Jake

=2/2/2012 = ====Jake had his first full day at school today. He was very good at recognizing things in books. When we read 'Dinosaurs at school' he was the first one to notice that they were measuring things. We ended up measuring things around the classroom after the book, just to try the same ideas. Tomorrow we are going to try and measure things in the swimming pool. ====

=3/2/2012 = Jake's favourite time at school so far. 

=10/2/2012 = Today was beach education at Waikuku beach. Jake had a great time and loved playing in the sand with Rohan. We are busy learning the three safety rules about staying safe at the beach in class.



=12/3/2012=

Jake has been working with Caryn everyday. He has been learning how to control his pen. Well done Jake, you are making great progress already. Keep up the hard work!


=15/3/2012 - We are learning to recognise numbers to from 0-100= ====Jake and Arabella have been helping each other in maths this week. We have been using the number fans to show a number to each other to see if they know it. We take turns, and make sure that the numbers are not too hard. We set challenges for each other to develop our thinking.====

=15/3/2012 - We are learning to write a description.= ====Weka have been writing descriptions. Here is Jake's work he has published. I am sorry that some of it is hard to see, the light was not great when I took the photos. Feel free to come into class and the real work up on the wall. It is always much better in person.====

=21/3/2012 BIG IDEA - CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY - WHY THE PAST IS IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE= ====We have looked a lot at the past and present this term. Looking at the buildings around Waikari and trying to understand why looking after things that are old is important to people in our community. All the Wekas had to come up with a question about the building they had chosen. Once we decided on our questions we invited a range of people from our community in to talk with us. We found out some very interesting things about our community. Here is Jake asking his question to Frazer.====

=22/3/2012= ====Jake has been working very hard with Caryn this term to develop his pen and pencil skills. We were both so proud of him today because he wrote his name on the white board without any help. Keep up the great work Jake, now you can start naming your sheets when you do them.====

=27/3/2012= ====Every term we focus on one of the school's PRIDE values. This term we have been looking at respect. How we show respect to other people, to ourselves and our things. Today we talked again about what we can do to show respect and had some time to show some of the skills we have been working on. Jake is trying to remember to put games away when he has finished with them. This helps to keep our class tidy, which is one of our class rules. By doing this Jake is respecting the class rules and his class mats in Weka.====

=28/3/2012=