Te Pae Tawhiti (focus on the future ahead) is a class that is designed to be a safe, calm space for our tamariki to engage, participate and contribute in a thematic approach to learning. 

Our learning occurs through using the key competencies of the New Zealand curriculum, as a vehicle for strengthening literacy, numeracy and thematic learning. These key competencies include:

Thinking, Managing Self- Relating to Others, Participating and Contributing, Using Language Symbols and Text.

Our theme this term has been on "Liquids, Solids and Gases." Through this theme our tamariki have been practising writing sentences, predicting, participating in experiments, making observations, evaluating and sharing their learning with peers. 

Next term we are doing a unit on "Friendships" to support their social and relational skills and development. It's great to see our TPT tamariki smiling, engaging and participating within our learning community at Linwood College.