Elisapeta @ Edmund Hillary School

  We have some wonderful news for those of you who received an email regarding a Sports Kit for you and your whanau. If you received an email, please pick up your special kits from: Where: EHS hall When: from 9:00am - 3:00pm Acknowledging your manaakitanga & kaitiakitanga for our Edmund Hillary School community. Congratulations to the Winner of our Homeleader Board for Week 2 Term 3 - Joshua!  Joshua banks 10 virtual coin$ - well done    

  Many thanks to our parents/caregivers for your learning encouragement and praise for your child(ren) as we round off Week 2 distance learning. For ease of reference, please take time to explore some wonderful Ministry of Education resources (links below) which can be accessed on the Learning From Home portal: Distance Learning Wellbeing Learning Resources Pacific Communities Home Learning TV With the uncertainty of when we return to school this term, click on this tip sheet 2 for ideas about "Supporting yourself and your children during transitions' High-five to you all who have: attended our class Meets,  contributed in discussions and hauora korero attempted learning tasks,  also collaborated with a peer completed and blogged your mahi, Remember to share all your point-earner tasks today (even if partially completed) so they accumulate towards this October Leaderboard points! Be sure to enjoy the sun and good weather.  A weekend challenge:for the whole famil...

We're well & truly into Wk 2 of this term.  Welcome to some of our whanau who have now managed to access our Google Meets.  Wonderful to know you and your families have been safe & well throughout lockdown.    Well done to a lot of learning collaborations and positive interactions between a number of you.  I think the essence of that enthusiasm could be captured in this w hakatauki: Congratulations  Kalivati - Week 1 Winner of Room 10's Term 4 Leaderboard!   Kalivati receives 10 virtual Leaderboard Coin$. Ka pai Kalivati. There have been other wonderful point-earner tasks from others.  Here's one from Shriya: Compass & Bearings Task Check out the following from Aolelei, Josh and a collaborative effort between Jackwalin, Vaiangina & Kalivati: Angle Geometry Careers Remember to post a comment for your mates' mahi to skyrocket those points!

KIA ORA   whanau - A huge round of applause for the wonderful learning collaborations we achieved this week, working through our Mathematics task slides.   I am super proud of your efforts and your positivity.  10 weeks into lockdown for us here in Tamaki Makaurau thus far so it's super important to continue looking for the GOOD in people and events around us.  In times like this, we must REACH OUT to a friend or a relative, checking on their HAUORA as well as LOOKING AFTER ourselves and those in our immediate bubbles. Brief Reflection: Name three things you are GRATEFUL for.   What simple ACTS of KINDNESS can we do in our current capacity?   When was the last time you FIST-BUMPED or WAVED out to your neighbour? An Idea - host a little competition amongst your whanau or relatives via a Google Meet.  Now that's definitely worth lots of Leaderboard points!   Click on the links below to explore: Fix the Equation Challen...

Virtual hugs to you all who have not yet had a chance to join our Google Meets since the initial lockdown in Term 3.  Understandably, device priority in some households go to your secondary school siblings however, I hope you have attempted some mahi from our class page or other learning materials you could access.  Whatever your circumstances, please know that we are thinking of you and look forward to reconnecting soon. Thumbs-Up to the wonderful regulars.  We are starting a CHAMPION LEADERBOARD for Term 4 and a list of  POINT-EARNER TASKS will be in your emails soon.  Those who attended today's Google Meet have already earned points from attending the zoom sessions.  Blog posts and appropriate blog commentaries are easy starters.   Weekly Prizes to the TOP 3 and a SPECIAL PRIZE for the month's OVERALL W INNER .   A complimentary Christmas Gift wish for everyone is also on offer.  So have a think and browse through unique i...

Here's hoping you all had a wonderful time over the holidays.  I hope you all managed to get out of the house more, capitalising on the sunny spring days in the past weeks. I have sent you all a new link for our Google Meet.  Due to a Staff Meeting this morning, we'll have our Class Meeting at 11:00am. By the way, Home Learning TV is back on today starting with Programmes for Juniors.  We'll work in with these times. I look forward to seeing you all soon. Regards Peta