Emily Steele
Teacher
Room - A4
Ōrākei Y4, 5 & 6 Hub - Term Overview 2026
Kaupapa | Lines of Inquiry
Under the Same Stars
Y4: Changes in the sky and on Earth help us understand the world we live in.
Y5&6: By observing the sky, and using technology, we can better understand the solar system and Earth’s place within it.
Pāngarau | Maths
Rational Numbers
Reading, writing, and representing tenths and hundredths as fractions and decimals. Comparing tenths or hundredths as fractions and decimals
Comparing and ordering numbers with up to two decimal places.
Memorising and using decimal equivalents. Converting common percentages to fractions and decimals
Algebra
Completing number sentences that involve addition and subtraction by using equality (=) and inequality (<, >) symbols.
Checking the truth of number sentences and completing open number sentences.
Recognising, continuing, creating, and describing growing patterns that change by a constant amount.
Ngā Toi | The Arts
The Arts
Drawing the solar system demonstrating knowledge of planets orbiting the sun.
Te Reo Māori
The Treaty of Waitangi
The way to address someone reflects the relationship you have with that person and the context.
Tēnā koutou is a formal greeting used to respectfully acknowledge three or more people.
Literacy
Pānui Reading
Choral Reading: Reading text and reviewing vocab, plot, setting, characters. Identifying appositives, complex sentences, compound sentences.
Tuhituhi | Writing
PLANNING: Using organisers to organise and plan writing. Making notes, reducing information into key words and phrases.
DRAFTING: Transferring ideas from planning organisers or mnemonics into sentences. Writing a non-fiction paragraph that has a topic sentence, detail sentences, and a concluding sentence.
REVISING AND EDITING: Rereading to check at the sentence, paragraph, and whole- text level.
The Code spelling programme
Using direct speech marks and punctuation.
Events
Term 3
Speech Competition, Stardome Observatory, Book Week, Maths Week, School Disco.
Hauora | Health & PE
PE
Cross Country
Health
Collaborating in groups.
Resilience Programme
School Value - Excellence
I can explain the “why”
