Hayze has been learning to accept ‘No’ as an answer, by staying calm and then moving onto another task. (without an adverse reaction), once a day.

End of year review:
Mostly Hayze listens and watches before he makes a loud noise as a reaction to something that is said or done.  He will respond to a gentle reminder and is then quiet.  It is rare that we have a very loud adverse reaction now. Mostly we are able to reason with Hayze.

Hayze is learning to to initiate and play a game with a peer

Hayze is learning how to initiate play with a peer in an appropriate way.  By taking part in a structured group activity Hayze is learning how to share and take turns.  Hayze especially enjoys our Sensory volume programme.  We will continue providing opportunities for Hayze to take part in structured activities to enjoy with his peers.

Hayze is learning to identify all of the numerals to 100 and the number that comes before in the range of 20 - 1.

Hayze is playing a game of number bingo with Mrs Williams.  Hayze is able to focus more when he is working one to one with an adult.  We will continue to provide a range of activities to reinforce this knowledge for Hayze. 

Hayze is learning to follow the beat in Music

Hayze really enjoys having a cuddle with the monkey during music time.  Hayze is very good at following the beat during Mrs Irwins music sessions.  He is a very keen participant.

Hayze is learning to use more high frequency words in his writing

Hayze wrote a story about, he stayed home, he was sick.  He wrote this story independently and was very good at sounding out the initial sound and end sound of an unfamiliar word.  He was able to write familiar high frequency words confidently.  Hayze is becoming more focused during writing time.  Hayze will continue to take part in our structured literacy programme.   

Hayze has been learning to use some comparative measurement language to describe the ordering or comparing of objects and events e.g. big, bigger, biggest , long, longer, longest, heavy, heavier, heaviest, tall, taller, tallest

Hayze is consistently able to identify the biggest from the smallest, the longest and the shortest.  We will continue to work on the heaviest and the lightest as well as continuing to reinforce this new learning for Hayze.  Good work Hayze!

Hayze enjoys exploring the new car mountain race track with Lucian. We are very lucky it is outside our classroom

Hayze is learning to look at the pictures in his story book to work out what the words say.

Each Tuesday and Thursday Hayze reads his book to his buddy from Room 10, and she reads her story to him.  Hayze enjoys this time each week and it will continue until the end of the year.  Great reading Hayze!

Hayze is learning to look at the letter at the beginning of a word to help him sound out familiar text.

Hayze is learning to play a game of letter dominoes where he has to look at he beginning of the word, which is supported by a picture, to find another domino that begins with the same letter to match. Also Hayze is learning to play high frequency word bingo which requires that he looks at the beginning of each word.  These activities will become a part of Hayze's literacy programme until the end of term.

Hayze is learning to create a repeated pattern

Hayze is able to do this if he has a model to follow.  Throughout each term repeating pattern activities will be done to reinforce this for Hayze.

Hayze is practicing drawing a range of shapes, circle, square, triangle, rectangle, hexagon, and a kite

Hayze enjoys that he can now draw a train and that accurately resembles a train.  We will continue to get Hayze to practice drawing a range of shapes so that he becomes confident when he draws a picture.

Numeracy

Hayze is continuing to work on his Maths goals using the Numicon maths resource. The Numicon resource shows children what entire groups of numbers look like in a pattern form. Today Hayze continued his exploration of the Numicon resource and practiced matching the pattern pieces with the appropriate Numeral. Now Hayze is more familiar of the shapes he will be using them to help him skip count in 2s and recall addition doubles to 10.  

Hayze is learning to skip count in two's

Recently Room 2 received some new maths equipment, Numicon,  this will help  Hayze make the visual connections between patterns and numbers.  Hayze is exploring the picture overlays on the grids.  Once Hayze is familiar with the shapes he will be able to instantly recognise the shapes and the numbers they represent making it easier to understand and skip count in two's.

Writing goal - To write a simple sentence on the line and reread it pointing 1 to 1

Hayze had a fabulous attitude at writing today! He wrote ' the train needs some blue paint' reading it carefully to Ms. Giles pointing 1 to 1 as he read each word,

Hayze is learning to write on the lines and reread what he has written.

Hayze is getting better at writing on the lines.  Hayze is fortunate to work one to one three times a week with Miss Taylor so that he can practice this skill.

Hayze is learning to use some comparative measurement language to describe the ordering or comparing of objects and events e.g. big, bigger, biggest , long, longer, longest, heavy, heavier, heaviest, tall, taller, tallest

During our maths lesson we were putting cars down a tube, race tunnel, to see whose vehicle traveled the longest distance with one push.  We discussed whose went the shortest distance and whose traveled the same distance.  Once a week we do an activity that requires the use of comparative language.  In week one each of the students were given a length of string and had to put in in order from the longest to the shortest.   And in week two we put a range of containers in order from the smallest to the biggest.  Throughout the term Hayze will be given the opportunity to practice using comparative language. 

Hayze is learning to recognize similarities and differences between a range of mini beasts and to sort based on given criteria.

 This term we are learning about mini beast and during week one we learned about worms.  As a lesson we recreated an environment that worms like to live in,  Hayze especially enjoyed making a worm garden.  We used chocolate ice cream for the dirt, flake for the bark, Oreo's for the debris, chocolate logs for the logs, spearmint leaves for the leaves, we had mushrooms too.  And we had jelly worms that had been set in straws for our worms. 

It was lots of fun!

Hayze is learning to draw a oval, triangle and rectangle accurately

Hayze is able to draw a circle and square accurately.  He is nearly there with his rectangle he just needs to remember to keep his lines straight.  Hayze did well drawing his oval, the one that looks like it has the letter L above it.  We will continue to work on these shapes so that Hayze draws them more accurately.  We practice drawing shapes during story writing time as Hayze loves to draw trains.    

Hayze is learning to listen and follow an instruction that is given using three key words, signs or symbols.

Hayze listened to instruction when he was told to use gentle hands while patting some of the animals at he aquarium.  Well done Hayze!

Hayze is learning the patterns within 5.

Hayze has been learning that 5+0=5, 0+5=5, 5-0=5, 5-5=0.  This week Hayze has been learning that 4+1=5, 1+4=5, 5-4=1, 5-1=4.  Next week Hayze will be learning that 3+2=5, 2+3=5, 5-3=2, 5-2=3.  I am hoping that by breaking down these family of facts and presenting each combination in separate weeks, will help Hayze remember.  Each week we go over what we have done the previous week.  Hayze will continue to do activities that help reinforce this learning. 

IEP Goal: Hayze is learning to accept ‘No’ as an answer, by staying calm and then moving onto another task. (without an adverse reaction}, once a day.

When Hayze hear the word no this causes him to make a very loud noise and or throw himself on the ground and become non-compliant.  When Hayze asks me if he can go on the ipad, his most favourite thing to do, I try to say "yes after you have........".  Mostly Hayze will accept this and we are finding that this is lessening the outburst that we were seeing and experiencing.  When I know that I am going to say "no" to Hayze I go and stand up right next to him and give him the alternative response I am wanting him to say.  I paraphrase for him.  An example of this is "Hayze use your words, I really want to go on the ipad and I feel cross that I can't".  I then tell him when he can.  I will continue to paraphase to Hayze so that gets a bank of responses he can use when he is displeased about something.

Hayze is learning to point to each word as he reads a story. He is learning to look at the pictures so that he knows what the words say.

Hayze has an amazing memory and uses this in reading, so much so that he can remember the story after only reading it once and will then say the words without even looking at the text.  We are working on one to one matching and at the same time reminding Hayze to look at he pictures to help him.  We will provide Hayze with lots of opportunities to practice throughout the school week and we will send home his reading book so that he can practice at home.

Hayze is learning about sea creatures

Hayze is able to recall simple facts about sharks.  He paid close attention to where the eyes and mouth were located on a shark.  Hayze enjoyed creating his shark art work.

Hayne is learning to identify and write the initial sounds of the words he writes in his story.

Hayze is learning to make sets/groups and add them together.

Hayze has made two sets/groups of sharks and added them together.  We will practice making sets/groups so that Hayze understands that a set/group can be represented by a number.  We will make 2,3 and 4 sets/groups.

Hayze is learning to participate in small group work or play with minimum support

Hayze is learning to play with his peers without it resulting in conflict, due to differing personalities and them wanting to play with the same toy or object.  During the day there are opportunities for Hayze to play with his peers with guidance from adults.  He is learning to turn take, share, problem solve and use his words.  This will be an ongoing goal for the rest of the year as there is a lot involved with having to get along with your peers.