Lyric Masters Challenge - Christmas Carols

1. Select a "Love to Sing" Christmas carol from this channel (click the link).
2. Listen to the song and read the lyrics with your group.
3. Think about which lyrics to change, and which to keep the same (you may like to think of a theme to base your new lyrics on, i.e. icecream, ocean, toys etc.
4. Write your new lyrics onto your group's piece of paper. NO D.D.D. / toilet talk please...
5. Have a practice singing the new lyrics and be ready to present to the class as a group!

Literacy Can do ideas and links

 Zentangle henna hands

How to make snowflakes out of paper

Paper lanterns

Day of the Dead mask ideas:

Literacy Week 9 - World Celebrations

	READ	WATCH
	Japan Sapporo Snow Festival About the Sapporo Snow Festival	Sapporo Snow Festival  See some of the sculptures and attractions at the festival here.
	Samoa Teuila Festival Samoa Teuila Festival	A day at Teuila Festival Teuila 2023
	New Zealand Matariki for kids Matariki - The Māori New Year	Matariki Why is Matariki so important?
	China Chinese New Year Chinese New Year	Lunar New Year What is Lunar New Year?
	India 10 Fabulous Facts about Diwali Diwali	Diwali Facts for Kids Diwali - Festival of Lights
	Mexico / Latin America Día De Los Muertos Day of the Dead	What is Day of the Dead? Day of the dead

 Find more information here → 

Kids News looks at the different ways people celebrate

Winter celebrations

22 Celebrations of Culture from Around the World

Check out the EPIC collection that has been shared with you.

Clever Stop Motion

Literacy Week 7 - Friendship videos

 

Being a Good Friend

Funny video about friendship

Flower drawing

 

DIrections - using a compass

Click on this link to play the N S E W game at MathsIsFun

Video - Online privacy for kids

 

e-Safety quizzes for fast finishers

Literacy fast finishers: 

Have a go at some of the quizzes on BeSecure and see how you go.

Create your online avatar

 For more ideas click here.

Bad Cat

Stormwater

 Watch the two videos below and then answer the following questions in your literacy book:

1. What is stormwater runoff?

2. How did rubbish end up in the stream once it rained?

3. What is the problem with stormwater entering waterways like rivers and streams?

4. Explain the 3 S’s mentioned in the first video.

River flora and fauna art

 How to draw a duck

How to draw a trout

How to draw an eel

Keeping Ourselves Safe - Videos and Acrostic Poem words

Like a Bright Star

Brian and Bobby - Lost

1. Why did Bobby get lost in the shopping mall?

2. How did he feel when he got lost?

3. What did he decide to do?

4. What did Constable Bryan say you should do to stop you getting lost?

Hector's World - Details, details....

1. What information is it okay to give out online?

2. What information is special to you that you should not share with others?

3. What nicknames did Ranjeet’s friends suggest he could use?

4. What could be a good online nickname for you?

Wonderful water - What is a conductivity meter used for?

What is a conductivity meter used for?

Watch the videos to help you to answer the question in full sentences in your book. Make sure your answer relates to water testing.

‘Teaching our Tamariki about Stream Health’

‘Testing for Conductivity’

Mrs C Maths - Hexagons group

 

Click here to join Mrs C Maths on Khan Academy

River Journey - from source to sea

Watch this video about a river's journey from its source to the sea. Now tell a friend what you have learned or what you can remember from the video.

Our river, the Opawaho

Opawaho Heathcote River Network 

Click on About the River and read about where it comes from and where it ends.

For the Maori, the two rivers that weave throughout the city of Christchurch were not only a food source and a way to travel but the river was a passageway for spirits to move, bringing healing and blessings.

The Maori name for the Heathcote River is ‘Opawaho’ and was also the name of the little settlement that sat on its banks for quite a few centuries.   Opawaho means Outpost and that was exactly what it was; the main Pa sitting on the outskirts of today’s Kaiapoi (Kaikai-a-waro).

Even before the Ngai Tahu, the area of Opawaho was used as a place to gather food by the Ngati Mamoe.  Things did not change much when the Ngai Tahu took over; Opawaho became a place of food storage and rest.  Rest was needed as the Maori would walk from place to place, covering many miles on the plains. 

(from peelingbackhistory.co.nz )

Timestables practice

 

Literacy Week 1: River ecosystems

 

Cashmere Stream - keeping fine sediment out

Click here to read about Freshwater fish

Investigate and draw a macroinvertebrate of your choice.

Fact file research - Websites to use

 National Geographic Kids - Animals

Animal Fact Guide

Science Kids - Animal Facts

Kupe and the Wheke

 

Life in Aotearoa | Connected 'Kaitiakitanga"

 

Home Sweet Habitat - Crash Course Kids

 Click this link to watch the video

Herbivores, Carnivores and Omnivores

 Animals can be classified based on the food they eat. Animals that are plant eaters are called herbivores, meat-eaters are carnivores, and animals who eat both plants and meat are called omnivores.

Key Facts & Information

Herbivores

• Animals that eat only plants and plant products are called herbivores.
• They are referred to as the primary consumers.
• Herbivores are usually at the second level of the energy pyramid.
• The energy that herbivores need is high, so they are usually busy feeding themselves because they cannot survive without sufficient energy.
• They use several defenses to protect themselves from their enemies.
• Some have shells, poisons that they release from their body, and camouflage abilities.
• Herbivores come in various sizes, and the world’s largest herbivore is the African elephant.

Types of Herbivores

• Herbivores can either eat various plants or just one type of plant.
• Herbivores such as fruit bats and flying foxes that consume only fruits are called frugivores.
• Folivores are herbivores that mostly eat leaves.
• Detritivores are those that eat dead plant materials only.
• Herbivores that consume seeds are called granivores.
• Nectar-eating herbivores are called nectarivores.
• Xylophages are herbivores that eat wood.
• Grazers are herbivores who depend on grass.
• Two ways herbivores digest their food are through foregut fermentation and hindgut fermentation.
• Animals with multiple chambers digest their food through foregut fermentation, while animals with single-chambered stomachs process their food through hindgut fermentation.
• Herbivores such as cows and kangaroos are foregut fermenters, while horses and elephants fall under the hindgut fermenters.

Carnivores

• Carnivores are animals that consume meat or animal flesh.
• They hunt their prey to survive, and they are also referred to as predators.
• Carnivores that consume herbivores are secondary consumers and are usually placed third in the energy pyramid.
• Carnivores that eat other carnivores are called tertiary consumers and are at the fourth level of the energy pyramid.
• Their bodies and characteristics are suitable for hunting.
• However, some carnivores do not hunt and depend on dead or decaying animals for food.
• These animals are called scavengers.
• Carnivores who can only consume meat to survive are called obligate carnivores and they cannot digest plants properly.
• An example of an animal under this category is a lion.
• There are three distinctions of carnivores based on the meat that they eat.
• Hypercarnivores have a 70 percent meat diet.
• The rest of their energy is covered by consuming plants, fungi, and other nutrients.
• All obligate carnivores are considered hypercarnivores.
• Carnivores that consume 50 percent meat on their diet are called mesocarnivores.
• To fill their energy, they can consume fungi, fruits, and vegetables.
• Carnivores who consume less than 30 percent of meat are called hypocarnivores.
• They also consume fish, berries, nuts, roots, and bulbs.
• Some hypocarnivores are also considered omnivores, and the most common example is a bear.

Omnivores

• Omnivores are animals who consume both plants and animals.
• Although they eat plants, they cannot eat all types of them.
• Omnivores are animals who consume both plants and animals.
• Although they eat plants, they cannot eat all types of them.
• Humans are also considered omnivores.
• Omnivores are very adaptable in finding food in different places.
• Some omnivores are also scavengers.
• Like carnivores, omnivores are called secondary consumers.
• They are also in the third trophic level in the energy pyramid.
• Omnivores are believed to have better chances of living due to their diet.

Digital Citizenship: Interland

 

Type into Google Chrome: Interland

See if you can navigate safely through the digital world!

Extinct creatures

 

Space Food

 Space Food 

Read this article and explain in your own words how things decompose. 

How to Help Biodiversity

How to Help Biodiversity 

YOU depend on biodiversity and biodiversity depends on YOU!

People are the keepers of the Earth !
That means you—and every one of us—have important jobs to do.

How many of these jobs can you take on to help biodiversity?

Make wildlife welcome
Support the birds, reptiles, mammals, and plants that live in your neighborhood. You can also attract more wild species by providing water, food, shelter, and privacy.

Protect Habitats
Explore habitats in your area. Help clean up and protect beaches, parks, reserves, and fields where wild plants and animals live.

Volunteer your time

Find out about environmental organizations in your area. Maybe you can help care for injured animals, clean up a habitat, or even answer the phone!

Harness your housepets
If your house pet runs loose it is considered to be an invasive species. It is estimated that feral, stray and pet cats kill up to 100 million birds in New Zealand each year. They are a major predator of kiwi chicks and also eat eggs, lizards, invertebrates and frogs.

Be a smart shopper
Buy things you really need—not just want—so you don't waste Earth's resources on unnecessary items. Shop for good quality, so you can use toys, clothes, and supplies many times, then pass them on to someone else. When you travel, avoid buying souvenirs that cost an animal its life or might have harmed a habitat.

Reduce, reuse, recycle
If you choose not to turn on a light, you save energy. If you reuse a jacket handed down by a brother or sister, you've saved all the resources that would have gone into a new jacket. When you recycle, you save energy, electricity, water, and many other resources, too. Earth-keepers always remember the 3 Rs!

Leave wild things in the wild
Watch wild things, but don't bring them home. Plants and animals often die outside their habitats. Even if they live, they can't reproduce or do their "jobs" in the natural world.

Learn about other cultures
What you do and what you buy can affect other people around the world. Learn about other cultures to discover some new ways to help biodiversity.

Be a role model.
Kindly show your friends and family how to take care of the Earth. 

Soon, they'll want to be like you!