Lottie is missing a tooth!

Lottie enjoyed writing her story today about her missing tooth. I wonder what Lottie will spend her money on???

Well done Lottie for remembering your writing goals :)

Collections

Often when we go for a walk Lottie fills my pockets up with things she finds along the way.

Today we had a go at making a creature out of them.

I just started adding parts to see what it became but you could decide on your animal or insect first, and then try and make it.

We might glue ours down or we might just take photos and then create some more!

 The start of our collection.  It is MUCH bigger now!

 I just made up a creature.

Lottie made an octopus!  Now we can learn a bit more about how many legs an octopus has!

An update from Israel

Israel and his mum emailed an update about what they had been doing during lockdown.

Thanks for sharing!

We have been doing A LOT of colouring in, going for a bike ride everyday & this week we have really enjoyed the songs & cosmic kids you have supplied us with. 

Kayden and Khloe have been busy!

 Kayden tried out some earmuffs after listening the the Earmuffs story online!

Khloe practised writing her numbers using beautiful colours!

Update from Mila

Mila is enjoying her learning at home. She is starting her day singing the waiata, which leads to the colour song and One day a taniwha. Mila is also practicing the phonics song.

Great learning Mila :) I am glad you are having fun learning at home with your family. Keep up the great work.

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Update from Odin

Odin has been a great help with Octavia who is now 5weeks old!. Odin has made up the nickname waa tavia as she cries a lot

We have been doing a lot of baking and home activities, reading and making the most of our own back yard. He's been doing a story a day in his journal to look back on his time in lockdown. 

Here are some photos from Odin :)

Thank you for the update Odin, I love seeing what you are all up to.

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

ABC's

One of our teachers (thanks Fleur) sent me a link to this idea.  Check out the photo and see what they did to practice the alphabet.

What do you have in your house that you could use to make the alphabet?

Send us some photos if you have a go!

The website link is:  Raising Dragons

What could it be?

Today on our bike ride we came across some bubbling water.  Lottie thought it looked like a spa to keep the fish warm at this time of year.  Will wondered if something was living under the rocks.

What do you think it could be?  

The Great Insect Hunt

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all well and are enjoying your family time.

Tonight I am eagerly awaiting the news of the arrival of my new nephew. My younger sister has gone into labour. Unfortunately she lives in Christchurch so I will not be able to visit her and my nephew until after the lockdown.

I found this insect hunt online and thought it would be a great activity to do.

I wonder what insect will appear the most in your garden? Send me a picture of your results.