Week 6

Ata marie and welcome to Week 6 everyone.

These slides are also available on your school account for you to write on. I suggest you watch the videos first before you do the reading so you can hear what some of those tricky words sound like.

For those of you wanting a little bit extra... 

Week 5 - Friday Fun Challenges

 Today's blog is all about staying away from your screens. There are lots of learning opportunities for you at home or while you are exercising. Here are a couple for today.

Has your bubble been using a lot of toilet rolls? Here is a Maths / Technology challenge for you using your toilet rolls. 

I want to build a tower out of all the toilet rolls we've been using. So far I have 2 storeys to my tower. The first storey has 1 toilet roll and the second storey has 3 toilet rolls. How many toilet rolls do I need to make 3 storeys? 4 storeys? 5 storeys? What about 10 storeys? (That might take a while to collect that many toilet rolls!) 

There are many ways to solve this puzzle. Take a photo and show me how you worked out the number of toilet rolls I'm going to need.

This next challenge is very simple.  You can do it anywhere and with anyone!

Write the letters of the alphabet down the side of a piece of paper. Next to each letter write the name of one thing that you can see from where you are standing. If you are inside you can move around the room to see things. If you are on a walk you might have to stop to record the things you see.

Can you fill in every letter?

Send me your ideas for next Friday's challenges.

Week 5 - Wednesday post

 Mōrena everyone. Here is your next learning slide about Our Body - The Skeletal System. 

If you are accessing your slides through your school account please remember to open them in the Home Learning Folder. Click on the hand to open the information slides. 

Everyone now has their username and password to access the Studyladder website so you can learn more about 2D and 3D shapes. Next Tuesday we will have a kahoot game about 2D shapes.

Blogging - Check out the sports blog to read about whare tapa wha. Have you seen the game Mrs Johns posted on The Cottage blog?

The 2021 Paralympics started yesterday click here to see the schedule. Who will you be supporting?

I also spotted this on TV. It's amazing what you can make from materials in your recycling bin!

What could you make?

Here is the puzzle we started at our meeting. Can you guess all of them?

Ka kite!!

Passwords

 Lots of children asked for their Studyladder username & password today so I will be sending this information to everyone via your parents email. If there are any other passwords you need please email me.

Happy learning everyone and please take a break from your screens to enjoy what is happening outside.

I found this on my walk the other day. I haven't seen a hedgehog in a long time! Have you seen anything unusual? Tell us in the comments below.

Week 5 Monday Post

Home Learning -  I will be posting new learning on our blog every Monday and Wednesday until we return to school. You can also find the tasks in your Google Drive (Home Learning folder). Use your email account to access your Drive. Email me, or share from your Drive, any learning tasks you have done.

Our Body - This week we begin our new topic. Make the slideshow bigger so you can see the links when you hover over each slide. 

Maths - You can Find your learning for Maths on Studyladder, Splash Learn and Matific. You can practise your basic facts on Hit The Button too. All of these sites are on the Maths Websites page at the top of our blog. 

Blogging - Have you been reading other classes' blogs? Don't forget to leave a comment.

Pop into the Cottage blog to check out this great game you can play with your family. Draw A Monster  If you don't have a dice try making your own. 

I will see you at our 10.30am meeting. Remember to bring along a pencil & paper.

Week 4 - Friday Post

 Thank you everyone for accessing our class blog this week. Almost all of our class has been in contact with me over the past two days. It is great to hear that everyone is safe and well.

At this morning's meeting you were asked what each of the photos were of. Have you worked the out yet? Mum and Dad may be able to help with some of them but I am sure you know them all because you took the photos with the microscopes. Write what you think they are in the comments below and I will tell you if you are correct.

I have added a new page at the top of our blog called "Olympic Reports". When you have send your finished report to me I will add it to the page.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone and I will see you on Monday at our 10.30am meeting.

 

Lockdown Activities for Week 4

 There are only 3 days left this week but the Puriri Whā teachers have put together some slides for you to work through over those three days. 

You don't have to complete all the slides, just choose a few activities that spark your interest.

However, the one activity I would like you to do is the information report (writing slide) as we will not have time to complete it when we return to school. Email me if you need help but remember to have a go first before asking anyone for help.

Have fun learning and I will see you tomorrow in our class meeting!

 

Week 2 and 3 Highlights

 Congratulations to everyone who read during the holidays!

Garden to Table continues. The recipes are available on the Garden to Table blog on the Owairaka School website. Here is the link.

This week we had the opportunity to use some microscopes to have a close up look at some every day objects. Next week we will create a slideshow of the photos we took using the microscopes.

Our stars for this week's team assembly are Joe and Havana. 

Finally, thank you to all the parents and caregivers who came to our interview evenings and participated in your child's reflection and goal setting. I was very proud of their presentations!

Mud Running Brody & Alex

 

Before and after photos of our Year 4 mud runners. Congratulations Brody & Alex for training hard and being able to complete such a gruelling event.  

What a Week!

Term 3 has begun with a wonderful week of hands on activities. Have a chat to your child about our Science Week activities, Creative Art and Garden to Table. We will continue with the Creative Art again this week and Garden to Table to carry on until Week 8.

Congratulations to Luke and Evie who received certificates at this week's team assembly for manawanuitanga.