Monday 20 September 2021

Piwakawaka - Life in lockdown

Piwakawaka have been working extra hard in lockdown. We have been having some really fun Zoom meetings and have been doing lots of exciting activities. Below you will see different examples of some of the things we have been doing. Enjoy!

Sasha accepted the challenge of building a 'shoe tower'. He was able to get the most shoes to stay in a pile without falling. He wasn't allowed anything except shoes!

We have been so happy with the packs we received from the Ministry. They were full of goodies. Theo has been working really hard in the Social Studies workbook. Here is a picture of all the people in his family.

JJ has been coming to every Zoom meeting and working really hard to complete the activities. Here is some of his Maths work. Super addition JJ.

Kavish accepted the challenge of the 'Active Scavenger Hunt', he had to go for a walk and complete different activities. Check out his pic collage - he rocked it!

Richie invented her own Scavenger Hunt. When she went for her walk, she took photos of all the things she could see. So many different things in one walk!

Alba lost her tooth during lockdown. Look at that smile now!

Lucas did a great job during our 'yellow day'. One of the challenges was to make the letter Y with your body. Can everyone see Luca's Y?

We supported Daffodil day at our school. Mason and Nate both made fabulous photos to put in their windows. This encouraged people to donate money to this special cause. Ka pai you two.

It has great to see the children doing things around the house to help their whanau. Freddie and his brother have been painting the deck!

One of the things we have been asking children to do is read, read, read - every day if they can. Here is Oliver reading to all his soft toys. They look like they love this story.

Bella draw a detailed self portrait. She then used pictures and words to show all the things she liked. It was great to see so much information in her work.

Olivia and Olivia took up this challenge with a shine. Can you write your name using Lego. The children all used such creative ways to make their names. Can you see their names?

Check out our Zoom faces!

Leo and Maria both took up the Fitness Challenge. Check the videos they made. They will definitely be getting fit this lockdown.

Thursday 16 September 2021

Kakapo's Lockdown Learning

Kakapo has been really busy during this lockdown. We have been doing lots of learning while having fun in our Zoom meetings. Please have a look at some of the awesome work everyone has been doing for the different curriculum areas.

Nogard visualising activity

WALT create pictures in our minds as we read and think about

what we “see” as we read. We

had to use the following text to draw what a nogard looks like.

What is a nogard?

The nogard is an animal. It has an oval- shaped body. It has a long neck and tail. The top of the neck, back and tail are covered with a row of triangular-shaped plates. The nogard’s head is shaped like a long triangle. It has big eyes and eyebrows that stick out. It also has big nostrils. Its body is covered with scales. The nogard has four short legs. At the end of each leg is a foot with five toes. Each toe has a sharp claw at the end. The nogard has two wings attached to its body. These are located behind the front legs towards the top of its back. Nogards are usually green but change to a deep purple during the winter months.

Here are our creations.

Aleena's nogard

Bruno's nogard

Naomi's nogard

Ryan's nogard

In Math we have been learning about ordinal numbers. We had to draw an ice cream cone with 10 scoops. Then we had to follow the following instructions to colour the scoops in.

Colour the first scoop blue.

Colour the ninth scoop orange.

Colour the third scoop orange.

Colour the second scoop red.

Colour the fourth scoop blue.

Colour the eighth scoop red.

Colour the tenth scoop blue.

Colour the fifth scoop red.

Colour the sixth scoop orange.

Colour the seventh scoop blue.

What pattern do you notice?

Monae's pattern

Ryan's pattern

Samar's pattern

Zachary's pattern

For Reading, we read the story Pete the Cat. Then we used the green thinking hat and designed a pair of new rocking shoes for Pete to wear. We also drew Pete, labelled and wrote a description of him. Have a look at some of our work.