Tania's Professional Learning Blog

The Color Monster is a children's book by Anna Llenas that explores emotions through the use of colours. The story follows a monster who is feeling very mixed up and confused, and he doesn't know why. A little girl comes to his aid and helps him to identify and sort out his emotions by assigning a colour to each feeling. For example, the colour red represents anger, while blue represents sadness. The girl helps the monster to identify his feelings by asking him questions and encouraging him to express himself. As the monster begins to understand his emotions, he feels more in control and less overwhelmed. We teach the Color Monster to help children develop emotional intelligence and learn how to identify and manage their own emotions. Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognise, understand, and manage one's own emotions, as well as the emotions of others. It is an important skill for children to develop because it can help them navigate social situations, build posit...

Maths strand learning - Statistical Investigation. We are learning to investigate our statistic inquiry. We are getting to know everyone in our team. Questions we asked: What is your favourite food, game, number, TV show, song, fruit, drink and day of the week. We decided to make a pictograph on our favourite colours. W hat is your favourite colour? We are learning to find out which is the most favourite colour and which is the least favourite colour in Team Koru. Alan, our reliever, enjoying some statistics and investigation with Team Koru today. Alan, what is your favourite colour?

Fun in Team Koru, our Junior syndicate, as we create our awesome waka. We are learning to use our fine motor skills to make our waka! We are also exploring the materials and resources available. We worked very hard on their determination, perseverance, and creativity, as we coloured, cut and glued our own individual waka. We impressed our kaiako so much with our AMAZING singing skills and knowledge of Aotearoa's national anthem as it played in the background :) Our next project was to create our own class waka, focussing on our Identity and where we come from. Creating a sense a feeling of BELONGING. This is one of the most crucial aspects of Transition, making sure the new entrants feel safe and they belong Our term whakataukī is: HE WAKA EKE NOA - We are all in this together!! We worked collaboratively and used our fine motor skills to make big letters for our vision and values at Glen Taylor School. F - Fun, I - Integrity, R- Respect, E - Excellence A- Achievement, C - Confidenc...