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Lockdown 2021

Happiness Tasks

Small Changes Whānau Challenge

Challenges

The Small Changes Whānau Challenge was created to help you do something small everyday to improve your health and wellbeing - while having fun as a family!

Connecting with the people around us, moving, nourishing and appreciating our bodies can help us feel happier and healthier. We have lots of fun ideas for small things that you can include in your daily life - from playing a board game

​in the evening, to getting active outdoors.

Make a creative Father’s Day card

Great ideas!

Try out this shadow art using a few things from your garden.

Email Mrs Roach with your photos

kath.roach@stfrancischch.school.nz

This site has lots of great videos showing you how to make things and learn science at the same time.

Scroll down to see Nanogirl’ live streams at 3.30pm each day.

Click on the picture

Water Bottle Flip Challenge

• Step 1: You want to grab a water bottle that is about one quarter full.
• Step 2: Hold it by the neck of the bottle.
• Step 3: Flick the bottle by rotating it away from you.
• Step 4: Watch the bottle land upright.

Watch the video and work your way through the 3 different flipping challenges.

Make sure the lid is on tight!!

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Send a video of yourself doing the challenge to Mrs Burroughs!

katie.clark@stfrancischch.school.nz

Origami Animals

Click on this link and challenge yourself to make some origami animals.

How many can you make?

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Send Mrs Burroughs a photo of your creations. I can’t wait to see them.

katie.clark@stfrancischch.school.nz

Create your own Mini-Olympics with your household

• Design your own team flag
• Design your own team mascot
• Design your own medals
• Create your own opening/closing ceremony, medal ceremony
• Create sport challenges each day e.g basketball, cycling, hockey, cricket, team relay, running, rugby etc
• Interview the athletes on their performances

Share your Mini-Olympic creations/videos to Miss Bailey at angela.bailey@stfrancischch.school.nz

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Making paper planes

• Make 3 paper planes from the links below:

How to fold an easy paper plane

Paper plane that flies far

Paper plane that flies fast

• Fly the planes outside and measure the distances they achieve
• Compare the paper planes, which is your best plane and why?
• Video your paper planes in flight and send to Miss Bailey at angela.bailey@stfrancischch.school.nz

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Create a board game of emotions

• Create a board game using snakes and ladders as the model but change it to up’s for ladders and down’s for slides relating to emotions.
• Create a card pack that has up’s and down’s ideas for when you land on ladders or slides.

Up’s E.g Give another word for happiness and an example of what makes you happy?

Down’s E.g Give another word for sad and say one thing that would help you get back to your happy place? If solution said can move on with the game, if not miss a turn.

• Play the board game with your family.
• Send a picture of your board game to Miss Bailey at angela.bailey@stfrancischch.school.nz

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Alphabet Scavenger Hunt

• Dress up as a detective!
• Go on a scavenger hunt around your home collecting items that start with each letter of the alphabet. Can you say the sounds for each letter?
• Write a list or take photos of your items and sent them to Miss Bailey at

angela.bailey@stfrancischch.school.nz

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Create a Hot Air Balloon out of Loose Parts

Listen to this story about a Hot Air Balloon adventure.

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Can you create a Hot Air Balloon using

loose parts from around your house?

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Take a picture and send it to your Kaiako Manaaki

Here are some suggestions for building with your lego OR you might have already built something amazing. Send a photo to Mrs Roach.

kath.roach@stfrancischch.school.nz

Click on the links and get moving!!

Milkshake

Clap It Out

Banana Banana

Don’t Read Like a Robot

Run the Red Carpet

Dinosaur Stomp

Ready Steady Bake

Jump into the kitchen and bake something delicious for your bubble! Please make sure you have help from an adult at all times.

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Send through a picture to Miss Lover of what you have made as well as the recipe if you can :)

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melissa.lover@stfrancischch.school.nz

What’s that bird??

Have you ever wondered what birds live in your backyard? If so, you are not alone. The Garden Bird Survey is a citizen science project set up to help scientists answer this question. Birds are an important part of our ecosystems and communities. This annual survey of backyard birds can tell us a lot about the health of our environment. Click here to learn more

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