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Kei hea te tuna?
Kei hea te tuna?
In Term 3 and 4 Huarapa are studying our endemic longfin tuna/eel. If you would like some ideas for entertainment these holidays, below is an ideas for a tuna scavenger hunt in the city.
In Term 3 and 4 Huarapa are studying our endemic longfin tuna/eel. If you would like some ideas for entertainment these holidays, below is an ideas for a tuna scavenger hunt in the city.
Kei roto i te awa!
Kei roto i te awa!
Christchurch's tuna are always hungry, and always keen for visitors! Bring some eggs or meat from home, and visit the tuna in the Ōtākaro awa/river. You can find lots of friendly tuna at:
The boardwalk beside the Antigua boat sheds.
The bottom of the big stairs on Oxford Terrace, beside the Bridge of Remembrance and in front of the 'strip' of bars and restaurants.
Ngā toi/art
Ngā toi/art
There are several more tuna-themed art works in Christchurch Central at the moment. Can you find the hidden tuna in the places below?
Piri Cowie, Kirihao – Resilience, Pita Te Hori Centre, Hereford St. This artwork is in the courtyard behind the Pita te Hori Centre. You can enter from Cambridge Tce, Hereford St, or Cashel St.
Te Hononga Christchurch Civic Building, Worcester Blvd. Have a look at the 'river' outside the City Council building. Can you find any little tuna?
Te Wheke, Christchurch Art Gallery, Montreal St. Visit the Te Wheke exhibition at Christchurch Art Gallery, about Pacific migration histories. Can you find a tuna, migrating to the Pacific, in one of the artworks?
Tākaro ā Poi/Margaret Mahy Playground
Tākaro ā Poi/Margaret Mahy Playground
I'm sure you have all visited the Margaret Mahy Playground, but have you ever noticed the tuna theme in the splash-pad area? There is also a story arc that encircles the playground, and carved into the granite surface are illustrations of Ngāi Tahu migration stories, pūrakau, mahika kai, and flora and fauna of the local area. The painted splash pad is brought to life by tuna (long and short finned), as well as other local fish species, pātiki and inaka. These artworks were created by Ngāi Tahu artists Piri Cowie and Neil Pardington.
Tūranga
Tūranga
Ōtautahi/Christchurch's public library, Tūranga, is an amazing resource, and a great place to visit in the school holidays. They have lots of books about tuna, how many can you find? Here are some suggestions to get you started:
- Tuna and Hiriwa/Tuna rāua ko Hiriwa
- Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street
- Tuna and Patiki: Two Fishy Friends of Ngaruroro Awa
- He tuna
- Eel dreaming
- Maketū Tuna
- Te tuna nui o te ao
Celebrate Matariki at Home: School Holidays
Celebrate Matariki at Home: School Holidays
This year the Matariki star cluster will become visible again between the 13th and 16th of July. For many Māori people, Matariki signals the start of the new year. Matariki is a time to prepare for the year ahead, remember loved ones who have passed on, and spend time with whānau enjoying food and telling stories. Traditionally, the disappearance of the Matariki cluster signalled the time to plant winter crops, and with the reappearance in July Māori read the stars to make plans for planting and harvesting in the months ahead. It is important to know that many iwi (tribes) and Māori scientists and astronomers have different interpretations or stories associated with the Matariki star cluster. Just like any area of knowledge, there are different interpretations around Aotearoa New Zealand.
Below are a selection of ways you can learn about and celebrate Matariki at home over the next week. We would love to see what you get up to on Hero too!
Note: In the video, the speaker (Martin Langdon from Te Papa's Learning Team) states that you should look in the south-east direction for Matariki. The subtitles state north-east, which is the correct direction.
Ideas for celebration at home
Ideas for celebration at home
Visit the beach for an evening bonfire with your whānau. Toast marshmallows, share stories, sing songs, and hunt for Te Kāhui o Matariki in the sky above.
Invite for whānau around to cook together. Research the winter vegetables that are in season, and make some soup or a dish from your culture.
Plant some vegetables in the garden to be ready for harvest in Spring.
Visit you grandparents or other older members of your whānau. Enjoy stories about what life was like when they were your age. Share food together, and talk about your hopes for the year ahead.
Matariki colouring and activity book.
Matariki colouring and activity book.
Click on the picture to take you to the website. You can download the activity book from there.
Make a manu tukutuku (kite)
Make a manu tukutuku (kite)
Click on the picture to take you to the instructions.
Matariki activity book by Te Papa.
Matariki activity book by Te Papa.
Click on the picture to take you to the website.
Matariki Craft
Matariki Craft
Weave a Matariki star at home with Mataakiwi from Christchurch libraries.
Learning at Home: Term 2
Learning at Home: Term 2
Please ensure you read with and to your child everyday.
The following activities are OPTIONAL.
Feel free to add any work completed onto your child's profile onto Hero - Learning@Home. We love looking at what you have been doing. This can only be viewed by yourself and staff.
There is also some more information under Info for New Parents.
Reading
Reading
Capable
Capable
Sunshine Classics (Code in your child’s reading notebook) and/or
Oxford Owl (free to sign up) and/or
Epic (1 month free).
Reading to your child:
Reading to your child:
and/or
RNZ Storytime NZ audio books
and/or
and/or
your own picture books.
Handwriting
Handwriting
Capable
Capable
Choose a letter. Watch the Youtube clip.
Practice writing one lowercase letter and one digit (0-9) per day.
Play "I spy".
Scroll down for information on writing and the word cards we use.
Phonics
Phonics
Capable
Capable
Link to YouTube video. All children can revise this (children can copy the sounds said). You can make cards to go with this if you wish.
Follow link for spelling and vocabulary activities.
Decodable comics to read and activities. (Username: march20 Password: home).
Extra for experts
Week 5
Week 5
Heart Map
Heart Map
Caring/Capable: Writing and Wellbeing
Draw a picture of a heart. Inside the heart fill it with pictures of things that make your heart happy. Write about some of the things that make you feel happy.
Engineering challenge
Engineering challenge
Capable (math), Curiousity/Creativity
Capable (math), Curiousity/Creativity
You can use: play dough, tape, blu tack, ice block sticks, toothpicks, straws, skewers or ....?
Can you create 3D shapes, such as...
a pyramid
a cube
a shape with x number of sides (give your child a number)
a bridge
a bridge or an object that holds an egg?
What else can you create?
Take a photo and put it on Hero to show your teachers.
Be a Bucket Filler!
Be a Bucket Filler!
Caring/Capable: Wellbeing and Writing
Caring/Capable: Wellbeing and Writing
Draw a picture of something you can do to be a 'bucket filler.' Write a sentence that tells about your picture. Then do the caring thing for someone that will help fill their bucket with kindness!
Measuring Fun
Measuring Fun
Capable: Math, Oral language
Capable: Math, Oral language
How do we measure things? What things do we use to measure? How do we measure length? How could you measure something if you don't have a ruler or tape measure? What else could you use to measure something?
Create your own unit of measure e.g. foot print, hand print, arm length, a pencil, a book, cereal box...
Choose one unit of measure. Use this item to measure things around your house. How tall are you or your parent/s using this measure? How long is your table? What is the width and length of your bed? How long is the length of your living room?
What else could you measure?
Shoelace tying challenge
Shoelace tying challenge
Curious and Capable: Self Management
Curious and Capable: Self Management
When we go back to school, the weather will be getting colder and wetter. That means messy shoes! Your challenge is to learn to tie shoe laces all by yourself!
If you already know how to do this, have a go a learning a new method, or google a fancy way to tie your laces!
EITHER: get a family member to show you what to do, then practice, practice, practice!
OR: watch a YouTube video to earn how, then practice, practice, practice!
See what veges you can grow at home
See what veges you can grow at home
Capable/Curious: Science, Enviro
Capable/Curious: Science, Enviro
Did you know that you can grow at home from food scraps! Whaea Andrea gave it a try with spring onion bottoms, carrot tops, cos lettuce bottom and mint and coriander stalks. Check out the photos and see how much they grew with only water and sunlight! It took about 2 weeks to get to the biggest photos.
Lots of children are responsible for cleaning up the kitchen after dinner...and more often than not the food scraps, such as carrot tops and onion bottoms end up in the rubbish bin.
DO: What veggies can you grow at home? Make a note of what is in your fridge and plan what you can use to grow your own. Reduce waste, save money and get growing. Have a go!
Can you take photos and/or write about your plants and how you grew them?
Week 4
Week 4
Wellbeing
Wellbeing
Caring: Gratitude, Naming Emotions, Mindfulness
Caring: Gratitude, Naming Emotions, Mindfulness
Gratitude/emotions: Taking notice of your surroundings and how they make you feel. Name emotions.
What spaces at home make you feel happy, calm and safe? Go for a (safe bubble) walk. Notice different surroundings and how they make you feel. More ideas to extend this activity can be found on the Sparklers website.
When reading, name the emotions the characters are feeling. Act them out.
Mindfulness
Practice triangle breathing, tummy breathing (we do these in class), sleeping statues or try Sphere breathing.
Make a bird feeder
Make a bird feeder
Caring/Curious/Capable:
Caring/Curious/Capable:
During lockdown, many of us have noticed more birds around outside. As it's getting colder now, let's show some caring towards them and make a bird feeder! Here's one way to do it...
Easy peasy bird feeder
All you need is...
A toilet roll tube
Peanut butter
Bird seed (or cereal like oats, crushed weetbix, etc)
Ribbon, wool or string
Simply spread the peanut butter onto the outside of the tube, roll the tube into the bird seed covering all the tube, thread the ribbon or string through the middle of the tube and hang up in the garden for the birds to enjoy.
(credit: thebestideasforkids.com)
You can use a pine cone if you have one too!
We'd love to see a photo when it's done.
Alphabet Fitness
Alphabet Fitness
Capable: Physical Activity
Capable: Physical Activity
Spell your name and do the exercises for each letter. For an extra challenge do the exercises for your last name as well! You could also spell out a word e.g. FUN would be
F= do 3 cartwheels
U= roll a ball using only year head
N= pick up a ball without using your hands
You might like to make up your own actions for each letter.
Static Electricity
Static Electricity
Capable: Science
Capable: Science
Watch this clip and have a go at exploring Static Electricity. Some of these experiments are like magic! Can you make the can move without touching it? What happens when you hover the balloon over some little pieces of paper? What kind of static electricity game can you come up with?
Letter Hunt
Letter Hunt
Capable: Phonics
Capable: Phonics
Go on a letter hunt around your house and garden. Can you find all the letters in the alphabet? Using things you find outside, e.g. stones, sticks, leaves can you make letters of the alphabet? Can you make your name? What other words can you make?
Chinese Songs
Chinese Songs
Capable: Languages
Capable: Languages
Have fun practicing our Chinese songs with Fiona.
Hello song- meaning of the lyrics
Hello, hello, how are you?
Morning, morning!
Hello, hello, how are you?
Direction song- meaning of the lyrics:
Left, left, right,right;
Forward, back, GO GO GO!
Mother's Day Activities
Mother's Day Activities
Make a Hug!
Make a Hug!
Capable: Visual Arts, Writing, Wellbeing
(click on the photos above for instructions with photos)Capable: Visual Arts, Writing, Wellbeing
1. Get someone to trace around you.
2. Colour or paint yourself. Cut yourself out if you want to!
3. Write a message to your special person.
4. Keeping safe in your bubble, give it to your special person, post it or drop it into their letterbox.
Remember to take a photo to show your teacher.
Make Mum (or someone at home) a soft chocolate chip cookie in a cup
Make Mum (or someone at home) a soft chocolate chip cookie in a cup
Capable: Math, Reading, Science
Capable: Math, Reading, Science
INGREDIENTS
INGREDIENTS
4 tbsp all purpose flour
2 tbsp brown sugar lightly packed
1/4 tsp baking powder
3 tbsp milk
1/8 tsp vanilla
1/2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 tbsp chocolate chips
INSTRUCTIONS
INSTRUCTIONS
Combine all ingredients except chocolate chips into a microwave safe mug. This is a small cake so you can use a bigger mug and it should just reach the top when finished cooking. Mix with a small, sturdy whisk until a smooth batter forms and no lumps remain.
Stir in half of the chocolate chips. Sprinkle remaining half over surface. Get an adult to help you...cook in the microwave for about 1 minute. Let cool a few minutes before eating.
Can you write about this using your senses? What does it look like? Smell like? Taste like?
Week 3
Week 3
Mountain game
Mountain game
Capable: Math
Capable: Math
Simple 2-3 player game to learn about number recognition and dice patterns.
Equipment
Paper or whiteboards and markers; 1x six sided dice
How to Play
First draw a mountain gameboard for each player as shown above (funny face optional!) The object of the game is to be the first to climb your mountain, in number order, and then descend the other side. Player One rolls the dice and hopes for a 1 in order to cross the number 1 off the mountain. Players must ascend in order, so cannot cross off the 2 until they have crossed off 1. Play continues until someone has made it all the way up their mountain and down the other side in the correct order.
Extra for experts
For a harder version, make the mountain higher (e.g. 10+) and introduce 2 or 3 dice. Players can add the numbers on the dice.
Toy stories
Toy stories
Capable: Writing
Capable: Writing
Take a photo, or draw a picture of your favourite toy. Write about what it is and why it is your favourite. Can you describe what it looks like? What does it feel like? Smell like? Sound like? How does it make you feel?
Emergency Practice
Emergency Practice
Caring: Health
Caring: Health
Last term we had a visit from St John. We learnt about the importance of knowing:
the emergency phone number 111
our own street address and suburb
our phone number (or a parent's mobile number)
Make a cardboard or paper phone with number buttons, and pretend and practice making a phone call when there is an emergency. Can you clearly say your name, street address and the area you live in? Can you remember your phone number?
If you have a brother or sister, get them to practice with you. You can take turns being the Emergency Call person, who asks for the information.
Extra for experts:
Ask if you have a bandage you can use. If not, pretend with something else. Can you remember how to bandage a sore arm? We'd love to see some photos!
Rocket Words.docxHigh frequency word card games
High frequency word card games
Capable: Reading and Writing
Capable: Reading and Writing
Look at the back of your child’s reading book in their folder to see what reading "colour" they are. New children will use the pink words only. Please do not move onto the next colour level.
Print off or make your own word cards.
Practice reading these in a sentence. Use these cards to make silly sentences e.g. Mum went in a rocket. Other ideas can be found on here: Word card games.
Backyard Scavenger Hunt
Backyard Scavenger Hunt
Curious: Visual Art, Science.
Curious: Visual Art, Science.
1. Go on a scavenger hunt for leaves and flowers in your backyard. Look for large, small, rough, smooth, silky, bumpy, soft, hard or sharp!
2. When you're finished hunting, spread your discoveries out on a table or a big piece of paper. Use them to make an interesting picture.
3. You could use paper and crayons or coloured pencils to make leaf rubbings
4. Later, with some help from someone in your family, you could use the iNaturalist app to help identify your plants!
Deconstruction
Deconstruction
Curious: Deconstruction, Art (sculpture), Enviroschool
Curious: Deconstruction, Art (sculpture), Enviroschool
Capable: Math, Technology, Writing
Capable: Math, Technology, Writing
Watch: What's inside animation by Dina Amin
Is there something in your bubble that is broken or no longer used that you can take apart? For example, an old electronic toy, hairdryer, vacuum cleaner, toaster etc. Get your parent to cut the cord off (if it has one).
Activity:
Take your object carefully apart (this may take several days) until nothing else can be undone. How will you sort the parts? Colour? Shape? Size? Material? Experiment sorting in different ways. Line up the parts in a pattern (like in the animation) and take a photo. Put it on Hero to show your teacher.
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Extra for experts:
Create:
Can you re-use these pieces to create an art piece or another object? How many parts can you use? How will you do this? You can see more awesome deconstructed art by Todd Mclellan, here.
Write:
Instructions how you made your new creation or
Describe what is it.
NB Please do not use old computer monitors or televisions for this project, as they can contain dangerous chemicals.
Reading/Oral Language and Drama
Reading/Oral Language and Drama
Capable and Curious: Reading, Oral Language and Drama
Capable and Curious: Reading, Oral Language and Drama
Learn and read aloud these un/known nursery rhymes.
What characters are in the rhymes? Can you draw them? Your adult might talk to you about the rhymes and rhythms you can hear in the nursery rhyme.
Can you act out the rhyme? You might like to draw the characters in the rhymes and cut them out to make finger or stick puppets.
Rock Families
Rock Families
Caring and Curious: Wellbeing and Creativity
Caring and Curious: Wellbeing and Creativity
Collect some rocks and make a family portrait of your family. Don't forget details and names.
Glue it onto some cardboard (maybe from an old cereal box) or wood AND/OR
Take a photo and ask an adult to upload it to Hero.
Extra for Experts:
Can you make a rock portrait of something else? What other details can you add?
Week 2
Week 2
Kanikani kōrero
Kanikani kōrero
Capable: Te reo Māori
Capable: Te reo Māori
Join Whaea Chloe for another singalong in Te Reo Māori. This time you will learn some new action words, and have a kanikani (dance) while you're at it! Can you teach this waiata (song) to someone in your whānau (family)?
ANZAC Stories and Art
ANZAC Stories and Art
Curious and Caring: Literacy and Social Sciences
Curious and Caring: Literacy and Social Sciences
Don't forget to have a look at the school's Learning at Home Extras page for some ANZAC stories and craft ideas.
Ask Mum or Dad if you can post it onto your Hero Learning at Home page so we can see it.
Recycled Art
Recycled Art
Curious: Visual Art and Enviroschools
Curious: Visual Art and Enviroschools
Our recycling in Selwyn is not getting processed and recycled at the moment. Your challenge is to use some of your family's recycling to create a new art work. It could be a 3D sculpture, or a 2D work of art. We would love to see some photos of what you come up with!
Kandinsky Art
Kandinsky Art
Capable: Visual Art
Capable: Visual Art
Wassily Kandinsky is a painter who lived in Russia nearly 100 years ago. One of his famous paintings is created from circles. Can you recreate this painting? You can use any materials in your house (e.g. paint, paper, buttons, crayons, wool, etc).
ANZAC Biscuits
ANZAC Biscuits
Capable: Measurement, Cooking
Capable: Measurement, Cooking
With ANZAC Day nearly upon us, it's time to get busy in the kitchen. Join Whaea Lydia and make a batch of ANZAC biscuits. You'll need to use maths to measure and weigh some of the ingredients.
Follow this link for the recipe that Whaea Lydia used.
Get Your Family Moving!
Get Your Family Moving!
Caring: Health and PE
Caring: Health and PE
It's important to keep active during lockdown, so here is a fitness challenge for you! Can you make up a dance or fitness routine to get your family moving during the day? Here are the rules:
Choose a happy song you like
Think up at least 5 different moves
Put them together and share with your family!
Here are some moves you could use: star jumps, touching your toes, reaching to the sky, jumping, skipping, high knees, hopping, sit-ups. Have fun!
Go on a Canopy Walk
Go on a Canopy Walk
Curious: Science and Enviroschools
Curious: Science and Enviroschools
Get lost in the canopy on your next whanau walk with this visual trickery activity. The new pathway by our school in now open and could be a great place to do this!
You need:
either a mirror or a device with mirror/selfie option
a friend or helper to guide you.
Looking into the mirror, walk along under some trees. It will seem like you are walking up amongst the leaves and branches in the canopy. Your helper should keep hold of an arm or shoulder as you 'canopy walk' to stop trips.
What does it feel like? What can you see/feel/hear/smell? Have fun!
Magic Potions
Magic Potions
Capable: Writing
Capable: Writing
You are a potion maker. Find a jar or bottle in your house and make your own interesting potion. (You could use water, leaves, dye, dirt, etc.)
Once you’ve made your potion, write about it. What does it look like? If someone drunk your potion what would happen? Is it a healing potion or does it have magical powers? Be creative.
Maths
Maths
Capable: Measurement
Capable: Measurement
Draw around the feet of everyone in your family. Cut out and put the feet in order from smallest to largest.
Can you measure the feet? What different materials could you use to compare the sizes?
Week 1
Week 1
Ngā Kararehe o te Pāmu
Ngā Kararehe o te Pāmu
Whaea Chloe has been brushing up on her ukulele skills over the school holidays. Join her in singing this waiata in Te Reo Māori about ngā kararehe o te pāmu — the animals on the farm.
Songs to Sing and Move to...
Songs to Sing and Move to...
Capable, Creativity
Capable, Creativity
Challenge:
Can you...
make your own version of these song/s?
make up your own dance &/or actions?
Connecting with Family or Friends
Connecting with Family or Friends
Caring for Others/Wellbeing
Caring for Others/Wellbeing
FaceTime, phone or make a card for a family member or a friend.
Do something helpful or kind for someone in "your bubble".
P.E.
P.E.
Caring for my Body, Capable
Caring for my Body, Capable
Aim to move 15 minutes+ every day. Practice: hopping, skipping, jumping, galloping, crawling.
Aim: To bounce, roll, pass and strike an object (eg a ball) with hands. To catch items.
Equipment: chalk, balloon, variety of sized balls, hoop, bean bag (adapt to what you have at home). Adapt these ideas depending on your child's skill level.
Ball tricks (first card)
Catching it (first card)
Extra for experts:
Create your own challenges.
Make up a game to play that uses some of these skills.
Draw or write it down. Put it on Hero to show your teacher.
You may want to keep your own record at home in your PasSport. (Remember to take a photo to put on Hero to show your teacher).
Writing
Writing
Capable
Capable
Design your ideal house to live in during lockdown. Draw a picture including all the exciting details (e.g. does it have an indoor playground or your own library?)
Describe your house in your writing. What does it look like? What do you like about it?
Parents: Scroll down for information about how we teach writing at school and use the letter card to support students.
Personal Wellbeing
Personal Wellbeing
Caring for Myself and Others
Caring for Myself and Others
Emotions: Naming emotions and feelings. Name emotions as you see them. Discuss characters in books and what emotion/s they are portraying.
Games/Activities: Faces Game and Sleeping Statues
YouTube clip: Name that Emotion (a game you can play together). Can you make your own game?
Who from school can you see in this clip discussing emotions?
Tummy Breathing: Use tummy breathing when I am worried or stressed. It is good to practice this at different times during the day/week, so when I am feeling stressed, upset or worried I know what to do.
Hikitia te Hā: Stretch your body and calm your mind by having a go at some yoga or Tai Chi.
Play Ideas for Home
Play Ideas for Home
Curious
Curious
A variety of different play activities you can do at home.
Making a Farm
Making a Farm
Creativity/Curious, Capable (Inquiry, Maths, Computational thinking, Oral language)
Creativity/Curious, Capable (Inquiry, Maths, Computational thinking, Oral language)
The children have been looking at "Living Landscapes" - Lincoln and the surrounding area. We have spent some time looking and discovering our schools worm farm, insects (mainly bees) and farms. The children have been investigating "Where does milk come from?"
Discuss the pictures above and then watch and discuss clips from “My School Kit”. Go to the website to see the photo enlarged.
Make your own farm (use a shoe box, lego, a drawing on paper or …).
Maths/Computational Thinking
Giving and following directions. Use positional language.
Design a series of "direction" questions about your farm e.g. Where is the cow? The cow is behind the chicken. The cow is in front of the sheep.
Can you use the following words when talking about your farm: over, under, underneath, above, below, top, bottom, side, on, in, outside, inside, forward, back, in front, behind, back, left, right, beside, next to, between, up, down, centre...etc. Words can printed off from this website (or make your own).
You could also set up your own “farm” at home with boxes and toys. Build a hut and discuss where objects are. Instruct an adult to move, using your directions (eg take one step forward; two steps to the right). Use the same math language/words (as above).
Extra for experts: Create a map of your farm. Draw or write simple instructions for someone to follow.
Remember to take a photo and maybe write something about it. Put it on Hero (LincEd) to show your teacher. Have fun!
Writing - Capable:
Writing - Capable:
How to Use the Word Card
How to Use the Word Card
For beginning writers until they can do all of this independently without the card
For beginning writers until they can do all of this independently without the card
Here is the letter/word card we use in our writing groups. The idea is that the children use a see through counter (like from a board game but use whatever you have to mark the item on the card so it is one less thing for them to have to hold in their brain/working memory) as follows:
First- draw a picture plan (a quick picture to remind your brain what you were going to write about). Then
Think what word you want to write (Example: 'spider')
What is the first sound? (ssss)
Can you find the letter that says 'ssss' on the card? (If needed ask 'can you find the 'ssss for snake'). Put a counter on it
Write it
Repeat with next word
Note that the focus is only the first sound/letter in each word. Once the children get that easily, then we say 'what other sounds can you hear in that word?' Find that sound/letter in the same way.
If they want to write a word like 'the', we would tell them " 'the' is in the red box" and then they look for it, put the counter on it, and copy it.
We do this when we are working with them directly. Some days at school they are on 'independent' writing. This is where they have a go at using the card by themselves. So challenge them to do that if you don't have time to write with them.
Learning at Home: March
Learning at Home: March
The ideas below are optional. The only thing we ask is that you read with or to your child everyday.
We will add more ideas after the holidays (Holidays will now begin from Monday 30 March to Tuesday 14 April).
Funky-Easter-Bunny-Craft-Template-Adobe-Reader-_2662006.pdfEaster fun
Easter fun
Zentangle mindfulness Easter colouring. Add your own funky glasses! Click on the link to see how to complete this.
No printer? Take a photo of this. Colour it in.
Reading
Reading
Read a book each day to someone in your home. It could be a parent, a sibling, or even your pet!
Online sites for books
Vook (1 month free)
Play Dough
Play Dough
Make play dough with your family. Use your play dough to create letters and numbers. Spell your name or write words.
Create a monster, alien or insect. What else can you create?
Link to Recipe
Connecting with Family
Connecting with Family
Do something kind for someone in your family.
Gratitude Hunt
Gratitude Hunt
Can you find something at home for each number? Take a photo, draw a picture or write a list of them and share them with your family.
Astronaut on the Moon
Astronaut on the Moon
You are an astronaut who finds something strange on the moon… What is it? What can it do?
Can you create it using materials at home?
Make up a story about it. You could write about it or create a play.
Information for Parents
Information for Parents
Looking after your own Wellbeing. Our schools model is: Te Whare Tapa Wha.
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