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Welcome to Term 2. It is an interesting and challenging time for us all.
To begin this term we will be providing support for your child to continue their learning journey while at home. As part of this, learning tasks will be introduced each day and set on Seesaw in the morning. We aim to provide learning that is not dependent on devices or you (except for instructional reading). We are aware that a lot of learning is done in everyday activities such as designing and making constructions, creating obstacle courses, drawing, cooking, playing board games, and so on. These all have educational value and are also important to include in your child’s day. However, if your child has access to a device during the day there are also activities on Seesaw and Studyladder which have activities to practise their learning skills as well.
Please keep posting photos and videos of what your child is doing at home. We encourage children to comment on each other’s Seesaw posts. If you are unsure of how to use Seesaw from home there are two online links with instructions:
How to respond to an activity set by your teacher
To keep up with your child’s reading is the trickiest thing to do from home. All our students have been enrolled into Sunshine Classics. Online books have been chosen for them to read based on their reading level. They will need your help to do their reading. We suggest you read the story to your child first then get them to read it back to you. This allows them to hear ‘good’ reading and understand what the story is about. If they get stuck on a word, prompt them to look closely (first sound, read the sentence again, look at part of the word they may know) and allow some time to attempt it before giving them the word. Please only read one book a day. We look forward to listening to the recording of their reading. Your class teacher will share their log in username and password to access this programme.
We want to connect with the children via Zoom. Zoom is an online video conference programme where we can have several children connected at the same time. It is a wonderful opportunity for us to see and talk to each other. I am sure your children are missing their classmates. Each session will take less than 20 minutes. Parents are welcome to join their child for their conference meeting. We do need you to help get your child onto Zoom. We will send a link/invite for you to access. There will be a couple of times for you to choose from. We are aware that you may have other children wanting the device to book a Zoom session with their own class, as well as your own need for the device.
At school we have a 9am to 3pm timetable and we talk this through with the children at the beginning of the day so they know what we are doing throughout the day. You may find it useful to create one with your child, timetabling their Seesaw activities, zoom meeting and play times. Add in food breaks and any walks (or biking/scootering) you plan to take.
We are aware families are managing this difficult time in different ways. We are here to help you continue your child’s learning. Please email any questions you have.
Nga Mihi Nui,
Piki Hub Teachers
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