Te Kakano Syndicate

During term time, our teachers will be available to contact via email or Seesaw on Monday - Friday between the hours of 9am and 3pm.

Please be aware you may not receive an instant response.

Yr0-1 Kiwi Mrs Rebecca Quirke - rebecca.quirke@hamptonhill.school.nz

Yr1-2 Hoiho Mrs Lata Govind - lata.govind@hamptonhill.school.nz

Yr2-3 Tūī Mrs Melanie Zimmerman - mel.zimmerman@hamptonhill.school.nz

Yr2-3 Ruru Mrs Lauren Beckingsale - lauren.beckingsale@hamptonhill.school.nz

Home Learning Challenges

Don't forget to share your learning with your teacher on Seesaw!

• Design a machine that moves and label it. Explain how it works 

• Design and build a vehicle with moving parts using materials from around your house (Lego, cardboard boxes…) 

• Design a board game based on a theme of your choice 

• Practice your musical, dance, drama, art talents. 

• Use sewing and stitching skills to make a decoration or toy 

• Design and/or make a model of your dream house or a tree house

• Plant something and take care of it

• Make a 'perfume' using flowers from the garden

• Make a bird feeder

• Plan and prepare at least two meals for your family

• Stay connected: phone a relative, friend or neighbour

• Design your own challenge!

Life Skills

• Practice tying your shoe laces

• Learn how to style your own hair

• Follow a recipe and help whānau to make it

• Help out by learning how to do the laundry

• Do the washing up after breakfast and/or dinner

• Make a shopping list

• Help put the dishes away

• Learn how to change a tyre (on a car or a bike!)

• Learn how to sew a button

• Practice riding a bike -can you ride without training wheels?

Reading

• Listen to your child read at least once a day.

• Read to your child as many times as possible. You could read story books, poems, songs, recipes

• Talk about what happened in the story e.g. What was your favourite part? How would you feel if you were the main character?

Useful Links

• www.storylineonline.net/

-listen to actors reading pictures books

 Writing

Year 0-3

• Write a story every day. Encourage your child to write all the sounds they hear as they write unknown words. Write in a writing book or on Seesaw.

• Practice writing high frequency words every day. These are found on the word cards shown below. Begin with list one and two then work through in order.

• Practice letter formation / handwriting each day. Write the lowercase letters of the alphabet.

Useful Links

• www.pobble365.com

-a new picture and writing activities every day

• Casey Caterpillar Letter Shapes / Letter formation support

Maths

Year 0-3

• Rote count (count forwards and backwards) each day

• Say the number before/after a number

• Add sets/numbers together and take away

• Share a set of objects equally with your family (e.g. sharing out cutlery at the dinner table)

Useful Links

• NZ Maths Number Knowledge Activities

• Supporting Maths at Home Pamphlets from NZ Maths

-Year 1,  Year 2, Year 3

Science

Useful Links

• www.mysteryscience.com

-Mini-lessons are unlocked until June. You can sign up for free and watch science videos or try out activities.

• www.sciencekids.co.nz/experiments

-Fun science experiments

Playbased Learning / STEAM

Teachers will send these activities out through Seesaw.

Health & P.E.

• Design a fitness circuit and time how fast you can get around it

• M3 -Mindfulness, Māori Stories and Movement

-M3 uses Māori story telling and simple Movement to teach Early Childhood and primary school children simple Mindfulness tools like breath and visualisation.

Useful Links

• Body Coach TV (Youtube) kids videos