Parent Portal

Kia ora whanau!

Thank you for checking out the portal.

We are currently under level 4 restrictions so learning will continue remotely.

All updates will be on the class site. Children can complete tasks using the Distance learning slides. They can also navigate the class site to find other activities in the other subject area buttons.

Your child is expected to attend the Google meets sessions, the sessions can be found on the slides or site. Please ensure your child is following the Kawa of Care . Use the chromebook at table or desk. No food or drinks are to be near the chromebook to avoid any damage. If your child does not have a device at home. They can read their duffy or library books. They can also practise their basic facts and spelling words. You can give your child spelling words to complete at home.

Ways you can help your child at home

-Get your child to tell you about what they are reading. Who is their favourite character and why? Is there anyone like that in your family? What do they think is going to happen? What have they learnt from their reading? Does it remind them of any of their own experiences?

-Help your child with any words they don’t understand – look them up together in the dictionary if you need to

-Read recipes, instructions, manuals, maps, diagrams, signs and emails. It will help your child to understand that words can be organised in different ways on a page, depending on what it’s for

-Get your child to talk about their writing and share it

-Cut out words and letters to make stories, codes, poems, puzzles

-find and connect numbers around your home and neighbourhood – phone numbers, clocks, letterboxes, road signs, signs showing distance

-count forwards and backwards (starting with numbers like 998, 999, 1,000, 1,001, 1,002 then back again)

-make patterns when counting – forwards and backwards, starting with different numbers (73, 83, 93, 103… or 118, 108, 98, 88…)