Monday 1 March

 Morena Tuatahi,

 We are sorry we can't be together at school this week, but we look forward to catching up with some of you during our Google Meet sessions.

Below are some learning tasks you may like to do at home today.

Here are a couple of our favourite fitness tracks to get you ready for the day:

exercise for kids!

count to 100

how to write the letter m

                    Click below to practise the sound m makes

Here is a fun song to practise counting forwards and backwards to 10.

Practise writing the numbers on some paper at home.

Have a look around your backyard. What do you notice, what can you see?

Draw a picture of something you see in your backyard.

Can you read a story with someone at home? You may also like to listen to an online story.

Today's story is 'The Gruffalo'

We love getting photos of your work to share on the blog so if you have anything you would like to share please send it to:

pgetty@owairaka.school.nz

Have a super day everyone, and remember to be kind.

Ka Kite

Swimming next week...

 

Swimming next week (March 1-5) will be on Tuesday and Thursday.

Remember to send togs and towel in a separate bag. You are welcome to leave them at school on Tuesday and we will dry them ready for Thursday.

Many thanks

Houses......

 As part of our school theme, 'In our back yard', we have been drawing pictures of our houses to put on a map. We have also been learning to say our address. 

This week we read a book called 'Our Street'. We realised that not all houses are the same!

Next week we are going to make houses out of boxes.

Sia and Joey decided to make houses out of blocks during Play-based Learning.

Great imagination along with team work resulted in a rather grand abode!

Swimming

After much excitement, our week in the pool with our instructors is nearly over.

We have had so much fun in the pool and we have loved watching every one gain confidence as they get used to being in the water, and become more familiar with our school pool.

Here are some photos of us in action!

                           Fun Times!

Repeating patterns

 We are getting very clever at repeating patterns.

Here are some photos of us gluing our patterns into our maths books.

Zoe made a repeating pattern with the beads.

Can you count how many beads she has in her sequence?

Swimming

                                          Yay-it's swimming time!

Please remember SWIMMING is EVERY DAY next week.

We have instructors coming in to teach water skills for life.

Please pack named togs and towel into a bag, and we recommend leaving them at school for the duration of the week. We will make sure they have a chance to dry over night on our clothes racks.

Many thanks

Mrs Waddington and Philippa

Zoe has been doing lot's of counting.........

 It was lovely to get an email from Zoe today sharing some of her home learning with us.

Zoe has been very busy counting. She counted 13 doors in her house, 19 houses in her street and 65 steps to her letterbox-that is a lot of counting Zoe!

Zoe has also been on a letter hunt around her house, she found lot's of things beginning with the letter C.

Zoe also went on a walk with her big sister Freya to collect rubbish around their local area. What a great job you have both done getting rubbish out of the waterways- well done girls.

Wednesday 17 February

 Morena Tuatahi

We hope you and your whanau are all keeping well.

Here are some activities you may like to do at home today.

First, let's get ready for the day with some fitness:

Welcome to my gym

twist

Now it's time to practise counting forwards and backwards to 20. Challenge yourself to see if you can say the next number before the lady on the video!

counting forwards and backwards

Time for some alphabet work.

Practise learning the names and sounds of the alphabet by singing along to this video:

NZ phonics song

Learn the sound for today's letter here:

Can you draw a picture of your house? We would love you to bring your picture to school when we return so that we can put it on our class map of our local area.

Talk a walk out to your letter box. What number can you see on your letter box-you may need someone to help you read the number. 

Today's story is called 'Meep'

We hope you enjoy listening to it.

Meep

Have a lovely day Tuatahi, and remember to be kind.

Ka Kite

Tuesday 16 February

 Morena Tuatahi

We hope you had a nice day yesterday and managed to do a few learning tasks.

It's great to see the rain has stopped so maybe you could get outside to count how many steps to your letterbox!

Here are a couple of fitness clips to get you ready for the day-have fun!

count to 100 with Patty

move and freeze-zumba

Yesterday we looked for things in our house that are shaped like a circle. I wonder what you found?

Today we are going to look for things that are square shaped.

How many sides and corners can you count on this square. Have a look around your house for things that are shaped like this. We would love to see some photos of what you have found.

Now for some counting practise. Yesterday you counted how many forks you had in the kitchen. Today we would like you to count how many spoons you have in your kitchen drawer.

A little trick to help you count is to put the spoons in a row, it makes it easier to count.

Here is the nz phonics song to practise the names and sounds of the letters

NZ phonics song

letter a song

Don't forget to check out the board we posted yesterday with some other ideas.

Today's story is 'The Kuia and the Spider'

The Kuia and the Spider

Have fun and be kind. We look forward to seeing you soon.

Home Learning

 Morena Tuatahi,

We hope you are all keeping dry inside today! 

We are sorry we can't see you all at school today, but here are some ideas for learning at home instead!

We will change the alphabet task each day, so remember to pop onto the blog to see what the new letter of the day is.

You might like to begin your day with some exercise and practise counting at the same time-have fun!

                Let's get fit

Before you do the alphabet challenge, you may like to listen to this song to help you learn the letter sounds.

NZ phonics song

Here is a link to the letter for today-remember to practise making the sound while you sing along to the video!

phonics letter C

Here is a task board with a few activities you may like to do.

 Click below to listen to Miss Best reading today's story 'Peace at Last'

                    Peace at Last

       Have fun at home with your learning!

PMP

 We love Tuesday mornings because it means we go to PMP.

PMP is Perceptual Motor Programme. This programme aims to develop and refine children's gross motor skills which helps prepare the brain for learning.

We have lots of fun participating in activities that involve hand/eye coordination, balancing, crawling, memory and  spatial awareness.

This programme relies on parent help to run it, so if you are free on a Tuesday morning and would like to help out, please let us know!

A visit from Fairy Judy

 We were excited to get a visit from Fairy Judy this morning. 

She came to celebrate those who had remembered to bring their holiday reading logs.

For those who missed out, there will be another opportunity to fill out a holiday reading log at the end of term 1.

Swimming

 After much patience and excitement, we finally got to have our first dip in the pool!

We are super proud of all our Tuatahi learners who showed courage and resilience as they made their way to the side bar for the first time in our pool.

We know you had a great time and we are looking forward to swimming again next Thursday!