Jessie's Jams & Bubble Life

Click on the link above to see Jessie singing. 
Or check out the slideshow about what is happening in Jessie's bubble. 


What have you been cooking or baking in your bubble? My girls have been baking gluten-free afghan biscuits, caramel slice, and biscuit fudge. I've made some yummy pumpkin soup in the crockpot.

Mahi Toi - Ephemeral Art

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Ephemeral art is art that only lasts for a short period of time. - Tate Museum

There are many forms of ephemeral art,
from sculpture to performance, but the
term is usually used to describe a work
of art that only occurs once.

People use found objects and often call
it environmental art. But you can use any
objects that you can find as long as the
art only lasts for a short time.
You could use utensils, plates, and bowls
that you find in the kitchen.

Andy Goldsworthy is a famous ephemeral artist.
This is one of his pieces of art. Find out more
information about how he makes his art.
What inspires him?

Kathy Klein is another artist who uses flowers
and seeds to create mandalas.

You could find some flowers, leaves, and
sticks to make your own picture.

 Create a pattern with the leaves that you find.

You could make an insect from the things that you find.

So your challenge for today is to make at least
2 ephemeral pieces of art and take a photo of it.
Send me your photos.

Mrs Grace Knows Art click on the link to watch
the video to get other ideas.

The Tunnel

The picture of the tunnel made in the forest
fascinated me. I wondered if it was made
by nature or by man. What do you think?

There are 5 different writing tasks:

• Story starter!
• Question time!
• Sentence Challenge!
• Sick sentences!
• Picture perfect!

Choose your favourite one and write. Do more than one if you wish.

Share your work with me via your google drive.

ANZAC Day stories

Wow! Have you seen these pukapuka?

Click on the links and listen to these stories.

Tuhituhi - Conversations

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Today we are learning how to use a slideshow to create conversations between characters. 

What is a conversation? 

It is an informal talk between two or more people or characters where news and ideas are shared.

What do you think they would say to each other? 

Put this into the speech bubbles. Be creative.

Remember to use capital letters and full stops.

Kanikani & Waiata

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Kanikani & Waiata

Lots of people are enjoying listening to songs and learning new dances

while in rāhui.

The video below is one I have heard quite a few times over

this time.

Choose a new song and or a dance to learn as a whanau. 

If you can, record it and share it with your extended family

and friends to brighten their day!

If you know a song or dance in a different language, you

could teach it to us.

Upload your video to your google drive.

ANZAC DAY - create your own poppies

How can we remember our fallen soldiers this year when we cannot join together for ANZAC Day dawn services and parades?

We can all stand at dawn at our letterboxes on the 25th April and sing the national anthem or recite the ode to the fallen.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

We can make a poster or poppies to go in our window along with our thank you for essential workers.

Here are some other ideas.

Essential Workers

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Kia ora koutou,

COVID-19 is keeping us away from school and other people at home instead of going to work. 
But some people are doing really important mahi while we are in rāhui (lockdown).
You might know someone in your whanau that is an essential worker. 

But what kinds of work are essential?
Essential workers are people that work at supermarkets, petrol stations, pharmacies, bakeries, medical centres and hospitals. They are healthcare workers, cleaners, nurses, and doctors. They are working hard to keep us all safe.

I have 2 people in my family that are essential workers. My nephew is working shifts at a bread-making factory and has been flat out, especially just before the lockdown.
My mother-in-law is working at a COVID-19 testing site, where people come and sit in their cars to have a swab go up into their nose.

Today I would like you to make a drawing or a google drawing of an essential worker and label it, then share it with me.

You could make a poster to go in your window that thanks all of the essential workers for their mahi. 

If you would prefer to write about essential workers you can share that too.

Remember to:

Korikori tinana

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Kia ora koutou, while we are in rāhui we are still allowed to be exercising in our neighbourhood. 

What are you doing to keep fit?

This is a great activity to get your heart rate up. Spell out your name doing the activity and do 3 rounds of it. See if you can get your whanau to join in too.
Or you can do Jump Jam.

Tell me what you are doing today to get moving, via a comment on the blog, an email, flipgrid, a video or a text.

ANZAC Day

What do you know about ANZAC day? 

Why is it important? 

What does ANZAC mean?

Discover the answer to these questions and many more by checking out the ANZAC hyperdoc.

Jessie's Jams

Jessie's Jams from Ham East on Vimeo.

Tuhituhi - Pets or your favourite animal

Your task today for tuhituhi is to tell me about the pets that you have in your bubble.
If you don’t have a pet you can choose your favourite animal.

You can notice and describe what your pet or favourite animal looks like then make
a drawing of it, write a title and label the parts of it.
You can do this on paper or you can do it on google drawing and add in a photo as well.

Tell me some facts, like what they eat, where they sleep and anything that they do that
is interesting.

You might like to write an imaginary story from the point of view of your pet, how it has
been for them in rāhui (lockdown).

Frankie 

Who is in your bubble?

This is work that students in akomanga waru (room 8) have shared with Whaea Kat. Enjoy all their writing, pictures, and photos.

Remember to go to flipgrid and leave your video there too.

Bears, bears, everywhere you turn you see bears.

Bears, Bears everywhere you turn you see bears

I have seen a lot of teddy bears and other soft toys around
my neighbourhood. Write a story about some of the bears that
you might have seen or your own soft toy.
Or you can write about my bear. He has been sitting on the
ironing board so people can see him in the window.
He sometimes has a hat on. Imagine what his name could be
and what adventures and mischief he could be getting in to.

Couldn't see him out the window, so he is sitting on the ironing board.

Teddy Bears from Ham East on Vimeo.

Tuhituhi - Who is in your bubble?

Tuhituhi - Writing

Who is in your bubble?

Your task today for tuhituhi is to tell me about who is in your bubble. 

Write a sentence describing each person (or animal) in your bubble.

Tell me what everyone in your bubble has been doing during this rāhui (lockdown).

You can also make a google drawing of your family and link it to this, or take a photo,
write about your family on paper and email it or text it to me.

Flipgrid Fun!

Kia ora koutou, 

I have found another way for us to connect using flipgrid.

Watch the video below to see how it works.  I will send you a link to our flipgrid via email. 

Remember how to be cyber smart and think about what you are posting.

Getting Started Students from Flipgrid on Vimeo.