Today is Friday 15th May, 2020
Ko te Rāmere tenei ra, te tekau ma rima o Haratua
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
So today is our last day of learning from home so I would like you all to make the most of this left over time. I am going to do the same! I will be planning my week with you all, will be finishing off my house chores and will spend some time with my family. You also should have some fun with your family.
I am very proud of the work most of you have been doing . Some of you have not been able to share your work, however I know you've been working hard at home.
Today there are no tasks for you!!! All I would like you to do is to have to prepare yourself for the week ahead. You may also play the online games of finish off the tasks you were not able to finish before.
It is not going to be the normal we had before the lockdown so please be prepared for the changes we'll have in the classroom.
The school plan has already gone home but I would like you all to attend the zoom meeting so that we could discuss it further. I will leave the link on the discussion page.
Have a long weekend!! I am very excited to see you on Monday!
Till then take care!
Dragon Fly by Chloe!! Cute!!
Today is Thursday 14th May, 2020
Ko te Rāpare tenei ra, te tekau ma wha o Haratua
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
Thank you for letting us know if you will be attending school from Monday. If you haven't done it yet could you please do it ASAP so that we could make proper arrangements to look after you all.
Today all the teachers will be at school organising and preparing for Monday. Your tasks are going to be super easy and super simple and yes there are only three tasks.
You may play some online maths or reading games if you like.
Task 1: The following video shows 6 different craft activities. Try and make as many as you can. Do not worry if you don't have any coloured paper, you may use any kind of paper you could find around you. (Make at least two)
Task 2: If you are able to save all your work in the folder on discussion page please do that. Don't stress out if you don't know how to do that.
Task 3: We all will be coming to school after so many weeks and Covid is still around us. So today your task is to list or write how do we keep all of us safe in the school and in the classroom. What measures do we need to take to minimise the risk of getting infected?
Please think about it, talk to your family members and discuss what needs to be done in the classroom to keep everybody safe.
Garden Clippings into insect sculpture....by Prableen
Recreated by Prableen! Yummy!!
Today is Wednesday 13th May, 2020
Ko te Rāapa tenei ra, te tekau ma toru o Haratua
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
I hope you all have submitted the google forms already..if not please do it ASAP.
Today's Tasks are as follows:
Task 1: Finish off the writing task from yesterday. If you tried to send the task to me yesterday, you will need to look at it again. Try to add on, edit and then send it to me to mark.
Task 2: Read any book of your choice on myon UN: primary password: books
Task 3:How to turn garden clippings into striking insect sculptures
Watch this video, get inspired and create your own sculpture
Task 4: Try again: Yesterday I asked you a question: Can you drop an egg without breaking it and a couple of you said,"No, we can't as it's gonna break."
The secret behind this activity is to think of a way to do so. What can you do or how can you drop an egg that it doesn't break.Put your thinking cap on and find a way!
Task 5: Practice some Maths facts, timetables or play some Maths online games.
Very soon we will see each other!
Today is Tuesday 12th May, 2020
Ko te Rāatu tenei ra, te tekau ma rua o Haratua
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
Thank you to those who shared their Mother's Day stories with me. I would not put them on the website as they have quite a lot of details about your lovely mums. I felt very proud while reading those myself though.
We start learning instructional or procedural writing at a very early age. for example recipes.
So when you do that genre of writing please follow the template. Try to elaborate the whole procedure.
Today's tasks are as follows.
Task 1: Writing a story: Today you will need to write a story. The topic is "Egg". You may choose an adjective for it eg. A magical Egg, Dinosaur's Egg or you may chose the title as 'The story of a lost egg'.
This task needs to be completed in 2 days which means please don't share just 1 paragraph with me. Try to write an Introduction, create a problem in the story, solve the problem and then summarise it. Try to use some interesting words in there too.
Task 2: How many words can you make out of the word 'Celebrations'?
Task 3: Maths problem: For Easter the Teacher decided to give chocolate eggs to the 29 students in her class. She puts the eggs in little baskets to be taken home. Each basket could hold 6 eggs only.
She goes shopping to buy chocolate eggs and finds packets of 20. If she gives every child a basket full of chocolate eggs, how many packs does she need to buy?
Task 4: Can you drop an egg without breaking it?
Task 5: Start making routines to come back to school from Monday!!
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Mother's Day Celebrations!!
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Today is Monday 11th May, 2020
Ko te Rāhina tenei ra, te tekau ma tahi o Haratua
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
Today we all are going to find out whether NZ is ready to go to Level 2 or not. If the Prime minister decides for it we will see each other very soon ie. on 18th May, 2020.
I am going to call this week 'Egg week'. We will be doing some work around 'EGGS'
So here are your tasks for today. You can do these tasks in any order.
Task 1: Make Veggie Eggpops
You will need: Carrots (Cut in long sticks)
Celery (Cut in long sticks)
any dipping sauce of your choice for example hummus, guacamole, ranch or any other sauce you like.
Hard boiled Eggs (1 egg per family member)
Preparing hard boiled eggs is the most tricky part. I would like you to note down the time needed for the eggs to become hard-boiled. It depends on the eggs too. Ideally it should take at least 10 min to get the eggs ready. This task may need some adult supervision as the water is very hot.
Insert the celery stick or the carrot stick into the boiled egg.
Dip in the sauce and ENJOY!!!
Task 2: Write down your favourite recipe made with eggs. Make sure you write the ingredients and materials needed and write down the procedure too.
Task 3: Use the following phrases in your own sentences.
1) Egghead: An intelligent or studious person)
2) Walk on eggs: to act with great care
Task 4: Maths problem.
I bought 1 dozen eggs from the shop. I decided to use those eggs for three different recipes, so I placed them in three bowls
The Red bowl had 3 more eggs than the yellow bowl and the green bowl had 3 less eggs than the yellow bowl. How many eggs did I place in each bowl?
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Today is Friday 8th May, 2020
Ko te Rāmere tenei ra, te waru o Haratua
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
Yey!!! It's Friday!!!
Task 1: Maths Magic Trick: Do it yourself first and then you can do it with other members of the family. Try it with at least three numbers before you do this trick on others.
Think of a number between 1 and 10
Add 2
Multiply by 2
Subtract 2
Divide by 2
Subtract your original number
What is your answer......... Did you notice any magic????
Task 2: Today your task is to plan a very special day for your Mother. Some of you have already started planning for it. These are some of the things mothers love to see their kids doing.(I know because I am a mother too !)
*Make a cup of tea or coffee in the morning
*Breakfast in bed (with some adult's help and supervision)
*Make a card
*Make a painting
*Clean your bedroom
*Help with the chores in the house
There are many more ideas and I can't write all of them here. So do what you think your mum would like you to do for her.
Planning is very important so do plan everything beforehand. For example making card, writing a menu card etc.
Here is one idea for making card, however you can do whatever you like.
Task 3: Don't forget to read the book of your choice.
Task 4: You may share your 'My Mother' writing with me. Please spend some time editing your work before sharing with me.
The Answer to the jelly bean question is 91!
Today is Thursday 7th May, 2020
Ko te Rāpare tenei ra, te whitu o Haratua
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
Task 1: Continue your story from yesterday. Even if you have already shared with me, you will still need to go back and edit your work. You might need to make some changes in there. Please keep in mind that correct punctuation is a must.
Task 2: He's catching some z's means: He is sleeping. Were you able to guess the meaning. Now try to use in your own sentence.
Today's phrase is 'she has a kind heart which means she is very kind and caring. can you use this phrase in your story?
Task 3: Maths Problem: My daughter absolutely loves lollies! I gave her 10 cents to spend. She saw the following lollies in the shop.
lollipop: 7 cents each, snakes: 5 cents each, eclair: 3 cents each and high-chews: 2 cents each
1) What could she buy if she wanted to spend all her money?
2) What could she buy if had 20 cents instead of 10 cents and she wanted o spend all her money?
3) If she bought 8 sweets with her 20 cents what could she have bought?
You may draw pictures and use your play money to solve this problem. Please share the whole working out with me.
Task 4: Kindness: What do you mean when somebody says,"He's a very kind person".
Draw two people who are kind to each other and use a speech bubble to write their conversation or dialogue.
Task 5: Have you shared your Science experiment findings with me already? What did you choose to do on your own yesterday. Please share with me.
Today is Wednesday 6th May, 2020
Ko te Rāapa tenei ra, te ono o Haratua
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
Thank you all for keeping up with the tasks being assigned to you. I would like to say one thing though, please focus on quality than quantity. Try not to rush your work. Spend some quality time and make an effort to to do your best.
Task 1: You all did the floating orange experiment and enjoyed it too. Have a think why did the orange with the peel on floated and the one without the peel on drowned. Can you think of the reason? Your task is to find 5 things in the house that could float in water and five things that will definitely drown in water. (We will discuss it in our zoom meeting)
Task 2: Go back to the Maths problem and find five different amount of money I had in my pocket.
Task 3: 'He's catching some z's' Can you guess what does this phrase mean. Here is the clue for you:
Task 4:'My Mother' This is a topic I would like you to write about. Please do not share your writing with me today only. Try to think about the topic and then and write in paragraphs. We have discussed about writing in paragraphs so many times.
In the first paragraph you may introduce your mother, in the second paragraph you can elaborate her looks, in paragraph 3 describe her character and hobbies, In the last paragraph you can write something very special about her.
Please don't ask your mother to help you!:)
Task 5: Your choice: do what ever you want to do: You can do some house chores, help mum in the kitchen, learn something on the internet, practice your typing skills, work in the garden, make a project of your own choice or anything else you are interested in.
Today is Tuesday 5th May, 2020
Ko te Rāatu tenei ra, te rima o Haratua
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
Please try to do the following tasks.
Task 1: Some of you were struggling to open the link I had added for reading. So please complete that task from yesterday.
Go on myon . User name: Primary Password: books....then go in the genre animals.....find other animals and then scroll down to find Mammals. If you have done the work already you may read any other book of your choice.
Task 2: Maths Problem: If I have 6 coins in my pocket, how much money could I have? Do you all have the same answer?
Task 3: Today's word is: amble- to walk slowly. Can you write five synonyms of the word 'walk'. Use each word in your own sentence.
(Synonyms are the words with the same meaning or almost the same meaning)
Task 4: Spend a few minutes on any online game of your choice. No more than 20 min please.
Task 5: Science Experiment
Do you think an orange will float or sink in water? Try to put the orange with skin on in a bowl full of water and then again without its skin.(peel off the skin)
Note down your observations and share with us.
Kryton's story based on yesterday's task!!! Wonderful Effort!!
Once upon a time there was a girl who lived in a small town. She was a very lively and fun loving girl. She had a lot of friends in the town that she used to play with. One day while she was playing on the hill-side just by herself she spotted a blue umbrella! She went closer to the umbrella, inspected it from all the angles and fell in love with that...........................
Colour, that shade of blue just made her feel like she could see her reflection in the ocean. She picked up the umbrella and the moment she touched its black handle, it began to rain. Startled, she dropped the umbrella and it stopped raining.
She realised it was getting late and she had to go back home because it was getting dark, so she quickly picked up the umbrella and ran home. By the time she got home she was soaked.The next morning she stared curiously at the umbrella and thought it was all a dream. She decided to test it’s powers to see if it was a dream. She stepped closer to the blue umbrella and examined the colour again. She noticed something strange, when you looked closely, it looked like waves of different shades of blue rolling around like the sea on a stormy day.
Amazed, she showed her friends but they did not believe her, so when she touched it to prove a point, it didn't work. She felt angry and stormed off (pun intended). She walked alone back to the hill-side where she found the umbrella. But as soon as she was out of sight it started raining again.
When she made it back at the hill, she dropped the umbrella in the same spot she found it, and it disappeared before her eyes. She freaked out and was paralyzed with fear. Then, in the blink of an eye, it returned but was a different colour. It was red.
Because she was curious, she touched it and it started to burst out fire from the tip of the umbrella. She dropped the umbrella immediately. She knew if she touched it again, it would burst out with flames so she grabbed 2 wooden pieces and used them to grab the umbrella. She didn’t want it to fall into the hands of evil. The girl took the umbrella to a cave and then threw it into a sealed compartment in the wall of the cave. This compartment was one of thousands to hide the umbrella from anyone looking for it. She then blocked off the entrance of the cave with rocks and boulders. Then she planted trees to help keep it hidden.
The girl went home alone and swore to never speak of this to anyone.
The end
By Kryton Hiramia Heke
Room 5
Colour, that shade of blue just made her feel like she could see her reflection in the ocean. She picked up the umbrella and the moment she touched its black handle, it began to rain. Startled, she dropped the umbrella and it stopped raining.
She realised it was getting late and she had to go back home because it was getting dark, so she quickly picked up the umbrella and ran home. By the time she got home she was soaked.The next morning she stared curiously at the umbrella and thought it was all a dream. She decided to test it’s powers to see if it was a dream. She stepped closer to the blue umbrella and examined the colour again. She noticed something strange, when you looked closely, it looked like waves of different shades of blue rolling around like the sea on a stormy day.
Amazed, she showed her friends but they did not believe her, so when she touched it to prove a point, it didn't work. She felt angry and stormed off (pun intended). She walked alone back to the hill-side where she found the umbrella. But as soon as she was out of sight it started raining again.
When she made it back at the hill, she dropped the umbrella in the same spot she found it, and it disappeared before her eyes. She freaked out and was paralyzed with fear. Then, in the blink of an eye, it returned but was a different colour. It was red.
Because she was curious, she touched it and it started to burst out fire from the tip of the umbrella. She dropped the umbrella immediately. She knew if she touched it again, it would burst out with flames so she grabbed 2 wooden pieces and used them to grab the umbrella. She didn’t want it to fall into the hands of evil. The girl took the umbrella to a cave and then threw it into a sealed compartment in the wall of the cave. This compartment was one of thousands to hide the umbrella from anyone looking for it. She then blocked off the entrance of the cave with rocks and boulders. Then she planted trees to help keep it hidden.
The girl went home alone and swore to never speak of this to anyone.
The end
By Kryton Hiramia Heke
Room 5
Can you count how many shapes have been made using 4 triangles in this picture? |
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Today is Monday 4th May, 2020
Ko te Rāhina tenei ra, te wha o Haratua
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
First of all congratulations to all those creative people who have utilised their time wisely and have prepared beautiful clocks and play money.
Also many congratulations to all...we have earned another epic badge!!! Keep up the good work you are doing!
So here are today's tasks:
Task 1. Check your Science quiz answers and let me know how well did you do...here's the link.https://www.educationalinsights.com/media/amasty/amfile/attach/61ca55cbefbbe0861a364d3ee8701036.pdf
Task 2: Read the book Mammals and write ten facts about mammals you have learnt from the book. Can you find the biggest and the smallest mammal from the book.
Use the following link . Username: primary password: books
https://www.myon.com/reader/index.html?a=asacl_mamm_f09
Task 3: Write a story: Your task is to complete the story. The beginning of the story is as follows:
Once upon a time there was a girl who lived in a small town. She was a very lively and fun loving girl. She had a lot of friends in the town that she used to play with. One day while she was playing on the hill side just by herself she spotted a blue umbrella! She went closer to the umbrella, inspected it from all the angles and fell in love with that...........................
Try to be imaginative. Here is the picture to go with the story.
Task 4: Maths- problem:
John and Thomas are best friends who go to the same school. John travels by bus everyday and Thomas goes in mum's car.
*John leaves at 8:00 in the morning and reaches school at 8:45. Thomas leaves at 8:30 and reaches school at 8:55. Who takes more time to travel?
* If Thomas also leaves at 8:00 in the morning what time will he arrive at school?
* What is the total time travelled by both friends in a week from home to school and school to home.(They take exactly the same time to travel back home)
Chloe!!!! Well done
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Djion....You nailed it!!!
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A lot of money..Yey Prableen!
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Today is Friday 1st May, 2020
Ko te Rāmere tenei ra, te tahi o Haratua
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
Look at the picture above. I cut up a square into four triangles and tried three different shapes. This is just an example for you all to complete yesterday's task. You will need to make more!!
These are a few examples of clocks-craft. You will need to take a look before you do today's tasks.
Today's Tasks are as follows:
Task 1: Prepare yourself for the Zoom meeting at the same time. Please do bring some discussion points.
Task 2: Complete yesterday's maths task and share with me. Please check the example I've given you.
Task 3: ART: Today you will making a clock using whatever is available at home. Paper, paper -plate, cardboard...absolutely anything you can find. Be creative!!!
Task 4: You will also need to make some fake or play money. Now for this you will need to think what sort of denominations we have in NZ.(Notes and coins)
What can you use to make that play money? Use any scrap material you can find around you. You can personalise it too if you like!!!
You can complete the tasks over the weekend. Next week's Maths will be based on time and Money. So it is quite handy to have a clock and play-money by your side. We could have easily done this at school using the resources we have.
Challenge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Prableen and Disha love jelly beans and always fight over them. Dad told them to share those jelly-beans with other members of the family too.
When the jelly-beans were put in groups of 2 there was one jelly-bean left over.
When they were put in groups of three, five and six there was also one jelly-bean left over.
But when they were put in groups of seven there were no jelly-beans left over. How many jelly-beans could there be?
Today is Thursday 30th April, 2020
Ko te Rāpare tenei ra, te toru tekau o Paenga-whāwhā
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
I am waiting for yesterday's answers to the two problems I gave.
From today we are going to stick to a schedule for certain things and you can then go away and do your tasks in your own time.
9:00-9:30- Please mark your roll in the morning.
9:30-9:40-Zoom Meeting Group 1 (Prableen, Poutama, Ali-abbas, Djion, Chloe, Cindy, Arsema,)
9:40-10:00 Zoom Meeting Group 2 (Talia, Kryton, Khalid, Ryah, Filo, Prachi, Karl, Jonathan, Eman)
10:00-10:20-Zoom Meeting Group 3 (Seth, Manu-James, Unique, Lazarus, Yash, Cindy, Po the Dah, Ashdyn, Shiya)
12:00-12:30- Checking work emails/ queries
2:30-3:00- Checking work emails/ queries
Please let me know if you wish to change your time.
Today's Tasks are as follows:
Task 1: Be available for the zoom meeting and discuss the tasks.
Meeting ID: 892 2328 5917
Password: Room5
Task 2: Maths: find a piece of paper in the house. It could be a newspaper or any other scrap paper you have. Cut the paper into a square shape and then get four triangles out of that square. How many different shapes can you make by fitting the four triangles together. Draw them and share them with me.
Task 3. Follow the link and answer the quiz. I will give you the answer key tomorrow.
Copy your answers in a book and mark them tomorrow using the answer key. https://www.educationalinsights.com/media/amasty/amfile/attach/f4a5c331e203c2c14b43154f4ef5a6d1.pdf
Task 4. Word of the day: sliver (A small thin piece)
Could you use this word in a sentence?
Here's the Scientist from Room 5!
The difference between two straws is obvious and I just absolutely loved the effort! Very well done Djion. So proud of you!!
Djion's Rice task! Yummmmmm!!!
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Today is Wednesday 29th April, 2020
Ko te Rāapa tenei ra, te rua tekau ma iwa o Paenga-whāwhā
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
First of all let me give you the answer to last week's problem of 'painting a cube'.
Cindy's Answer Ryah's Answer
small cubes with 3 blue faces: 8 small cubes with 3 blue faces: 8
small cubes with 2blue faces: 24 small cubes with 2blue faces: 22
small cubes with 1 blue face: 24 small cubes with 1 blue face: 32
small cubes with 0 blue face: 8 small cubes with 0 blue face: 10
As I spoke to you last week that we will focus on Maths for a few days.
So Today's tasks are all based on your Mathematical thinking and are as follows:
Task 1: Prototec basic facts practice: 10 min
Task 2: Learn the next times table in your list and revise the previous one.
Task 3: Problem: On the planet Vuv there are two sorts of creatures. The Zios have 3 legs and the Zepts have 7 legs.
The great planetary explorer Nico, who first discovered the planet, saw a crowd of Zios and Zepts. He managed to see that there was more than one of each kind of creature before they saw him. Suddenly they all rolled over onto their backs and put their legs in the air. He counted 52 legs. How many Zios and how many Zepts were there?
Do you think there are any different answers?
Task 4: A baseball bat and a ball cost $1.10 together, and the bat costs $1.00 more than the ball, how much does the ball cost?
Please keep in mind that you do not have to be in front of the device to do these problems. Copy them on a piece of paper and keep working on them.
Good luck!!
ANZAC DAY: Lest we Forget
Please fill out that Google form ASAP!!!!
ANZAC Poppies
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ANZAC cookies
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Today is Friday 24th April, 2020
Ko te Rāmere tenei ra, te rua tekau ma wha o Paenga-whāwhā
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
Roll: Please mark your presence using the button: Roll and Rendezvous
Thank you to those students who have shared their fitness regime with me. So here are a few things that came up. Read them and see which one can you get inspired from.
* Stretching
*Long Walks
*Run around the house
*Biking
*Walking around the block
*Running up and down the stairs
*Sit-ups
*Hula-hoops
* Riding scooter
*Going on a treadmill
*Use workout apps
*Yoga
*Just Dance
*Skipping (rope)
It's Friday today and some of you are catching up on previous tasks. Hence I am only going to give you one task, however you might take a bit longer to do it.
So the task is based on reading a book. Those who can use a device to read should read online and others could find a book in the house to read and do the activities. Do not worry if you've read the book already. The online books could be accessed here:
https://www.myon.com/school/remotereading
Username: primary
Password:books
I could have chosen a book for you, but you all have different likings and interests. So choose the genre( genre means what group does the book belong to. Is it historical fiction or religious or fantasy or adventure or...) you would like to read and then do the following activities based on the book.
1. Write the genre of the book and why did you choose this book to read?
2. What is this book about? Write the summary of the book in one paragraph.
3. Did you enjoy reading this book? Why/why not?
4. Make a list of the words that were new to you. Find the meaning of the words and use them in your own sentences.
5. Write 5 Nouns and 5 adjectives from the book.
6. Can you write 5 questions based on that book that you could ask your classmate?
7. Is there anything you would like to change in the book? for example the cover of the book or the title or the ending.
Be prepared for the Zoom meeting @10:00
Today is Thursday 23rd April, 2020
Ko te Rāpare tenei ra, te rua tekau ma toru o Paenga-whāwhā
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
Roll: Please mark your presence using the button: Roll and Rendezvous
It was so nice to chat with you guys yesterday and to look at your beautiful faces.
I am not going to tell you the solution of the Maths problem yet. You have one more day to grapple with the problem and I will reveal the answer on Friday.
I can see that some of you are making a huge effort to complete your tasks. Those who have any kind of issues, all you need to do is talk to me.
I have found another site for interesting books. they are quite easy, but have good wordings and you can watch them too. Please try them out and let me know if the link is working. I don't think it needs any password.
Here's the link. https://watch.vooks.com/browse
Today's tasks are as follows:
Task 1: Fitness: How do you keep yourself fit these days. you can't go to the park, you can't play with your friends. What sort of physical exercise are you doing?
Make a list of all the activities you've been doing and what else can you do to keep fit.
Don't forget to share with me.This is a writing task.
I do 10-15 min of exercise in the morning and I go for a 30 min walk in the evening. I would love to do more but I do not have the time. My daughter likes to do the walks with me and she likes to do skipping. My husband goes for very long walks with my dog Sammy.
Task 2: Me time: Do you get any me time? Me time means when you are doing something on your own, no body is in your hair.....Other than being on a device of course. In my opinion colouring in or doodling is the best activity to keep your mind calm. Try doing some doodling and share with me.
Task 3: Walk: Get out of the house for a walk and collect a few interesting things you could find. I got very late for my walk so couldn't find much. Here is the photo of what I collected. Your task is to collect those things, draw them and describe them. How do they look, how does the texture feel like, what is the size and anything else you can tell and explain.
Ko te Rāpare tenei ra, te rua tekau ma toru o Paenga-whāwhā
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
Roll: Please mark your presence using the button: Roll and Rendezvous
It was so nice to chat with you guys yesterday and to look at your beautiful faces.
I am not going to tell you the solution of the Maths problem yet. You have one more day to grapple with the problem and I will reveal the answer on Friday.
I can see that some of you are making a huge effort to complete your tasks. Those who have any kind of issues, all you need to do is talk to me.
I have found another site for interesting books. they are quite easy, but have good wordings and you can watch them too. Please try them out and let me know if the link is working. I don't think it needs any password.
Here's the link. https://watch.vooks.com/browse
Today's tasks are as follows:
Task 1: Fitness: How do you keep yourself fit these days. you can't go to the park, you can't play with your friends. What sort of physical exercise are you doing?
Make a list of all the activities you've been doing and what else can you do to keep fit.
Don't forget to share with me.This is a writing task.
I do 10-15 min of exercise in the morning and I go for a 30 min walk in the evening. I would love to do more but I do not have the time. My daughter likes to do the walks with me and she likes to do skipping. My husband goes for very long walks with my dog Sammy.
Task 2: Me time: Do you get any me time? Me time means when you are doing something on your own, no body is in your hair.....Other than being on a device of course. In my opinion colouring in or doodling is the best activity to keep your mind calm. Try doing some doodling and share with me.
Task 3: Walk: Get out of the house for a walk and collect a few interesting things you could find. I got very late for my walk so couldn't find much. Here is the photo of what I collected. Your task is to collect those things, draw them and describe them. How do they look, how does the texture feel like, what is the size and anything else you can tell and explain.
Two different types of leaves, a fig, a pine cone, a toy insect and a dried bean pod.
Task 4: Use a Straw to Stab a Potato (Science Experiment)
Is it possible to stab a potato with a drinking straw? Find out with this fun science experiment that shows how air pressure can be used in surprising ways.
You will need
*Stiff plastic drinking straws
*A raw potato
Instructions
1.Hold a plastic drinking straw by it sides (without covering the hole at the top) and try quickly stabbing the potato, what happens?
2.Repeat the experiment with a new straw but this time place your thumb over the top, covering the hole.
This is what happens: Placing your thumb over the hole at the top of the straw improves your ability to pierce the potato skin and push the straw deep into the potato. The first time you tried the experiment you may have only pierced the potato a small amount, so why are you more successful on the second attempt? Covering the top of the straw with your thumb traps the air inside, forcing it to compress as you stab the straw through the potato skin. This makes the straw strong enough to pierce the potato, unlike the first attempt where the air is pushed out of the straw.
Task 5: Reading: Quiet reading for more than 20 min. Try to improve your stamina!!
Task 6: Maths:10 min of Prototec and revising your timetables.
Task 7: Share your Anzac art and bat art with me please.
🥳 Following is the hard work of my students in the lockdown. Thank you to all the students and their parents/ caregivers.
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ANZAC day represents our ANZAC soldiers who died.
New Zealand remembers them every year. Zealous soldiers of both countries. Australian soldiers fought together Countries appreciate our ANZAC soldiers |
ANZAC
As countries fought gunfire and bombs surrounded them Nations fought for years 1914 to 1918. Zealous countries fought for many years just for the cause of the assination of Franz Ferdinand's family. Australian and New Zealand Armies make up the ANZACS. Crawling on hands and knees,soldiers risking their lives for their country we remember them till this day. |
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Today is Wednesday 22nd April, 2020
Ko te Rāapa tenei ra, te rua tekau ma rua o Paenga-whāwhā
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
Roll: Please mark your presence using the button: Roll and Rendezvous
Thank you again for making an effort to complete the tasks. I have received a few solutions for Maths, however will give you my solution after seeing some more efforts. And yes I did buy 2kg bag of rice!!(Last week's problem)
I must say sorry to you all as I was not able to make Anzac biscuits today.(I had a few meetings to attend to) I will try to make them today.
Today's tasks are as follows:
Task 1: Today your first task is to keep a journal and share with me what you did all day which includes your study time, play time and meal time.
Task 2: Try to complete the tasks you couldn't do yesterday.
Task 3: Today's task is to do some research about Anzac day.
There are a lot of videos on youtube, lots of art ideas and lots of worksheets about Anzac day on the internet. When we talk about Anzac day we talk about poppies, Anzac biscuits, flag hoisting etc. what is the significance of above mentioned words.
You will need to do some research and write 10 elaborated facts about Anzac day. Make sure each fact is explained in detail.
Here is one example for you to look at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rapkYgnXxWA
Task 4: Find some ideas and do any art based on Anzac day. It could be any drawing, colouring, painting or any type of craft activity eg. making poppies.
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLn3zP4Ord8&list=PLvEb8AA7B8J9z9Oc0s9xKqdEqrbbaweHC
Task 5: Share with me how are you feeling about the tasks? Are they easy or difficult?
I made cupcakes with my daughter! Yummyyyy!!!!! |
Important: this is a link if you wish to try out as suggested by some other families of HNS: eatmylunch.co.nz |
Today is Tuesday 21st April, 2020
Ko te Rāatu tenei ra, te rua tekau ma tahi o Paenga-whāwhā
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
Roll: Please mark your presence using the button: Roll and Rendezvous
You guys are just amazing! What an effort everyone is making to complete the assigned tasks and sharing those with me. Kudos to your parents too who are giving you continuous support, keeping you safe and feeding you yummy food!!
ANZAC Day will be celebrated soon so I decided to do some work around that.
Your tasks for today are as follows.
Task 1: Handwriting- so I got my pen out and practised my handwriting today. What do you notice in my handwriting?
*Have I written neatly?
*Have I used slopes?
*Have I used one finger space between the words?
*Are my letters sitting on the line?
*Have I started at the margin and written to the end of the line?
I hope you have answered Yes to all of my questions. You task also is to find any text you would like to write using all the above mentioned learning intentions.
Task 2: Maths: Yesterday I asked you to find 2-d and 3-d shapes and give a few examples. A few of you have done it, however I wanted you to write 5 examples of each shape.(If you could find them. some shapes are easy to find than others)
Today you have the following problem to solve: You may need some adult help with this. Don't ask them until you've tried your best!
Please give me reasoning and explanation to your solution. It is a challenging problem so let's see if you can accept the challenge.
We can discuss this on our Rendezvous page.
Today you have the following problem to solve: You may need some adult help with this. Don't ask them until you've tried your best!
Please give me reasoning and explanation to your solution. It is a challenging problem so let's see if you can accept the challenge.
We can discuss this on our Rendezvous page.
Task 3: ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. Can you write an acrostic poem using the acronym ANZAC. Do you remember how to write an acrostic poem?
Task 4: Shall we make Anzac cookies today? If you have your own recipe you can use that otherwise use the following link. I will also make mine today!
https://knowmeeatme.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Oats-Recipe-Anzac.pdf
Task 5: Read quietly for at least 20 min. Try to find a book if you can. Else you can read an online book.
Task 6: I also would like you to focus on your timetables. Start from 2 and go up to 20. One at a time please.
If you know the timetable of 2 already try to learn 3 and if you know all your timetables from 2-10 try to learn next one up. This task could be done every day for 10-15 min.
😇We celebrated my husband's birthday in Lockdown. My black-forest cake was actually yum!!! :)
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What would you do when you come out of lockdown?
I do not like being locked in my house but I do understand why the Government has asked us to stay home and stay safe. It’s making me feel like I’m in my own personal jail but I like that my whole family is at home together at all times. It is nice and interesting to see my aunt and dad working from home and being on the phone talking or on video conference calls having their work meetings.
First thing I would do after the lockdown ends is go see my mum and spend time with her. I haven’t seen her or spent any time with her since the lockdown begun as we were only allowed to stay within our own bubble. I’ll get my mum to cook me chicken Biryani because she makes me really yummy and spicy. I would tell mamma all about what I did during the lockdown and how I am schooling from home.
Also I would like to go swimming at Mission Bay beach with my older sister Disha and my dad. After we finished swimming, I would have fish and chips for lunch from the Fish Pot shop in Mission Bay and ice cream from the KiwiYo, make your own ice cream shop. After that we will go for a walk along the beach, playing on the sand and be silly. As I love Star Bucks I would ask my dad to get me ice mocha from Star Bucks.
Then I will go visit my uncle who lives in Hastings with his two dogs. Their names are Jojo and Meg. My older sister used to call dogs jojo when she was little so when my uncle bought her he named her Jojo. Jojo, Meg and I love playing together and when I go to see my uncle I give them a bath, brush their hair and I also get them to sleep with me in the my bed. I love them a lot.
Prableen
Following are the volcano diagrams done by the material available at home! Well done kids!!
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Today is Monday 20th April, 2020
Ko te Rāhina tenei ra, te rua tekau o Paenga-whāwhā
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
Roll: Please mark your presence using the button: Roll and Rendezvous
First of all Well done to all the students who have completed almost all the tasks.Congratulations to Prableen who has finished most of the tasks.
Thank yo to all those who have shared their work with me. I am so proud of you all.
Your tasks for today are as follows.
Task 1: Listen to the story Stellaluna: https://www.storylineonline.net/books/stellaluna/
This story talks about reality and fantasy.
Reality in the story is all the real stuff the birds and bat can do. Fantasy is the friendship of the birds and the bat.
* Can you write a story about an animal using both reality and fantasy. Chat to me if you are in doubt.
* there are a few interesting words in the story for example clumsy, murmured, mused. make a list of all the interesting or difficult words, find the meaning and use them in your own sentences.
* Can you make a bat? What materials could you use that are available in the house? (hint: toilet paper roll, buttons, paper)
Task 2: Maths: What different shapes do you see inside, outside and around your house. Make a list of all the 2-d and 3-d shapes and write at least 5 things you see for each shape.
I am trying really hard to find a triangle in my house.
Task 3: Share your work with me.
Yessss.... You only have three tasks to do today.
Ko te Rāhina tenei ra, te rua tekau o Paenga-whāwhā
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
Roll: Please mark your presence using the button: Roll and Rendezvous
First of all Well done to all the students who have completed almost all the tasks.Congratulations to Prableen who has finished most of the tasks.
Thank yo to all those who have shared their work with me. I am so proud of you all.
Your tasks for today are as follows.
Task 1: Listen to the story Stellaluna: https://www.storylineonline.net/books/stellaluna/
This story talks about reality and fantasy.
Reality in the story is all the real stuff the birds and bat can do. Fantasy is the friendship of the birds and the bat.
* Can you write a story about an animal using both reality and fantasy. Chat to me if you are in doubt.
* there are a few interesting words in the story for example clumsy, murmured, mused. make a list of all the interesting or difficult words, find the meaning and use them in your own sentences.
* Can you make a bat? What materials could you use that are available in the house? (hint: toilet paper roll, buttons, paper)
Task 2: Maths: What different shapes do you see inside, outside and around your house. Make a list of all the 2-d and 3-d shapes and write at least 5 things you see for each shape.
I am trying really hard to find a triangle in my house.
Task 3: Share your work with me.
Yessss.... You only have three tasks to do today.
Today is Thursday 17th April, 2020
Ko te Rāmere tenei ra, te tekau ma whitu o Paenga-whāwhā
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
Roll: Please mark your presence using the button: Who is here
Today is Friday and you'll be doing the following tasks. Please chat with me about your tasks.
Task 1: It was good to hear that some of you made rice with the help of your parents and enjoyed them with curries and as it is. Part of your task was to write a family recipe or a special recipe made with rice. Please take a photo of that page and send it to me. I will type it again and share with everyone.
Task 2 : Share your Maths working out for yesterday's problem with me please.
Task 3: Practice your Maths basic facts on Prototec. (Not more than 10 min)
Task 4: Read a book or e-book for 20 min. You may read for longer time if you have stamina.
Task 5: Today you topic for writing is
"What are the three things you would like to do when you come out of lockdown level 4"
I would like to see 4 paragraphs. In the first paragraph please explain how you have been coping and feeling being locked down in the house. In the other three paragraphs write and elaborate what would you'd be doing. Make sure your paragraphs are at least 4-5 sentences (not lines) long.
Take a photo of your writing and send it to me. I would love to read your ideas.
Task 6: In Term 1 we learnt a lot about volcanoes. Your task is to draw a labelled diagram (picture) of a volcano.
Instead of colouring in please use grains, rice, pasta, lentils, paper, string, buttons or anything else lying in the house that is a waste to decorate your volcano.
It's a challenge! Can you do it? I would love to see a photo of your volcano.(You are allowed to do some research on the internet or take some help from anyone in the house. Don't trouble your parents if they are working.
Have fun!!!
You may continue Task 6 in the weekend if not finished today!
Today is Thursday 16th April, 2020
Ko te Rāpare tenei ra, te tekau ma ono o Paenga-whāwhā
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
Roll: Please mark your presence using the button: Who is here
Today you'll be doing the following tasks.
Task 1: If you are new to this page you will need to look at yesterday's tasks and try to complete as many tasks as you can. If you were not able to do anything from yesterday now is the time. Else go to Task 2.
Task 2: Share your rice recipes with me.
How did your rice turn out?
Task 3: Follow the link: https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/rice/353717
This is an article about Rice. Read the article and try to answer the following questions.
1. When and where was rice first planted?
2. What is the scientific name of rice?
3. What do you mean by a 'paddy'?
4. What part of the rice plant is edible?
5. What is the importance of scientific names in your opinion?
6. Do some research and find out the nutritional value of rice.
Task 4: Follow the link and read the story about Fried Rice and try to answer the questions. Do not scroll down until you've tried answering the questions yourself. I trust you all!
http://files.comprehension-worksheets.com.s3.amazonaws.com/fourth-grade/free-fried-rice-fourth-grade-reading-comprehension-worksheet.pdf?
Task 5: Maths Problem: In Maths RICE means:
R: read your Problem
I: Illustrate/ draw your problem
C: Calculate
E: Explain your thinking
I went to buy a bag of rice from the supermarket. I saw a bag of 2 kg and a bag of 5 kg. Price of 2kg bag was $10.30 and price of 5kg bag was $26.50.
Which was a better buy for me? Which bag did I buy? Why?
Hint: you will need to find the price of 1kg
Task 6: On our website under Music Mrs Templeton has given you some musical tasks! Have a musical attempt!
Remember we can chat to each other using Discussions
Today is Wednesday 15th April, 2020
Ko te Rāapa tenei ra, te tekau ma rima o Paenga-whāwhā
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
Roll: Please mark your presence using the button: Who is here
Today we are going to organise ourselves for the virtual classroom
Task 1: Get yourself familiarised with the school website and the classroom page. You may already know it or might need help to do so. Also check the Discussion button. This is for you to directly chat with me. I will leave this open for two hours today ie. from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Task 2: Find a notebook that you could use for doing all the tasks. If you don’t have a spare notebook you may collect some blank papers from your parents, caregivers or elder siblings.
Task 3: I am going to leave a page open for today only where you will find your passwords for a few websites we’ve been using in the classroom. I have already shared your individual passwords with your parents, however its your job to write them all down in one place so that you could use them when needed. Passwords button is at the end of today's page.
Task 4: Make rice
Yess! you will be making some rice today and all the other tasks are based on this hands on activity. You will need an adult’s supervision to do one step. Be careful though!
Let’s make rice!
Recipe
Ingredients and materials you’ll need.
1 cup rice
2 cups water
a pot with lid
a pick of salt
Procedure/ Method
Task 5: Make a list of words that you could think of after making rice. Those words could be the materials or equipments you used or the method you use.
for example when we make a cup of hot chocolate we could make the following list.
hot, cup, chocolate, milk, spoon, stir, microwave, drink, marshmallow and so on.
Task 6: Write a rhyming word for each word in your list for example:
hot-cot, cup-pup
Task 7: Have a chat with your whanau about different recipes you make with rice eg rice pudding, fried rice etc and write it down. I will choose some recipes to be shared with everyone.
Ko te Rāapa tenei ra, te tekau ma rima o Paenga-whāwhā
Welcome to our Virtual Classroom.
Roll: Please mark your presence using the button: Who is here
Today we are going to organise ourselves for the virtual classroom
Task 1: Get yourself familiarised with the school website and the classroom page. You may already know it or might need help to do so. Also check the Discussion button. This is for you to directly chat with me. I will leave this open for two hours today ie. from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Task 2: Find a notebook that you could use for doing all the tasks. If you don’t have a spare notebook you may collect some blank papers from your parents, caregivers or elder siblings.
Task 3: I am going to leave a page open for today only where you will find your passwords for a few websites we’ve been using in the classroom. I have already shared your individual passwords with your parents, however its your job to write them all down in one place so that you could use them when needed. Passwords button is at the end of today's page.
Task 4: Make rice
Yess! you will be making some rice today and all the other tasks are based on this hands on activity. You will need an adult’s supervision to do one step. Be careful though!
Let’s make rice!
Recipe
Ingredients and materials you’ll need.
1 cup rice
2 cups water
a pot with lid
a pick of salt
Procedure/ Method
- Get 1 cup of rice from the kitchen pantry.
- Put the rice in a sieve and rinse with water thoroughly. If you don’t have a sieve you may also wash your rice in a bowl. You may need some help to do so.
- Measure two cups of water and pour into a pot with the salt. Let the water boil.
- Add the rise rice to the boiling water. DO NOT DO THIS STEP BY YOURSELF. REQUEST AN ADULT TO DO THIS FOR YOU.
- when you add the rice to the boiling water the temperature will drop so let it come to a boil again. Turn the stove to low and cover the lid.
- Set the timer for 20 min.
- Now check your rice. If you see some water still there, leave it there for another 2-3 min.
- Once all the water is absorbed by the rice turn the stove off and let it rest.
- Now enjoy your rice with some meat or curry or with butter.
Task 5: Make a list of words that you could think of after making rice. Those words could be the materials or equipments you used or the method you use.
for example when we make a cup of hot chocolate we could make the following list.
hot, cup, chocolate, milk, spoon, stir, microwave, drink, marshmallow and so on.
Task 6: Write a rhyming word for each word in your list for example:
hot-cot, cup-pup
Task 7: Have a chat with your whanau about different recipes you make with rice eg rice pudding, fried rice etc and write it down. I will choose some recipes to be shared with everyone.
Happy Easter All!
Welcome to Room 5
Hi my name is Sammy! This is how I keep myself busy in tough times......how about you?
Kia ora Whanau
So we are at Covid-19 Level 3 going into Level 4 from Wednesday. As parents and caregivers we all know what we need to do and we have plans in place already. Safety of our people and community comes first, however our junior members will require more attention and busy work.
As teachers we are trying our best to keep the learning going. In today's digital world it is possible for our kids to learn from home.
Let's team up and work closely for the benefit of our students.
To do so, please keep visiting our school website to find out more about 'work at home'.
For the students in Room 5, I will be uploading some useful websites and tasks that my students can access from home. If you have any questions or queries please don't hesitate to e-mail me at: schawla@hns.school.nz
We'll get through this crisis together.
In the mean time stay home, stay safe.
tēnā rawa atu koe
Warm Regards
Sona Chawla
Teacher Year4/5 Henderson North School
schawla@hns.school.nz
So we are at Covid-19 Level 3 going into Level 4 from Wednesday. As parents and caregivers we all know what we need to do and we have plans in place already. Safety of our people and community comes first, however our junior members will require more attention and busy work.
As teachers we are trying our best to keep the learning going. In today's digital world it is possible for our kids to learn from home.
Let's team up and work closely for the benefit of our students.
To do so, please keep visiting our school website to find out more about 'work at home'.
For the students in Room 5, I will be uploading some useful websites and tasks that my students can access from home. If you have any questions or queries please don't hesitate to e-mail me at: schawla@hns.school.nz
We'll get through this crisis together.
In the mean time stay home, stay safe.
tēnā rawa atu koe
Warm Regards
Sona Chawla
Teacher Year4/5 Henderson North School
schawla@hns.school.nz
Hello Room 5!
I hope you all took your spelling books home with your passwords. If you do not have your passwords with you, please e-mail me back.
You may use
Prodigy, Study ladder and Prototec for Maths
ReadTheory for Reading Comprehension
Doorway online for Typing Practice
Do look after yourself!
Take care!
Mrs Sona
I hope you all took your spelling books home with your passwords. If you do not have your passwords with you, please e-mail me back.
You may use
Prodigy, Study ladder and Prototec for Maths
ReadTheory for Reading Comprehension
Doorway online for Typing Practice
Do look after yourself!
Take care!
Mrs Sona
Reading Task: So listen to the story https://www.storylineonline.net/books/enemy-pie/
What message did you get from the story?
If you were making a friendship pie, what ingredients would you put in?
26th March, 2020 Rua Tekau ma Ono, Poutū-te-rangi
Good morning all!
So here's the task for you all that you could do with your caregivers and siblings.
In shops with lots of ice-cream flavours there are many different flavour combinations, even with only a 2-scoop cone. With 1 ice-cream flavour there is 1 kind of 2-scoop ice cream, but with 2 flavours there are 3 possible combinations (eg vanilla/vanilla, chocolate/chocolate, and vanilla/chocolate).
- How many kinds of 2-scoop cones are there with 10 flavours?
- What about “n” flavours?
- Create a poster that represents your whanu's thinking.
*I have e-mailed your parents some information regarding reading tasks. Please email me back for your passwords.
*Are you reading any books from your bookshelf?? How was 'enemy-pie'?
Cindy's response to the problem! good job Cindy!
27th March, 2020 Rua Tekau ma Whitu, Poutū-te-rangi
So we are all home, weather also is not in our favour....how about finding your pack of cards out and play some games with people in the house???
Break the Bank at 27 2 - 5 players
Getting Ready Deal out all of the cards to the players. Players put their cards into a pile in front of themselves with cards face down.
Play the Game The first player turns over their top card and places it in the centre. The next player turns over their top card placing it on top of the first card. This player adds the value of the two cards and tells everyone the total. The next player does the same adding the value of their card to the previous total. Play continues until the total reaches 27 or over. The player that puts down the card that takes the total to 27 or over takes all of the cards in this pile. This player takes the cards and shuffles them it into their pile. Play continues for a set time or until one player has no cards left.
The winner is the person with the most cards.
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Largest Number 2 - 4 players
Getting Ready Use only cards with 1-9 for this game. Select the number of digits to be used in the numbers for this game, e.g. 2 digit numbers, 3 digit numbers, 4, 5 or 6 digit numbers. Each player is dealt that number of cards.
Play the Game Players arrange their cards to make the largest possible number with the cards that they have been dealt, e.g. with cards 2, 5 and 8 a player would make 852. The player with the largest number in each round scores a point.
The winner is the player who scores the most points.
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Don't forget to read your favourite story!
So we are all home, weather also is not in our favour....how about finding your pack of cards out and play some games with people in the house???
Break the Bank at 27 2 - 5 players
Getting Ready Deal out all of the cards to the players. Players put their cards into a pile in front of themselves with cards face down.
Play the Game The first player turns over their top card and places it in the centre. The next player turns over their top card placing it on top of the first card. This player adds the value of the two cards and tells everyone the total. The next player does the same adding the value of their card to the previous total. Play continues until the total reaches 27 or over. The player that puts down the card that takes the total to 27 or over takes all of the cards in this pile. This player takes the cards and shuffles them it into their pile. Play continues for a set time or until one player has no cards left.
The winner is the person with the most cards.
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Largest Number 2 - 4 players
Getting Ready Use only cards with 1-9 for this game. Select the number of digits to be used in the numbers for this game, e.g. 2 digit numbers, 3 digit numbers, 4, 5 or 6 digit numbers. Each player is dealt that number of cards.
Play the Game Players arrange their cards to make the largest possible number with the cards that they have been dealt, e.g. with cards 2, 5 and 8 a player would make 852. The player with the largest number in each round scores a point.
The winner is the player who scores the most points.
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Don't forget to read your favourite story!
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Enjoy School Holidays from 30th March to 15th April
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Gymnastics!!! |
We have inventors!
Check out this marvellous creation - it looks like a standard handbag... but looks are deceiving... prepare to be amazed! Is this the best picnic blanket bag you have ever seen?
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Part of our Term Topic - Through the Window we looked back through the "Windows of Time" at clothing. How did clothing look, what was it made from and how is it different from what we wear now. We thought dressing up in 'olden day' clothes would be fun and you can see how much clothing styles have changed.
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Some art that is "About Me"