Reflective+Practice+Term+3

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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 record the conversations and interviews 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 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 (the Arts).**
 * 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 Theatre visit and School Leaders(Karamu) visit.**
 * 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 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.**
 * 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 the Cross Country, 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 Arts Inquiry**
 * Inflatable World ( Good Choices Day 5 chn)**
 * wiki pages**
 * Duffy Theatre and School Leaders Assembly**

** Personal Challenges **

 * The continual disruptive behaviour of 3 of the children in my class**
 * (However this has improved a lot this term)**
 * Adjustments to the new behaviour management scheme in the school**
 * Keeping up to date with new ICT and changes.**
 * Being left out of the Tuakan- teina that happens daily between R1 and R4.**
 * However this will change next term.**

** 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.**

** 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 July Aug/ Sept).I will continue to enhance the whiteboard writing practice method and introduce more resources to help children**
 * locate or spell their own words in Term 3. I also am further motivating the children's imagination and enthusiasm.**
 * This is working as many children are starting to use their imagination when storywriting For example Monster stories.**
 * Some children are beginning to edit their work and use fullstops and capital letters now.**

** Numeracy **

 * 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. 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 .**
 * 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 The Arts**
 * ( refer Inquiry T3 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**

** 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.**

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