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Kia Ora families,
What an astonishing time we are living through. Hoping you and your whānau are well and are making the most of 'bubble' time together. For those of you who are working with the public in essential services, we cannot thank you enough. By now, you have probably developed a daily 'bubble rhythm'. Working from home brings its own challenges and benefits! I hope you are making the most of family time and are enjoying time to slow the pace of life. I know when this is all over my life will be more simpler. I am thoroughly enjoying my daily walks with the crew from my bubble.
Please feel free to send me photos for our school newsletter.
Term 2 starts next Wednesday. I will continue to communicate with you all on Wednesday our newsletter day.
A few activities for the students to do that don't require a device:
Clean the car inside and out
Make an Easter wordfind
Make a bookmark
Learn to tie shoe laces
Make a card for staff at your local supermarket
Make a book mark
Make a paper hat and decorate it
Create a family quiz
Make a puzzle, find a picture you like , glue it onto cardboard and then cut it up into jigsaw pieces.
Make an Easter card for your family- tell each member of your family why they are special.
Learn how to weave using paper.
Find out what happened on Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday - drawing pictures and write key words for each day.
A friend sent me this great little diagram during the week.
Easter 2020 will certainly go down in history.
If you wanted a few activities to support Easter the following is a good link.
https://www.thereligionteacher.com/easter-activities/
Learning at Home
I am sure many of the experiences our students are having at home with you at this time will be creating special bonds and memories for life. Please do not feel any guilt over unfinished tasks.
There are some amazing online learning opportunities that I have been sharing with you already. Try some out; I am sure these links and others you have found will engage students in many rich learning activities. The Ministry of Education are adding to their bank of online resource links so do try some of these:
https://learningfromhome.govt.
The Ministry of Education have been outstanding in the way they have been helping our school and I am very grateful.
This is a whole new experience for all of us and we don't want it to be overwhelming for anyone. So please remember that wellb-eing comes first, then learning.
Take some time out over the Easter break. Blessings to you all.
Be Kind.
Stay Safe and love your bubble.
Arohanui,
Bernadette
Creator, Life-giver.
You love the world so much that,
in Jesus, you promise to be with us
till the end of time.
I am grateful that your presence continues
for we are in a time of trouble, as an
out-of-control virus threatens your world and its people.
Thank you for being with us during another day
of social distancing and uncertainty.
Guide our minds and hearts as a remedy is sought.
May the successful outcome bring us
Closer to one another and to you.
Want to have some fun today? Clear some space and turn up the volume, Brett is ready to JUMP JAM with you from his home in Mt Maunganui. We will be adding more tracks to this page. So bookmark it for more workouts and fun with Brett.
This is a fantastic website for families especailly during our lockdown situation.