Stand tall! Reach high! Tū Tangata! Tū Maiā: Akoranga Kainga Home Learning

I will be online from 9.30-11.30 and then again from 1.30-2.30 if you would like any further assistance to set your tamariki up for online learning or to answer any questions. I look forward to reconnecting and receiving some very cool activities and pics. Remember you can send me a picture of your learning if you're not able to use a device atao@hameast.school.nz

Mauri Ora, Na Whaea Arna

There are also a variety of unplugged activities on our Blog - have an explore!

Home learning and working at home - the lockdown
Home Learning TV

Kia Ora Tamariki Ma,

So great to see you (even if it is only online). Here are some of the results from home learning.

Term 4, Week 4, 2021
Our Tuhituhi & Book Reviews

Term 4, Week 3, 2021
Photo Memories

Quick Writes & Everday Patterns

Term 4, Week 2, 2021
Crazy Hair and Critters

Term 4, Week 1: 25th - 29th October 2021

Moments in Nature

T3W6 - Lockdown 4 (W2): 30th August - 4th September 2021

This week our learning included writing about our feelings and strategies we can use when having those BIG feelings and using our senses in creative writing. Thinking like Scientists by using evidence to justify our opinions. We also had action and senses scavenger hunts, measured real objects, made shape creations, and read every day.

Week 6: Pet Adventures

Show me your Selfie with your pet or stuffed friend.
Do you remember I brought my pet Venus in at the beginning of the Year?

Week 6: Papatūānuku Space

Create your own Papatūānuku space like our one in class and upload a picture.

T3W5 - Lockdown 4 (W1) - 23-28th August 2021

My Special Spot!

Tell me about your Special Spot, where do you like to be most? Is it your bedroom, up a tree in your garden, or cooking in the kitchen? My Special Spot is sitting on my couch with a book in the sun.

This week some of our learning included listening about stories and memories of our whanau. Thinking like Scientists and creating home experiments with left over vegetables. We also had science and backyard scavenger hunts, number of the week, place value robots and read every day.

Whakataukī o te Marama - Kapiti Coast Libraries

Thanks to Sarah Coard

Here are some examples of Room 18's fabulous activities.

Week Three, Toru, 3

Funky Friday Bad Hair Day

Bad Hair Day | Kiwi Kidsongs

This week some of our activities included reading fluency with punctuation, reading reflections, number of the week, measuring lengths of a real-world object, operation gratitude (letters to essential workers), planning and writing about a flying machine, design a boat to float, Kia Kaha, We’re all in this together artwork, 5 things i like about myself, and learning why leaves change colour in Autumn.

Learning LinksTe Papa Whānau challenges Ngā wero ā-whānau
Calebs Joke Book

Week Two, Rua, 2

ANZAC & International Dark Sky Week

Funky Friday With Our Furry Friends

This week some of our activities included finding out where our food comes from, reading with fluency and expression, number of the week, measuring using centimetres, sharing a favourite family memory, creating a curious moment, writing about the adventures of our furry friends, learning about Anzac, magical soap bubbles, experimenting with rubber eggs, and researching whaanau names using the online cenotaph.

Learning Links

Magical photography with soap bubbles

https://www.thoughtco.com/rubber-egg-and-chicken-bones-608246

Research your family in the online cenotaph and lay a virtual poppy for them

Person Search

Week One, Tahi, 1

Funky Friday Silly Hat Challenge

This week some of our activities included creating Shape Monsters with adjectives (describing words), learnt about different patterns, made a cardboard horse that walks, made a digital copy of our pepeha, learnt about personifications, and created our independent daily reading routines.