A Quick Chat

Quirky Quiz Time

Hey, hey, hey it’s SPARKS writing day!  Today I am challenging you to write a Quirky Quiz for the class.  (This is the writing activity for today and tomorrow). I have written one for you and put it on a google doc (see the link below).  Can you work out my answers?   Be ready to share a question at our Zoom catch up tomorrow. Nikau’s Quirky Quiz Your job is to choose a letter and write your own ‘Quirky Quiz.’  Follow the same format as mine.  I think the easiest way is to copy and paste my one underneath, then delete my words and replace them with your own. By the end of this activity we should have lots of quizzes on the same Google Doc.  Remember if you make a mistake and delete something, don’t panic, just type command z and it will reappear. Your challenge today is to use a challenging word in your quiz that will make people think, e.g. mantelpiece.

Maths Challenge When I was out walking I saw these letter boxes and thought they might make a cool challenge. 1.  Are these numbers odd or even?  How do you know? 2. What is the total if you added all these numbers together?  What strategy are you using?  I wonder if there is a quicker way of doing it? 3.  What is the total of all these numbers if you treated them as single numbers  ( 3,7,5,3,7,7,3,7,9)  Are there combinations of numbers that make it easier for adding? EXTRA FOR EXPERTS   4. What is the smallest number you can make using + or - ? e.g. 375+377-379=

Zoom Catch Up! I wonder whose class this is? Please come to our Zoom catch up tomorrow.  It will be great hearing about what you’ve been up to this week.   Topic: Nikau Catch Up Time: May 1, 2020 at 3:30pm https://us04web.zoom.us/j/73018384858 Meeting ID: 730 1838 4858 Did you do anything different when the Level dropped to 3?  Have you been reading any cool books over this time?  What was one of your Quirky Quiz Questions?  There might be a prize coming your way when we return to school if you manage to have one to share!

Dantae's Recipe for How to Survive in a Bubble

Hi everyone back at school today:) I just wanted to share Dantae's writing.  I especially liked his descriptions  'wrap myself up in my big fluffy blanket', 'my tummy grumbles' and 'search the pantry'.

Ingredients

Xbox
Tv
Water
Breakfast
Lunch
Diner
Food
A cat
Family members
Trampoline
warks
Big fluffy blanket
Hand Sanitiser

Method

I roll out of bed and wrap myself up in my big fluffy blanket and make my way to the lounge.
I go on the couch and my cat comes on me and  sometimes she snoozes on me.
My tummy grumbles, time for breakfast .
I go to the kitchen and search the pantry and get some breakfast.
I eat breakfast, chillout for a bit and get  ready for the day.
Free play to 10.30 then chores to 11 o'clock  then online learning to 12 o’clock, then lunch  time and then maybe go for  a walk
Wednesday is device night. Device time starts at 6 o’clock after diner and so is Friday, Saturday and Sunday unless it is a holiday then I might be able to play on my devices at different times.

Week 3 Online Learning Continued - Alert Level 3:)

Term 2 -  Wednesday 28 April

Maths: Quick Question Calvin picked 37 tomatoes from their garden. How many more tomatoes does he need to have 54 altogether? And/or: Problem Solving  Continue working on Oscar’s Odd Jobs - helping Oscar to save as much as he can to earn spending money for his holiday.  (Link under Useful Websites).  Maybe you could work out a way for you to save some pocket money. And/or: Keep working on the games and activities on Studyladder, Prodigy and under Useful Websites that focus on basic facts knowledge.  This will help you to solve any maths problem.

Read or write: Follow the video below and complete a piece of writing using the Word Hunt activity.  Remember your challenge is to write a paragraph including all the words you have found and make the sentences all connect.  You can see the exemplar from the video below so you don’t need to find the website like it was suggested.  I would love to read your paragraphs. Spelling There are loads of spelling activities on Studyladder for all levels. Find an activity that will give you some success as well as add a bit of a challenge. And/or: Play a game of online boggle or use the picture below to create as many words as you can.  You can go in any direction, just as long as the letters connect.  Use the numbers on the letters to see how many points you can score.  Start with the smaller grids first.  Link under Useful Websites. And/or: Curl up with a book for 15 minutes.

Be Creative: Make a paper plane that flies far.  Check out the video under Useful Links.  Scroll down to watch video.

Exercise: Continue working on Silone’s Challenge.  See the previous post. And/or:  Revisit a Jump Jam song - your choice

Guess who??

Do you recognise me?  I told you it is time for a covid cut!  New online learning posted below.  I will talk to you all tomorrow night.

Week 3 Online Learning

Term 2 -  Tuesday 27 April
Hi everyone, Alert Level 3 now - woo hoo:)  So that means I am back at school.  That doesn't mean you stop your online learning.  Mrs Harpur will work with you at the end of the week and I will focus on Monday - Wednesday.  So I'll still be involved in your learning and I still want you to keep in touch.  There may be longer gaps between when I email back or post your sharing but it will still happen.  Your sharing makes all this online learning worthwhile:)

Maths: Quick Questions 1.Mele and her Nana made 28 Tongan fans on the first week of the Christmas holiday, and 26 more on the second week. How many fans did they make altogether? 2. Calvin picked 37 tomatoes from their garden. How many more tomatoes does he need to have 54 altogether? And/or: Problem Solving Oscar’s Odd Jobs - Work through the questions to help Oscar save as much as he can to earn spending money for his holiday.  Take a couple of days to do this activity. (Link under Useful Websites) And/or: Keep working on the games and activities on Studyladder, Prodigy and under Useful Websites that focus on basic facts knowledge.  This will help you to solve any maths problem.

Read or write: Complete the Quirky Quiz #4 created by Mrs Alexander.  Link under Useful Websites.  You will need to record these on a piece of paper or on another doc.  Feel free to send to me or check the answers with family members. And/or: Spelling There are loads of spelling activities on Studyladder for all levels. Find an activity that will give you some success as well as add a bit of a challenge. And/or: Play a game of online boggle or use the picture below to create as many words as you can.  You can go in any direction, just as long as the letters connect.  Use the numbers on the letters to see how many points you can score.  Start with the smaller grids first.  Link under Useful Websites. And/or: Curl up with a book for 15 minutes.

Be Creative: Create a face like the one below that shows different emotions.  Create one of your own to teach young children to create some crazy characters.  You slide the different mouths and eyes along slits in the face - a bit of problem solving to sort that out:)

Exercise: Do the Les Mills Born to Move workout (Link under Useful Websites) And/or… Work on Silone’s Challenge (around 2km a day) – Over 3 – 4 weeks your goal is to try to complete one of the awards: Bronze Award - 10km/4 hours Silver Award - 20km/8 hours Gold Award - 30km/12 hours You can send photos of you and your family out and about running or walking.  Once your parents have verified you have met the criteria for an award Silone will present a certificate.  At school she has a box of goodies to present for children who are getting out of their comfort zones, trying really hard, showing great enthusiasm and getting the rest of their family out and about as well.  You could record your progress in a log with the date, the distance/how long you walked or ran, and include your parent’s signature.

Nikau's News Update

Hi everyone, it was fun catching up today.  Fleur and I could not believe how quiet you all were.  Thanks for the feedback for next week -  more challenging maths, some spelling activities and more art - we are on to it!   I loved Holly's presentation (see below) summarising her activities during Lockdown Day 29 so much, I decided to use the same way to present some of our photos.  Below is my first attempt.

I have asked Holly to teach us how to make the origami
butterflies when we are back together again.

Here we have an ANZAC theme with Kaden and Caitlyn's
poppies and Caitlyn making ANZAC biscuits.