Maths

Maths 

Goal: Seth will learn to make a pattern.
Evaluation: Achiever. Seth understood, very quickly, how to make a pattern using 2 or more colours and shapes.
Next Steps: A next step to follow making a pattern is to observe patterns that exist in our environment and to use this information for understanding maths problems.


Goal: Seth will learn about grouping numbers.
Evaluation: Improver. Seth can instantly identify groupings to 10. He can accurately group objects in the range to 20.
Next Steps: Seth can work towards recalling groups of objects in the range to 20 and make groups of objects beyond 20.

Goal: Seth will Learn about Fractions.
Evaluation: Learner. Seth can identify halves and quarters by cutting an apple and other objects.
Next Steps: To extend his fractions further to thirds and more.

Goal: Seth will practice addition and subtraction skills.
Evaluation: Achiever. Seth can use numicon to complete addition and subtraction equations independently in the range to 30, and needs some assistance to do the same in the range to 50.
Next Steps: Continue to practice add sub skills into bigger numbers.





Goal: Seth will participate in statistical activities and language.
Evaluation: Improver. Seth has learned about collecting data, displaying the date on various types of graphs and using the correct language to describe statistical mathematics.
Next Steps: Seth will continue to learn more about maths with statistics and collating this information.


Goal: Seth will learn about Geometry and Measurement.
Evaluation: Improver. Seth has extended his knowledge of shapes and has learned more about tools used to measure, how to measure and record information.
Next Steps: Seth will extend his knowledge to use more conventional units of measurement.



Money
During Term 3 Seth continued to practice real money skills by shopping with $2 at New World to purchase something that he had chosen which he could afford to buy. Seth understood that he could only purchase items that added up to or below $2.
During term 3 and 4 Seth has continued to practice using money in our class shop lessons and from ipad money apps that Seth participated in. Seth also enjoyed being the bingo caller for money bingo, which tested knowledge of identifying coins and notes.
Seth has achieved well with the money assessment by achieving matching the money to the correct price and Seth is now working on identifying the notes and coins in a price.

EOTC Terms 3 & 4

During term 3 Seth missed a number of our shopping trips due to his illness. When he was with us he did enjoy going to the shop to buy treats of his choice and he was able to manage his $2 well.
In term 4 we went to Foster Park for a whanau day where Seth had fun playing on all the equipment with his class mates.

Physical Education-Terms 3 & 4

Term 3 PE
Soccer 
This term Seth has learned soccer skills, including moving the ball with his feet, kicking off the cone and aiming the kick to score a goal. Seth enjoys involvement in all sports activities and has excellent physical co-ordination.




PMP Term 3 &4


PMP activities this half of the year have focused on movement to music and small
games which incorporate coordination, balance, body awareness, turn taking and
rhythm all while following instructions. Students then move to small group circuit
work consisting of pencil rolls to develop core strength, scooter boards for upper body
strength, obstacles for coordination and motor planning and crawling through a
tunnel aimed at improving bilateral movement, core strength and coordination.

Seth is participating in the bean bag song. He has just dropped the beanbag to land on his foot. Seth is enthusiastic about all PMP activities.
Term 4 PE

Athletics


This term Seth has practiced a variety of athletic sports including discus, shot put and running races. PE has also involved learning and practicing games including Duck Duck Goose, What's the time Mr Wolf and follow the leader.

Communication

Communication:
ILP Goal: Seth will speak confidently to a group when sharing details about an activity.
Evaluation: Improver. Seth is making great strides with speaking clearly and concisely to an audience. Seth will arrive armed with news or with a photo of an experience that he will talk about. Seth is sharing more detail about his stories in an excited, interesting way.

Seth told us that he had medicine and the bugs were all gone from his tummy.

Next Step: Seth could work on slowing down a little, and making a eye contact connection with his audience.

Managing Self

Managing Self:
ILP Goal: Seth will remember his mother’s and father’s phone numbers and his street address, when asked.
Evaluation: Improver. Seth has begun to learn his mum and dad's phone numbers. This goal is one that Seth would normally achieve easily, however, Seth has been absent for a number of weeks during this ILP session and this has affected some of his goals.
Next Step: Continue learning this important information as Seth will easily achieve this when present at school.




Managing Self:
ILP Goal: Seth will identify his own feelings when experiencing a range of emotions.
Evaluation: Improver. Seth can strongly express his feelings around situations that occur in the class. If he is not happy or he is angry he will state this very clearly with words. Seth also has emergent skills around asking for help from others and being corrected by others.
Next Step: The assessment tool I used to collect data around Seths emotional regulation skills show he can be independent in a number of areas and he is growing in areas such as identifying how his behaviour affects others. Seth will continue to experience work on Emotional Regulation and develop in these areas.

Seth told me he felt good coming to school after being sick.

Managing Self

Learning Goal: Seth can send a text message to a family member to convey a message.
Evaluation: Improver. Seth is able to text his mother an emoji message and write 'from Seth' at the end, when the phone number has already been selected into the text message.
Next Steps: Seth can continue to practice texting using Maily, however, next term Seth will learn to identify his emotions, using the Emotional Regulation Plan, and practice techniques to regulate his response in situations where he experiences different emotions.

Learning Goal: Seth can use a knife and fork to eat his food.
Evaluation: Achieved. Seth uses his knife and fork to eat his pie at school. 

Maths

Goal: Seth will consolidate his number knowledge by solving basic double digit (20-30) addition, subtraction and skip counting activities.

Evaluation: Improver. He is able to use numicon to solve addition and subtraction problems in the range to 30 with minimal assistance. He will correctly write the answer to the problem in his math book. Seth is also able to skip count in ten's independently to 30 and with assistance to 100.

Next Steps: Seth will be working on identifying groups of numbers and making groups of numbers to ten, and will also learn about patterns.

Goal: Seth will name number groups to 10 and make number groups to 10.
Evaluation: Achieved. Seth can instantly name a group of objects up to 10. He can also accurately make groups of objects to 10.
Next Steps: Identify groups of numbers to 20.

Goal: Seth will identify what a pattern is, and make a pattern of his own design.
Evaluation: Achieved. Seth can identify patterns in the environment and he can make his own pattern using materials.
Next Steps: Seth will learn about more complex patterns and use these understandings with his number knowledge.