Distance learning

To contact me via email with questions/issues: adent@hameast.school.nz

Monday 11th April

All About Me. 

This week you are going to write a character description, of yourself! Think about what you look like, what you are like as a person and what you like to do. How will you introduce yourself in a way that hooks your reader in? 

Monday 4th April

Lucas The Spider

Watch the video of Lucas the Spider. As you are watching think about what Lucas looks like, what he is like as a character and what he does during the video. Next you will put these ideas in a Y Chart and write about Lucas as a character. 

Monday 28th March

We are continuing with character writing this week. Pick a character out of a book you have recently read of a movie you have watched. What do they look like? What are they like as a character (what's their personality)  what things do they do? Use a character Y chart for you planning and email your writing to adent@hameast.school.nz. 

Monday 21st March

Watch the video about the Big Bad Wolf and his story of what really happened with the three little pigs.  Once you have done that, think about the Big Bad Wolf in this story. What does he look like? What does he like to do? What is his personality like? Write a piece introducing the Big Bad Wolf to someone who has never met him. 

Remember to use a Y chart to plan your writing. I have also included an example of descriptive writing which shows how you could set out your writing. Your writing should include an introduction (who you are writing about).

 

Monday 14th March 

This week we are writing about a character from the book slime (Or a book you have read at home). Think about that character. What do they look like? Are they young? Or old? What do they like to do?  Write a piece and include these ideas in your writing. If you would like to share your writing with me, you can publish it to Seesaw, or email me adent@hameast.school.nz

Monday 7th March

Writing

This week we are writing about a good friend. Think about a good friend you have, or would like to have. What do they look like? Are they young? Or old? What do they like to do? Do they like to do the same things as you? What are they like as a person? Are they kind? Thoughtful? Adventurous. Write a piece and include these ideas in your writing. If you would like to share your writing with me, you can publish it to Seesaw, or email me adent@hameast.school.nz

Monday 28th February

Writing

This week we are writing about our favourite place to be. I have included some photos of Room 16's brainstorm about their favourite place and then some ideas for your planning. You need to think about what you see, hear, do in your favourite place and how it makes you feel. Don't forget to introduce your favourite place. Once you have finished your writing you can upload it to Seesaw, or send it to me at my email address. 

February 2022

Tena koutou katoa.

The majority of online learning for Room 16 will be posted to Seesaw. If you are not able to access Seesaw for any reason then there are links on this Blog that will take you to Mathletics, Sunshine classics (literacy) and other websites you can access for curriculum and home based activities. If you wish to share your learners work and cannot do so via Seesaw then you can email it directly to me at the above email address. 

Ngā mihi

Ange. 

Thursday 3rd February

Getting to know me.

• Pick one thing that you know, love doing or are interested in.
• You could record yourself talking about this thing, or take a photo and write about it. Let others know what excites you about it, any interesting facts, or how you do it.
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Link to Mabel and the Mountain read by Miss Rasmussen

Virtual Field Trip Links:

Samburu National Reserve

The Khumbu, Nepal

Great Barrier Reef

Mt Fuji, Japan

Listen to the story Bodies are Cool here: 

How to draw a Healthy Earth/Unhealthy Earth Video 

Binny's Diwali Video 

You might also want to try some of these activities that don't require you to be on a screen

Listen to the story and choose one or many of the tasks below

Design a way to catch the Takahē

Make your own Takahē out of found items

Create a way for the Takahē to escape the fence

Build a Takahē enclosure

Write another adventure for Manaaki and Walter to go on

Share your creations to your journal!

Bird of the Year Website

A Bird in the Classroom Book 

Play, Make, Create: Hello Lighthouse.

You can watch a reading of Hello Lighthouse 

Chapter Chat: The Night Bus Hero.

TASKS:

1. Draw a picture of​ one of the following…

- The snakes in the soup bowl

- Hector

- Will

- The old trolley man

- Hector dressed up in a hoodie and eye mask.

2. Create the note with Mrs Vergara's bottom on fire and the words 'How the great fire of London started'.

3. Hector and his friends are bullies. Make an anti-bullying poster. In your poster you may like to include:

- A definition of what bullying is

- Why bullying is a big problem

- Why bullying needs to stop

- How to recognise if someone is being bullied

- How you and others can help each other to put a stop to it

4. Draw Hector's comic strip of him getting the trolley man back.

5. Start a character list with all the characters from the story. Make sure you write a brief description about each character. Add to it as the story goes along.

6. RESEARCH - The kids in class were learning about the great fire of London. Research it and present your findings in a poster.

7. WRITING - The author has used lots of fantastic similes in the story. Make a list of all the similes you can find. See if you can write some of your own similes about things that have happened in the story.

8. HANDS ON - Make your own Hercules's eye mask.

9. FLIPGRID - What sort of student was Hector? Would you be friends with him? Why do you think he behaved the way he did? Add your thoughts to this flipgrid: https://flipgrid.com/5974dce9 GUEST PASSWORD ChapterChat

10. MINECRAFT - Create the old man's trolley

QUESTIONS:

1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week. Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.

2.​ Why did Hector drop the two rubber snakes into the soup bowl?

3. Why did Mrs Vergara give Hector detention? Did he deserve it?

4. What are brainiacs and teacher's pets? Do you believe every class has them?

5. What does Hector think of detention? What does he do in detention? Does Hector have any talents?

6. What were Hector's friends like? Why did he like them?

7. What did Hector do to the old trolley man when he first met him? How did the old man defend himself?

8. How did Hector get revenge on the old trolley man? Would you tell on him if you saw what he did?

9. Why do you think Hector and his friends treat the homeless man badly? What do you think it would be like to be homeless?

10. Make a prediction, what do you think will happen next?

Jacinda's Christmas Card Competition

Link 

Draw, paint, sketch or craft an image you’d like to see on the front of this year’s Christmas card. It can be anything you want – a traditional Christmas tree, a Kiwi beach scene, or whatever Christmas means to you and your family – then send it in to the Prime Minister. Your design might be chosen to appear on the Prime Minister’s official Christmas card! All designs should be one-sided, and created on A4 paper. Send your entries as a PDF to the Prime Minister by email to: primeminister@parliament.govt.nz or by post to: Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern, Freepost Parliament, Private Bag 18 888, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160. Please include the artist’s name, age and postal address in the email body, or on the back of the design (if posting it in). Entries close at 5pm, Sunday 24 October 2021. Please note, entries cannot be returned – you might like to take a photo of your drawing before sending it in. Only one entry per person is allowed, and all entries may be displayed in an exhibition at the end of the year.

Listen to Suzy Cato reading the book Aroha's way.

Choose one or many of the tasks below

- Design something that you can use to help you relax.

- Build something that makes a sound, so that you can make music.

- Create something that when you blow it, it moves.

- Make a gift for someone who loves you.

- Write about a time that you felt like Aroha.

Rāapa te tahi of Mahuru 

Wednesday 1st September

Today is Hauora Day (or Wellness Wednesday). Instead of setting tasks on Seesaw we are encouraging learners to have some screen-free time today. Here is a great game of bingo you can play with the whānau. How many times can you get bingo?

Also, a maths challenge for you today:

Can you fill in each of the blocks in the pyramid by adding the numbers in each block to the number beside it. Then write the total in the block above until you have completed each block of the pyramid. 

Here's an example: 

And some pyramids for you to complete:

Watch Ange Read Nanny Mihi and the Rainbow here

Then chose one (or more) of the following tasks

Choose One…

Design something that could help you explain what a rainbow is.

Build a gadget that would stop the water from washing over the rainbow on the sand.

Create a special gift for your Nanny or someone that loves you.

Make something that is the colours of a rainbow.

Write about your favourite colour and why it is special to you? Make a list of things in your colour.

Term Three, Week Five

Wednesday 25rd August - Rāhina te rua tekau ma rima o Here-Turi-Kōkā

To contact me via email with questions/issues: adent@hameast.school.nz

Activities can be completed in any order. Please message me if you have any questions. Numeracy and literacy are must do’s, the others are can do’s 

Pāngarau - Numeracy

Seesaw: Number of the week: your numbers are Tapawhā rite 46, Porotaka, 16, Taputoru 105.
Mathletics: work through your assigned mathletics problems 

Pānui- Reading
Sunshine classics: each day read one book
Complete one of the Wētā went walking activities on seesaw.  

Tuhituhi: writing
Seesaw: baking instructions. Pick something you have baked and write the instructions. 

Art: Mahi toi
Photography challenge. Use Paula Jamieson’s 30 day photography challenge and post your work to seesaw. 

Term Three, Week Five

Monday 23rd August

Rāhina te rua tekau mā toru o Here-Turi-Kōkā

To contact me via email with questions/issues: adent@hameast.school.nz

Activities can be completed in any order. Please message me if you have any questions. Numeracy and literacy are must do’s, the others are can do’s 

Pāngarau - Numeracy

Seesaw: Number of the week: your numbers are Tapawhā rite 46, Porotaka, 16, Taputoru 105.

Mathletics: work through your assigned mathletics problems 

Literacy - Tuhituhi/Pānui

Sunshine classics: each day read one book

Seesaw: my new home learning space activity. 

Science - Putaiao

Blog: from the school kit page, complete the invisible ink activity. 

Art: Mahi toi

Photography challenge. Use Paula Jamieson’s 30 day photography challenge and post your work to seesaw. 

Term Three, Week Four

Thursday 19th August

Rāpare te tekau mā iwa o Here-Turi-Kōkā

To contact me via email with questions/issues: adent@hameast.school.nz

Numeracy - Pāngarau

1. Mathletics: work through your assigned mathletics problems.

2. Number of the week: Taputoru: 215, Porotaka: 24, Tapawhā rite: 99

Science - Putaiao

Seesaw: The Great Egg Protection Programme.

Your challenge is to design a device that will protect an egg when it is dropped from a height of one meter. 

What will you use? How will it protect the egg? 

Write the steps you took and think about the changes you could make to your design. 

Literacy - Tuhituhi/Pānui

1. Sunshine classics: read one book a day. Record yourself reading.