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 In term 2 I started an ALiM group with 4 students, 3 year 6 and 1 year 5 student. There was a major focus on Multiplicative Thinking for my group because that was the whole class focus for most of term 2.  I used the Learning Progressions Framework to gauge some ideas of activities and where to base the learning at. I also took their 2020 GloSS data, as well as my overall teacher judgement on where they were at.  Once we had finished the Mult/Div unit in class we moved on to algebra which I also focused on in the ALiM group.  There was some great progress within the mult/div aspect of mathematics which was very pleasing. 3 of the 4 students made acceleration in the 10 weeks.  In term 3 I have started the second ALiM group which is a group of 5 year 5 students. This group is focusing on fractions.

This year we have had two teacher only days both with a focus on Local Curriculum. The first day was 11/5/21. We planned 2 inquiry units - the first was a Gold Rush, Lawrence History plan and the second was a Matariki inquiry/art unit.   The second day was the 16/8/21. We had another focus on the local curriculum and how we can include this on our unit planning. We also spent time on whanaungatanga. 

This week on Monday and Tuesday we had our mid-year parent teacher interviews. I had 18 of my 23 students represented in theses interviews which was fantastic. I also have 2 more that I need to have, 1 an IEP and one an interview that probably will take a bit longer. It is a great opportunity to talk to parents face-to-face and see if they have any questions about the mid-year report. 

 As a Junior School we had 5 sessions which focused on Matariki art activities which were in the lead up to the Matariki Community Celebration in Lawrence. These sessions were a great chance to work with students of all ages from year 0-8 and see the tuakana-teina relationships that were happening. 

This was the second of these days and it was really nice to be able to go with Gillian this time so both of us could take on more learning about Deep Learning.  Similar to the last day in Twizel, extending on a bit from Local Curriculum and Deep Learning. I think between Gillian and I we will be able to introduce the Deep Learning ideas to the school in a staff meeting.