Walkthroughs Term 3

As we have done earlier this year our teams (Kea, Takahe and Hoiho). 

Takahe 
The team has started to use the kitchen space in room 8, have set up the breakfast and have kai accessible straight away in the morning. 
Use of QR codes and using IPad for Classdojo  
In room 9 is mainly used for construction and play eg for arts and children have plenty of access to the resources and supplies. 
Takahe has also spread out the equipment and the organisation of learning. 
Also the new promeathean have helped to link into learning through play and presenting through the active board. 
The daily planning and groups are up on the wall and include 4 social groupings. We are mixing the kids and rotate the teachers and kids. 
Literacy is set up and we are tighting our systems and also use of tokens. Teachers are encouraged to use their tokens for the day and challenge each other. 
The team also mentioned that they debrief everyday after their leaning to talk about next steps and what worked well. 

Kea
Kea team has continued with the Waka model and this has helped with new students. We have been using oral language approach i.e on Mondays we have a STEAM challenge. We are trying to make sure the tasks are rich and increase their vocabulary. 
Kea want to continue using the geographic phenomena and will be moving towards planet earth and beyond. Kea are also using choice cards for the Waka workshops and the island. 

Hoiho
In term 2 the teachers were planning together but teaching separately and swapping around the teachers. Teachers wanted to stay in a unit of work for 2 to 3 weeks. 

They also used whare mahi tahi (working in room 4). Teachers are using big books and 
Students are using the blends and writing prompts. Phil Margetts has been working with year 4 blogs and year 3s are experiencing the use of chromebooks through the cybersmart curriculum. Kea kids also have come and practice blogging - Tuakaba Teina. Some of the high needs children are also being mixed across the class rooms. 

Ongoing themes- 
What is the challenges and needs of our learners and how do we know our learners? 
We also are reviewing the groupings of our learners in order to work out the organisation of our teaching. 

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