Reflections+Term+1

= Reflections Term 1 2012 (20/4/12) =
 * Personal Highlights. **
 * New room, new start.**
 * Adapting to the changes in my life and applying new ideas and areas of teaching in my classroom eg Learning journeys, Discovery, Visual and audio learning in basic skills for children.
 * Developing my skills in technology, as one of my goals.
 * Being a part of the positive progress that many of the children in the class are making
 * Enjoying all the fun activities that we as a school have been involved in


 * Student Highlights. **
 * We are Miharo.**
 * Bonding as a class that support each other and enjoy being together, learning and giving everything a go.
 * Hakinakina day, Fun Friday afternoon, Art Blast, Library and Cultural gallery visit, Travelling on a bus ( to Bridge Pa),Rippa Rugby, Cricket and other Sports and games,Discovery, Gaining skills on the Bike Track.
 * Learning lots of new things and knowing that " I can do it."
 * Developing skills in the computer suite and on the Bike Track.
 * Tukana - teina.


 * Challenges. **
 * Adapting ( Being honest)**
 * A major operation and the sudden death of my husband less than 2 weeks later ( 2 days after Xmas) devastated me. At times I felt unsupported and even though I worked hard undervalued. It would be nice to hear positives about what you do well, rather than mainly what you can do better. For example you have done something well, but rather than any positive comment, a negative comment is made about a small aspect of it that you hadn't considered.
 * Communication- sometimes I 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. **
 * 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.

**Personal Success**.
 * I can do it.**
 * Giving things a go and being successful eg ICT, Kapa Haka etc
 * Being flexible to changes.
 * Preschool liaison.
 * Duffy Books in Homes co-ordinating.
 * Establishing positive relationships with whanau.
 * Relay for Life

**Goals.**
 * Onwards and Upwards.**
 * **Learning Journeys**. These have progressed well. Children know what they can do as well ,as where to next, in 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 be continued and extended. At present they are used in Literacy and Mathematics.
 * **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 incorporate SMART goals into the children's learning and development programmes
 * **Inquiry Learning**. Children have participated well at Pre Structural and Uni Structural levels.Term 2- I want to extend this and incorporate new children coming into school into the Inquiry learning process.
 * **ICT**- I have made a huge improvement in this area. I have set up my new website page and included photos. I update my Blog site regularly with comments, children's stories and photos. I also have a voice thread on it. I have setup and maintained 2 wikis.One as a reflective journal and now one as a RTC page as well as reflective journal. I have added features and photos. I have a facebook and skype and have explored my ipad, mainly at home as I am not yet added to the school internet.I use photography and video in the classroom to record events and also to assess children. Eg counting.I have made up folders of songs from Utube for the data projector for Singing and also for Kapa Haka.
 * (I have been unable to add videos of the children to this site as it says that each individual one is over the limit allowed- so will investigate that ) Thank you Maurice for setting up a u-tube link for videos.Another thing for me to **explore**.