Kōwhai

Welcome

Kia ora whānau and welcome to the Kōwhai Learning at Home page.

There are a range of online and offline activities you might like to complete during the day, also shown below. We expect you will be engaging with at least one of the new daily learning activities each day, and you and your parents will need to decide which activities will work best in your home situation.

Please contact your home group teacher if you have any questions.

rowena.barker@beckenham.school.nz nick.bruce@beckenham.school.nz

tracey.maloney@beckenham.school.nz laura.williamson@beckenham.school.nz

Good Morning

Ke te pēhea koe?

Kei te pēhea koe?

Watch these videos showing you how to say how you are in Te Reo Māori.

Complete the task by using the filling in the answers for Kei te pēhea koe? activity on Seesaw and record how each picture is feeling.

Extra task: Video yourself saying some of these responses to practice your Te Reo.

You can see this poster to help you: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cSTmKlKXLgIgVIaa9ugVZbept-97UXrd/view?usp=sharing

Ka taea e koe! You can do it! :)

More Learning Activities

Here are some other home learning activities that you know about and are familiar with from term one. You can carry on with these when you are looking for another activity to do.

Reading

Epic

Read a digital book on Epic. Use the class codes below.

Sunshine Online

Read a digital book using Sunshine Online. Use the account below.

  • Username: beckenhamschool
  • Password: pride

Note: Your web browser needs to support Adobe Flash Player. Check out this tip sheet if you need help with Adobe Flash Player.

Silent Reading

Read your own books.

Audiobooks

Listen to an audiobook.

Storyline Online

Listen to an audiobook on Storyline Online.

Maths

Studyladder

Complete a lesson set by your maths teacher using Studyladder.

Maths Games

Practise your basic facts through a maths game.

Basic Facts Challenge

Learn your basic facts.

Writing

Writing

Write a story using pencil and paper.

Free Choice Writing

Use Google Docs or Slides to write your own story.

Animator

Create a animated story or digital book in Animator.

Play-Based Learning

Free Play

Engage in free play.

Baking

Look up a recipe online and do some baking.

Play Dough

Make and play with some play dough.

Build a Hut

Construct a hut inside or outside.

Drawing

Draw a picture.

Painting

Paint a picture.

BMX Track

Make a BMX track in your yard.

Coding

Create computer programmes using Code.org.

Pixel Art

Create an image in Pixel Art.


Animator

Create an animation in Animator.

Pixlr E

Create digital art in Pixlr E.

Word Art

Create a word cloud using Word Art.

Music Making

Create a song using Music Lab.

Inquiry

Research

Research a topic of interest to you and create a model, slideshow website etc.


Whānau, please talk with your child about using devices safely at home...


Seesaw

To sign into Seesaw, go to the Seesaw website and log in with your normal Google login (the same one you normally use on Chromebooks at school). Your parents have been emailed instructions if you get stuck. You can use Seesaw to easily share your learning or other photos and videos of activities you have been up to. Your parents can install the Seesaw app on an iPad, tablet or smartphone to make sharing easier.

Here are the videos of how to upload a picture to Seesaw and how to find your activity on Seesaw.

How to upload a video to Seesaw

How to find your activity on Seesaw