Reflective+Practice+Term+2

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=** RTC 1 5 12 **= toc

** Personal Highlights /Reflections / Successes **
I maintain contacts with whanau personally or through a daily notebook. 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 Riverslea School's web site and my Miharo's Blog. I also have extended my personal educational twitter to joining edchats and connecting with educationalists around the world. continuing contact with Rotary of Havelock North and Books in Homes in Auckland). Helping organise a Rotary evening for the Senior students of Riverslea to attend.  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 provided lots of resources, curriculum information,  handouts and links at a Curriculum Maths session at Staff meeting that I led,early Term 2.  and Staff BOT representative, including EEO officer.  wiki pages to further progress in this area. and have put a link on Miharo's blog. Wednesday I led a Nanny and Papa session in my class with the children. Thursday I helped with a Festival at the school.
 * 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 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.
 * The range of fun activities and learning that the children have been involved in this term such as PMP and Matariki and Inflatable World ( for 6 students).
 * Performing my roles and responsibilities well. Eg Duffy Co-ordinator ( co-ordinating the Duffy Books, the Preschool programme, Grandparents Reading,
 * I have continued my role as Lead Teacher of Mathematics.
 * I have continued my roles as Preschool liaison, NZEI rep
 * I have been available for guidance on Wikis and have assisted teachers to set up their children's
 * 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
 * Matariki- Helping organise and lead and participate in the weeks events.
 * I led the whanau breakfast Monday and a workshop making poi. On Tuesday I led Junior Hakinakina sports with 2 other schools involved.

** Students Highlights/ Successes **

 * Sports such as the school Hakinakina sports, Weekly School sports and the Bike Track activities.
 * Duffy Books,and Grandparent's Reading
 * Preschool Visits
 * Learning new apps on the ipads
 * Progress in Reading, Mathematics and Story-writing.
 * Matariki week activities (see above)
 * Inflatable World ( Good Choices Day 6 chn)
 * wiki pages

** Personal Challenges **
(However this has improved a lot this term)
 * The continual disruptive behaviour of 3 of the children in my class
 * Adjustments to the new behaviour management scheme in the school
 * Keeping up to date with new ICT and changes.

** Student Challenges **
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. but the children have still needed lots of support.Some of the older children have become more independent though and can buddy others.
 * Some children have found the behaviour of a few children disrupting and have adapted
 * Learning new skills eg literacy, numeracy and on the ipads.These have mainly been positive challenges
 * 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 April, May and June).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 motivating the children's imagination and enthusiasm. For example I walked in the classroom with a plate on my head. My plate was a hat.Their writing included frisbees, bikes, cars, shoes, flying wings etc

** 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 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 Matariki ( refer Inquiry T2 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 re-introduced the Sweet as programme to 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.

** 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 new apps for children's learning and have incorporated some of these into the classroom. 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. will also assist with RTC wikis if needed.