How to Help at Home

HOMEWORK

Homework is given to provide purposeful communication between home and school, to develop good study routines, to develop independence and follow up practice of classroom work.

Individual teachers will set the requirements according to school policy and student needs. Class teachers are willing to discuss this with you. Parent support in ensuring homework is completed is appreciated.

Some suggestions of worthwhile activities that can be suggested to Parents who want additional homework for their child:

•  Reading/telling stories, poems/rhymes and songs
  
• ·Reading other resources e.g. newspapers, TV guides, atlases, dictionaries, maps
  
•  Writing letters, emails, lists, invitations, stories
  
•  Spelling
  
•  Construction activities e.g. cutting and sticking, building
  
• ·Drawing, colouring in, craft and creative activities
  
•  Going to the library
  
•  Cooking
  
•  Card and board games
  
•  Computer games
  
•  Keeping a daily diary of events – 1 event from each time of the day – morning, afternoon and evening
  
•  Inquiry Learning
  
•  Service at home and in the community
  

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WEbsites

• Fun Brain offers more than 100 fun, interactive games that develop skills in math, reading, and literacy.
• Science Toy maker  Mysterious, Kinetic, Noisy, Do-It-Yourself Science Projects that Entice Scientific Investigation

REFERENCE SOURCES

Educational Links & Resources for literacy, reading, writing, English, etc.

• Free Dictionary 

• Thesaurus  

• Te Ara 

• Kids.net. au A Directory of kids safe websites, Dictionary and Thesaurus including over 100,000 words, Encyclopedia with 1 million articles and a Language Translator.
• Papers Past NZ - contains more than two million pages of digitised New Zealand newspapers and periodicals.  The collection covers the years 1839 to 1945 and includes 77 publications from all regions of New Zealand.  

• Signifiance of Anzac Day

APPS

MoneymindNZ

Bubble Maths 

TellingTime