The place of Pebbles

During 2016 I developed "Progress Pebbles" to help me understand the progressions and make the children's learning more cognitively portable for me.

The pebbles are also a fantastic tool for assessment - where they are now, and next steps. At the moment I have taken the maths pebbles we used last year and split them into the different maths learning areas and have tried to cover from stage 1 through to stage 5. The reason for this is that students will get an immediate taste of success (when the colour in lots of red pebbles) and they will be able to see the progress that is expected of them during the year (regardless of ethnicity).

Here are this years maths pebbles.

Reflecting on my use of Te Reo Maori

Use of Maori in the Habitat

A very proud moment for me - Eve gave me a chocolate fish (real, not virtual) as a thank you for using Maori everyday, whenever I can, in the habitat. Ka pai me!!