How to Draw the Pigeon

Please take a look at the video below to see how to draw the pigeon from the book The Pigeon Wants a Puppy by Mo Willems.  See if you can follow the instructions and draw your own pigeon.  Can you change your pigeon to look angry, sad, happy? Could you create your own story about the pigeon.

The Pigeon Wants a Puppy

Kia ora Room 12,  today in our zoom chat we read the book 'The pigeon Wants a Puppy' by Mo Willems.  It's one of Wally's favourites.  I've put it up here for all the students who couldn't make it to the zoom.  Enjoy

Zoom Chat

Room 12 had their first Zoom chat today.  It was a lot of fun!  We read the Pigeon Wants a Puppy by Mo Willems and caught up with what everyone has been doing during lock down.  Not everyone could make it so we are all looking forward to a proper catch up once lock down is over!

Exercise with Maths

Do you want to learn math and get fit? Check out this video to see how you can do two things at once.

Teddy Bear Health Check

Do you have a teddy bear at home who might need a health check?  Watch this video from Auckland Zoo vet James to see how you can make sure your teddy is happy and healthy!

La'talia's Keke Isite

La'talia has been busy cooking again, this time some delicious keke isite.  Take a look at the video to see how to make them.  They look amazing, Wally is thinking of trying to make them.

Demetrius' Maths Work

Demetrius has been using seesaw to work on some maths problems.  Take a look at his finished work:

Sala's Seesaw Work

Sala has been trying out Seesaw.  She has been working on her maths and getting creative with some craft.  Leave a message to let her know what you think.

Wally Misses You

Wally really misses all the Room 12 tamariki.  He has written you a letter and he would love to hear back from you.

A seesaw conversation

Room 12 and I are just learning how to use Seesaw.  Today I left a recorded comment for Demetrius on his seesaw work and he responded to the comment with his own one.  Here is a video of Wally listening to Demetrius' comment.

Here is a photo of what it looks like on seesaw:

Demetrius' Seesaw Work

Demetrius has been trying out some activities on Seesaw and he has been doing a great job.  Check out what he has done!

Marley-Anne's Home Learning

Marley Anne has used Seesaw to share what she has been learning at home.  Leave a comment to let her know what you think.

Naomi's Home Learning

Naomi has been doing lots of learning at home with her whānau.  Check out the banana cake she made! Awesome work Naomi!

How to make Weetbix - By La'talia

La'talia has been doing lots of work at home with the support of her whānau.  Here is a video she made showing how to make Weetbix for breakfast.  What have you been making for breakfast?

Recycling Challenge

Earth Day

Wally's Busy Day

Wally spent the day helping me around the house, he is now exhausted.  What jobs have you been helping with at your house.  Leave a comment and let me know, or email through a picture!

Demetrius Learning from home

Wally misses all the children from Room 12 so he was very excited to get an email from Demetrius.  Demetrius and his Aunty have been doing some really amazing home learning and they sent us some pictures to show everyone what they have been doing.  Keep up the awesome work!

Wally looking at the pictures Demetrius sent through

Leaf Art

Wally has made a picture with his leaves, can you guess what it is.  Maybe you could try and make some leaf art too.  Check out the video and pictures below for some more ideas.

Animal Yoga

Who loves animals? And exercise? See if you can do some of these animal yoga stretches with Patrick from Auckland Zoo! Take some pictures if you can and send them through.

Maths with Leaves

Take a look at this bunch of leaves, can you estimate how many there are?

Watch the next video to see if your estimate was close.  Let us know in the comments. 

Rhyming with Humpty

Kia ora Tamariki, yesterday I asked if you could find the Rhyming words in the Humpty Dumpty Poem.  Take a look at this video and see if you were right.  Can you find any more?

Humpty Dumpty Puppet Show

Talofa! I hope everyone enjoyed the Humpty Dumpty Poem in the last post.  I know Wally did, he liked it so much that he made a puppet show.  Take a look at this video to see how you can make a puppet show at home. 

Humpty Dumpty

Just before the lockdown started we were learning the poem Humpty Dumpty.  Read and listen to the poem.  Can you hear any rhyming words?  Write them in the comments! Can you think of any other words that rhyme?

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Blogging 101

Kia ora everyone, here is a quick video explaining how you could use the blog to support your home learning.

Sorting and Ordering Leaves

Kia ora tamariki mā, here are two more leaf activities for you to try.  Please leave comments and let me know what you have been getting up to.  How did you sort your leaves?

Guji Guji - A reading Activity

Guji Guji is a little crocodile who thinks he is a duck.  Listen to the story to find out what happens when he meets some crocodiles who aren't very nice.  See below for some ideas of things you can do after you've finished the story.

After you have finished the story you could choose some one or more of the activities below to do:

Home Learning Timetable

Kia ora e hoa mā, I hope the first day of term 2 has started well for you.  Here is a timetable that you might want to use to help guide your home learning. 

Leaf Hunt

Kia Ora everyone one!  Here are some ideas for your leaf hunting, see if you can find all these different types of leaves.  Can you find any that don't fit on this sheet.  How would you describe them?

Term 2 Home Learning

Kia ora everyone.  I hope you had a great Easter weekend.  Wally enjoyed eating lots of hot cross buns and easter eggs.

Term 2 is due to start tomorrow and we are encouraging everyone to try and do some learning at home if possible.  I'll be posting up ideas and activities that you can do at home with your whānau.

You can also check out the home learning channel on TV2+1 which starts this Wednesday at 9am.  You can find the schedule here.

Finally two home learning packs have been sent out to your home address.  If you haven't received them please contact me by email: kirstym@ngaiwi.school.nz

Wally trying to decorate his Easter Egg

Enjoying a hot cross bun

Leaves

Kia Ora everyone, this week Wally and I will be posting up some videos of ways you can practice your learning with leaves! 

Wally's Easter Egg

Happy Easter everyone!  After seeing how Sala had decorated her egg Wally was very keen to decorate his own egg.  He worked really hard and got a little stuck in the middle but he is super happy with the finished product.  Take a look at the two videos below to see how Wally got on.

Wally's Finished egg:

Easter Egg Instructions

Wally and I were really excited to get an email from Sala with some ideas of how to decorate an egg for Easter.  Take a look at the video below to see what she suggested.

Sala's Home Learning

The students at Nga Iwi Primary have been given access sunshine classics to practice their reading online during the lockdown.   Sala has been working hard completing the activities that were set.  One of the activities requires her to read the story out loud and and it will record it so Wally and I can listen to it.  Here is a video of Sala reading her story.  I'm so proud of all your hard work Sala. 

If you are a caregiver of a Room 12 student and don't know what your child's log on is please email me and I'll let you know what it is - kirstym@ngaiwi.school.nz.  

Wally's Easter Egg

Wally has been busy over the school holidays doing a lot of sleeping! Now he is getting ready to start the school term.  He was very excited to see a comment on the class blog from Demetrius:

Demetrius suggested that he decorate an Easter Egg which Wally thinks is a great idea.  Right now he is thinking about what he can use to decorate the Egg.