It is important that you try and read to or tell your children stories every night so that they are picking up new vocabulary and listening to the flow of a story.

• Talk about pictures in books, magazines, newspapers, photos from a photo album.

• Sing waiata and songs. Sing nursery rhymes together and make up rhymes.

• Be a role model. Let your child see you enjoying reading and talking about what you are enjoying.

• Play word games like “ I spy” and ‘Simon says…”

• Write captions using the sentences below or create new sentences from the word cards in their book bags.

• Get your child to draw a picture to go with their story and read it to every family member.

• Involve your child in the daily chores .Talk to them about what you are doing (will help to build vocabulary).

• Helping in the kitchen, name the kitchen utensils and talk about it’s uses.

• Heihei Kitchen Science: https://www.heihei.nz/config/browse/screen/video-content/collection/details?cid=5784

• Keep a daily diary. Write stories, write about what you’re up to at home, write about anything you like!

• Some readers can be found Online Using this Ministry website http://instructionalseries.tki.org.nz/content/search?SearchText=&SubTreeArray[]=22576&ColourWheelLevel=Magenta&Genre=all
  

Sunshine online

Students can still use Sunshine Classics from home through a free grant from the Pye Foundation.

You can log in through the website https://library.sunshineonline.com.au/library/home

or via the Sunshine Classics app on ipad.

Username: redoubt Password: north

*the login on the website is on the very top right hand corner of the webpage.*

Sunshine online contains 3 Learning Spaces:

Learning Space 1 contains:

• Alphabet, Words

• Literacy levels 1-5 books and activities

• Math books Level 1-5 and activities

• A bookshelf for reading

Learning Space 2 contains

• Literacy levels 6-15 including activities

• Letter blends - books and activities

• Word families - books and activities

• Maths books levels 6-15 plus activities

• Bookshelf for reading

Learning Space 3 contains

• Literacy books and activities 16-30

• Maths books levels 16-22 and activities

• Australian titles for higher readers

• Bookshelf for reading

• enjoy!

It is essential to keep them active, even if we are having to self isolate at home. Here are a few fun fitness and mindset based websites that could be useful for at home exercise and fitness.

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• Cosmic Kids yoga on youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
  

• Les Mills born to Move https://www.lesmills.com/borntomove/
  

• Aerobic / Dance - There are a number of Aerobic / dance groups on youtube that are easy for the students to follow such as: Kids Bop, Koo Koo Kanga Roo, Just Dance and Jump jam - Just type in on the Search bar in Youtube.
  

• Go Noodle: https://www.gonoodle.com/
  

• https://parents.education.govt.nz/primary-school/learning-and-development-at-home/ideas-to-help-with-reading-writing-and-maths/
  

• https://www.sunshineonline.co.nz/ Sunshine Readers - User name: redoubt, Password: north
  

• https://www.twinkl.co.nz/ Twinkl is offering a free month trial, code: NZLTWINKLHELPS
  

• Prototec Basic facts https://maths.prototec.co.nz/
  

• Wonderopolis https://wonderopolis.org/
  

• Study ladder https://www.studyladder.co.nz/
  

• kiwikidsnews https://www.kiwikidsnews.co.nz/
  

• http://www.pobble365.com/ - Writing ideas.
  

• Vooks - Moth free trial https://www.vooks.com/
  

• Health and Wellbeing: Some simple fun activities to help children manage emotions and understand the importance of being healthy. https://sparklers.org.nz/parenting/
  

• Reading eggs - 30 day free trial https://readingeggs.co.nz/
  

• Storyline Online is a great website to listen to stories read by famous people. www.storylineonline.net