Pets

Who has a pet at home?

Here are some fun pet activities that you might like to try during our last week at home, especially since your pets may miss you next week.


Try out Whaea Natalies STEM pet challenge.

STEM Challenge - Design something for your pet.

Dress up your Pet.

Have some fun dressing your pet (if they are happy about it) and take some fun photos.  They make great cards and pictures for the wall.

Create a Dog Obstacle Course

If you have a dog who loves to run set up an obstacle course for them to do with you.

Make a 3D Goldfish Bowl

Mice Corner Bookmarks

Minecraft Pet World

Make a pet world or farm in Minecraft.  Think about what the animals need, shelter, food, and so much more.

Lego Dog Building Instructions

Monarch Butterflies

There are lots of beautiful butterflies still about at the moment and will be throughout winter.  Some of you may have swan plants at your place covered in the hungry caterpillars.  This post gives you lots of information as well as activities to do with a Monarch Butterfly theme.


Monarch Butterfly Trust
This organisation has a wealth of knowledge about monarch butterflies, has a tracking programme and you can even join and be a member if you are a monarch butterfly enthusiast!

Butterfly Lifecycle Rap Song

The Butterfly Life Cycle

Life Cycle Activity Sheet

See below for activity and use the link

Reading Comprehension Activity

How to Draw Monarch Butterflies

Bubbles Bubbles Bubbles!

Everyone loves bubble fun so let's get bubbling!

Recycled Bottle Bubble Art

Bubble Art Paper

DIY Bubble Recipe and Giant Wands

Bubble Mixture with Just Water Sugar and Dishliquid

Bubble Wands

Make Bubble wands out of pipe cleaners and beads

Origami Fun

Origami is lots of fun.  Try some of the activities we made on zoom and then challenge yourself to attempt some new ones.

Origami Fox

Origami Dog

Origami Tulip

Origami Cup (video)

Origami Butterfly (video)

Jet Airplane (video)

Weather Watch

The weather has certainly been changeable this week so its is a perfect opportunity to learn about the science behind it.

Watch a great animated video about Weather and Climate

How to read weather maps

How to make a tornado in a bottle

5 Weather Experiments for those who love to experiment (you will need an adult to help with these)

Make your own poi!

I'm sure lots of you have been getting crafty over the past few weeks, so here is another craft idea to add to your list. Some of you will have had a go at making poi with Whaea Hinehau and Whaea Ngarimu last year, but it takes lots of practise to make the perfect poi! Christchurch City Libraries released this activity idea for the school holidays, and it looks like lots of fun. Give it a go, and then with your finished poi, try the poi drill in the video below!

Link 1

Link 2

Satellites

The satellites are back over New Zeland again and you can track them at night with this great web page

See a Satellite Tonight

What are Satellites? - Video 

Make a Cardboard Satellite

Easy to Make Satellite from a Bottle