Week 9 fun activities

 Well done Room 16 - you have made it to the end of the school year!

 Thank you so much for being part of an amazing, resilient, curious and positive class this year! You have all made admirable progress with your friendships, social skills, learning and thinking. For me, it has been a true pleasure to be a part of and I thank everyone for adding to the positivity of our class. 

We will have one final Google Meet on Monday 13th at 10.30am to say goodbye to each other as Room 16. Please join us if you are able. On Tuesday and Wednesday, your books, belongings, stationary, artwork and end of year report (including a note about which class you will be in next year) will be available to pick up from the school hall. Tuesday 14th: 7.30am - 2.00pm. Wednesday 15th: 7.30am - 12.00pm.

There are some fun activities on the slide below for you to try to finish off the school year.

I can't wait to see everyone back at Owairaka in 2022! Have a great summer!

Andy

Week 8 Challenge

 Kia ora! This week's challenge sounds like fun! You can use any materials you can find to build your own marble run! You could use recyclable things, things from nature, reuse other things you can find, or absolutely anything you can think of to build your marble run. There are some helpful hints in the video tutorials in this slide deck. We would love to see some photos of your creations. Enjoy!

Week 7 Fun Challenges

 This week let's have some fun doing 3 different challenges. Take a photo or leave a comment on the blog telling everyone what you have done. Make sure you are keeping up with your learning on the learning websites, but also make sure you are getting away from the screens and doing some other learning too. Have fun!

💥 Challenge #1: Go on an 'Alphabet Walk'. Before you leave, write the letters of the alphabet down the side a a piece of paper. As you walk around your house or local area, try to find something that starts with each letter of the alphabet. Can you find something for every letter?

💥 Challenge #2: Construction challenge. What can you make using Lego or other toys that you have? Maybe you can follow up on last week's learning and build a bridge. You could also use cardboard, paper or reuse other items you can find around your house. Take a photo or bring your construction to one of our Google meets.

💥 Challenge #3: Cooking challenge. Help out at home by making a yummy meal. What will you make? Take a photo or leave a comment on this blog post telling us what you made. Yum!

 

Week 6 Challenge - Build A Bridge!

 Here is a fun challenge for this week.  😀 

There has been a washout and the bridge has collapsed! Your challenge is to build a bridge out of any materials you can find, but it needs to be strong. This could take some thinking, some planning, some drawing, some experimenting and some patience! If at first you don't succeed...try, try again. 

Most of all have fun and share your efforts with me and your classmates. 👍

Week 5 Learning - Passion Projects

 Exciting news - we are able to return to school this week from Wednesday! 

Some people might come back part time. Others might continue to learn from home. Whatever you choose, I'm excited that we will get the chance to reconnect together.

Whatever you choose, this week's learning is exciting too! You get to choose what you learn about! 

You have a whole week to work on a 'Passion Project'. You choose what it is going to be about and work on it each day, whether you are coming to school some days, or learning from home. Have a look at this slide deck and we will talk about it in our class Google meet at 1030am.

See you soon! 😀 

Diwali

 We continue our learning about Diwali this week with the activities in this slide deck. 

The 'must do' tasks are on slide 2. Click the link on slide 2 to read about Diwali to help you answer the questions. Remember to answer using full sentences and to share your answers with me. You could use Google slides, email or paper. After that there are a range of activities for you to choose from, including some videos to watch telling some Diwali stories. Please share anything you do or bring it to our class Google meets, every day at 10.30am.

Happy Diwali !

 Namaste and happy Diwali.

This week we are celebrating and learning about the festival of Diwali. Monday's slide deck has some interesting and informative videos to watch. You may like to start there. Then click the link on slide 2 to read about Diwali to help you answer the questions. Remember to answer using full sentences and to share your answers with me. You could use Google slides, email or paper. After that there are a range of activities for you to choose from, including some fun art and craft ideas. I'm sure your classmates will love to see anything you create!

Amazing Aotearoa

 Here's your chance to think about what you would like to research and learn about in Aotearoa. It could be anywhere or anything in Aotearoa.

This slide deck gives you some well-known New Zealand people, places and animals to learn about. You could also choose your own ideas. Research to find out as much as you can about your choices. Present your information in any way that you want to.

 Then challenge your teacher and classmates by creating some 'What am I?/ Who am I?/ Where am I? riddles, giving clues based on your research.

Let's go!

Term 4 week 3 learning

 Kia ora! This week we continue our 'Kiwiana' theme for home learning. We start with a quiz. You have Monday and Tuesday to research and find the answers to the 20 questions in this slide deck. Leave a comment telling everyone when you have finished (but don't give away the answers). 

Bring your answers to our class Google meet on Wednesday. We will go through the answers together for you to see how well you have done.

Are you up for an extra challenge? Can you create your own Kiwi quiz? You can decide how many questions you want to have in your own quiz. Bring your quiz to our class Google meet on Wednesday and challenge your classmates. Have fun!

Ka pai!

 Some super mahi to share today - great effort everyone!

Noa's pamphlet advertisement. 

 

Emme showing her skills at gymnastics and removing a background. 👍

 

Millie's journey to Tamaki Maori Village in Rotorua. 👍

Parth's research into Auckland's Sky Tower. 👍

Emme's Larnach Castle facts. 👍

Mckenzye has removed her background and 'virtually travelled' to Taupo. 👍

 Can you guess where this classmate is? 👍

Noa's clever effort at removing a background and inserting an image. 👍

Thorsten's research into his local area. 👍

Can you guess where Millie is? 👍

McKenzye's fantastic research about Rotorua. 👍

Aotearoa Adventures!

 Our learning this week takes us on adventures around Aotearoa / New Zealand.

Our next tasks involve learning about well known New Zealand landmarks and also about New Zealand geography - where towns, cities and places are within our beautiful country.

Have fun exploring the country and choose two tasks to complete and share with me. Happy travels and happy learning!

Term 4, week 2 learning.

 At the moment we are in lockdown in Auckland and we are unable to travel. So this week, we are going to be taking some virtual adventures around Aotearoa / New Zealand. Cool! The slides below have got loads of virtual tours to take around our beautiful country. Take the tours then choose where you would most like to go. Then complete some of the activities on the final slide. Happy travels!

How to use 'remove background' lesson.

 For our activities for term 4 week 2, you might like to try using remove.bg to insert photos of yourself into photos you can find of different places in New Zealand. We had a lesson with Ms Green and here are her slides from the lesson which you can use to help you. You can go through at your own pace. If you have any questions just email me or ask at our Google meets. Try it out and have fun!

Great work!

 Well done on a great week of learning to start term 4, room 16!

I am proud that each of you has been committed to managing to complete our 3 main school tasks each day: Reading, Writing & Maths.

Here are just some of the things people sent me this week. Enjoy!

Tokelau Language - Malo Ni

Here are some of the greetings near the entrance to our school. Can you see the Tokelau greeting?

Next week is Tokelau Language Week, but Puriri have decided to start celebrating it this week along with their Pacific neighbours, Niue. 

Have fun trying some of these activities and share any work you do with me.

Remember your learning goal each day is to make sure you are doing the three main school tasks:

Reading, Writing & Maths.

There are some reading activities you could do on this slide.

Term 4 begins!

 Fakaalofa lahi atu - hello and welcome to term 4 of the school year. 

We begin the term with Niuean Language Week. This week we are celebrating the language and culture of the beautiful Pacific island of Niue. Please make time this week to complete the activities on the slide below. If you are using Google slides please share your learning with me. You may choose to use pen and paper and take a photo to share with me. I look forward to seeing anything that you do and also to seeing you at our first class Google meeting for the term, today at 10.30am.

  😊

McKenzye's facts about bees

 Nice work McKenzye! Some very interesting facts you have researched. I wonder if anybody knew any of these facts?

Muhammad's boredom busters

 Muhammad has created some scientific boredom busters that you might like to try at home. Have a look at his slides and leave a comment telling us which ones you would like to try. Thanks Muhammad!

Wordshake

 Here is the Wordshake game we have played a few times in our class Google meets. Click the image below or the link and you can play it as many times as you want while learning from home. Challenge yourself or your family to see how many words you can make in three minutes. What is your best score? Leave a comment below to tell us. Have fun!

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/games/wordshake

Green Week - The Buzz Of Bees

 This week is 'Green Week' and our learning focus is 'honey bees'. September is also 'Bee Aware Month', a month dedicated to celebrating the fascinating honey bee. Your tasks this week are in these slides. Please complete at least three activities from the 'Activity Choice Board'. Bonus points if you can complete them all! Please send me your work and leave a comment below the post telling others which activities you have done. You could also leave a comment telling everyone the most interesting fact you have learned about bees. What a buzz! It's going to be a hive of activity!

Radical Readers!

 Well done for responding to the 'Read Anywhere Challenge' in the post below and reading in a radical way just for fun. View the slideshow to see some of the creative ways and places we decided to read while in our bubbles. A big 'ka pai' to everyone who got involved. Keep reading room 16!

Read Anywhere Challenge!

 Kia ora. Here's a fun Friday challenge for Book Appreciation Week. 

It is a 'Read Anywhere BINGO Challenge'. 

Just for fun, see how many different ways or places you can read for 15 minutes. See if you can complete a BINGO by getting 4 in a row either horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Take photos of yourself reading in different ways or places and I will post them on our blog. You can even make up your own! Leave a comment on this post telling others some of the ways or places you have read.

Read! Read! Read!

Story writing

 Kia ora koutou. Here is a fun story writing idea. You will need a dice and something to write and draw with. Choose one of these 'roll a story' frames to use to help give you ideas for your story. There is a superheroes one and a fairy tale one. Roll the dice. 

First roll = your setting (where your story takes place). 

Second roll = good character

Third roll = bad character

Fourth roll = a prop to include in your story

Talk to someone in your bubble about how your story could go. Make a plan. Your task is to write 1 or 2 stories this week. You could even use your story to complete the 'create your own book' activity that we all need to complete for sharing on Friday (see the post below for details). You could add illustrations to make it like a real book. Bring your story/book to our class Google meets to show others. Have fun!

*(If you cannot view the storyboards below, trying clicking this link or this link)

Pukapuka / Book Appreciation Week!

  Kia ora whanau! This week we are going to have a book appreciation week to celebrate all the great things that books and reading can do for us. 

To get involved ... Read! Read! Read!

During lockdown this week, place extra focus on reading. Make a special reading log for this week and record all the books you read, including online books (e.g. Epic!). Bring your special reading log to our class Google meets to show and share. Let's see what everyone else is reading. Leave a comment on our blog telling others some of your favourite books you have read this week.

Have a look at the slide below. It has some cool book appreciation activities to do. I would like everyone to complete the 'Create A Book' activity during this week. We will share your books at our class meetings. Also choose 3 of the other activities to do and email me your work.

Remember, this week ... Read! Read! Read!

McKenzye's word art.

 Ka pai for getting involved McKenzye! Our school value of Manaakitanga is a great value for life. So colourful too!

Jack W's word art

 Ka pai for getting involved Jack! What a great word choice too. Arohanui Aotearoa!

Stella's word art

 Ka pai for getting involved Stella! Your message is so important right now and the objects you have used show amazing creativity. Ka mau te wehi - fantastic!

Millie's word art

 Ka pai Millie for getting involved! Earlier this week we learned how 'Kia Ora' can mean so much.

 Ka rawe - awesome!

Word art challenge

 Kia ora! Just for fun, we are going to do a word art challenge. 

Your task is to create a piece of word art using things you can find in your bubble.

Your message should be a positive inspiration to others. 

You could choose to use Te Reo Maori words as it is Maori Language week. You could choose to use items from nature. This example uses puriri flowers I collected from my yard. I placed them on a blanket to make a plain background so it was easy to read. My message is a positive message to Aotearoa for staying strong during lockdown. 'Kia Kaha' means stay strong, dig deep, give it your all, remember you purpose.

Send me a photo of your word art and I'll post it on our blog for everyone to see. I look forward to seeing your creations!

                                                                      Tena koutou katoa. 

Have a go at this Te Reo BINGO challenge! You could even get your whanau to join in.

I wonder if anyone can do them all? Leave a comment telling your classmates which ones you have done. Remember what we have learned about quality blog comments and write your own.  Read the comments to see which ones your classmates have done.

Kia pai to ra - have a good day.

Making quality blog comments

 Kia ora room 16. As part of our writing learning from home, we are learning to write quality comments on our class blog (and on other Owairaka School blogs). We have been learning that to be a quality comment, our message should be positive, thoughtful and helpful. Remember to start with a greeting and end with a sign off using your name. It is thoughtful to make connections to the blog post by answering or asking questions. As with all writing, you must check your spelling, your punctuation, and that your writing makes sense. You should get someone else in your bubble to check your writing before you publish. Your task is to write some quality comments to post on our class blog. I look forward to reading them!

Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori Fitness Activities

 Tena koutou katoa. Karawhiua - have a go at these Te Reo Maori kemu or games. 

They could be fun to try with your whanau and will help to get you moving.

Leave a comment on this post to tell us which ones you have tried or which ones are your favourites.

Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori

Nau mai haere mai ki Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori.   

Welcome to Maori Language Week

This week, work through the activities on the choice board below.

Share any work with me or leave a comment on this blog post telling everyone what you have done. 

Kua ngahau, have fun! Ka mau te wehi - awesome work! 

The Human Body - The Respiratory System

Here is our next learning slide about the human body. Find out about our respiratory system by clicking on the link. I have also shared this slide into your Inquiry folder in your Google Drive. 

Remember, you can present your learning in any way you wish. Please share your learning with me or bring it to one of our class meets. Happy learning everyone!

Human Body - The Immune System

Here is your next learning slide about the human body. Find out about our immune system by clicking on the link. I have also shared this slide into your Inquiry folder in your Google Drive. 

Remember, you can present your learning in any way you wish. Please share your learning with me or bring it to one of our class meets. Happy learning everyone!

Tongan Language Week

Malo e lelei. 

This week is Tongan language week. 

Click the links on this slide and learn about the Tongan language, music, art and fun facts about Tonga. 

Leave a comment below telling us which activities you have done. 

Monu'ia = good luck!

Human Body - The Digestive System

Here is your next learning slide about the human body. Find out about our digestive system by clicking on the link. I have also shared this slide into your Inquiry folder in your Google Drive. 

Remember, you can present your learning in any way you wish. Please share your learning with me or bring it to one of our class meets. Happy learning everyone!

Human Body - The Nervous System

 Here is your next learning slide about the human body. Find out about our nervous system by clicking on the link. I have also shared this slide into your Inquiry folder in your Google Drive. 

Slide number 2 also has a fun 'choice board' of activities to try.

Remember, you can present your learning in any way you wish. Please share your learning with me or bring it to one of our class meets. Happy learning everyone!

Friday Fun Challenges

 This blog post is all about getting away from the screens and doing some other learning. 

We have been learning about the human body, so make sure you are exercising your muscles as well as your brain during lockdown. 

💥 Challenge #1: Go on an 'Alphabet Walk'. Before you leave, write the letters of the alphabet down the side a a piece of paper. As you walk around your house or local area, try to find something that starts with each letter of the alphabet. Can you find something for every letter?

💥 Challenge #2: Construction challenge. What can you make using Lego or other toys that you have? You could also use cardboard, paper or reuse other items you can find around your house. Take a photo or bring your construction to one of our Google meets.

💥 Challenge #3: Cooking challenge. Help out at home by making a yummy meal. What will you make? Take a photo or leave a comment on this blog post telling us what you made. Yum!