Piako Rua MasterChef

Check out some of the yummy recipes from the Piako Rua Chefs !!

Delicious!!

Well done Theo! I am sure your smoothie tastes amazing :)

Fantastic cooking Bede! Mum is very lucky having such a lovely lunch today :)

Good job Brayden! You have had such a busy day making Subway cookies :)

Nice recipe Nicolette! I would love to try one of this yummy muffins :)

Beautiful writing Aiden! I heard that this is your favourite recipe :)

Very clever Mack! Which one was the tastiest?

Thank you Jackson K! I love your recipe :)

Online Learning: Friday 1st of May

Kia Ora Piako Rua,

Here is your online learning for Friday the 1st of May. Make sure you watch the entire clip to get all of the information you need before you begin.

Creating your own picture book can be really challenging, so if you get stuck, just draw the pictures and video yourself telling the story! Get creative and I look forward to seeing what you create!

Email me a photo or video if you can: samantha@riverdale.school.nz

LINK ONE: https://www.storylineonline.net/

LINK TWO: https://www.funenglishgames.com/writinggames/story.html

Tongue Twisters

Well done Christopher and Aiden for giving the tongue twisters a go!

Christopher's Fuzzy Wuzzy!

Aiden's Seashells!

Jaxon's Tongue Twisters!

Distance Learning - Thursday 30th April

Kia ora Piako Rua!

We hope you are all having fun at home!
Here is the new video for today :) 

Please feel free to email me some of your videos or photos if you want!

cecilia@riverdale.school.nz 

Link1 (Tongue Twisters): https://www.starfall.com/h/fun-to-read/

Link2 (Story and Reading Time):https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/home?authCtx=U.794217314 (my apologies for any inconvenience to sign in into this web)

Endangered Animal Posters

Wow! I have been absolutely amazed at all the hard work and effort that has gone into all the endangered animal posters I have seen this afternoon.
You guys are so awesome, I really miss seeing your smiling faces at school!
Take a look below at all the fabulous work!

Jackson's Amur Leopard poster

Maddy's Kiwi poster

 Theo's Hamilton Frog poster

...and the link to the Hamilton Frog song
https://youtu.be/4brbkNzSihU

 Rin loves animals so much she did her poster on lots of different animals

 Michaela's Panda poster

 Ryleigh's Penguin poster

 Paige's Amur Leopard poster

 Aiden's Black Rhino poster

 Bede's Sumatran Elephant poster

 Mia's Red Panda poster

Isla's Polar Bear and Yellow Eyed Penguin Art

Bruno's Little Penguin poster

Lachlan's Kiwi poster

Jaxon's Amur Leopard fact video and picture, great reading!!

Distance Learning - Wednesday 29th April

Morena Whanau!

Here is today's video for our lessons (29/4/20). You will need to watch the video first to get the information and teaching skills you need.

Below are the extra links you will need if you want to have a go at the other activities that go with this days lessons.

A website that tells you information about the 10 most endangered animals of earth

https://onekindplanet.org/top-10/top-10-worlds-most-endangered-animals/

Auckland Zoo - Video Cams! Have a look at some videos of what 

Auckland Zoo animals get up to!

https://www.aucklandzoo.co.nz/webcams

Some cool art ideas related to endangered animals, pick something you like the look of!!

http://www.savingendangeredspecies.org/art-and-craft-activities.html

Please feel free to email me some of your endangered animal posters if you want!

sbest@riverdale.school.nz 

Some of the Letters Piako Rua Wrote:

Ryleigh's amazing Letter. Look at that amazing spacing and handwriting. Wow!

Maddy's beautiful letter. She even used some stickers she had at home for decoration!

Ilma's very neat letter. Check out that handwriting!

Ryan and his older brother Liam wrote their letters! Amazing teamwork!

Mia's beautiful picture! She wrote a letter on the other-side. Well done Mia!

Jackson K wrote this letter all on his own! Keep up the good work Jackson!

Lachlan's letter to his grandma and poppa in Nelson! They will be so happy when they get this!

Theo's creative letter and picture! Beautiful picture of your cat!

Harper B's Amazing Story and Painted Picture

She painted a house/ landscape on a piece of ply the girls use for art. 

She then drew characters from her fav TV show 'Miraculous', stuck them to the board and wrote a story about what they were doing. 

Well done Harper B! Very creative

Distance Learning Tuesday 28th April

Kia Ora Piako Rua,

Here is your learning challenge for today. Make sure you watch all the video to ensure you have all the information you need before starting. Get as creative as you can. It would be so cool to see some of your beautiful letters finished and ready to post through my email = samantha@riverdale.school.nz. If we don't know how to spell a word when we come to it in our writing, we stretch it out on our arm first to see if we can hear all of the sounds. 

The learning links today are both maths related games. If you finish both the links and would like to explore the maths website which the links come from, feel free. Remember if you get a question wrong, don't give up. Keep going and trying your hardest to better your score for next time. 

LINK ONE: http://www.math-exercises-for-kids.com/number-order/number-order-1.htm

LINK TWO: https://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/money/funshopping.html

Distance Learning - Monday 27th April

Due to today being the official ANZAC Day public holiday, there will be no online learning.
We hope you had chance to commemorate with your family in some way 😊

Teddy Bear Activities

Check out some of the cool activities that Piako Rua children have done with their Teddy Bears!!
I especially loved the Teddy Bear pancakes I saw, they made me feel very hungry!!

 Michaela making her yummy Teddy Bear pancakes!

 Mack and his delicious looking pancakes that he is sharing with his brother!

Distance Learning - Friday 24th April

Morena Whanau!

Here is today's video for our lessons (24/4/20). You will need to watch the video first to get the information and teaching skills you need.

It might be a good idea to stop and start this video so you can complete activities as you go.

Teaching Video - Teddy Bears 

Below are the extra links you will need if you want to have a go at the other activities that go with this days lessons.

Baking Teddy Bear Pancakes (Measurement/Following Instructions/Reading)   https://www.kidspot.com.au/kitchen/recipes/teddy-bear-pancakes-recipe/hilfav4u

Building a Bear House (Technology/Measurement/Planning)  

https://lottiemakes.blog/tag/teddy-bear-house/

Please feel free to email me some of your teddy bear activities if you want!

sbest@riverdale.school.nz 

ALSO... As it is ANZAC DAY on Saturday 25th April I have attached a couple of  extra links...

A simple video explanation of why we celebrate ANZAC day

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3007939079262245   

This is a school reading book about ANZAC Day.
You might like to open up the text and play the audio.

Some of you could even read it instead of listening to the audio!!

http://instructionalseries.tki.org.nz/Instructional-Series/Ready-to-Read/Dawn-Parade   

Thursday's Distance Learning Examples:

It is so cool to see the puzzles that you have been creating in your homes! Here are some of the puzzles you have sent me! Keep them coming. We love seeing your beautiful little faces and amazing creativity you have! Ka Pai Tamariki ma!



Ilma's colourful creation 



Enya's walnut puzzle!



Michaela's 'Yummy Treats' Puzzle



Aidans African Rainforest puzzle. Dad is testing it to see if it works!

Bede's ANZAC poppy puzzle!

Mac's Puzzle!

Rylah's Puzzle of her name

Rin's Puzzle - she even put all the pieces in a bag so they wouldn't get lost! Check out her brother trying to solve her puzzle and put all the pieces back together!

Connor's tricky puzzle! He even used black paper in the background to challenge himself 

Paige W puzzle!