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Find glasses or jars of different sizes around the house. Fill them with buttons / dried beans / small lollies. Estimate how many items are in the containers and write down your estimate. Then count them to see how well you estimated. Find an easy way to keep track of your counting by making little groups of 2, or 5, or 10. What was the difference (that means you have to subtract!) between your estimate and the actual number of items?

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Design your own statistical investigation. Think of a question you would like to investigate - you could link this to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s easter egg challenge! Your question could be something like how many houses in my street are participating in the challenge, and how many are not? Another idea could be interviewing your whanau and finding out their favourite chocolate, movie or their birthday month. Use the following guidelines when completing this activity:

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Statistical enquiry planning activity sheet.pdf

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Download the app Kupu.
Kupu uses the camera in your phone to instantly translate objects into Te Reo Maori.

Share your findings on Seesaw or Class Dojo.

Try and create a sentence using the word you found in Te Reo.

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Watch this Youtube video on how to make a sandwich Exact instructions challenge. Write down exact, step-by-step instructions for how to prepare your favourite meal.

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Learn the moves to Taki Maori

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WATCH: Make a 3 minute origami butterfly

TALK: What skills are needed to do origami? What do you think origami means? What is the purpose?

DO: Make an origami butterfly.

Follow the instructions on the video to create an origami butterfly, think about the different skills you will need to do it well. Was it easy or difficult? Go even further and find another origami animal to fold.

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How To Make an Easy Origami Butterfly (in 3 MINUTES!)

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Take turns at greeting your Whanau with the help of the picture below.

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WATCH: The Prime Minister’s video.

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Jacinda Ardern - Tooth Fairy and Easter Bunny essential workers

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See if you can take a photo and send it to your teacher via Class Dojo or Seesaw

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DO: Print and decorate the Easter egg template or make your own.

Place your egg in the window so others can see it.

Share photos of your egg online with #NZEggHunt.
Share a picture of your egg on Class Dojo or Seesaw.

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When you are out on your walks this week make a tally chart of the number of eggs in your community Egg Hunt. Draw a map of where you walk and place a symbol wherever you see an egg.
Share a photo of your map on Class Dojo or Seesaw.

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WATCH: Why are some people left handed?

TALK: Are you right or left handed? What are some of the benefits of being left handed? Have you ever tried to do an activity with the other hand? How did it go - was it more difficult?

DO: Use the opposite hand for the day. Anything that you automatically go to do with you right hand, use your left and vice versa. E.g. Practice writing, practice throwing a ball, catching a ball, using your knife and fork the other way round.
Share how you went on Seesaw or Class Dojo.

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Why are some people left-handed? - Daniel M. Abrams

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Retell the story in your own words using: Story Retell

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Complete the “Story Elements” page on a story you have read in Epic/Sunshine.

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Introduction to coding (Scratch Jr)

1)  Complete the sandwich making challenge on our Padlet to demonstrate that algorithms are step by step instructions.

2)  Give the algorithm to a computer in a language it understands, so that it can perform the task(s) we give it. This is called coding. We will use Scratch Jr as our computer language.

o   Android download

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.scratchjr.android

o   IOS download

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/scratchjr/id895485086?ls=1

3)      Use Scratch to code how to make a sandwich. You could use speech blocks to narrate or create your very own sandwich sprite.

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Choose 3 words from your story to complete the vocabulary page: Vocabulary Organiser

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Complete daily Maths problems: Maths Problems Week 1

(These can be done on Seesaw where it allows them to draw on the page. Or they can draw it at home and take a picture and post on Seesaw.)

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Choose an image from Pobble 365. Draw a picture of the image and write down something that you see, something that you think, and something that you wonder about the picture.

For example: I see a dragon sitting on a roof. I think he might be guarding a princess. I wonder what he likes to eat? Please share your work with your teacher!

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Instead of groans at the beginning of a writing lesson, your class were excited to pick up their pencils and you were the teacher that sparked their imaginations!

Even your most reluctant writers are generating adventurous vocabulary, perfecting punctuation and filling the page with no signs of stopping!

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Engage even your most reluctant writers with inspiring images, fun writing prompts and daily short burst writing activities that improve writing stamina.

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READ: Choose a book to read on Epic Books.
DO:Make a video of yourself retelling the story to someone in your family or to your toys!

Write a short summary of a book that you have read in your own words.

Try to make up a different ending to a story that you have read.
Share your video or work on Seesaw or Class Dojo.

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Instantly access over 40,000 of the best books & videos for kids on Epic

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Independent:
Pick your favourite toy. Put it on the table and write 1-3 sentences about it. Describe what it looks like, why you love it, how you play with it, etc. Then turn it into Show and Tell!

With Parent Support:
Have your child trace sentences you come up with together. Have your child draw the toy and then brainstorm words around it which describe it. Take a photo of what you have done and post these on your classroom Seesaw or Class Dojo.

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Do the workout with a family member. Do each workout which corresponds with the letter of your name.

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Go for a scavenger hunt around the house to find the objects that match to the different blends or digraphs bl, gl, cr, br, sp, st, gl, ch, sh, th, wh, ph.(NB: A blend is two consonants with two sounds e.g. bl/cr. A digraph is two consonants with one sound e.g. ch/sh). Check out the picture below for some ideas!

Extra challenge: Can you do an emoji scavenger hunt, too? 🐜 🎾 🍰 🦆 🥚🌷🦍 🏠 🧊🧃🔑 🍭🐒 🥜🍊🐷👸🏻🌈🐌 📺 ☂️🎻🐳🎮⛵️🦓

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Aquariums are a great way to learn about the underwater world, and also a great way to relax the kids at the end of the day as fish can have a calming effect. Check out a bunch of virtual tours of aquariums from all around the world.

Watch an aquarium and discuss what the sea creatures look like.

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We are all on week two of the kiddos being home from school due to Covid-19 and I am sure you are looking for activities left and right for them to do. Here are the links to multiple aquariums where they offer FREE virtual tours.
Virtual Tour of National Aquarium - Baltimore
Virtual Tour of National Aquarium - Washington, DC
Virtual Tour of Adventure Aquarium
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Amazon Rainforest Virtual Tour
Aquarium Grenada
Virtual Tour of Dubai Aquarium
Maybe even make a scavenger hunt for the kids to do while you enjoy these virtual tours. There are so many ways to enjoy your time at home.

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FREE Virtual Aquarium Tours From Across The World

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We are all on week two of the kiddos being home from school due to Covid-19 and I am sure you are looking for activities left and right for them to do. Here are the links to multiple aquariums where they offer FREE virtual tours.

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Break out the envelopes, the stamps, the pens, and paper. Write a letter to someone you love, like grandma and grandpa, or a family member who lives far away.
Put these in a safe place to give to them when we are out of lock down.

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Go onto Gonoodle and practise some mindfulness. Maybe you want to do some stretching or some inside workouts with your family.

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Watch the video about making a time capsule. Talk about what you could do with your family and share ideas. Then create your own. Click in the document to get you started (below). Remember you can use anything and be as creative as you want. Don’t forget to include some information about you!

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Jump onto the Daily Reading Quest, read a book and try to complete the questions and activities to go with it.

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Get our best book recommendations delivered straight to your inbox by signing up for the Scholastic Parents newsletter.

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Before making the hot chocolates, get out a range of mugs/cups (tall, short, wide etc.) estimate which will hold the most hot chocolate. Once you’ve estimated, test each together by filling with water and measuring.
Answer these questions:
Which holds the most/least?
Do any hold the same amount? Can you fill the cup until it’s full/half full/nearly full/nearly empty?

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Go to https://www.storylineonline.net and choose a story you would like to listen to.
Then talk about these questions with somebody in your family  -What story did you listen to? Why do you like this story? Share a summary of the story (in your own words. Why it would be good for somebody else to read the story!

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The SAG-AFTRA Foundation's Daytime Emmy-nominated, Storyline Online, features celebrated actors reading children's books to inspire a love of reading in millions of children worldwide.

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Write the ingredients and steps it takes to make a hot chocolate.

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Watch the video showing how to do paper weaving. Tell somebody in your family what you will need and what the steps are to make your paper weaving mat. Use different kinds of papers such as magazines or newspapers and see what sort of patterns it makes. Now have a go. Remember you need to go under and then over. When you use the next strip you have to do the opposite from the last one. When you have finished, share it with your family. Talk about what it was like making the mat. What were the challenges you had?

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Have a tea party with all your teddies so they can have a hot chocolate too! Do some baking as a family to go with your tea party.
Share your picnic photos to Seesaw or Class Dojo. 🧁

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Get hands on and take on the challenge to make something different everyday for a week. (Makers guide).

Use things you find around the house. You can recycle old toys, kitchenware, containers, paper, pebbles, leaves, anything you see around you. Use your imagination. Make sure you share what you have made and how you made it with people in your family.

Take photos and share it on Seesaw or Class Dojo.

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Memorise directions to the swimming pool or to a friend’s house using the right terms; turn right, go over the roundabout, past the dairy and it’s second on the left. Take turns with somebody in your family and see who can give the best directions to each other.

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Play spelling pairs with your child’s spelling words. Draw a word grid and write each word in a new box. You will need to write each one twice (in separate boxes). Cut them out, making sure you have two of each spelling word. Then turn them over and mix them up. Challenge your child to turn over two pieces of paper and then read each word. Are they a pair? If not, turn them back over and repeat this until they find matching pairs. Once they have found a pair, look at the spelling together and ask your child to spell the word without looking.

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You can do Kiwi Can at home 💚 Miss Val makes an appearance at the end! 🥝

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Have fun getting active! https://www.jumpjam.co.nz/quarantine/

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You are a creepy crawly bug and your mission is to collect all the food you can.

1) Write out your step by step code to collect each item of food.

2) If you can, try and simplify your codes by adding the number of times your bug moves in the same direction.

Examples :
Long Code
1) Right, Right, Right, Up, Up, Up, Up
Left

Simplified Code
2) 3x Right, 4x Up, Left

Optimised Code
3) 3R,4U,L

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Something to try at home to stay active that will take you about 15 - 20 minutes

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Skill - Evasion (getting away, not being ripped or tagged)
Game - Knee tag (or anything you can use as tags in your pocket)
Rules - Not allowed to block your knees or tags or fend (push other players hands away)
- Once your knee or 'tag' has been tagged you are out for the round
- Focus on using sidestepping, footwork and hip movement to get away from other players
How to play -
- Find some players from within your bubble to play with (at least one other person)
- Find an area with enough space that you can play inside
- Aim is to try and tag the other players knees or pull their tag out without being tagged yourself