Literacy


Ready To Read
The Ready To Read series supports early literacy learning for children in years 1-3 working a the curriculum levels 1 and 2.

By clicking on the link it will provide you with information how to help your child and copies of the books (e-books) your child would be using at school.
Home Learning TV
Due to school holidays Home Learning TV is unavailable. 

These episodes are provided by the Ministry of Education.

This episode is on rhyming words - Zip Zap.

Home Learning TV
Due to school holidays Home Learning TV is unavailable.

These episodes are provided by the Ministry of Education.

This episode is looking at letter names and sounds for the letters O, C and G.

Home Learning TV
Due to school holidays Home Learning TV is unavailable.

These episodes are provided by the Ministry of Education.

More about rhyming words.



take a closer look at letter names and sounds for the letters A, T and M.

Home Learning TV
Due to school holidays Home Learning TV is unavailable.

These episodes are provided by the Ministry of Education.

Rhyme Freeze - About rhyming


Home Learning TV
Due to school holidays Home Learning TV is unavailable.

These episodes are provided by the Ministry of Education.

Listen for the first sounds in words and try some writing.


Home Learning TV
Due to school holidays Home Learning TV is unavailable.

These episodes are provided by the Ministry of Education.

This episode is looking at letter names and sounds for the letters E, N and P.


Home Learning TV
Due to school holidays Home Learning TV is unavailable.

These episodes are provided by the Ministry of Education.

This episode takes a closer look at the letter names and sounds for the letters A, T and M.

The Long Trip -  ng.  Link here

Write the word - ng. Link here

Revving It Up - Double the consonant. Link here

Double the Consonant and Add 'ing' - Word Find. Link here

The Hip Hoppers -  Double the Consonant. Link here


Double Consonant writing practice. Link here


Double Consonant Word Find. Link here


Double Consonant Writing Practice 2. Link here


Roll & Read - 'ng' sound. Link here


Roll & Read - Double the Consonant. Link here




Maths / Numeracy

Each of these plans have five sessions.  One session per weekday.  Each session has activities using resources found on nzmaths (you just need to click on the link) that should take about 45 minutes.  Feel free to pick and choose ideas from these plans to find activities for your child.

Click on the button to view each week plan.  If the plan is too easy or too hard, move up or down a school year to find one that best suits your child.  Year 3-6 can be found on Tauihi Team 3 & Topa Team 4  Learning Cave.

Year 1

1.1

1.2
Number Knowledge & Measurement
1.3
Number Knowledge & Patterns
1.4
Number Knowledge & Probability
1.5
Number

 Year 2

2.1
Number Knowledge & Geometry
2.2
Number Knowledge & Measurement
2.3
Number Knowledge & Patterns
2.4
Number Knowledge & Probability
2.5
Number


Maths Games & Hands-On Activities 

Greatest number to 100. Link here

How Long is Long?  Link here

Measuring Length and Height Worksheet.  Link here
Traffic Survey Worksheet.  Link here


General & Cross-Curricula


Home Learning TV (Ministry of Education)
Featuring educational lessons and entertaining content suitable for tamariki/children.  This channel has offered learning support for families based at home since August 2021.

Home Learning TV will take over TVNZ's DUKE daytime schedule from 9am-1pm.  At 1pm DUKE's regular programming will resume.

DUKE is available on:
Freeview channel 13
Sky channel 23

Over 400 lessons and pieces of content is available for catch up viewing by clicking this link
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/home-learning-tv



Nanagirl - Science & STEM Site

Nanagirl's lab is filled with activities to help your child build inventions using only items you have around the home. Click here to go to Nanogirl's Lab

Nanagirl also offers videos of experiments she does in her lab. From explosive science to awesome engineering, watch some of Nanogirl's favourite experiments here.

Why do stars twinkle? Is all bacteria bad? How high can birds fly? Join Nanogirl and Clair for an exciting science filled podcast to find out the answers to these questions and more! Just click here.
Nanogirl's Great Science Adventures Podcast was awarded the NZ Radio Awards Best Children's Programme award for 2021.  

Nanogirl and the Imaginauts. You can watch Nanogirl's brilliant kids game show, where imagination meets science. It's fun, it's messy, and it might just blow your mind. Just click here to watch this gread kids game show.

Learn How To Draw
Here is a link to learn how to draw - 3D Perspective Drawing for kids.  
6 online lessons - Just click here.


Music at Home
Here are 5 musical ideas to try with your children at home. Just click here.





Kapa Haka For Kids
Online daily Kapa Haka lessons by Matua Whaitiri

Session 1 Link here
Session 2 Link here
Session 3 Link here
Session 4 Link here - Poi
Session 5 Link here
Session 6 Link here
Session 7 Link here
Session 8 Link here  - Rakau Poto (Short Sticks)
Session 9 Link here -Rakau Poto (Short Sticks)
Session 10 Link here
Session 11 Link here
Session 12 Link here
Session 13 Link here
Session 14 Link here
Session 15 Link here
Session 16 Link here
Session 17 Link here - ANZAC week
Session 18 Link here - ANZAC week
Session 19 Link here  - ANZAC week
Session 20 Link here  - ANZAC week
Session 21 Link here  - ANZAC week
Session 22 Link here
Session 23 Link here
Session 24 Link here
Session 25 Link here
Session 26 Link here - Covid-19 Haka
Session 27 Link here
Session 28 Link here
Session 29 Link here
Session 30 Link - Video missing
Session 31 Link here - Weekly Wrap Up

At Home Learning with Waikato Enviroschools

Explore pēpehā in a hands-on interactive way. The activity encourages students to consider the mana atua in the area they live through localised curriculum learning.  


Here is the link to the PDF to the images shown Pepeha-MappingmyPlace (1).pdf




Home Learning Waikato Enviroschools
Health & Wellbeing:  Nature Balance


Link to the Yoga Outside video here