Wednesday, 29 April 2020

Day 9 of Distance Learning

Kia Ora Students, Parents/Caregivers and Whanau,

Tuesday the 28th of April was a teacher only day, as Papakura Central School prepared for the level 3 bubble extension in order to support the children of essential workers returning to school.

In-spite of the teacher only day Room 19 super learners continued with their wonderful distance learning. Here is some of these Super Learners:


Agampreet  shows off his 1st place certificate for the Mathseed's Quiz and his p word of the day choices:




Fantastic job Agampreet, you are becoming a math whiz and I like the p words you chose and illustrations. Keep up the great work :)

Here Aiden shows of his Minecraft Lunchbox and the golden carrot he created in Minecraft which when eaten gives you mega health:



Awesome work Aiden, I like how creative you were with these projects. I like the pattern and symmetry you created with both of these activities. Keep up the great work :)

Here is Dylan L, colouring in his letter box, practicing the different clock times and eating oysters for lunch: 



Terrific job Dylan, I like seeing your wonderful smile as you create your works of art for you lunch box, and how you try new healthy foods for lunch. Keep up the great work :)

Here is Gursaaj's home learning from the Ministry of Education Home Pack: 







Wonderful job Gursaaj. I can see the effort you have put into your home learning, and the progress you are making with your writing, letter formation, mathematics and drawing. Keep up the great work :)

Here is Mahathi, baking, forming her words, drawings and math equations:







Outstanding work Mahathi, I enjoy seeing the creative ways you undertake your home learning and with a big smile on your face. Keep up the great work :)

Here is Nina, with the Monster Lunch box she created, hiding in some leaves and creating her box rhyme:




Brilliant job Nina. I enjoyed watching your video (which made me laugh with joy at how fun that must've been) and I liked seeing your lunch box and reading your cool rhyme. Keep up the great work :)

Here is Noor with his painting bottles tops art work, math equations, story writing and word of the day formations: 






Sensational job Noor. I enjoy seeing all the fabulour creations you make each day in your home learning. You are progressing nicely with your writing and drawing activities. Keep up the great work :)

Here is Sophia with her word pictures of the day, Monster's Lunchbox, and Mathematics equations: 





Exceptional job Sophia. I enjoy seeing you smile, and all the excellent work you are doing at home. I can see the care and attention to detail you are exhibiting in all your activities. Keep up the great work :)

And last but not least....

Here is Shriya with her Anzac day creation, mathematics and literacy formations:  


Amazing job Shriya. I like seeing your big smile while you work, and the creative ways you carry out your home learning. It's also fantastic to see you using the writing strategies to extend your literacy writing. Keep up the great work :)

I am so impressed with the level and quality of work that you are all producing at home, with your awesome and patient families. A huge thank you to everyone who is taking the time to contribute and support to room 19's students super learning. I'm so proud of you all. 

I hope you all had a wonderful long Anzac weekend, and got some much needed rest. Until next time, take care, be safe and virtual hugs from Mrs Futcher and my family, to you and yours :) 

Mrs Futcher :)


Friday, 24 April 2020

Day 8 of Distance Learning:

Kia Ora Students, Whanau and Friends,

Week 2 and day 8 of distance learning has come to an end and we are heading into a nice long weekend break.

I hope you all take time off to rest, recoup and spend time relaxing quality time with your family. I know I will be.

Thank you to everyone who dressed up in costume and joined me this morning for our morning video meeting. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did, seeing and sharing all the hard work room 19 has been doing, feeding your puppets and sharing a morning tea snack or two virtually.

Here are some of our super learners:

Sophia has done super work on Thursday and Friday as you can see below:











Fantastic work all week Sophia, I have enjoyed seeing all your learning creations and effort as well as your happy smiling face and wonderful cat costume this morning. I hope you and your family have a great relaxing long weekend filed with aroha. I am proud of you. 

Captain America (aka) Taylor in his fantastic costume from this morning: 


Great costume and pose Taylor, it was awesome seeing your enthusiastic and smiling face this morning. Well done on all the hard work and effort you have put in this week. I hope you and your family have a great relaxing long weekend filed with aroha. I am proud of you. 

Queen Shriya and her royal highness of hard and excellent work:






Brilliant work all week Shriya and nice costume. I have enjoyed seeing all your different endeavours and eagerness to create something special day, while also teaching your sister. I hope you and your family have a great relaxing long weekend filed with aroha. I am proud of you. 

Elijah creates great groups of  the letter blend gr: 





Great work all week Elijah, it has been neat seeing your happy smiling face, and seeing your work evolve in such a short space of time. I hope you and your family have a great relaxing long weekend filed with aroha. I am proud of you. 

Meila shows off her creative skills and divergent thinking: 





Terrific work all week Meila, I have enjoyed seeing your confidence bloom as you work hard to find new ways to learn from home. I hope you and your family have a great relaxing long weekend filed with aroha. I am proud of you. 

Noor navigates new learning with vigor: 











Fabulous work all week Noor. I have enjoyed seeing you advance through the learning and take ownership over your creative skills and expression. I hope you and your family have a great relaxing long weekend filed with aroha. I am proud of you. 

Mahathi shows off her Maths and Literacy prowess: 









Outstanding work this week Mahathi. You are consistently displaying tidy, well written and thoughtful pieces of Literacy and Mathematics. I hope you and your family have a great relaxing long weekend filed with aroha. I am proud of you. 

And lastly by certainly not least.....

Agampreet demonstrates his ninja cunning and creativeness for his Greedy Cat (big book) activities: 







Bombastic work and effort this week Agampreet. Your awesome personality and creativity has really shown through in your work accomplishments and art work. I can see your confidence grow. I hope you and your family have a great relaxing long weekend filed with aroha. I am proud of you. 

Cowboy Sheriff Aiden makes sure his sister rides safely and abides by the law: 



Out of this world effort this week Aiden, I have enjoyed seeing you explore your creativity and divergent thinking is your experimentation of different elements of learning. I can also see your confidence grow with the support of your family.  I hope you and your family have a great relaxing long weekend filed with aroha. I am proud of you. 

 To all my students of Room 19 and your families, I want to thank you for all your efforts, time and hard work over these 8 days of distance home learning. You are all appreciated for all that you do, for your time and patience, and understanding in these new challenges and while we get these learning programs established. I am proud of you, and feel so honored, blessed and thankful to be in your lives as your Year 1 and 2 teacher. You have made this period an enjoyable one for me, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

For all the fans of Minecraft, I thought I would share an amazing video from a talent man who used technology and Minecraft to create a wonderful video. I hope you can see and appreciate the effort, time and skill this young man has shown in this video. It really is amazing what we can accomplish with technology. 

Note Blocks Animation versus Minecraft by Aaron Grooves - YouTube
Preview YouTube video Note Blocks - Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Ep. 5 (music by AaronGrooves)
Until our next post, please take care of yourselves and your family, stay safe in your bubble. There will be ANZAC activities happening next week, but if you are paying tribute to our war hero's this week, I hope you will join me on Saturday and if possible light a candle in remembrance for those who stood up for our freedom. 

Sending you all virtual hugs and best wishes from Mrs Futcher and my family, to you and your family. 

P.S - sorry I didn't get to the supermarket, but I will definitely take up this challenge once the lock down is over and it is safe to do so....watch this space!