Home Learning 

Home Learning - Year 4 - 6 (Phase 2)

Kia Ora Whanau 

Thank you for your time look through the expectations of home learning for Year 4 - 6 at Ararira Springs.  Below is the statement of the policy at Ararira Springs. 

Home learning

At Ararira Springs Primary School - Te Puna o Ararira we do not set formal home learning.

We encourage our students to be active outside school hours, and our parents to assist their children by:

• encouraging reading for pleasure and information

• listening to their children talk about things that interest them

• giving them the opportunity to help at home, and

• encouraging them in their interests.

We do expect that children will read daily at home. This may take a number of forms; listening and discussing text that is read to them, reading to their whanau or when able, reading independently.

Sometimes learning from school will overflow to home, if this is the case we ask the parents to support this learning and adapt the support where necessary. We know that learning happens all the time in a variety of settings.

Each area of the school has different expectations from the students:

Suggested home learning activities for students if they are keen in year 4 to 6. 

1. Reading daily 

2. Practice spelling words 

3. Play maths games (link below)

4. Practice times tables (Hit the button ) 

Maths games at home 

On the slide show there is a big range of math games that you could play with your child/ren.  To get access to dice bigger than 6 you can type on a device google dice and then it gives you options to customise dice numbers. 

Maths link to range of games. (click link) 

EPIC - Reading 

Ako classes have logins to gain access to an online platform called EPIC reading.  The free version is only during school hours.    Great for school holiday reading.  Each class has their own login codes. 

Parent Portal - click on the links to explore and more suggestions on how you can help at home, sometimes it says a redirect notice if you click on it it will take you to the correct place. 

Year 4 

Year 5 

Year 6