Refections+Term+4+2012


 * Personal Highlights. **
 * Room 2 still the place for everyone to be.**
 * Positive relationships developed with children and their whanau continued and extended with new children still coming into the class this term.
 * Continuing to develop my skills in technology, as one of my goals. My website page, Blog and RTC wiki, as well as ipad.I am pleased with what I have achieved and am continuing to learn. I am learning and extending new skills more each term. I also kept my webpage and blog up to date for 2012.
 * Being a part of the positive growth and progress that many of the children in the class are making. The results in Literacy and Numeracy continue to be positive. Three out of the four children that have been in my class for the year are above in National Standards with one child working at an 8 year old level(chronological age 6)
 * The range of fun activities and experiences that we as a school have been involved in this term.We have been there and done that and it has been amazing. The children are enthusiastic and love school. ( Feedback from whanau).


 * Student Highlights. **
 * We are Miharo. Miharo is cool.**
 * Sports eg skill sessions with Anaru, ipads, ( this included showing off their ipad and movie skills at R2 school assembly), Library and Cultural gallery visits, (especially to see Marisa from Preschool’s kete display), Discovery, especially the Music Beat sessions,(see page on wiki), Scooters, Flax Rock, Duffy books and Grandparents reading, connecting with other schools and teachers, PMP, Firewise, visits to the Fire station and Preschool, as well as Preschool visits to us, a student teacher Megan Rayner, new children in the class, Wet and Wild afternoon and Beach Education. The children were also involved in Fun days and Swimming days with whanau and other schools, as well as end of the year activities and an amazing Prizegiving.
 * Still learning lots of new things and knowing that " I can do it."
 * Still developing skills eg in the computer suite, especially on the ipads, on the Bike Track, and Literacy and Numeracy skills.
 * Progress,development and learning across the curriculum.
 * Tuakana-Teina.


 * Challenges. (Being honest)**
 * Continue to always do my best.**
 * I still worked hard, tried to do my best and was always there to help and support. There is a lot going on at all times and I try to keep out of any circumstances that create friction. Unfortunately I was not able to do that for 100% this term. I did not always feel part of the team and felt I was unfairly judged a couple of times. However I have put that behind me and finished the year positively on good terms with everyone, ( who have been contacting me and face-booking me over the holidays).
 * Communication- sometimes I still find out about things that are happening or have changed by accident. Communication however has improved generally.
 * I kept up to date with everything and did what was asked and more but I felt,at times,that it was not recognised or commented on.I think that a bit of praise for all the hard work put in for keeping up to date would be nice rather than a focus on something not quite correct.I work very hard and would be nice to have recognition. It is often about the one thing not done, rather than a "well done" for the 99 things completed.
 * I did my wiki all year, including Term 4 end of year things and set it up for 2013, changing my pepeha and pictures.I also kept a class page on the web site and a blog. Even setting them up ready for 2013.I set up google drives in response to the staff being asked to comment on things.I have already mentioned the google docs that I set up on my professional development. I put voice threads and videos and an imovie and Book Creator samples of children's work on my wiki. I also set up a page for every child in my class with an avatar on the Riverslea whanau Miharo site.I introduced ipads into my classroom to the 5 and 6 year olds and attended professional development on ICT even reporting back on the session, I attended individually, on a google doc. So yes I believe I did meet the challenges given to me last year.


 * 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 as well as Inquiry
 * Tuakana- teina activities.
 * House and School activities eg Sports, Wet and Wild and Beach Education as well as 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."
 * Buddying older children with new children coming in to teach responsibility and skills as well as a class Tuakana - teina.
 * ipads, ipads, ipads!
 * Improvements in behaviour of new children.


 * Personal Success **.
 * I can do it.**
 * Still coping with personal challenges and changes in my life successfully. Sometimes it is hard to do but I have managed to be professional at school and not bring my personal life into my teaching. I am a lot happier personally.
 * Giving things a go and being successful especially ICT, Inquiry etc
 * Still being flexible to changes.
 * Development of my goals, progress is ongoing eg website, blog, wiki, ipads.
 * Preschool liaison and negotiating their involvement in Miharo and school activities eg Preschool visits especially integrating new children starting with pre-visits
 * 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. New children have settled generally well and comments from parents affirm this
 * Mentoring a Student teacher and Teacher's aide in their training.

> **Refer to other pages in wiki for photos, videos, voice threads and RTC write ups** **as well as samples of the children's work.**
 * 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. New children ( just under 1/2 of the class) are presently learning what they are and beginning to use them successfully. This will be reinforced and extended in 2013.
 * **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. I also want to move the learning and development of a group of new children that have recently started school. Most are at a very low level but are being motivated and encouraged to be positive about learning. I have noticed a change in their "give it a go "attitude from "I can't do it ," in just a few weeks. I have had 4 new older children start school who are from other schools. They are all at beginning levels of school and will need a lot of reinforcement and consolidation of skills in 2013. This will be achieved positively so that, in turn, the children enjoy learning and make good progress.
 * **Inquiry Learning**. Children have participated well at Pre Structural and Uni Structural levels.Several children have moved onto a Multi Structural level.In Term 4 I extended this and incorporated new children coming into school into the Inquiry learning process.They are starting at the Pre Structural level but with the development of this terms Inquiry on Goal setting some movement will take place and be assessed accordingly. At the beginning of 2013 most of the children will have a basic understanding of the Inquiry process and progress with further understandings and experinces in this area.
 * **ICT**- I am still making big improvements in this area as I learn new things. I still regularly update my website page, especially with photos of new activities and events the children have been involved in. I also update my Blog site regularly with comments, children's stories and photos. I have still discontinued my reflective journal wiki and now use my RTC wiki for a reflective journal as well. I have 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 continually 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.We ,(the children and I), are using movies, video, creative story writing and plays. I have added threads on my teachers registration wiki thread such as Roles and Responsibilities which I thought I might add to reflect and report upon some of the things I do in the school, as well as T4 Inquiry - Leadership and Pathways, including Goals and Discovery ( Music-Beat).