Selah and her bike!

Remember last week when we put up a blog post about Selah learning to ride her bike with two wheels?

Today Selah sent us a photo of her on her bike, and it is great to see how clever she is.

Here is Selah, balancing and riding her bike-good on you Selah-wohoo!

Some new learning for this week

Morena Tuatahi

We hope you are still having fun in your bubble and doing some learning at the same time!

Thank you for replying to our e mail, and for sending in photos and stories of your fabulous home learning, we are super proud of you all.

It's a bit chilly this morning, so here is something to get you all warm. Click on this link for some fun exercise      warm up-everyone's exercising

This is one of our favourites-this will get you all puffing!              stand up sit down


Don't forget to have a big drink of water!

Counting Practise
We are learning to count forwards and backwards to 20, but today I found a clip that can challenge some of you to count to 50 if you would like to.

Count along with the man on the video first, and then the numbers come up again but this time without the voice, so you can see how many numbers you can read- count to 50

You can count backwards from 20 with Count Back Cat-click here -Count Back Cat

Have fun while learning to count forwards and backwards!

Practise reading your sight words by clicking on the links here:

magenta sight words
red sight words
yellow sight words


And don't forget to listen to some stories on RNZ by clicking here:   National Radio Story Time

            New Zealand Phonics Song

         Have fun with your learning! 





                                                   

Riddhi

We had a lovely message from Riddhi today, and she shared her awesome home learning with us.
Riddhi watched the school TV channel, and made a dancing daisy. We can't wait to see it when school starts again Riddhi.

Riddhi also told us about all the changes she can see around her. She can see the leaves falling down to the ground, and the leaves changing colour. Riddhi told us the leaves are orange, yellow and red. This is because it is Autumn. Great observing Riddhi!

I have lots of leaves at my house to rake up into piles, I wonder who else has lot's of leaves falling on the ground?

Thanks for sharing your learning with us Riddhi, it was lovely to hear from you.

Azaria has been having fun with her learning!

Azaria has been having fun at home with her family. We loved hearing about some of their home learning, and we are excited to share it with you.

Azaria went on a letter hunt around her house to find things that begun with Gg. She also practised writing the letter g.

Here is Azaria making the letter Gg with playdough. She is strengthening her fine motor skills by rolling and squishing the dough.

I love this idea-Azaria and her sister have been practising their counting, by counting the letter boxes in their street.

They practised reading the numbers on the letter boxes. Great maths girls!

We are going to have a class full of two wheeler bike riders when we get back-Azaria has also been practising to ride her sisters bike-great job!

Thanks for sharing your awesome learning with us Azaria!

Rio has been working super hard!

Wow Rio, you have been working super hard at home in your bubble, we are so proud of all the work you have been doing. 
Rio sent us a message to tell us he is doing learning from the TV, class blog and his activity pack he received in the mail-he has been working super hard. He has been showing Manawanuitanga, through his love of learning, and giving everything a go. Great job Rio.

 Rio has been working hard on his writing.

He has also been practising learning his sight words through the link on our blog.







Rio has  been getting lot's of exercise with his family.

They have been scootering to their local park.

They even climbed up Owairaka mountain-great job team! 
Rio told us he has also helped his Mum do some cooking.What a busy bubble!

Awesome job Rio, you and your family have been working hard and having fun, and we are so happy you shared your learning with us-thanks Rio.

Welcome to week 3

Morena Tuatahi

We hope you had a great weekend and enjoyed the lovely weather. Did you see many poppies around your neighbourhood?

Here are this weeks learning activities you may like to do at home. Remember, you can choose to do learning activities from your home learning pack, or from the TV also.

We have sent you all a special e mail, so ask Mum or Dad to check their messages when they have time.

Let's get ready for some learning! Start with some exercise to get you warmed up
Here is a fun song called Follow Me by Patty Shulka    click here: follow me



          Counting forwards and backwards

Now get ready to practise your counting!
Let's start by counting forwards to 20 with one of our old favourites - click here for the song:
           counting forwards to 20

Now it's time to count backwards  - click here for the song:  counting backwards from 20

Remember to keep practising your number formation by using the whiteboard pen and tracing sheet you took home with you.

Here is a phonics song to help you learn the letter sounds-click on this link    NZ phonics song

                        magenta sight words

red sight words

yellow sight words

A lovely message from Selah

We received a lovely email from Selah, which had a little audio message attached.
Selah told us how much she misses school, and that she has been busy at home.

She has shown perseverance and resilience by learning to do something new. You have to get good at balancing when you do this!
Can you guess what it is?

Here is a clue.

Her bike used to have wheels like this.............

But now her bike looks similar to this one.

Can you notice what is different?

Selah has been learning to ride her bike with two wheels-awesome job Selah. 

Thanks for sharing your learning with us, we are super proud of you.

Anzac Day

April 25th is a special day called Anzac Day.
It is a day to remember people who served in the war.

You might see lot's of red poppies in people's windows. 

People wear poppies as a sign of respect for all of the people who served in the war.

You may like to put a poppy in your window.

Here is a template of some poppies you may like to print out, colour in, and put in your window or on your letter box.

You can find this template here by clicking on this link     poppies to colour in

Here is a poem about poppies that you can read together with your family.

Morena Tuatahi

We hope you are having a great time in your bubble.

Here are some new challenges for this week. Remember, you can choose to do your learning from the blog, or the TV channel, or from your learning pack that you may have received in the mail.

Which ever you choose, have fun with your learning.

red sight words                 magenta sight words

And for stories to listen to, check out RNZ stories on line by clicking this link:   story time at RNZ

Click here to find the phonics song:

NZ phonics song

                             Patty Shulka count to 100
               The Singing Walrus
               Count Back Cat

week 2-some new challenges

Scarlett has been busy!

Scarlett was excited to receive her home learning pack in the mail, and has already completed an activity from it.
Great work Scarlett, we love seeing this beautiful picture of your family.

Thanks for sharing your work with us Scarlett, we are proud of you!

Great Home Learning Azaria

Another lovely surprise-Azaria has shared some of her home learning with us, and we are excited to share it with you.

 Azaria has been counting to exercise, getting fit and learning her numbers at the same time!

Azaria has been on a letter hunt around her house and found 5 things starting with Cc. She also practised writing the letter c.

Awesome work Azaria, we are proud of your home learning and thanks for sharing it with us.

Morena Tuatahi

We hope you have had a fun week of learning at home-we have been thinking of you and your families while you are in your bubble.

It's Friday, and so we thought we would continue our tradition on line with our Fun Friday Dance-you can teach your family and have fun together.
          Fun Friday-Chicken Dance

Look what I found on  my walk yesterday-what do you think it is?

You can reply to our blog, or email us your ideas.

How are you all getting on with your letter and number formation-have you been practising with your whiteboard pen?

If you are feeling confident, you can practise writing them in your orange book without tracing them.

Have a lovely weekend Tuatahi, we miss you!

On line information

Here is some information for you about online learning

Hugo's home learning

We got a lovely surprise this afternoon -an email from Hugo showing us some of his home learning activities. 
He has been having fun with his brother while learning at home in their bubble.

 He has shown perseverance and resilience by learning to ride his bike.

 Cooking with Oscar-a great way to use your maths skills and to learn lots of new words like ingredients and recipe.

 Play dough is a great way to use your fine motor skills-lots of rolling and cutting. You can also be very creative when using play dough.

Great towers Hugo. You have ordered them from shortest to tallest-they look like steps. I bet you had to do lot's of counting to see how many blocks each step needed.

Thanks for sharing your learning with us Hugo.

Welcome to Term 2

Morena Tuatahi!

We are missing you all, but hope you are having fun in your 'bubble' with your family.

Today is the beginning of Term 2. We will post activities on a Monday and Wednesday that you can do if you would like to.

Counting to exercise is a great way to start the day, here are two of our favourite songs to exercise to.
        Jack Hartman count to 100
        Patty Shulka count to 100

 Here is a song that will help you to learn some  shapes      JH shape song  
You might also like to have a look at this clip before going on your shape hunt  shape song

NZ alphabet phonics song-this song will help you to learn the names of the letters and the sounds they make, You may like to listen to this before you do the alphabet challenge.

Read, read and read!! Reading is really important and we hope you can find lots of opportunities to read together, or to listen to stories on line.
        Radio NZ story time

Have a fun week of learning at home Tuatahi, and remember to post a comment at the bottom of our blog to let us know how you are getting on.
Have fun in your bubble!