Survivor Inquiry and the fun relay activities as well as the trip to the Haumoana Zoo associated with it Inflatable World trip (with Preschool Xmas party ) wiki pages. The trip to Cornwall Park on the Double Decker bus and Prizegiving.

** Personal Challenges **
The continual disruptive behaviour of 3 of the children in my class (However 2 of them improved a lot this term) One of them is still a major concern though. Keeping up to date with new ICT and changes. Being left out of the Tuakana- teina that happens daily between R1 and R4.

** Student Challenges **
Some children have found the behaviour of a few children disrupting and have adapted so that they ignore negative behaviour and focus on positive behaviour and rewards. This has also improved. Children want to behave and receive positive praise and rewards. Learning new skills eg literacy, numeracy and on the ipads.These have mainly been positive challenges but the children have still needed lots of support.Some of the older children have become more independent though and can buddy others. Responding positively to changes in class programmes to help all children be flexible and be able to learn in different ways. Helping students that are making slower progress. This has been more helpful with a teacher's aide.

** Literacy **
I have continued to make progress with the children's writing in Room 2 ( refer and compare samples of writing in Children's wiki pages from June to Dec).I will continue to enhance the whiteboard writing practice method and introduce more resources to help children locate or spell their own words. I also am further motivating the children's imagination and enthusiasm I am especially using Tony Ryan's Thinking keys and Dave Burgesses ideas in Teach Like a Pirate. This is working as many children are starting to use their imagination when storywriting For example Mystery Hook stories. Some children are beginning to edit their work and use fullstops and capital letters now. Others are writing a page or more now.

** Numeracy **
have continued my role as Lead Teacher of Mathematics. I have been available for assistance and have also updated the Numeracy wiki on Riverslea wiki regularly with resources, ideas, PLD and planning as well as links to many valuable sites. I have provided resources from PLD sessions I have attended. I have led curriculum staff meeting and provided lots of resources, curriculum information,handouts and links at it. I have,with the staff, set up an Action plan based on the Charter target. This has not been met but we have made improvements and are working towards it. I have further checked that the streaming Maths throughout the classes from Term 2 onwards has been successful.

** Inquiry **
I have re-introduced and extended the older children to the process of Inquiry and introduced Inquiry process to the new children. I had a successful Inquiry based on Survivor ( refer Inquiry T4 wiki thread under RTC thread).

** PB4L **
I have continued to incorporate PB4L in my classroom with restorative conversations and community circles being an integral part. I have also continued the Sweet as programme with the children.This has been successful, as the children know it and know that there are consequences for their actions.Running both side by side has been much more successful with the children's behaviour this term. There have been lots of rewards and positive praise included in the programme eg Caught being Good awards, sticker/ prize bag, Winning House award, Good Choices Day and end of term lucky draw for prize eg a dragon (soft toy ) which Van won.

** Personal **
I have kept up to date with my personal RTC wiki ( lbennettteacherregistration), the Numeracy thread on the Riverslea wiki, the children's wikis, the website R2 page, Miharo's blog and the class twitter. I have found this very time consuming but worthwhile. For PLD I have investigated further new apps for children's learning and have incorporated some of these into the classroom.eg Coding with Scratch Jr I have also extended my personal educational twitter to joining edchats and connecting with educationalists around the world. I still need to continue to reinforce and extend these as many children are at beginning stages of Literacy and need 1 to 1 help.

** Wikis **
I have been available for guidance on Wikis and have helped teachers set up children's wikis and their own personal ones. I am still available for help in this area also. I will also assist with RTC wikis if needed. I have tried to encourage teachers to do these.