Ocean made an awesome alligator at Reading time with Whaea Lorna. Kap pai Ocean.
Bad Fat Cat
Pam has a cat. The cat is fat. The fat cat is bad. Bad fat cat sat in the jam. Pam has a rag bag. In the bag went Bad Fat Cat. Dad and Pam ran with Bad Fat Cat to the tap.
Red Hen
Red Hen is Pam’s pet. Bad Fat Cat is wet. Bad Fat Cat ran to get Red Hen. Red Hen ran to Pam’s bed. Bad Fat Cat sat on Pam’s bed. He let Pam’s bed get wet. Can Fat Cat get Red Hen?
Pippin Pig
Pippin Pig went to dig in the pit. Bad Fat Cat ran to Pippin Pig. The Bad Cat hit the little pig. He bit him on the leg. Pippin Pig ran and hid in the big tin bin. The cat did not fit in the bin. Dotty ran to get Pam. Will Pam get rid of Bad Fat Cat?
Dotty Dog
Dotty Dog is in his box. Bad Fat Cat is on the top of the box. The bad cat has a hot pot. He will pop the pot on Dotty. Dotty cannot spot the cat. Red hen can spot Bad Fat Cat. She will hop onto the box. She will stop Bad Fat Cat.
Nuts, Buns and a Hug
Run Dotty! Run to get Pam! Dotty tugs Pam to the bin. Pippin is in the bin. He is hot in the sun. This is not fun. Bad Fat Cat sits by the bin. Pam runs up to the bin. She gets Pippin Pig. She sets him on the rug. Pam has nuts for Pippin. Dotty the pup has a bun. Red Hen runs to hug Pippin. Red Hen gets a nut too.
Being an EDForce Relief Teacher means you …
I love the way you smile
The way you look at me
When you look at me I see
A sparkle in your eye
I love the way you smile
The way you cherish me
In all different ways
And I know you'll always be there
Forever and ever in my life
A teacher that never forgets me
And never leaves my soul behind
I know you'll always love me
Kaiya Tahitahi
Year 6
Kelvin Road School, 2010
Operation Orange Day is May 21. It's a day for NZEI members to focus on the call for a trail of National Standards. In the lead up to May 21 our aim is to have all members collect 10 signatures on the Trial the Standards Not Our Kids petition. On the 21st members will be holding Orange themed events, wearing orange, eating orange morning tea, flying orange balloons and more.
Join the discussion on ideas for Operation Orange Day activities, download an Operation Orange mission pack and sign up for campaign actvity and, most importantly, collect 10 signatures on the petition.
Untested National Standards
The Government says National Standards assessment will raise children’s achievement. There is no supporting evidence that they will raise children’s achievement. Teachers already use assessment practises to monitor children’s progress and identify those children who are struggling. Teachers then provide programmes to cater for the needs of these children. Why is this Government spending tens of millions of dollars to roll out National Standards, which are untested and have failed in other countries, to replace robust assessment practises that already exist in our Schools and at a National level through the National Education Monitoring Project.
National Standards encourage schools to match children to various levels for reading, writing and maths based on their age. As teachers and parents we know children develop at their own pace and will peak and ebb in their progress, because of cognitive development. Children also come to school with strengths and talents in areas of the curriculum that are not literacy and numeracy based. Some children enter school without early childhood education and need to learn skills to socialise and respond to programmes at their level, other children take longer to read and write, surely labelling these children as failures will damage their motivation to learn. We want enthusiastic children who progress their learning and have a sense of self worth to better live in our communities.
The reporting process developed for National Standards will lead to data that can be used in simplistic forms of league tables. These tables will compare schools, creating a perception of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ schools and failing children. Data that is collected for league tables does not reflect the effective teaching and social mentoring that has raised student achievement from where the child was to where the child is now. Lots of children start behind the norm and will make progress but not at the rate of others.
At the cost of tens of millions of dollars the Government continues to push the rollout of the Standards in the face of public and education sector support for the Standards to be trialled. The effectiveness of these standards needs to be tested.
The tens of millions of dollars would be better spent on providing programmes and support to address the needs of the children already identified in our schools as our failing tail. This tail reflects children who are educationally disadvantaged, affected by poverty and in some cases from dysfunctional families.
As a parent and teacher I need to know that what we do for our children is of benefit and is educationally sound. Trial the Standards, so that I can make an informed judgment, that is best for teaching and learning in our Primary Schools.
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