Methven Primary School Highbank Room 2

LONG TERM PLAN TERM 1, 2015

WEEK

MPS Star Values

&
Key Competency
&
21CLD

Sporting
Participating & Contributing (Pg. 11)
Collaboration

Integrated
Topic
Social Sciences
Health
Science

Our Amazing Space Term 1 & 2 (Pg.s 12,25,30)

Term 1 & 2 Belonging to groups is important for people.
Term 1 & 2 We are all unique & have different strengths, abilities and characteristics.
Term 1 & 2 - Understanding phenomena & how things can change.
(Observation Skills, Thinking Skills, Using languages, symbols & texts, Communication Skills, Values Exploration Skills)

Oral
Language
Visual
Language
Written
Language
Reading
ICT Integration

Orientation
Physical World
Understand how physical phenomena can change.
Class Set Up
Speaking & Listening: Listen and interact with others in groups or whole class discussions News Circle, Think, Pair,
Share, Oral News, Drama Activities and Games.

Viewing: c, a,d
o,q.g
l,t,i
n,m,r,p
h,b
u,w,y
v,x,z
s, e
Presenting: Handwriting following Casey caterpillar Programme mixed media, emphasis on getting correct grip, movement
control and beginning of each letter formation
Whole class and Group Modelling Sessions/ Instructional Writing Groups / Shared Writing/ Publishing/ Mirror Writing
Early Level 1 Refer: What Good Writers Do When They Write. (Page 47-48)
AsTTle Writing Rubric Vocabulary/ Punctuation/ Sentence Structure/ Spelling. (Pages49-51)
Close reading Instructional Groups daily / Shared Reading
Independent reading - Buddy Reading/ Class Library/ School Library
Teacher Reading Weekly Shared Big Book/ Picture Books/ Fiction and Non Fiction Text/ Poems

Website Integration: Literacy & Numeracy Websites, Wiki, You-Tube clips, Research, I-Pad Apps
Programme Integration: KidPix, Comic Life, Keynote, Book Creator

Number & Statistics (Number = Mon Thurs, Statistics = Week 1&2)

Visual Self Portraits

Visual Inquiry Topic Art

Music daily singing

(Pg: 31)

Assessment

Mihi & Hauora

Learn personal Mihis & learn about Haurora (well-being)
TE REO CHARTS: Classroom commands/Instructions, Te Taecolours, Te Tatau - numbers/counting, Marama calendar, Te
Tinana - the body
Target children Tracking Sheets / Collaborative Action Plans / IEPs
Essential Lists 1 5 & Peters Spelling (Wk. 1)
Running Records (PM)
Other Curriculum Tracking Sheets
Inquiry Skill Planning
Modelling Books / Student Goal Sheets

Portfolio
Samples

Reading, Writing, Maths, Topic, Art, Spelling, Physical Education, Languages (Maori), ICT
Waitangi Day (Friday)

SCHOOL
WIDE
EVENTS

Moving our body creates space in games

Focused hand-eye coordination assists making contact with and controlling an object
Self talk & communication within a team increases effectiveness and success

Last Day of Term 12nd April

Learning
Languages
(Maori)

Variety of swimming skills and styles

Cooperative Games

Methven Show (21st &

22nd)

(Pg: 32, 33)

Swimming

MPS Triathlon (Mon)

Physical
Education

Area Swimming
Postponement Day

Arts

Count All Strategies counting on, counting back, skip counting & simple grouping strategies to combine or partition
whole numbers
Gather, display and count data using enquiry cycle (with support) discussing similarities and differences in category data

(Tues)

Numeracy