Planting day for Tahi bubble at school

 Tēna Koutou Katoa

Today is a beautiful sunny day. Our bubble decided to do some planting in our school kitchen garden.We planted lettuce, corn, peas and beans. I'm sure we'll be able to eat some when its harvested.

Guess what !! 
We picked some potatoes, broccoli, celery and parsley and made a delicious salad for our lunch to share. It was yum, yum, yummy!

Would you like to have salad for your lunch? 
Why not try making it with what you have at home,  give it a go! Make sure you check with your parents first.

 

Home Learning    Morena.  

Good Morning Room 7

Look at all the patterns and  colours created in this Experiment.

Have a go

Check out this amazing milk experiment using things you could find in your own home! 

This science experiment looks at how different liquids and different colours mix together. 

Watch the video of this experiment then have a go at writing down what you need -write instructions for how to do it. 

Remember, instructions are written for someone who needs to know how to do something and must include a list of equipment and the steps to make the experiment work.

What do you need?

Click below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfGsoref-AM&ab_channel=Clariant

                                       

 

Home Learning    Morena.  

Good Morning Room 7

New Zealand Bird of the Year

Who won New Zealand's bird of the year competition?

I know Room 7's favourites are the Tui and the Kakapo

Photo Credit: Composite: Getty/3headeddog/DJ Harrison

Which is your favourite bird and have you ever seen it?

Can you sketch a picture?

https://kids-drawing.com/bird-drawing-easy/

The 2021 Winner was a BAT!

The top ten finishers and #1 ranked votes:

1. Long-tailed bat/pekapeka-tou-roa (7031)
2. Kākāpō (4072)
3. Rifleman/titipounamu (2808)
4. Kea (2801)
5. Antipodean albatross/toroa (2790)
6. Black robin/kakaruia (2413)
7. TIE - Little penguin/kororā (1762) and Morepork/ruru (1762)
9. Blue duck/whio (1648)
10 Rockhopper penguin (1603) 

Home Learning    Morena.  

Good Morning Room 7

Have you ever pretended to go fishing?  

Have a Listen to the story below about the legendary fisherman Maui  

You could even find some boxes and pretend to go fishing too

Legend of Maui and the Giant Fish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1O7zdEVqoM&ab_channel=JoleneSewell

 

Diwali - Rangoli

Home Learning    Morena.  

Good Morning Room 7

                                             Morena Tamarika ma

Challenge - Can you make a coloured rangoli pattern on a piece of paper!

Look what whaea Monika and some of the children did at school in their bubble. We made a rangoli pattern to celebrate Diwali, a festival of lights. The bright, twinkling lights are meant to symbolize the victory of good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, and inner light over spiritual darkness.

Challenge - Can you make a coloured rangoli pattern on a piece of paper!

Home Learning    Morena.  

Good Morning Room 7

Are you an Inventor ?  

Have you created  or made anything?  

Here is a story about the man who invented coloured crayons - what a great invention don't you think!

Listen to the story and then think about something you could make or create...

THE CRAYON MAN - The TRUE STORY OF THE INVENTION OF CRAYOLA CRAYONS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYkqCILYib4&ab_channel=KidLitTV

Good Morning- Morena Room 7

I know how much everyone loves building things with our classroom blocks and I wonder if you are building things at home too?

Look at these wonderful K'nex creations Owen has made!

What are you making or building at home?

Are you using Lego, or just having fun with cardboard boxes?

Would you like to practice counting in Maori today?  

Watch this fun video Amy, our teacher aide has made for you.

 

 

Look at these little Tahi bubble scientists - Whaea Monika is working with some big kids today in her bubble. We are doing a science experiment!

 

Distance learning - Monday & Tuesday 

1st & 2nd November

Ata marie tamariki ma 

I hope you all have had a lovely weekend,  some of you may have even seen some pumpkins around your neighbourhood! Today and tomorrow we have three exciting activities to help us continue with our learning. 

Activity 1 - Descriptive writing 

Can you describe what is happening in the picture below - 

Activity 2 - Numbers 

Put on your dancing shoes, watch the video and learn your numbers! 

Activity 3 - Story time

Story time with Suzy! Follow along as Suzy tells us about Jin's Great Escape - make sure you are listening so you can answer some questions at the end. 

After you have listened to the story, try answering some of these questions! 

• Where did the Otters live?
• What were the names of Jin's two sisters?
• How do you think Jin was feeling when she got lost?
• Who did the zoo keepers call to help look for Jin?
• What island did Jin swim to?

 Our Teacher Aide Amy went for a bike ride and saw lots of interesting things. 

 Have a read of the book she made for you

 

                                                                                     Morena

• Colour Scavenger Hunt  
•  Create a colourful poster. 
•  How many colours can you find?

Morena

Have a go

Can you draw a number line from 1-20?

 

or challenge yourself to make one from 50- 70, 80 -100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxlImZXu1M4&t=5s&ab_channel=TutoringHour

 

Morena 

Here is a lovely story to watch.  

Can you draw or make your own flying machine?

https://www.literacyshed.com/soar

You can have fun making a car or anything from cardboard boxes too.  

 

 

Poem of the Week

                                        Our student teacher Isabella has chosen this poem

                                                       for Kakapo children to read this week.

 

Home Learning

Morena 

  Today is Rāpare    Thursday   21-10-21 

 Ko Rāpare tenei ra

Can you think like a Scientist?

                        

Notice, Think and Wonder….

What can you see?  

Your eyes are amazing and unique just like the eyes in these pictures - what colour are your eyes?

I wonder who these eyes belong to?    

What do you wonder and think about?   

Do each pair (two) of eyes look the same?  

Can you name three things you can use your eyes for? ...

Can you see in the dark?

 Home Learning

Morena 

  Today is Rāapa    Wednesday   20-10-21 

 Ko Rāapa tenei ra

Being an Explorer

Look outside. It's a lovely day today. 

Who is going play outside, ride their scooter or bike and explore their garden today?

I hope you are able to complete some mahi (work) on Seesaw. 

I would love to hear from you.  If you are unable, perhaps you can read our blog and draw a picture or write a story about what you can see in your garden.  

You can show me when we come back to school.

Have a lovely Wednesday Raapa

Whaea Chris

cpennell@hameast.school.nz

Home Learning

School Notice 

 Kia ora koutou,

On Monday October 18 we will still be in  Level 3.

The school is officially closed. This may be only Monday and Tuesday or longer depending on government decisions.

If all the adults in your household are essential workers, your child/ren may attend school from 8:45am to 3pm.

If your family is in this position, please email Pippa principal@hameast.school.nz by 7pm Saturday October 16.

Please identify children, adults and their place/s of work, and days when the child/ren cannot be supervised because of this.

You need to know that the bubble we provide will NOT look like school as your children know it.

They cannot access any playgrounds, sing/dance inside or work/play closely alongside others.

2 metres distance is required at all times. If there are family groups they will be in the same bubble. They will not have their own teacher or classroom.

At level 3 it is important to stay in your family bubble.

Sending children to school should be a last and final option.

I hope you are all safe and well and have enjoyed your holidays. We

are currently setting up online learning for Monday and Tuesday and

I will be using Seesaw for this.

 

If you would prefer to check the links on this blog, there are many that your children will enjoy or you could do the following:

Look, draw, look.

Find something that you are curious about to sketch. Use the look, draw, look method and remember the whispering, talking and shouting skills we have practiced in class.

 

Be a Scientist

Think, notice and wonder. Look out of the window or in your driveway or garden. Observe carefully and write: what do you notice? What do you think? What do you wonder?? 

On  a lovely sunny Spring day we went for a walk along the Nature trail to observe. 

 There were lots of Tui singing up high in the Cherry trees. 

The flowers grow in Spring and Summer.  The flowers are yellow.  Oceanaia 

In Spring I saw plants and flowers.  Kaung Myant

In Spring It is cold and I see birds fighting.  Waiang

In Springtime plants start to grow.  I love nature.  When I went and planted trees with my mum, I picked my own.  Maia

In Spring birds come out.  It is lovely.  It is funny how birds make nests.  Anah

In Springtime plants grow in the park.  I went to the park to see the pink flowers.  Owen

 

Paper Mosaic 

Look at our colourful Sun mosaics! It was a long but fun piece of art in which we learnt a lot of new techniques. 

These colourful sun's were made as part of our School Operetta -21 which was based off Maui and the Sun. 

 It was a messy and sticky process, ripping the coloured paper and glueing it into place. We worked very hard and demonstrated a lot of patience to complete our work.