Emily Steele
Teacher
Room - A4
Ōrākei Y4, 5 & 6 Hub - Term Overview 2026
Kaupapa | Lines of Inquiry
Action Reaction
An inquiry into: Y4: We can make things go by pushing and pulling, but the ground decides how fast or slow.
Y5&6 The properties of fluids, and the forces they create, influence how objects move and stay balanced.
Pāngarau | Maths
Number Structure (Place Value)
Identify, read, write, compare and order whole numbers up to 100,000 and then 1,000,000 and represent them using base 10 structure. Identify factors of numbers up to 100 then 125.
Financial Mathematics
Represent money values in multiple ways using notes and coins. Estimate, to the nearest dollar, and calculate the total cost of items costing dollars and cents, and the change from the nearest ten dollars.
Ngā Toi | The Arts
The Arts
Specialist Art programme
Te Reo Māori
The Treaty of Waitangi
Explore Te Tiriti o Waitangi, mapping on NZ where it was signed, its intended purpose and the different English and Māori text. Make connections to our class treaty and school values.
Literacy
Pānui Reading
Reading about the water cycle, our oceans and flotation.
Tuhituhi | Writing
Using direct speaker conventions for dialogue (quotation marks, comma with quotation mark, new speaker, new line) Expanding sentences using adverbs in various positions within a sentence.
The Code spelling programme
Prefixes semi, sub, mis, multi and pre. Using contractions (two words joined together to make a new word)
Events
Hauora | Health & PE
PE
Large ball skills.
Health
Identify our school value Respect, and what it means within our school environment eg using Communication by talking and listening to each point of view. Compromise by being able to give a little and take a little to solve the problem. Be understanding that the other side may be right as well.
Resilience Programme
School Value - Creativity
Creating boats that can float holding a heavy load.
