Wednesday 22nd April 2020 Message for children: Morena children. We have our Zoom meeting this morning at 10.30 am. Keep up the great work you have been completing - I love seeing what you have been up to. Message for whānau: Please ensure you have completed the survey regarding Alert Level 3 by 9.00 am this morning. If you have not completed it our staff will need to phone you to follow up. Our Zoom meeting is this morning at 10.30 am. Here’s the link for our class meeting - Topic: Kererū 11 Zoom meeting Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8538651297?pwd=RldJSXdKbVBQUkJTNXd PUm9xRmx1UT09 Meeting ID: 853 865 1297 Password: 532894 Today we are providing the following opportunities for learning... Literacy ANZAC Day On Saturday it is ANZAC Day and Monday is a Public Holiday to mark the occasion. We will be focusing on ANZAC day for the rest of this week with reading, writing and art activities to help you learn a bit more about this important day. Click on the image to watch a short video clip then listen and read the story Dawn Parade. Once you have done this answer the questions written below. Remember to date your page and number your answers. 1. ANZAC is an acronym. What does it stand for? 2. WhatdateisANZACDay? 3. What year did the First World War (WWI) start? 4. Where is Gallipoli? You may need help to find this on a map. 5. WhydowehaveANZACDay? 6. Whatisthenameofthemusicbeingplayedandwhatinstrument is it being played on? 7. Why are there poppies on ANZAC Day? 8. ExtensionQuestion:WhydowehaveMondayoffwhenANZAC Day is on Saturday? Mrs D’s reading groups - there is an additional text called “In Memory” on our Reading Group page of the blog. Spelling Words Below is the list of spelling words for this week and activities you can do at home to help you learn and use them in your writing. If you can’t remember the group you are in, please contact your teacher. Ms Scadden’s Spellers Essential word list 2 Spelling Follow up Activity Silly Sentences - write silly sentences using a spelling word in each sentence. Please underline your spelling words! Write neatly. Example: My dog wears a blue and purple dress when he takes a bath. Numeracy Basic facts practice Practice your basic facts using the Basic Facts icon under Numeracy heading on the School from Home tab. Select the correct stage for your maths class: Mrs Simmons - Stage 2-3 Miss Schollum - Stage 2-3 If you get all of these correct, give Stage 4 a try. Miss Scadden - Stage 4 Mrs Wakefield - Stage 4 Mrs De Vries - Stage 4 Mrs Hill - Stage 4 Ms Campbell/Mrs Allen - Stage 5 Josie - Stage 5 and 6. If you get all of these correct, give Stage 7 a try. e-ako Maths account Continue working on your Task 1 activities. You will be able to see the points you have gained over the past two days. How many more can you get today? What circle can you get to today? Remember these are your tasks on e-ako for the week. Or Matific Spend 15 - 20 minutes on Matific on the work that your teacher has set you through your own Matific account. Physical Health & Wellbeing P.E with Joe ● 30-minute workout (great for the whole family!) - a fitness instructor who is doing PE classes for students all around the world during school closures - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wzoy_J3I_c The Arts On our blog we have added some new songs. Choose one to learn this week A New and colourful way to blow bubbles ~ Rainbow Bubble Snakes All you need is an old water or fizzy bottle, an odd sock (which I know I have a lot of!) some dish soap, tape and food colouring (optional) to make some pretty crazy bubble snakes. Follow the link below to see the instructions. Rainbow bubble snakes Science & Technology STEM challenge for the week - there are some great planes being built out there. So far the longest flight recorded and sent through is 8 metres! Do you think your plane can fly that far? Extra Challenge! Hopefully, by now you have had the chance to make your paper plane as part of your STEM challenge. Can you find a large piece of cardboard or something similar to make a target to fly your plane through? Cut different-sized holes in the board and assign them a point value. Prop the board up and send those planes flying! Can you challenge the people in your family? Keep sending pictures through and if you have a video of your plane flying through the art project you make today send that through to! Jokes A joke from Kiloa: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor? Because it was feeling crummy Joke from Lewis Knock Knock Who's there? Interrupting cow Interrupting cow "MMMOOOO" who? (Cow interrupts with moo) A joke from Havana Knock knock Who’s there? Cargo Cargo who? Car go ‘Toot toot, vroom vroom! Helping hands This week see if you have time, choose some activities listed here to help out at home. If you have any more great helping activities email me and I’ll add them to the list:)
Notes Teacher email contacts: Mrs Simmons [email protected] Miss Schollum [email protected] Miss Scadden [email protected] Mrs deVries [email protected] Link to St Albans website: School from Home - there are a variety of learning experiences under the Kererū Yr 3/4 and in the All Ages sections that you might like to explore. Don’t forget to check out the Kererū 11-14 Blog regularly. We will be putting up photos of all the wonderful work you are doing. The Home Learning TV channel also has a variety of sessions for different age groups. Please refer to your TV guide for this week’s schedule. Tuesday 21st April 2020 Message for children: Morena children. It was lovely to see so many of you on our Zoom meeting yesterday. We were amazed by how much you have all grown! Thank you for all the great learning you are doing at home - we love seeing the photos of all your great work. Message for whānau: Good morning families. Thank you for staying connected with us during our School from Home learning. All the teaching and learning that you are doing with your children is wonderful - please pace yourselves and do what suits your family. Our next Zoom meeting will be on Wednesday at 10.30am. We will put the children on mute at the beginning of the session, while we share information, then will unmute the children as they have their turn to talk. Today we are providing the following opportunities for learning... Literacy Design your own planet After watching the Mystery Doug video below use this worksheet as a template to design your own planet. Be as creative as you want to be! If you are unable to print the worksheet off you can write up each section as a heading in your writing book. Reading Listen to the story, Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge from story online. Can you describe your most favourite memory? What made it so special? Who was with you? You could choose to show this either in a piece of writing, a comic strip, an image with labels, digitally or by making a poster. (maybe you have your own idea?) Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge Spelling Words Below is the list of spelling words for this week and activities you can do at home to help you learn and use them in your writing. If you can’t remember the group you are in, please contact your teacher. Ms Scadden’s Spellers Essential word list 2 Spelling Follow up Activity Blue vowels - write each of your spelling words. You will need a blue coloured pencil. Trace over the vowels in each word with your blue pencil. Vowels = a e i o u Numeracy Basic facts practice Practice your basic facts using the Basic Facts icon under Numeracy heading on the School from Home tab. Select the correct stage for your maths class: Mrs Simmons - Stage 2-3 Miss Schollum - Stage 2-3 If you get all of these correct, give Stage 4 a try. Miss Scadden - Stage 4 Mrs Wakefied - Stage 4 Mrs De Vries - Stage 4 Mrs Hill - Stage 4 Ms Campbell/Mrs Allen - Stage 5 Josie - Stage 5 and 6. If you get all of these correct, give Stage 7 a try. e-ako Maths account Continue working on your Task 1 activities. You will be able to see the points you have gained yesterday. How many more can you get today? Remember these are your tasks on e-ako for the week. If you didn’t complete all of the activities in the first circle yesterday, click on it again and it will take you back to where you left off. Or Matific Spend 15 - 20 minutes on matific on the work that your teacher has set you through your own matific account. Physical Health & Wellbeing Cosmic Kids Yoga ● 15 - 20 minutes - Cosmic Kids Yoga https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga (link also available through the Home School page) The Arts On our blog we have added some new songs. Choose one to learn this week Visual Art Tissue Box Monsters You probably have empty tissue boxes lying around the house already. Can you turn one into a crazy monster? If not, could you find some materials to make a box shape? When you're done, use pom-poms or screwed up paper to "feed" the monster. Turn it into a minute-to-win-it game by seeing how many pom-poms players can toss into the monster's mouth in 60 seconds. Science & Technology Watch the Mystery Doug video below and then follow it up with the writing template Mystery Doug - Living on the Moon We are still working on the STEM challenge for the week - make a paper plane and fly it the furthest. You can do research before on how to make the best-folded plane and experiment with variables to make it the best. You could even make more than one or as a family, each make one and see which is best. Helping hands This week see if you have time, choose some activities listed here to help out at home. If you have any more great helping activities email me and I’ll add them to the list: - Set the table for dinner - Teach someone something new - Make your bed - Feed your pets - Tidy up after playing inside - Rake up the leaves on the lawn Jokes A joke from Caitlyn Knock knock Who’s there Boo Boo who Oh don’t cry little one, it’s only a joke Some jokes from Grace Knock knock Who’s there? Ice cream Ice cream who? Ice cream, you scream! Knock knock Who’s there? Icy Icy who? Icy your underwear! Notes Teacher email contacts: Mrs Simmons [email protected] Miss Schollum [email protected] Miss Scadden [email protected] Mrs deVries [email protected] Link to St Albans website: School from Home - there are a variety of learning experiences under the Kererū Yr 3/4 and in the All Ages sections that you might like to explore. Don’t forget to check out the Kererū 11-14 Blog regularly. We will be putting up photos of all the wonderful work you are doing. The Home Learning TV channel also has a variety of sessions for different age groups. Please refer to your TV guide for this week’s schedule. Monday 20th April 2020 Kia ora Kererū 11-14 whānau, Message for children: Morena children. How was your weekend? This week we would like you to have a good look at the Home School website - there’s a link on the Notes section of this plan. See if you can find: Reader’s Theatre, Handwriting Practice, My Lockdown Diary and create your own digital story using My Storybook. Message for whānau: Today is the first of our Zoom sessions so that we can connect with the children. The Zoom meetings will be at 10:30 am. Here’s a copy of the Zoom notes for whānau which we sent on Thursday. Zoom notes for whānau Click on the link below if you would like to join our class Zoom meeting: Kererū 11 - Nicky Simmons is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Kereru 11 Zoom Meeting 10.30 am Monday Time: Apr 20, 2020 10:30 AM Auckland, Wellington Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/77503584970?pwd=MFZYN005NHpnVWk1ZmtX VDhzZG54UT09 Meeting ID: 775 0358 4970 Password: 7ik8c4 Keep up the great work, we are loving seeing all the wonderful work that children are completing. Have a great day, Nicky, Louise, Kim and Nikki. Today we are providing the following opportunities for learning... Literacy Writing Write a recount about what you got up to over the weekend. Remember to include a great first sentence to capture the reader and who, what, when, why and how information. Use connection words like first, next, after, then to keep the flow of your writing going. If you want a challenge you can write the weekend as a narrative with yourself as the main character. If you do this remember to include lots of adjectives, speech between people and descriptions about your family and the setting. For example: Miss S jumped out of bed excited it was Saturday morning. It was pancake breakfast! She got out a large bowl and started mixing together some eggs, flour, milk and sugar to make the batter. Her stomach started to grumble. Reading Choose a non-fiction text to read today. Remember to use your epic account if you do not have many at home. Draw a picture showing what topic you chose to read about e.g animal, human body, solar system, dinosaurs etc Label your picture with at least 5 interesting facts that you learnt. Check out the new Read Along book “Pigs Might Fly”. Remember these can also be found on our blog on the Read Along page. Spelling Words Below is the list of spelling words for this week and activities you can do at home to help you learn and use them in your writing. If you can’t remember the group you are in, please contact your teacher. Ms Scadden’s Spellers Essential word list 2 Spelling Follow up Activity Fancy Letters - Write each of your spelling words using Fancy letters. Your letters can have curly q’s or dots, for example. Have fun! Numeracy Basic facts practice Practice your basic facts using the Basic Facts icon under Numeracy heading on the School from Home tab. Select the correct stage for your maths class: Mrs Simmons - Stage 2-3 Miss Schollum - Stage 2-3 If you get all of these correct, give Stage 4 a try. Miss Scadden - Stage 4 Mrs Wakefield - Stage 4 Mrs De Vries - Stage 4 Mrs Hill - Stage 4 Ms Campbell/Mrs Allen - Stage 5 Josie - Stage 5 and 6. If you get all of these correct, give Stage 7 a try. e-Ako Maths account Hopefully by now you have had time to create your e-Ako account. We hear there have been some problems getting connected due to the high volumes. If you have been able to create an account - today we would like you to login and click on ‘additive thinking’. Use the introduction tool in the top left corner to get familiar with how e-ako works. Once you have done this we would like you to complete some of the Task 1 activities. You do this by clicking on the circles next to number 1 moving from the beginning to the end. These are your tasks on e-ako for the week you are not expected to do them all today! Or (if you have been unable to login) Matific Spend 15 - 20 minutes on Matific on the work that your teacher has set you through your own Matific account. Physical Health & Wellbeing Use the letters of your name to do the exercises shown in the chart below. For instance, if your name was Mia, you would do 10 leg kicks, a duck walk and 10 jumping jacks. You might want to extend your exercise by using your surname too. The Arts Music On our blog we have added some new songs. Choose one to learn this week Visual Art See how many leaves you can find and create this fun art activity. Challenge yourself and draw your own lion face Lion leaf art Science & Technology STEM challenge for the week - make a paper plane and fly it the furthest. You can do research before on how to make the best folder plane and experiment with variables to make it the best. You could even make more than one or as a family each make one and see which is best. Criteria
Take a picture of your plane and the distance and send them through to Miss Schollum so she can put them all together in a blog post. Jokes A joke from Jed: Why don't penguins fly? Because they're too small to reach the controls! Jokes from Hannah: What do you call two robbers? A pair of knickers. Who can shave twenty-five times a day and still have a beard? A barber. Helping hands This week see if you have time, choose some activities listed here to help out at home. If you have any more great helping activities email me and I’ll add them to the list:)
Notes Teacher email contacts: Mrs Simmons [email protected] Miss Schollum [email protected] Miss Scadden [email protected] Mrs deVries [email protected] Please also familiarise yourselves with the Home School link on the blog - there are a variety of learning experiences available Link to the blog: Kererū 11-14 Blog Link to Home School learning: School web site for Home School Learning Please refer to your TV guide for this week’s schedule. Friday 17th April 2020 Kia ora Kererū 11-14 whānau, We hope you are all well and are managing during these unprecedented times. We are looking forward to connecting with you all daily. Message for children: Morena children and welcome to our third online learning session. Each day I will be sending you an email with ideas for learning. How did you go making up a timetable for the day yesterday? Have a look at the school blog and see some of the work that your classmates have been doing. The daily template is on the blog too under the Home Learning and Notices tab. Message for whānau: Morena families, here’s our suggested learning for the day. Have a great weekend in your bubbles and we look forward to communicating with you again on Monday via email and Zoom. Nicky, Nikki, Kim and Louise :) Today we are providing the following opportunities for learning... Literacy Poetry On our normal Friday we would give you a poem to learn and illustrate. Today we are looking at acrostic poems. Can you write and illustrate a poem about yourself? You can write a word for each letter or challenge yourself and write a sentence for each line. Nervous around spiders Interested in animals Can tell funny jokes Kids in her class are awesome Yellow, green and pink are colours she loves Reading Read a favourite book to a pet or a sibling. You might want to take a photo and send it to your teacher. Spelling Words (These will start next week) Numeracy Strand - Time
Physical Health & Wellbeing Fitness Circuit Set up a fitness circuit on your lawn or driveway. If you have chalk you could write each activity. 30 secs at each activity, 30 secs break. The whole family can join in. Suggested activities: Star jumps, burpees, ski jumps over a line, high knees up, press-ups, shuttle runs down the drive, running on the spot. The Arts On our blog, we have added some new songs. Choose one to learn this week Visual Art Make sure you have finished Wednesday’s and Thursday’s art challenges before moving onto today’s. Using this week’s STEM challenge - Draw the bridge you created. Can you make it look 3D? Think about the materials you used, the colours and any special features it may have. (You may also choose to draw today’s fitness circuit if you wish) Science & Technology STEM Challenge for the week - who can make the longest bridge? Wow, there have been some amazing bridge pictures sent in! I especially like the ones where lego figures are observing safe social distancing! If you have a bridge picture to send through still, do it! And if you’re interested in learning a bit more about bridges and how the structures work on a larger scale here are a couple of videos to check out. Maybe you can work out what kind of bridge you made. What makes a bridge strong The kids should see this - spaghetti bridges Jokes Question: How do all the oceans say hello to each other? Answer: They wave! Question: What do you call a bear with no teeth? Answer: A gummy bear! Notes Teacher email contacts: Mrs Simmons [email protected] Miss Schollum [email protected] Miss Scadden [email protected] Mrs deVries [email protected] Please also familiarise yourselves with the Home School link on the blog - there are a variety of learning experiences available. Link to the blog: Kererū 11-14 Blog Link to Home School learning: School web site for Home School Learning Thursday 16th April 2020 Kia ora Kererū 11-14 whānau, We hope you are all well and are managing during these unprecedented times. We are looking forward to connecting with you all daily. Message for children: Morena children and welcome to our second online learning session. How did your school work go yesterday? Can you make your own daily timetable? Email your teacher and let her know what you have done. Message for whānau: Dear Whānau, Please look out on Monday for the first of two ‘Zoom Check-Ins’ that we will hold next week. This is a chance for some face to face interaction with students and teachers and a time to reflect on this week's remote learning. It is also preparation should we be in lockdown beyond the 24th, as staff will be hosting two ‘Zoom Check-ins’ every day. It provides us with the opportunity to unravel any glitches that may occur before launching daily interactions. Our homebase Zoom meeting times will be Monday and Wednesday at 10.30am. Look out for your first zoom link in Monday's daily plan. Zoom notes for whānau Here is the planning for the day. We have also added the schedule for the MoE TV channel on TVNZ 2+1 at the end of this document. Please contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions. Have a great day :) Today we are providing the following opportunities for learning... Literacy Writing A Moment in Time Playing in the rain... Use the picture of splashing in puddles to write a small piece using the below frame. You can also write a second piece using your own idea/memory. Remember to use adjectives (descriptive words) and precise nouns in your writing. I heard... I saw... I felt... I wondered... Give me 10 words Make a list of 10 words you could use in a piece of writing instead of the word ‘walked’ e.g. skipped, tiptoed... Reading - read independently for 15 minutes and then tell someone in your bubble about what you have read.
Numeracy Basic facts practice Practice your basic facts using the Basic Facts icon under Numeracy heading on the School from Home tab. Select the correct stage for your maths class: Mrs Simmons - Stage 2-3 Miss Schollum - Stage 2-3 If you get all of these correct, give Stage 4 a try. Miss Scadden - Stage 4 Mrs Wakefield - Stage 4 Mrs De Vries - Stage 4 Mrs Hill - Stage 4 Ms Campbell/Mrs Allen - Stage 5 Josie - Stage 5 and 6. If you get all of these correct, give Stage 7 a try. Matific Spend 15 - 20 minutes on Matific on the work that your teacher has set you through your own Matific account. e-ako Create your own e-ako account ready for next week following this link: e-ako
Physical Health & Wellbeing Les Mills - Born to Move ● Sessions targeted at children (there are sessions for the 6-7-year old age group and the 8-12-year old age group - available either on TVNZ OR TVNZ ON Demand - https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/les-mills-born-to-move The Arts On our blog we have added some new songs. Choose one to learn this week Visual art - Leaf animal Art - can you find some interesting leaves in your garden? If so collect them up and stick them in your activity book. Can you create some funky animals? Here are some examples. If you are still working on your Easter Bunny from yesterday - save this idea for another day! Science & Technology STEM challenge for the week - who can make the longest bridge? Criteria
Jokes Today’s joke is from Georgie Knock knock Who’s there Mikey. Mikey who? My key’s locked in the car! Notes Teacher email contacts: Mrs Simmons [email protected] Miss Schollum [email protected] Miss Scadden [email protected] Mrs deVries [email protected] Please also familiarise yourselves with the Home School link on the blog - there are a variety of learning experiences available. Link to the blog: Kererū 11-14 Blog Link to Home School learning: School web site for Home School Learning MOE tv Wednesday 15th April 2020 Kia ora Kererū 11-14 whānau, We hope you are all well and are managing during these unprecedented times. We are looking forward to connecting with you all daily. Message for children: Morena children and welcome to our first online learning session. Each day I will be sending you an email with ideas for learning. I do not want you to spend too much time on a screen so some of the activities will be very hands-on. Also - there will be a joke each day. If you have a good joke, email your teacher and we’ll add it to the list. Also, if you have a photo of something you have done, send an email and I’ll add the photo to the blog. Stay safe and help out at home! Message for whānau: For each day of digital learning, you will receive an email from me by 9.00 am. It is important you use this only as a guideline. Feel free to structure the day in the best way that suits your family. I do not expect you to ‘home-school’ your children however I would like children to consolidate their learning and take this opportunity to master skills. Today we are providing the following opportunities for learning... Please also familiarise yourselves with the Home School link on the blog - there are a variety of learning experiences available. Literacy Writing - Holiday Recount Tell us about what you have been doing at home since we last saw you. Remember to include a great first sentence to capture the reader and who, what, when, why and how information. Reading
Numeracy Basic facts practice Practice your basic facts using the Basic Facts icon under Numeracy heading on the School from Home tab. Select the correct stage for your maths class: Mrs Simmons - Stage 2-3 Miss Schollum - Stage 2-3 If you get all of these correct, give Stage 4 a try. Miss Scadden - Stage 4 Mrs Wakefield - stage 4 Mrs De Vries - Stage 4 Mrs Hill - Stage 4 Ms Campbell/Mrs Allen - Stage 5 Josie - Stage 5 and 6. If you get all of these correct, give Stage 7 a try. Matific Spend 15 - 20 minutes on Matific on the work that your teacher has set you through your own matific account. e-ako Create your own e-ako account ready for next week following this link: e-ako
Physical Health & Wellbeing GoNoodle ● 15 minutes - Go Noodle https://www.gonoodle.com/ The Arts On our blog we have added some new songs. Choose one to learn this week. Visual Art Follow this link on Youtube to draw the Easter Bunny. Use your school activity book or scrap paper. We would love to see photos of your art. How to draw the Easter Bunny Science & Technology STEM challenge for the week - who can make the longest bridge? Criteria
Jokes Knock, knock. Who’s there? Owls say. Owls say who? Yes, they do! Knock, knock. Who’s there? Kanga. Kanga who? No, it’s kangaroo! Notes Teacher email contacts: Mrs Simmons [email protected] Miss Schollum [email protected] Miss Scadden [email protected] Mrs deVries [email protected] Link to the blog: Kererū 11-14 Blog Link to Home School learning: School web site for Home School Learning |
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