Welcome to May everyone...here is your leanring today on the 1st of May...

Ko Rāmere tenei ra.  Today is Friday 1st May It’s a new month!  Wow!  Welcome to May! Can you read our karakia with me… to start the day... Remember, do as little or as much as you like...

Activity 1: Writing today... Write a story about something you find on a walk around the neighbourhood or your backyard… Today I found a toadstool...I could start my story with... Today I went for a walk and came across a toadstool… My toadstool has… I like toadstools because… Here is ... The word card is there to help you...

Activity 2:  Boxes, boxes, boxes… We seem to collect boxes in our home, I wonder if you do too?.  What could you make out of boxes?  Maybe a shop for your family to shop at?  Or a robot with arms and legs?  I wonder what you can make out of a box at home, you may even have an enormous box somewhere that you could use and make a… (Surprise me!)  Send me a picture...

Activity 3:  A response to a story... Listen to this delightful story about two dogs... Big Dog, Little Dog by P D Eastman  Could you draw two dogs like the dogs in the story?  One wore red and one wore green… I think they were a bit different from these two dogs in the picture.

Activity 4: Complete Mathletics tasks set by your teacher.

Activity 5: Log on to Sunshine Classics with your own login and read some stories or have them read to you.   Have a look at the follow-up activities too.