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40 ka pai things to do outside Some cool ideas from the Department of Conservation website! https://www.doc.govt.nz/get-involved/conservation-activities/40-ka-pai-things-to-do-outside/ Activities Play tag Kick a ball around Build a hut Play hide and seek Wash the car Weave harakeke Lie on the grass Find cloud shapes Dig a hole Play catch Jump in puddles Dig for worms Catch rain on your tongue Kōrero (talk) with the plants Look at ngā whetū (the stars) Skip, run, jump, dance, repeat! Read a pukapuka (book) under a tree Explore with a magnifying glass (or old specs) Fly paper planes Cartwheel and handstand Make a treasure hunt Have a teddy bear picnic Make a daisy chain Run around with paper strips Wash the windows Pick some flowers Gather seeds and plant them! Play hide and seek Make a leaf collection Make a nature mandala Make a mini moat in the garden/gravel Make a leaf and rākau (stick) creature Make and float a leaf waka Make a bark rubbing Head out with torch at night! Waiata (sing

 Home Learning ideas - online  Click on the images to link you to the page... 1. Epic - Class code: mem8369 ****  Only accessable 7am-3pm Monday-Friday **** 2. Seesaw - you should have been sent your personal login text codes for this. If you did not receive it, please email Whaea Andrea at andreal@favona.school.nz. You can add anything you want to share onto Seesaw, you don't need to wait to be assigned something to do. Show us the cookies you made, write a story for no reason, draw us a picture - you can be as creative as you like! 3. This blog! There are heaps of ideas in the old posts on this blog page. Here are a few favourites... - Ideas and resources for home learning - Dual language books - No internet ideas 4. TopMarks and Prototech - Lots of fun learning games that the kids will know from school.  5. Other useful sites... Maths Doodle Maths - https://parents.doodlemaths.com/login Numbots (Year 1 only) - https://play.numbots.com/#/account/search-school Times Table Rock

Kia ora e te whānau, Hoping you had a safe, happy and restful weekend.  Here are some ideas for this week! We are hoping to be back at school on Thursday, so have given ideas only for a few days for now.  You are all doing such a wonderful job. Thank you so much for putting so much effort into your children's learning. They benefit greatly from your love and care.  Please get in touch if you need anything at all.  Ngā mihi nui, Whaea Joy and Whaea Andrea

 

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Kia ora e te whānau, Hope you are all safe and well at home.  We have put together some ideas for you to work through at home each day this week. This plan is of course merely a suggestion. It's important you do only what you can and what feels right for your family.  Please let us know if there is anything that you need.  Ngā mihi nui,  Whaea Joy and Whaea Andrea

Useful Websites For Year 1 and 2 children   Maths Doodle Maths - https://parents.doodlemaths.com/login Numbots (Year 1 only) - https://play.numbots.com/#/account/search-school Times Table Rockstars (Year 2 only) - https://ttrockstars.com/ Topmarks - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/   English Love My Books have a range of activities and resources linked to good-quality books.  Some of these books have links to videos of them being read whilst others should be available to buy online.  http://www.lovemybooks.co.uk/school-closures-home-learning-with-lovemybooks Authorfy have some free reading and writing activities at https://authorfy.com/ The Literacy Shed - https://www.literacyshed.com/the-ks1-shed.html Phonics games can be found at https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ Teach Your Monster to Read has some simple games for early reading and phonics skills: www.teachyourmonstertoread.com Get Epic https://www.getepic.com/app/edu-dashboard

Mōrena e te whānau,  This will be the last blog post. See you at school next week! Ngā mihi nui, Whaea Joy and Whaea Andrea _______________________________________________________________ FITNESS Good energy at home with Go Noodle GENERAL Importance of hygiene Wash Hands - Book READING/WRITING 1. Here comes Autumn 2. Make a sparkly leaf garland MATHS Warm-up Station 1: Worms In this activity we roll playdough to make long and short worms. Give each student a ball of playdough and ask them to make a worm. Get the students to bring their worms to the mat. Ask the students to describe their worm. My worm is long My worm is fat My worm is tiny Now ask the students to make a worm that is short. Look at and discuss the short worms. How do you know that your worm is short? Is your worm the same as everyone elses? Why? Ask the students to think of other worms that could be made. (long, wiggly, thin) Choose a word and ask everyone to make a worm one that fits the d

Mōrena e te whānau,  Here is a basic outline of what we are doing in school today. Please put any responses/photos/videos onto Seesaw so we can see what you did at home if you are unable to attend school.  Ngā mihi nui, Whaea Joy and Whaea Andrea _______________________________________________________________ FITNESS Good energy at home with Go Noodle GENERAL Importance of hygiene Wash Hands - Book READING/WRITING Why do leaves change colour - Book   Make leaf pictures… Leaf Poem MATHS 1.  Warm-up 2. Problem-solving question for today. Work independently . Explain, justify, draw.       At the pet shop, there are 23 dogs in one cage and 8 cats in another. How many animals do they have in the shop? 3. Warm down maths games. AFTERNOON FITNESS Born to move - amended link PE Relay Games - Pg 100 & 103 Learning about relays

Mōrena e te whānau,  Here is a basic outline of what we are doing in school today. Please put any responses/photos/videos onto Seesaw so we can see what you did at home if you are unable to attend school.  Ngā mihi nui, Whaea Joy and Whaea Andrea _______________________________________________________________ FITNESS Good energy at home with Go Noodle GENERAL Importance of hygiene Wash Hands - Book READING/WRITING 1. Leaf jumpers book 2. Hello Autumn 3. Write a story about the things they found during the scavenger hunt MATHS 1.  Warm-up 2. Problem-solving question for today. Group work. Explain, justify, collaborate, draw.       At the pet shop, there are 18 dogs in one cage and 5 cats in another. How many animals do they have in the shop? 3. Warm down maths games. AFTERNOON FITNESS Born to move - amended link INQUIRY 1. What do you understand by the word ‘kaitiaki’? 2. https://tiakinewzealand.com/ 3. Create a poster of what students know, what

Kia ora e te whānau,  Here is a basic outline of what we are doing in school today! Please put any responses/photos/videos onto Seesaw so we can see what you did at home! Whaea Joy and Whaea Andrea _______________________________________________________________ FITNESS Alphabet exercise. GENERAL Importance of hygiene Wash Hands - Book READING/WRITING SEASONS OF THE YEAR: FOCUS ON AUTUMN  - Build up Autumn vocabulary. -  BOOK- LEAF MAN Autumn: 1. Take students out for a walk. 2. What do you notice? What season is it? What do you see? What do you hear? 3. What do you smell? What do you feel? 4. Collect leaves, twigs. ART work ideas: - Make a leaf man. - Write a story about their leaf pictures. Read The Kind-Hearted Crocodile MATHS 1. Warm-up 2. Problem-solving question for today. Try independently. Explain, justify, draw.      There were 27 students in the class in the morning. 12 students come late. How many are there now?  3. Warm down maths games. AF