Welcome Back for 2022

Ka tangi te tītī

Ka tangi te kākā

Ka tangi hoki ahau

Tihei mauriora! 

Ngā mihinui ki a koutou

Tēnā koutou  

Ko Taranaki te maunga

Ko Waitara te awa

Ko Tokomaru te waka

Ko Te Ātiawa te iwi

Ko Ngāti Rāhiri te hapu

Ko John toku matua

Ko Jill toku whaea

Ko Jamie raua ko Grace taku tamāhine

Ko Kat taku ingoa

Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa

Kia ora e te whanau,

Welcome to akomanga waru (room 8). My students call me Whaea Kat. I teach year 5 & 6 students of Kea hub which is in Kauri Team and support Kapa Haka in our school.

I am excited to get to know everyone and have a fantastic year of learning with the tamariki. Our year will start a little different with all of the senior students having to wear masks. It is a good idea for each student to have a water bottle as you get quite thirsty and tired trying to speak through a mask all day.

You can contact me at crichmond@hameast.school.nz if you need anything.

The Day the Crayons Quit

Today the story for you to listen to is:

The Day the Crayons Quit

Here are some tasks to do:

Write a new letter from one of the other crayons to Duncan. Illustrate the letter with drawings only using that coloured crayon.

Yellow and Orange crayons have an argument about the colour of the sun. What colour is the sun? How can you prove your answer?

Write Duncan's replies to the crayons' letters.

Find out about colour. What is it? Why do we see things in different colours?

Write a story about a magic, multi-coloured crayon. What might happen to the person that uses it?

Design a box or packet or pencil case to keep your crayons in. Use lots of colour.

Find the synonyms for different colours (eg red = crimson, rose, cherry etc). Make a colour thesaurus that you can refer to in your own writing.

Build something out of crayons. Take a photo of it.

Create a poster that teaches children about primary, secondary and tertiary colours.

Use paint to create many different shades of the same colour.

Design a new wrapper for the peach crayon.

Have fun! Send me photos of your creations to put on the blog.

Wiki Rima

 Kia ora koutou, 

This week is a little different. You will do online learning Monday, Tuesday and Friday, which you can find on here and in your google drive. Check daily for new tasks.

If your last name starts with an A-L you will come to school on Wednesday.

If your last name starts with M-Z you will come to school on Thursday.

You will need to wear a mask in the classroom.                                  

Today is Pānui - a reading task.

The Bomb - author Sacha Cotter

Listen and watch the video.

I love this story, who doesn't love swimming, rope swings into the river and for some of you bombs at Wellington Street beach or off the bridge at Raglan.

Here are some tasks to do:

Write a moment in time when you went swimming, or did a manu, or went down a waterslide. Use all your senses to describe your experience.

Design and plan the perfect bomb. Maybe you could test it using a lego person?

Write a list of instructions for the perfect bomb or manu.

Build a prototype of a platform or structure that could be used to jump off into the water. Use whatever materials you have or draw it on google drawing.

Make something that you could use in the water, either for the river, a pool or the sea. Be creative.

Have fun! Send me photos of your creations to put on the blog.

Jessie and Miss Ally make Slime

Jessie and Miss Ally have been busy in their bubble making slime. Do you know how to make it?

Do you know a different way to make slime? Write a comment on the blog. Remember to put your name and room number too.

Mahi Term 4 Week 4

Kia ora koutou, 

Wow, the term is flying by and we are already in week four of the term. Thank you to all the students working hard on their Education Perfect tasks and the George's Marvellous Medicine activities. Please keep sending me the work you have done so I can share it on our blog. 

Here is a selection of activities for this week in the slideshow.

Make sure you are getting outside, running around, going for a bike ride, a scooter or a skate on your skateboard. 

Also if anyone is keen to have a zoom call, email me to tell me what you would like to talk about.

Bubble Toru

Kia ora koutou, 

This is a little snapshot of Bubble Toru at school. We are in room 18 and the hub next to room 17. The teachers in our bubble are Whaea Kat, Whaea Robyn and Mrs Tyler. Mrs McKenzie comes to help us out too.

We played on Tōtara whenua, in the sandpit, with the basketball and used the sports equipment.

We found a wriggly stick insect.

We went for a walk to Putikitiki along te ara o ngahere to the new outdoor learning area.

What have you all being doing at home? Send me a photo of you via your goggle drive or send me a text.

George's Marvellous Medicine Part 3

Kia ora koutou, 

This is that last 5 chapters of the book. I hope you have enjoyed listening to it and had fun trying out some of the tasks.