Elisapeta @ Edmund Hillary School

Kia Ora whanau, trust you are all well.  Nga mihi atu to many of you who are learning from home.  Great to see you attempting a variety of independent learning tasks.  I encourage you to continue collaborating and interact with your peers as much as possible during these shared mahi.  On-site learning has been great fun for a number who have returned.  Our hauora is foremost and students are making the most of beautiful weather in outdoor integrated curriculum activities.  Many appreciate the opportunity to reconnect and interact with their peers over a game of soccer, hide-n-seek, dodgeball and many more.   Our plane-dart golf proved popular with many who made many modifications to their plane dart to improve distance and air-time.  The olive tree (middle & right) and totara (partial left) in the image below is the last station of our plane-dart golf.  I must say, we are fortunate to have a mixture of natives and fruit trees on o...

  Kia Ora whanau - please take time to read our school's latest newsletter.  Check that your parents/caregivers have access to a copy. School Newsletter 18th November 2021 If you have received a Kete Takaaro, remember to share an Appreciation Post.  Share some pics of how you and your whanau are using these for hauora and wellness.   We are working through the following activity: Great outdoor family activity.  Check your emails for a copy has been shared with you.  We've yet to test our latest plane dart modifications made last week. We are therefore hoping to improve on the trial run we had last week.   Have fun! Be kind to each other!

  Kia ora whanau - important notice Click on this newsletter link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DKuAYVLERbLtyjkuIaxW29MA41qW9tdN/view To assist us with our current proposed plan of re-opening, click on this link to complete the 'Are you returning to school' form: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DKuAYVLERbLtyjkuIaxW29MA41qW9tdN/view .....or simply reply to the text message. Alternatively, email me at peta@edmundhillary.school.nz  if that suits you better. We are fortunate with the flexibility under directions of MoE and MoH, as it is with Alert Level 3, children learn from home if possible.   For whanau who are continuing with online distance learning,  Room 10 work will be updated weekly and a scheduled Google Meet daily.   As in a previous blog: 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 C...

  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...