Home learning activities
Wondering how you can support your tamaiti at home with their learning? This article shares links and ideas for what you can do.
We know that whānau are keen to help support your tamariki (children) at home with their learning, but it can be a bit daunting to figure out what you can do and where you can find resources.
We will use this article as a 'one stop shop' for key sites and activities you can use and do at home to support your tamaiti (child) with their learning. Our aim is to try not to fill it up too much with a large number of options, as this can become overwhelming. We will just use key sites and ideas for support. The article will be included in the weekly digest throughout the term, so that you can easily find it each week.
Maths
Maths online practise Years 3-8 (Ministry of Education Parent Portal)
Select the year level you wish to practise at the top right hand corner
Prototec Basic Facts Maths Practise
Your tamaiti has their own login. If they do not know their login, please contact their whānau teacher
To know what to focus on, go to your tamaiti's HERO learning page, and scroll down to the green dials for maths. Identify the year level they are working at, and click on the grey year level button. A list of goals will pop up. The yellow goals are the ones your tamaiti is currently working on. Choose one of those goals and select the corresponding goal on IXL
It is particularly useful to focus on the top three sections of maths goals - number knowledge, number strategy, and equations+expressions
Koru Hub (year 1-3) maths site
Reading
Online Ministry of Education reading books
Use the filter tool at the side to narrow the selection of books
You can filter the curriculum level (Level 1 = years 1+2. Level 2 = years 3+4. Level 3 = years 5+6. Level 4 = years 7+8)
When you select the text you want to read, click on 'download resource' to get a readable copy
Some texts will also have an audio version you can use
Amesbury School online library
The school online library has a fabulous range of online e-books. There is also a good range of decodable books and levelled books (similar to the phonics books and reading books ākonga read in class at school)
To log in, your tamaiti needs to use their first name and the first initial of their last name (eg urs.c ) and the password is ebooks
If your tamaiti struggles to login, please contact Kirat Singh
Your tamaiti has their own login. If they do not know their login, please contact their whānau teacher
For reading practice, choose the appropriate year level for your tamaiti and focus on the 'Reading Foundations' and 'Reading Strategies' sections
To know what to focus on, go to your tamaiti's HERO learning page, and scroll down to the green dials for reading. Identify the year level they are working at, and click on the grey year level button. A list of goals will pop up. The yellow goals are the ones your tamaiti is currently working on. Choose one of those goals and select the corresponding goal on IXL
Scroll down to find a set of high frequency words to learn and practise
Scroll down further to see sound, blend, and digraph cards to practise
Writing
Your tamaiti has their own login. If they do not know their login, please contact their whānau teacher
For writing practice, choose the appropriate year level for your tamaiti and focus on the 'Vocabulary' and 'Grammar and Mechanics' sections
Go to your tamaiti's HERO learning page, and scroll down to the green dials for writing. Identify the year level they are working at, and click on the grey year level button. A list of goals will pop up. The yellow goals are the ones your tamaiti is currently working on. Choose one of those goals and select the corresponding goal on IXL
Other learning areas
Garden to Table badging activities
Your tamaiti will be focusing on one of the eight challenge areas this term at school. You can choose tasks from this challenge area to do at home, to support them with working towards their challenge badge, or they can choose to work on any task that interests them
The tasks that are particularly designed for home learning are coloured green
Send in evidence of their home learning, such as a photo, artefact or quick description, for your tamaiti to be able to earn their task points
Here is the article about the Garden to Table badging system