On this page you will find information to support the teacher-led lessons on Home Learning | Papa Kāinga TV. Each plan has a description of the lesson goal, success criteria, the resources and activities used to support learning.
As a parent, you may wish to use the plans to help you understand what your child is learning about. If you are a teacher, you could use them as part of your own planning.
Click on the Description to access the Lesson Plan for the segment where available.
Each of the lesson plans has been reviewed to ensure the content design is relevant, engaging and appropriate for a TV audience, and accessible for all learners.
The lesson plans are teachers' working documents. There may be minor grammatical or other errors, but they are shared in the spirit of support and collaboration.
Note that not all of the lessons and programmes on Home Learning | Papa Kāinga are included.
Check the Home Learning | Papa Kāinga TV page for schedules updated daily
Monday 30 August
| Programme | Description | Curriculum | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Literacy: Taonga |
Key resource:
Supporting material [PPTX, 6.93MB] |
English | 5–7 year olds |
| Junior Maths and Science: Our Pets (Science) | Join Suzy Cato to classify pets into animal groups [DOCX, 146.2KB] | Science | 5–7 year olds |
| Junior Project Whenua |
Join Raranga Matihiko and Te Papa to explore how we look after our whenua and consider what is precious about our land |
Technology | 5–7 year olds |
| Middle Literacy and Language: My Identity is Important |
Join Marissa Paniora to explore significant cultural practices [DOCX, 1.5MB] Key resource:
Supporting material [PPTX, 6.2MB] |
English | 8–11 year olds |
| Middle Maths: What’s Your Angle? |
Join Fern Webber to identify angles based on properties of a right angle [DOCX, 76.6KB] Supporting material [PPTX, 4.9MB] |
Maths and statistics | 8–11 year olds |
Tuesday 31 August
| Programme | Description | Curriculum | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Literacy: Kiri’s Quilt |
Join Monique Cox-Timmer as she explores how we share our stories through taonga – especially through patterns, using tivaevae as an example [DOCX, 114.1KB] Key resources:
Supporting material 1 [PPTX, 5MB] Supporting material 2 [PPTX, 3.6MB] |
English | 5–7 year olds |
| Junior Maths and Science: Slap Slap Clap – Sauni Sauni Pati (Maths) |
Join Suzy Cato to explore and create repeating patterns in Samoan sasa [DOCX, 70.8KB] Key resource:
|
Maths and statistics | 5–7 year olds |
| Junior Project: Birds of Aotearoa |
Learn about birds with Monique Cox-Timmer she explores our unique native birds [DOCX, 86.3] Supporting material [PPTX, 4.7MB] |
Art and Technology | 5–7 year olds |
| Middle Literacy and Language: Identity |
Join Marissa and explore what identity to us means through a variety of text types [DOCX, 80.8KB] Supporting material [PPTX, 3.6MB] |
English | 8–11 year olds |
| Middle Science: Takahē | Join Shawn Cooper to meet the takahē, a taonga that is critically endangered [DOCX, 339.2KB] | Science | 8–11 year olds |
Wednesday 1 September
| Programme | Description | Curriculum | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Literacy: Please explain |
Join Monique Cox-Timmer to look at a different ways we can start sentences and write explanations [DOCX, 5.8MB] |
English | 5–7 year olds |
| Junior Maths and Science: (Maths) Is it fair? |
Join Suzy Cato to explore fractions in everyday life and learn how to explain why something is fair/even [DOCX, 62.33] Supporting material [DOCX, 403.5] |
Maths and Statistics | 5–7 year olds |
| Junior Project: Sharing kai |
Join Monique Cox-Timmer to learn about the importance of sharing kai [DOCX, 556KB] Supporting material [PPTX 7MB] |
Social Sciences | 5–7 year olds |
| Middle Literacy and Language: Fairness for women |
Supporting material [PPTX, 3.5MB] |
Social Sciences | 8–11 year olds |
| Middle Maths: Why is Equality Important? |
Supporting material [PPTX, 2.7MB] |
Maths and Statistics; Social Sciences | 8–11 year olds |
Thursday 2 September
| Programme | Description | Curriculum | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Literacy: Mya’s Finger |
Join Monique Cox-Timmer and critically analyse how events of a story relate to fairness and friendship [DOCX, 84.KB] Key resources:
Supporting material [PPTX, 2.7MB] |
English and HPE | 5–7 year olds |
| Junior Maths and Science: Pepeketua - frogs | Join Suzy Cato to learn about our native frogs and explore how unique they are from other representatives of the same species [DOCX, 1.3MB] | Science | 5–7 year olds |
| Junior Project: Dance of Friendship Part 2 |
Supporting material [PPTX, 3.7MB] |
The Arts | 5–7 year olds |
| Middle Literacy and Language: Connections |
Marissa Paniora brings you connecting words; join words, phrases and clauses to create more complex sentences in your writing [DOCX, 1.9KB] |
English |
8–11 year olds |
| Middle Science: It’s not fair! | Join Shawn Cooper as he explains what climate change is and shares examples of climate change related research [DOCX, 496KB] | Science | 8–11 year olds |
Friday 3 September
| Programme | Description | Curriculum | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Literacy: At the Game |
Key resource:
Supporting material [PPTX, 179KB] |
English and Social Sciences | 5–7 year olds |
| Junior Maths and Science: Helping at Home |
Join Suzy Cato and learn how to consider and justify likelihood of events occurring [DOCX, 61.4KB] Supporting material [PPTX, 4.9MB] |
Maths and Statistics | 5–7 year olds |
| Junior Project: Playing Fair |
Join Monique Cox-Timmer as she explains the importance of fair play through exploration of traditional Aotearoa and Pacific games [DOCX, 118.2KB] Supporting material [PPTX, 4.9MB] |
The Arts, Technology and HPE | 5–7 year olds |
| Middle Literacy and Language: Kiribati – A Nation Disappearing Into the Sea |
Join Marissa Paniora as she explores how climate change is affecting the small Pacific nation of Kiribati [DOCX, 817.5KB] Key resource:
Supporting material [PPTX, 2.8MB] |
English and Science | 8–11 year olds |
| Middle Maths: Data Squares |
Join Fern Webber to learn how to collect and organise information on data squares to answer questions [DOCX, 250MB] Supporting material 1 [PDF, 257KB] Supporting material 2 [PDF, 280KB] |
Maths and Statistics | 8–11 year olds |