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FRIDAY 22 MAY

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

THURSDAY 21 MAY

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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

WEDNESDAY 20 MAY

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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

TUESDAY 19 MAY

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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

MONDAY 18 MAY

Kia ora e te whānau,  Here is a basic outline of what we are doing in school today! The blog is a little less fancy now. We hope you are doing well. Please put any responses/photos/videos onto Seesaw so we can see what you did! Whaea Joy and Whaea Andrea _______________________________________________________________ FITNESS Go Noodle-I’m still standing     GENERAL Importance of hygiene Wash Hands - Book READING/WRITING Talk about feelings - Book- I have feelings FEELINGS I LOVE TO SHARE - Make feeling monster Write about their own feelings when they are happy, sad, surprised etc. Read Pierre's Friend https://www.getepic.com/app/read/10191    MATHS Warm up  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/addition-and-subtraction Problem solving question for today  There were 16 students in the class in the morning. 8 students come late. How many are there now?  Warm down maths games. AFTERNOON FITNESS BORN TO MOVE MUSIC Liste

THURSDAY 14 MAY

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Mōrena e te whānau, Final blogpost! Well done everyone, you have done such a fabulous job teaching your tamariki at home.  School will be open as of Monday if you can come! T hanks again everyone,  you're all amazing! Kia kaha, kia maia, kia manawanui everyone. Nga mihi nui, Whaea Joy and Whaea Andrea Exercise Click on this link. Go Noodle-I’m still standing     Good energy at home with Go Noodle Reading Please log onto Seesaw for reading and writing activities. Please log into Epic. I have set books for each person to read. Maths Please log onto   Seesaw   for your daily maths work from now on!  Maths games you can access anytime https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/addition-and-subtraction Afternoon Activities Check  Seesaw  for inquiry and topic activities. If you want more! Crafty science fun with  Motat Activities that don't need the internet Check out some  Pasifika dual

WEDNESDAY 13 MAY

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Mōrena e te whānau, Leve 2 is finally on its way! Thank you for all your dedication and hard work.  Today will be the last Zoom session with Whaea Joy and tomorrow will be our last day of online learning. We will keep you posted on what is going to happen next week, but as of now, the school will be open as usual to all those who can come from Monday. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY  11-11.45  Whole class with Whaea Joy 11-11.45  Whole class with Whaea Andrea 11-11.45  Whole class with Whaea Joy Topics: Reading Writing Topics: What have you been up to? Maths challenge Inquiry Art at home Science at home Topics: Reading Writing NO ZOOM  teachers back at school You’ll need: Paper and a pencil/pen You’ll need: Paper and a pencil/pen (Just in case!) You’ll need: Paper and a pencil/pen We will always be using the same Meeting IDs so you know to join which Zoom call on which day Thanks again