Talofa

 It is Samoan Language Week and we have been learning some new words.

When we say please in Samoan, we say fa'amolemole

When we say thank you in Samoan, we say faafetai
We listened to a song that helped us count to 10 in Samoan. Here is the link, you might like to listen to it at home.

We had a visit from Lovely Lau, who came to show us a beautiful Samoan dance. The dance told us a story. We even had a go at dancing ourselves!

Tomorrow we are having a special visit from some Year 5 and 6 girls who are coming to perform a Samoan dance for us-we are very excited!

Planting

Saara, Jade and Frida enjoyed helping to plant some flowers in our pots.

It's great to be back!

It was so nice to see everyone back today.
Well done Tuatahi, the way you settled back into school and our class routines made us very proud.

We 'caught' our learners having fun while engaging in play.....check us out on our first day back at school.

                Look at this fabulous picnic!

      This model is symmetrical-great job Max.

 Rio built steps and made it all the way to 20.

 Jade spotted some blueberries on the blueberry tree.

                                         Azaria is building a tower.

Riddhi and Tualanhi are reading a book with Evelyn.

      

We are really looking forward to seeing you all back at school on Monday.



Remember to bring a water bottle with your name on it




                          Your book bag


Please also return any reading books you had with you from school.
We are looking forward to getting back to our guided reading lessons, but we won't be sending any books home for the first two weeks back at school.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Some new learning for this week

Morena Tuatahi

Well done everyone-we are almost there! Here is our last learning from home post-have fun!


You know the drill well by now so can you guess what we are going to start with-you guessed it, some fitness!
Click these links below to get you moving and energised to start the day.
Bouncing Up and Down
Wiggle Workout

    
   Great, now you are ready for some counting. Practise counting forwards to, and backwards from 20 by clicking this link below.

Here is the poem

Here is the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar

I bet you are getting really quick at reading these words now!

Sing this song to help learn the letter names and sounds

Have a great week everyone. Mrs Waddington and I are super excited to see you all on Monday.

Week 5

Morena Tuatahi

We hope you have had a great week and that you had a nice celebration for Mother's Day yesterday.
Happy Mother's Day to all our lovely Mum's and Grandma's out there.

Here is some new learning for this week.

Let's start with some counting to exercise which helps get our body and brain awake and alert!

First, begin by counting to 20

Now  practise those teen numbers10-20

Remember to say teen

Finally  you can practise counting to 100-have fun!

Click here to sing the phonics song-it helps you to learn the names and sounds of the alphabet.

Here is the poem

Here is the book Apple Trouble

Here are the sight words-remember to try and read the word aloud before the lady in the video!

And don't forget to listen to a story on RNZ

Story Time RNZ

New learning challenges for this week

Morena Tuatahi

What a wet start to the week we have had! 
We hope you have been keeping warm and dry in your bubble, and that you have managed to do some learning too.

We are enjoying getting your emails, videos and photos, thank you so much for sharing your fabulous learning with us.

Here is this weeks new learning.

It's time to get warmed up with some fitness. Here is one of our favourites to share with your family at home-click here for    Touch the stars
This hopping song will get you nice and warm-click here for   Hop hop hop


           Now it's time for some learning.

           Click here to sing a phonics song,   
                          Phonics Song

Before you do the number challenge, practise counting forwards and backwards to 20.

Here is a song to help you out:

Click here for counting to 20 practise-it's fast, so have fun while you keep up with the singing!

Fall is another word for Autumn. In New Zealand we say Autumn, and in America, they call it Fall.

Here is a poem to read about Autumn/Fall.

Here is a story called The Bravest Fish, that you might like to listen to. I wonder what makes the fish so brave?

The Bravest Fish

Have fun learning at home.

Fakalekesi has been very busy at home in her bubble

Fakalekesi has been working hard at home in her bubble. She has been doing lots of different activities and having fun at the same time. We loved receiving these photos today-thanks Fakalekesi.

Lots of cooking-this means Fakalekesi has been measuring, mixing, stirring, baking.....

 She has been watching how the ingredients change once they get mixed together and put in the oven.

Such a great help being kind by doing the dishes.

It's great to see this writing Fakalekesi, I hope you can bring it in to school to share with us when school starts again.

Great learning Fakalekesi, we are really proud of you, thank you for sharing your learning with us!

Scarlett has been busy

 It's great to see Scarlett and Phoenix out riding their bikes together, and it looks like they have some yummy afternoon tea with them!
Bike riding has been a popular fitness activity for Tuatahi learners during lockdown, great job everyone!

What a beautiful poppy Scarlett, I love the careful colouring in. I wonder if you put in in your window?

Thanks for sharing your activities with us.

New learning activities for this week

Morena Tuatahi

We hope you had a great weekend. There was lots of rain yesterday which meant we were all inside for the day! I did lot's of baking and read my book.
I wonder what you got up to on such a rainy day?

Here are some new activities for you to do at home. Remember you can do the activities on the blog, activities from your home learning pack you may have received in the mail, or activities from the TV. You may even like to mix it up and do some from all of the sites!! Which ever you choose, have fun with your learning at home.


Let's start the day with some exercise.
Click on these links below and have fun! 
Follow Me with Patty Shulka
Move with me-The Learning Station
Now you are ready for some learning

Read this poem together-can you hear the rhyming words?

        Here are the links for the sight words:

                   Here is a story to listen to. It is called James and the Rain. 

Don't forget you can listen to stories on line by clicking on the link below.

RNZ Story time

Don't forget to practise your counting.
You can count forwards and and backwards to 20, and practise writing these numbers using the chart we sent home with you.
Happy home learning everyone, and it's great to see the blue sky today!

Trinity has also been busy!

We loved getting a message from Trinity today and hearing about the fun learning he has been doing at home.

Trinity and his Dad have been out walking their dog every day-great exercise Trinity!

Mrs Waddington and I have also been doing lot's of walking, although we are in different bubbles, so we might not see each other!

Trinity also told us he has been enjoying the building challenges on Disney Plus-and he has been doing lot's of drawing-he has nearly finished his sketch book!

Awesome work Trinity, we are super proud of all the learning you are doing at home, we can't wait to see some of your fabulous pictures in your sketch book!

Hugo and his Play Based Learning

It was lovely to hear from Hugo and his family today. Like many of you, they have been very busy having fun with their Play Based Learning at home.

Here are some photos of Hugo and Oscar in action-I wonder if anyone else has been doing similar activities in their bubble at home?

 Creating and imagining.........

Climbing-being brave and having a go at something challenging.............

 Relaxing...........

and cooking-yum Hugo and Oscar, this pizza looks delicious!