Kawenga
Whaea Ngawaiora
Tēnā koutou e te whānau, he mihi māhana tēnei ki a koutou.
These are simple activities that will support your child's learning no matter what. By routinely repeating these over and over again these key learning focuses will help embed the vital skills that will seriously assist your child's academic progress.
Options and ways to support your child's Learning From Home...
Te Reo ā waha - Karakia 'Te Pū'
Read and sing through the Māori alphabet He Waiata Arapū until your child has instant recognition of all letters.
Read and sing through the Māori consonant-vowel blend chart Ngā Kūoro. Your child needs this skill to sound out words when reading and writing.
Help your child to learn how to write their name, for obvious reasons but also they need to be able to do this for some of their log on's.
Watch Te Waiata Pū repeatedly and set aside some time to practice letter writing .Pānui Pukapuka / Junior Readers - can be viewed or downloaded here: Ngā Kete Kōrero Puka Pānui
Read, read and read some more, preferably pukapuka Māori!
Pānui: - Uhi ō mua. Te ingoa o te pukapuka. Pānui ia rangi, me ngā pātai.He aha te kaupapa o te pukapuka?He aha ngā mahi? (kupu mahi)Ko wai kei roto i te pūrākau?Tā pikitia e pā ana ki te mea pai ki a koe.Uiui ki te taha o tō hoa, māmā, pāpā, kuia, koro, tuākana.He aha te mea pai rawa atu ki a koe?He aha ai?
Tuhi - Te whārangi kūoro; putting kūoro together to make kupu waiwai
Tau - Counting on mahi from 5; Counting on from largest number. Tango - using number line.
Collect items from nature and make sets of numbers 1 to 10. Make some number cards and match the number to each set.
Some general rauemi for your convenience, kupu to name your whare with and for practicing basic skills via the Junior Mahi Kainga Pack below,
Junior Mahi Kāinga Pack - Junior Mahi Kāinga Pack
Kori tīnana - If you can, get lots of fresh air and some exercise whenever you can.
Ngā Rauemi - Pānui:
He Waiata Arapū - He Waiata Arapū
Te Waiata Pū -Te Waiata Pū
Ngā Kūoro - Ngā Kūoro
He Waiata Kūoro - He Waiata- Kūoro
Ngā Raumei - Tuhi Pū:
Ngā Rauemi - Pāngarau
He Waiata ki te Tekau - He Waiata ki te Tekau
He Waiata ki te Rua Tekau -He Waiata ki te Rua Tekau
He Kēmu Pāngarau, Tāpiri - He Kēmu Pāngarau, Tāpiri
He Kēmu Pāngarau, Whakaraupapa - He Kēmu Pāngarau, Whakaraupapa
Hard Copy Packs: Available on request, downloadable here or we can print and courier this to your home as long as we have the correct address.
Online in class: Kawenga
Online via class sites: (specific learning options in order to learn planned programme) Kawenga
Online via this class page: (generic learning options in order to practice & develop skills as above) Akomanga Kawenga
If by any chance your whānau need to implement Learning From Home (LFH) they are able to access these learning options available to Kawenga here.
To be 'in class' if everything works this can be accessed for Akomanga Kawenga with Whaea Kohurangi at: Kawenga - Hui Ataata Kūkara
Just click the link, or use via any device available to you including smart phones as long as you have downloaded the free Google Meet app.