Life Education

This week’s focus is looking after ourselves

Finding calm – this will need a parent's help to read and discuss how we can find some calm in certain situations  - lovely easy activity though.

Animal Bites Magazine

The latest issue of Animal Bites is ready to be downloaded - Follow this link Animal Bites

It is all about cows! 

There is also a colouring competition that you can do if you can print the page. 

Papa Kāinga

Morning everyone

Lottie, Will and I have been watching the new education channel, Papa Kāinga, this morning.

It has been very cool and I think we would all like to go to Karen's Place for a play!

It is well worth a look.  While Lottie was watching one part of it, I was able to help Will do some maths set on his blog, so it helped with the juggle of lockdown life!

The link I've attached takes you to the schedule so you can see what is on and it looks like you'll be able to watch on demand as well at a time that suits you.

Papa Kāinga

Firewise and Fire Safety

Good evening,

I was fortunate to receive an email from the Nelson Fire Brigade who are providing fun, interactive activities relating to the Firewise programme. Click on the link, and then click on activity tahi in the right hand corner.

Below is the message from Amy (Firewise Educator)

Kia ora Koutou

Firstly, we would like to acknowledge you and the huge amount of effort you are putting in during this very unknown and unnerving time. We really appreciate this and would like to contribute in any way we can. Lockdowns can be a stressful time, especially for families, so we have adapted some Fire wise and Fire Safety tasks for tamariki during this time.

Access: You and your tamariki will be able to access the content using a Google site we have created. Here is the link https://sites.google.com/view/tmfafirewise/home

How the learning is organised: We will follow a Learn, Create, Share model of learning. This will have a description, a short video with key information, a task (create) and an opportunity to share what they create. This may be a video, photo, drawing or a piece of writing. In each description we will: recommend age groups this will be suitable for but each task can be adapted for all learning levels, include learning outcomes and recommended resources.

The learning tasks relate to our Firewise programme with adaptations for creative ways to learn while in lockdown. All tasks are short and we encourage whānau to get involved also.

Key learning tasks:

Identifying and checking our smoke alarms

Where should my alarms be placed in my home?

Creating an escape plan

Safe meeting place - where do we go if we have a fire in our home?

Winter fire safety - heaters and fires

Fire trap game

Listening to Stories

Our family has been listening to lots of audio books during the last few days (Will for much longer at bedtime). We have issued some using the online library and have stumbled across the Radio New Zealand Storytime Podcast - The Best of Storytime:  The latest and greatest children's stories and songs from New Zealand. Ngā pūrākau me ngā waiata nā Aotearoa.

Here is a link you can follow to find out more:  The Best of Storytime RNZ

David Walliams

David Walliams is sharing an audio story every day.  He is calling it Elevenses.  A chance to leave your kids listening for 20 minutes while you get a cuppa!  My Will and Lottie listened today and thoroughly enjoyed it!  As did I!  Have a listen and see what you think.

David Williams - Elevenses