Kaupapa: Tau (number)#

By the end of Tau 5, mokopuna will read, write, order, partition, recombine and represent numbers up to 100,000:

• read, write, order, partition, and add and subtract numbers up to 100,000
• recognise the base 10 structure of numbers up to 100,000
• recall division and multiplication facts for 2, 3, 5, 9 and 10
• round whole numbers to any specified powers of 10.

You can use this resource to help reinforce your mokopuna’s learning.

Ideas for whānau activities#

He kēmu

Estimate the cost of items on a menu. Play times table games such as calling out an equation and seeing who can answer first, or how quickly mokopuna answer.

Whakataetae hākinakina

Choose a favourite sports team and track their game scores. Add up the points and find the total over a season. Compare 2 teams’ scores: "Ko wai te toa whakaihuwaka?" ("Who is the champion?")

Kaupapa: Ine (measurement)#

By the end of Tau 5 at kura, mokopuna will have learned to use the appropriate unit and tool for the task and the attribute being measured.

Ideas for whānau activities#

Help with kai

In the kitchen at home or at the marae help prepare kai. What portions or ingredients are needed? For example, kilograms of rīwai and kūmara, litres of milk, grams of butter. How hot should the oven be and how long will it take to cook the kai based on its weight?

Help prepare different stages of a hāngī. Estimate how deep and wide the hole should be. Discuss how much firewood and how many sacks are needed. How long will it take to cook based on all the variables? Remember to make sure of safety for all around the fire!

Help with projects

Use metric rulers, tape measures, or squares for projects at home. Make a rough comparison of measurements to objects or parts of the body.

Kaupapa: Āhuahanga (geometry)#

By the end of Tau 5 at kura, mokopuna will have learned to:

• visualise and draw nets (a flat pattern) for a cube
• resize a 2D toi Māori shape so that it is either a bigger or smaller shape.

Ideas for whānau activities#

Mahere whenua | map

Create a mahere whenua | map of your home or neighbourhood using grid paper. Mark key places like the marae, rivers, maunga, and whānau homes. Use compass directions (raki, tonga, rāwhiti, uru) to describe locations.

Rākau

Collect rākau from outside and use them to make 2D shapes like tapawhā | squares, tapatoru | triangles, porowhita | circles.

Tapatoru | triangle

Draw a large tapatoru | triangle on the ground with chalk. Divide it into different-sized triangles using extra lines. Talk about ōrite | equilateral, rua taha ōrite | isosceles, and taha katoa rerekē | scalene triangles.

3D shapes

Try 3D shapes like pīrami | pyramids and tapawhā kōpiko | cubes using small sticks and string. Talk about the number of taha | sides, kokonga | corners, and tapeke | edges.

Kaupapa: Tauanga (statistics)#

By the end of Tau 5 at kura, mokopuna will have learned to:

• recognise the need for relevant and usable data to answer investigative questions
• conduct investigations using the statistical enquiry – communicate findings, using data displays.

Ideas for whānau activities#

Attend events like Te Matatini, Polyfest, and Ngā Manu Kōrero and:

• take notebooks and act as judges recording points for each individual or kapa item based on your own criteria
• record your results and compare them
• create a table of data you have gathered with your criteria as headings – who are the overall champions?

Kaupapa: Tūponotanga (probability)#

By the end of Tau 5 at kura, your mokopuna will have learned to share and discuss reasons why data may vary in a familiar context providing examples, models and representations as part of the communications.

Ideas for whānau activities#

To learn about probability at home, you could:

• roll a die and ask, "which number do you think will come up most?" and track the results over 20 rolls
• put different coloured blocks, buttons, or Lego pieces in a bag and ask, "is each colour equally likely to be picked?" and then test it
• talk about the likelihood of a sports team winning based on past games or statistics.