Term 2 Week 2- Monday 20th April

AUTUMN THEME

Today’s song	Youtube:  What I am, Kindness is Free
This week’s challenges:	Random Acts of Kindness A random act of kindness is something you do for someone else without being asked. You need to do one each day. Here are some suggestions: Pick up your toys. Tidy your room. Tidy your brother or sisters room. Ring your Grandparent and check they’re O.K. Set the table. Empty the dishwasher. Project Some people are keen to carry on their project from last week. That’s fine. Otherwise ... Plan your project on the plan. Here’s some Autumn ideas: -Design a bin for collecting leaves each day ready to put into the green bin. -Make a leaf headband for your teddy. -Draw, sketch, colour an Autumn art scene for your bedroom wall. -Or create your own idea just like we do in Patiki. Get those imagination’s flowing. You will need to take a photo and upload this onto Seesaw at the end of the week.
PE/Health/Well-being-Daily	Wellbeing activity - look up on youtube San Diego Zoo webcam. Choose an animal to watch ‘live’. Monday is wheels day. Get on as many different wheels as you have at your house. Here’s some ideas: scooter, a bike, rollerblades, skateboard… and get active.
Writing-Daily	Make a leaf man  (look out for a Seesaw link) Write a story about his adventures. Where does he live? Who does he live with? What does he eat? What does he like to do? Remember you can record this story anyway you like, paper is fine, old school book or on Seesaw.
Reading-Daily	Well done all of you who are accessing the books through Oxford Reading Tree. You are more than welcome to keep with this site or try another site we have found. New reading site: Sunshine Online. Our school has signed up for a free 2 week trial. Feel free to log in to this website. If you do not know what reading level your child is at you can email us and we will let you know. This site is slightly easier to navigate around and you can easily choose the exact books for your child’s reading level. (If you have your child’s reading folder at home check on the back of the book for the level, or email us)
Maths-Daily	In this activity we are going to  sequence days of the week. This activity works best if it can be developed over the week. It will just take a couple of minutes each day. Resources: Paper strips for the days of the week to be written on. Use 2 colours, one colour for weekdays and another colour for the weekend. Staples or sellotape Here are the days of the week in Māori and English. Rāhina – Monday, Rātu – Tuesday, Rāapa – Wednesday, Rāpare – Thursday, Rāmere – Friday, Rāhoroi – Saturday, Rātapu – Sunday. On Monday get a strip of paper with Monday written in both English and Māori. Join the ends of the paper strip to form a circle. On Tuesday/Rātu add another circle.  Keeping adding the days in order. At the end of the day tell someone what happened for you on that day.

More amazing projects and learning by Patiki children

Joseph and Olivia


by Mia




by Parker


by Kaden


by Grace P


by Kyron


by Quinn


by Abby


by Addi


by Ava


by Brooke



More to follow........

Selection of Projects by Patiki Children

Here is a selection of Projects, more to follow...

by Lizzie

by Lincoln

Term 2 Week 1- Friday 17 April

This week’s challenges:	Today is the day to share a photo of your finished Teddy Bear Project and/or Lego Challenge on Seesaw. We will upload these photos to our Class Patiki blog for you all to see.
PE/Health/Well-being-Daily	Go onto GoNoodle:  Go to search and put in Dancing Bears. It’s a nice warm-up. Then choose your favourite Go-Noodle. Set up another obstacle course for your teddy and you. Can you improve on the one you did on Wednesday? Take your teddy for a walk around your neighbourhood. How many other teddies do you spy?
Writing-Daily	Handwriting Today we will practise  a A Remember to say ...open mouth short stick for the lower case a You can practise: -Outside with a paintbrush and water -Outside with chalk -On a piece of paper Get an adult to draw you some lines..remember lower case letters start in the middle , between two lines, open mouth short stick Upper case A. Try all the same ideas. Look out for a Seesaw link to give you some more guidance if needed. You do not have to complete your handwriting on Seesaw you can just write it on a piece of paper or in an old school book.
Reading-Daily	Poetry Go to YOUTUBE.COM and listen to  The Teddy’s Bear Picnic sung by Anne Murray. Look out for a Seesaw link to complete today’s Poem. Have fun!
Maths-Daily	Can you make number stories with your teddy bears and toys and record them. For example               4 + 3 = 7

Re sending today's Daily timetable

This week’s challenges:	Lego Challenge Make a Teddy bear Lego House-Your Teddy Bear must fit inside! Project Plan your project on the plan. Here’s some ideas: -plan and make a fort for your teddies -plan and make a teddy bear hospital -plan and make your teddy a new toy -if you have access to sewing materials, make your teddy a new clothing item -plan a treasure hunt in your garden with your teddies, hide 5 teddies and get someone to find them You will need to take a photo and upload this onto Seesaw at the end of the week.
PE/Health/Well-being-Daily	Sparklers Activities-Go to sparklers.org/activities-Tummy Breathing. Practise a skill with a ball. How many kicks can you do? How many catches can you make to yourself...up in the air...bouncing it. Draw a hopscotch on the ground. You can use chalk or write the numbers onto a piece of paper and hold them down with some stones. Give it a go!
Writing-Daily	Seesaw will send you a notification this morning. You will find a funny picture of some teddy bears. Look at the picture and record: I see… I think… I wonder… We have included an example on Seesaw.  Have fun Patiki, use your amazing imaginations!
Reading-Daily	If you haven’t already look up - Oxford Reading Tree e site online. This is a great reading resource to keep your child reading daily and engaging with books.  If your child is a very able reader head to pages 4 and 5 for suitable books. If your child is new to reading stay on pages 1 and 2 for suitable books. When you hover over a book it will pop up with what level the book is. If you need any guidance with this feel free to email Kirsty.
Maths-Daily	Bears in caves  Purpose: The purpose of this activity is to engage students in problem solving to find an unknown addend.  We want the student to explain counting, grouping, and equal-sharing strategies, using words, numbers, and pictures. Description of mathematics: The problem may be solved with different combinations of these components.  Counting one to one  Counting on  Equal sharing Partitioning This activity may be carried out with guidance, or by allowing the student to follow their own method of solution. The approach should be chosen in sympathy with students’ skills and depth of understanding. Activity: There are three (3) caves. There are bears in each cave. There are 12 bears altogether. If there are 2 bears in the first cave, how many bears might be in each of the other caves? Note: This activity requires materials for illustration. The ‘bears’ could be teddy bears or toys or counters or buttons, the caves could be paper cups or bowls. The visual approach The student is able to use images and/or objects to represent a problem and find a solution. Prompts could be: How many bears are there altogether? How many bears are in the first cave? How many bears are not in the first cave? This is how many bears there are in the other two caves. How many bears might be in each of the other two caves? The conceptual approach The student is able to solve a problem using sharing and other strategies, to find unknown addends. Prompts from the teacher could be: How many bears are there altogether? How many bears are in the first cave? How many bears are not in the first cave? How many bears might be in each of the other two caves? The student can record their solutions by drawing them, taking a photo or writing the equation.

A Huge Well Done To All Of You

Dear All,

We are so thankful for the way you have all supported your child to start Home Learning today. We have been amazed by all the learning being shared on Seesaw and we know a lot of this needs your input as parents.

We completely understand that some days you may complete more activities than other days depending on your home situation. This is absolutely fine!

Just a tip for some of you accessing our blog by email reminders. It appears some of the blog email reminders are coming out hours later or the next day. We suggest to you go through the Waimari School webpage each morning and click on our Patiki blog link. This way you are seeing the up to date information each day.

Have a good night everyone,

Kirsty and Tracy

Term 2 Week 1- Wednesday 15 April

Good morning Patiki

Term 2 Week 1- Wednesday 15 April

Welcome to the first day of Term 2. We know this is a strange way to go to school but it’s also a bit exciting to be doing something new! There will be some things that you can do each day and some that you have the week to complete.

TEDDY BEAR WEEK

This week’s challenges:	Lego Challenge Make a Teddy bear Lego House-Your Teddy Bear must fit inside! Project Plan your project using our Patiki design format. An example is on our blog. You could draw your plan on a piece of paper or use an old school book from last year. Here are some Project ideas: -plan and make a fort for your teddies -plan and make a teddy bear hospital -plan and make your teddy a new toy -if you have access to sewing materials, make your teddy a new clothing item -plan a treasure hunt in your garden with your teddies, hide 5 teddies and get someone to find them You will need to take a photo and upload this onto Seesaw at the end of the week.
PE/Health/Well-being-Daily	Look up GoNoodle -Children can choose one of there favourite fitness activities. We like 'Twist and Shout'. Set up a course outside for you and your teddy to complete, e.g.jump over the stick, ride your scooter down the drive, run in and out of the trees, find 3 different coloured leaves, skip to the back fence... Look up Sparklers.org.nz -try some Tummy breathing-maybe you could teach a member of your family.
Writing-Daily	Writing will be a recount. A recount can use the words first, then, next and finally. What have you been doing in the holidays? (choose 1 of the options below, you might like to write this story on a piece of paper or an old school book from last year) Draw a picture using first and finally. Share your story with a member of your family. Draw a picture plan. Write a story using sentence starter first, then and finally. Draw a picture plan. Write a story using sentence starter first, then, next and finally. Look on Seesaw for examples.
Reading-Daily	Go on Story online and listen to a Story. Tell your parents what happened at the start, middle and end of the story. Go on Oxford reading tree e site and read or listen to a story of your choice. Who were the characters? Where was the story set?
Maths-Daily	Sort your teddy bears/toys into groups-you might like to use colours/size/type. Can you make a graph with the data you have collected? Example on Seesaw

Remember to share one activity on Seesaw that you have done each day. At the end of the week share your Lego challenge and Project.

Contact Details- A message from Mr Anderson

If you have not been receiving the daily update emails from Mike please use this form to ensure we have your most up to date contact details in our database. https://forms.gle/eeagRVfvzvojUsc2A

-Activate the government funded safety filtering on all of the devices which your children will use from tomorrow onwards. Refer to Mike's email from earlier today for the full details. This is the quick link to the setup instructions. https://switchonsafety.co.nz/

-Activate your family Waimairi Google Accounts as per yesterday's email from Mike. Any support needed to get this done? Please phone 03 352 9208 ext 802.

Google Accounts vs Blog/Seesaw

Hi All

Kirsty and I want to clarify how we will be communicating with you and your child. We will be contacting and showing the home learning through our blog and your home email address NOT the gmail account. The gmail account was only if you are using google hangouts with your teacher. Patiki is using our class blog and seesaw only. Either Kirsty or I will ring you today for a quick chat to ensure that you are all set for tomorrow so listen out for the phone!!!

Kind Regards
Tracy and Kirsty

Hello Patiki Families - Seesaw Check in

Hello All,

We hope you have all had a lovely Easter with your family and you have enjoyed eating some chocolate, you all deserve it!

Just a quick check-in re: Seesaw login. I have emailed all families with your child's individual login details.

If you have not received an email from me regarding logging in to Seesaw please email me back on:

kirsty.hay@waimairi.school.nz

This will mean I have the wrong email address for your family and I can easily resend the information once I have your current email address.

Thank you for your support with this.

Kirsty and Tracy

Getting started for Term 2

Dear All

It's great to be back in touch even though it is from our own bubbles. We are really looking forward to hearing from you in our new distant classroom. The purpose of this post is to inform you of what is to come!

We are going to contact you through our Patiki Blog and you are welcome to email us with any questions you have:

tracy.campbell@waimairi.school.nz
kirsty.hay@waimairi.school.nz

If you prefer a chat you can ring us on the school phone number. Our extension is 607.

From the morning of Wednesday 15 April we will send through to you the activities and learning planned for that day through our class blog. It will involve some help from parents to set up some of the sites we are going to use as part of our day.

The activities are for you to do within your own 'bubble timetable'. We will be asking that you read through these with your child and you may like to print out what we have sent so your child can see it and understand what is happening. We may include different parts to the activities. This is so you and your child can pick and choose which one suits them best for that day. In Patiki the children have learning choices and activities that need to be completed by a certain time. You may wish to carry on with this routine, otherwise, you timetable it into your own "Bubble time".

We will be using Seesaw for children to post work on and for some activities. An email will be sent to you with your child's individual sign-in code. Once you have done this please send a photo of your child so that we know it's working. You will need to sign up for the following sites:

Seesaw (lookout for an email over the next few days)
sparklers.org.nz
Gonoodle.com

This is the outline of the plan for the children's projects. It is what they use at school so they are familiar with it. Next week, when we get into our Project learning the children, may wish to use this format. Feel free to write this on a piece of paper so the children can plan out their ideas. They are experts at this.

PATIKI

My project is………………………………………………………………………

It might look like this…

 (Draw your plan here)

 I will need:

  (What will you need to make your project)

As well as daily tasks there will be activities that go over the week. We will ask that each day the children select at least one activity they have done for that day and post it on Seesaw. We will be able to share some of these with you.

Our focus over the next few weeks is to form connections again. Seesaw is a great way for children to proudly show their creations/activities and see photos of their friends doing the same. You might even see a video of Kirsty and Mrs Campbell, if you are lucky!!

Enjoy your Easter Break. Term 2 Home learning starts on Wednesday 15th April.

Kirsty and Tracy

Devices-Please read and reply asap.

Dear All

A reminder to fill in this form if you need a device delivered to you for children to use for distance learning. If your child has a device please do not use this form.

https://forms.gle/EEGFowMJMujkADS58

Close off for collection of this data is 12pm tomorrow (Wednesday).

Many thanks

Tracy and Kirsty