A super-fun activity for Valentine’s Day. Make these secret code wheels and use them to write a secret message/card for someone special. Included: ♦ 15 templates (different pictures in each wheel). ♦ Teacher notes. ♦ Joke – for your students to decipher using their code wheel. ♦ Writing template – for your students to write a secret message on. ♦ 2 card templates – for your students to write a secret message in. Pictures on the inner wheels: Furry love monster, cupcake, cupcake with sign, heart (dotty), heart (concentric), heart (zig-zag), heart (stripes), heart (scalloped edge), flower, tree with hearts, bee, bee mine, bear, lovebug, frog. What you need: All you need is a split pin (otherwise known as a brad pin), or alternatively just use a push-pin and attach it to a pin board or something soft like an eraser. They work fine with paper if you don’t have a supply of card. This template: This template has the alphabet on the outer wheel and numbers (jumbled) on the inner wheel. Other templates available from my TES store: Alphabet and Symbol Blank Template Alphabet and alphabet (ordered) Alphabet and alphabet (jumbled) Alphabet and number (ordered) You can also purchase all 6 resources as a 'bundle' for a heavily discounted price. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A super-fun activity for Valentine’s Day. Make these secret code wheels and use them to write a secret message/card for someone special. Included: ♦ 15 templates (different pictures in each wheel). ♦ Teacher notes. ♦ Joke – for your students to decipher using their code wheel. ♦ Writing template – for your students to write a secret message on. ♦ 2 card templates – for your students to write a secret message in. Pictures on the inner wheels: Furry love monster, cupcake, cupcake with sign, heart (dotty), heart (concentric), heart (zig-zag), heart (stripes), heart (scalloped edge), flower, tree with hearts, bee, bee mine, bear, lovebug, frog. What you need: All you need is a split pin (otherwise known as a brad pin), or alternatively just use a push-pin and attach it to a pin board or something soft like an eraser. They work fine with paper if you don’t have a supply of card. This template: This template has the upper case alphabet on the outer wheel and the lower case alphabet (both ordered) on the inner wheel. Other templates available from my TES store: Alphabet and Symbol Blank Template Alphabet and alphabet (jumbled) Alphabet and number (ordered) Alphabet and number (jumbled) You can also purchase all 6 templates as a 'bundle' for a heavily discounted price. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A super-fun activity for Valentine’s Day. Make these secret code wheels and use them to write a secret message/card for someone special. Included: ♦ 15 templates (different pictures in each wheel). ♦ Teacher notes. ♦ Joke – for your students to decipher using their code wheel. ♦ Writing template – for your students to write a secret message on. ♦ 2 card templates – for your students to write a secret message in. Pictures on the inner wheels: Furry love monster, cupcake, cupcake with sign, heart (dotty), heart (concentric), heart (zig-zag), heart (stripes), heart (scalloped edge), flower, tree with hearts, bee, bee mine, bear, lovebug, frog. What you need: All you need is a split pin (otherwise known as a brad pin), or alternatively just use a push-pin and attach it to a pin board or something soft like an eraser. They work fine with paper if you don’t have a supply of card. This template: This template has the alphabet on the outer wheel and symbols on the inner wheel. Other templates that are available from my TES store: Blank Template Alphabet and alphabet (ordered) Alphabet and alphabet (jumbled) Alphabet and number (ordered) Alphabet and number (jumbled) All of the templates are also available as a 'bundle' for a heavily discounted price. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A fun Christmas activity that you can display in the classroom and then take home to hang on the Christmas tree. 2 Design Options: ♦ lift the flaps to reveal a Christmas picture and write a Christmas wish on the back of the star. ♦ lift the flaps to reveal a Christmas wish and have the picture on the back of the star. Included: ♦ Star templates – 30 different picture options. ♦ Instructions – construction, colouring, writing. ♦ Blank template to draw your own picture. 2 Paper Sizes: There are 2 files included in this resource to suit many classrooms around the world. ♦ A4 paper size. ♦ Letter paper size. Suitable for: I believe this activity is suitable for approximately 8 years and over. Some precision with cutting and gluing is required. 2 pieces of paper are used to make each star (front and back). There are 30 different pictures included for the ‘back’ star template which allows plenty of choice for you and your students. Pictures from 5 different clip artists have been used so there is some variation in the style of pictures. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A creative classroom activity for celebrating Matariki (the Māori New Year). Hiwa-i-te-rangi is one of the 9 stars in the Matariki star cluster. It is known as the ‘wishing star’. This star has a connection to our hopes, dreams and aspirations for the year ahead. The Process: 1. Draw patterns in the spaces around the star shape (use a black ball-point pen). 2. Colour. 3. Write a wish in the star. 4. Cut out around the outside black frame. 5. Display on the wall (you may like to do this so it looks like a patchwork quilt). Three different templates are provided for you to select from. Two templates have pre-drawn patterns in the boxes at the bottom, and one is blank so your students can design their own patterns. Included: ♦ Instructions ♦ Information card about Hiwa-i-te-rangi ♦ Template A – with patterns ♦ Template B – with patterns ♦ Template C - blank (draw your own patterns) Made on A4 size paper. Finished size of artwork (after cutting it out) is approx 18cm x 18cm. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Are you looking for a great activity for teaching your students some knowledge about Matariki (the Māori New Year)? This is an engaging activity that will look great in your classroom. Your students will colour/decorate a star template (2x A4 size pages) and then cut and glue it to reveal a fact about Matariki behind the ‘flaps’. There are 30 different facts which will hopefully allow a different fact for each student in your class. After constructing the stars, your students can orally share their fact with the class to help build knowledge about Matariki. The stars can be pinned to the wall or you can hang them to create a fabulous galaxy! Some precision is required with cutting and gluing. If you have younger students, you may like to buddy them up with an older class (great for fostering the tuakana-teina relationship). Included: ♦ Instructions that are easy-to-follow (pictures included). ♦ List of the 30 facts. ♦ Template – front of the star ♦ Template – back of the star (with fact) x30 Examples of the Facts: ♦ Matariki is a cluster of stars that disappears below the horizon in April and reappears in late May or early June. ♦ If you drove to the Matariki stars in a car at a speed of 100 km/hr, you would arrive in 4.8 billion years! ♦ The stars of Matariki were used by the crews of voyaging waka as a navigational aid to guide them across the Pacific Ocean. ♦ It is now thought that there are 9 stars (rather than 7) in the Matariki star cluster. Their names are: Uru-ā-rangi, Waitī, Waitā, Tupu-ā-rangi, Tupu-ā-nuku, Matariki, Waipuna-ā-rangi, Pōhutukawa, Hiwa-i-te-rangi. Many of these facts will be a great starting point for a topic of inquiry. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Celebrate the Māori New Year with this activity that includes a math focus (parabolic curves). Parabolic Curves – draw a series of straight intersecting lines between dots on the template and watch curves magically appear! Super-fun and engaging. 4 DIFFERENT TYPES OF STARS: ♦ 4-point ♦ 5-point ♦ 6-point ♦ 8-point 4 ACTIVITY OPTIONS: ♦ Create the star and write a fact about Matariki in the box underneath. ♦ Create the star on the circle template, cut it out and glue on a coloured piece of paper/card. Type or write a fact about Matariki and glue it underneath. ♦ Create the star on the circle template. Cut it out and glue it onto some card. Write a fact about Matariki on the back and hang it. ♦ Use the example stars as a colouring activity only. Display any way you wish. INCLUDED: ♦ Instructions. ♦ 4, 5, 6, 8 star templates with box to write in underneath ♦ 4, 5, 6, 8 star templates in circle ♦ 4, 5, 6, 8 star templates in circle with lines already drawn INSTRUCTIONS: Easy-to-follow instructions are included. One instruction is written and shown on an A4 size page so they are great to show via a data projector if you have one. The pattern is very simple (eg. join dot 1-1, 2-2, 3-3, etc). A black ball-point pen and coloured pencils are recommended for completing this activity. Please note that some of the templates included in this resource are also found in one of my other resources: STAR ART – using parabolic curves. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

The koru is a popular symbol in New Zealand. Here is a set of 4 different templates that can be used in a variety of ways …. you decide! The 4 Templates: ♦ Plain (koru only) ♦ Radiating lines behind koru ♦ Patchwork lines behind koru ♦ Radiating lines with patterns behind koru Ideas: ♦ Draw patterns in the background spaces. ♦ Write words in the background spaces (eg ‘all about me’). ♦ Colour using warm/cool colours. ♦ Colour using blending/shading. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A great way to learn about New Zealand / Aotearoa. 2 Different Options: ♦ Flags with facts. ♦ Flags with a blank side (write your own fact, draw a picture, etc). There are 30 different facts to (hopefully!) enable each of your students to have a different fact. Two flags per A4 size paper. Finished flag size is approximately 13.5cm x 7cm. Use a wooden skewer (or something like a drinking straw) to make the flagpole. Examples of the Facts: ♦ The Māori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa. This word means “Land of the Long White Cloud." ♦ New Zealand has many volcanoes. This is because it is located on the edge of the Pacific Ring of Fire. ♦ Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to climb Mount Everest in 1953, was a New Zealander. ♦ The biggest city in New Zealand is Auckland. The capital city is Wellington. ♦ New Zealand is home to the heaviest insect in the world, the Giant Weta. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

This is a booklet that covers some basic information about The Treaty of Waitangi: ♦ WHAT - what is it? ♦ WHO - who signed it? ♦ WHEN - when was it signed? ♦ WHERE - where was it signed? ♦ WHY - why was it necessary? There are four different flag options for the cover page: ♦ United Tribes Flag ♦ Union Jack ♦ Current NZ Flag ♦ Tino Rangatiratanga There are three different versions: ♦ Pages with text. ♦ Blank pages – picture of flag with the words ‘The Treaty of Waitangi’ on the cover. ♦ Blank pages – picture of flag with the words ‘Te Tiriti o Waitangi’ on the cover. The blank templates give you and your students freedom to write and/or draw whatever you wish. It is a great publishing option for independent research. Please note that this is a very basic outline of the who, what, when, where and why. It is difficult to condense such a huge topic into a few brief sentences, but it is a great starting point for further discussion/research, etc. Each booklet is made from one piece of A4 paper. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

20 different gift tags for your students to colour and write on. Included: ♦ 20 black and white templates ♦ 20 black and white templates – without the words to and from ♦ blank template (students design their own) 4 tags per A4 page. A variety of both horizontal and vertical orientation. A fun and useful activity for your students during the festive season. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A fun, creative and bright art project for your students to enjoy. Select the template that best fits your students. 3 Different Templates: ♦ draw your own patterns and then add colour. ♦ draw half of the patterns and then add colour. ♦ just add colour. Suggested Colouring: ♦ Moon side - cool colours (shades of blue, green, purple) ♦ Sun side - warm colours (shades of red, yellow, orange) Suggested Curriculum Links: ♦ Māori myths and legends (Rona and the Moon; Maui and the Sun). ♦ Solar system / Space / Night and Day study. ♦ Maths – geometry (patterns, shapes). Also a great activity during busy assessment periods … your students can work on this independently while you’re testing :) Designed on A4 size paper. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A fun, creative activity to help you get to know your students at the beginning of the school year. Make a star and hang your ‘galaxy of learners’ from the ceiling. The front of the star has flaps that open to reveal a picture of the student (draw a self-portrait or glue a photo) and the back shows 8 pictures of your student’s favourite things. Two Templates: ♦ With headings (see list below) ♦ Blank – add your own ‘favourite’ categories The 8 Favourite Things: ♦ Holiday location ♦ Food ♦ Animal ♦ Hobby ♦ TV Programme ♦ Game ♦ Colour ♦ Sport Template with US spelling/vocabulary is also included: color, program, vacation (instead of holiday). Two Paper Sizes: ♦ A4 size ♦ Letter size Easy-to-follow instructions are included. Each star requires two pieces of paper (front and back template). Approximate size: 18cm in diameter. Great as a classroom activity or set it as a homework project during the first 1-2 weeks of school. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

An easy-to-use, print-and-go resource when learning about and celebrating the Māori New Year. This resource is a set of activity sheets to be used after reading the following book to your class: Title: The Seven Stars of Matariki Author: Toni Rolleston-Cummins Illustrator: Nikki Slade-Robinson The activity sheets suit a range of levels and abilities. Included: ♦ Word Search – junior and senior ♦ Order the events ♦ Cloze ♦ Label the birds x2 ♦ Vocabulary match (English/Māori) – cut and paste ♦ Letter boxes – junior and senior (word shapes activity) ♦ Writing - If I could change into a tīwaiwaka (fantail), I would ... ♦ Trifold – beginning, middle, end ♦ Storyboard – blank template ♦ Survey and graph – Favourite NZ bird ♦ Newspaper article – writing task ♦ Character traits ♦ Acrostic poems x2 ♦ Binocular - picture drawing and writing ♦ Book cover design ♦ Postage stamp design Answer Sheets: Answer sheets are provided for: word searches, ordering events, cloze, and vocabulary matching. Designed on A4 size paper. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A simple poetry writing activity to use when learning about and celebrating the Māori New Year. The topic of this poetry is Manu Tukutuku (kites). The framework of the poem is very simple and is particularly suitable for junior students. The Publishing Template: Your students write their poem in the square that has the lines and they colour the picture of the kite in the adjacent square. The template is then cut out and displayed like a quilt. The Poem Framework: Verb (-ing word) Verb (-ing word) Verb (-ing word) Verb (-ing word) Noun (topic) Example Poem: Diving Gliding Swooping Fluttering Manu tukutuku Included: ♦ Chart – the poem framework ♦ Example poem ♦ Drafting template ♦ Publishing templates (4 different pictures) ♦ Teacher notes There are 2 publishing templates with the picture on the left and two with the picture on the right. Use the same amount of left/right pieces in order to arrange like a quilt. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Celebrate the Māori New Year by creating some gorgeous artwork that looks great displayed on your classroom wall. The names of the 9 stars of Matariki are repeated within the circle frame. Use coloured pencils or watercolour paints to draw and decorate a star. Various templates are provided to suit your learners, along with 4 coloured examples. Included: ♦ 4 x examples - 4 different patterned stars. ♦ 4 x blank templates, each with different fonts – draw and decorate your own star. ♦ 4 x templates with patterned stars (different star on each one) – just add colour. ♦ 4x templates with blank stars (same outline star, different font on each one) – add patterns and colour. Designed on A4 size paper. Approximate size of outer circle: 18cm x 18cm. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Celebrate the Māori New Year with this fun poetry writing activity. Lift the flap to see the poem underneath the decorative star. 1. Write (draft) the poem on the student template. This is located on the same sheet as the star (to reduce photocopying!). 2. Colour the star. 3. Publish the poem on the big circle template. 4. Cut both circles out. 5. Staple the circles together at the top. These look wonderful displayed on the classroom wall. There are 5 different star templates, allowing plenty of choice and variety. The Cinquain Poem looks at nouns, verbs, adjectives and synonyms so it is the perfect writing activity to compliment your word work programme. There are two different frameworks included in this resource (see below). Included: ♦ Framework chart - A and B ♦ Example poems. ♦ Publishing templates - front and back - 5 different star options ♦ Publishing template with a blank star (students design their own) ♦ Additional student handouts (for students to draft their writing on). 2 per A4 page. You probably won't need these, but handy to have just in case. A full set of resources are included for both frameworks. Made on A4 size paper. Two sheets of paper are required for each published poem (front circle with star and back circle with poem). Approximate size when cut out is 18cm in diameter. Framework A: 1 Noun (topic) 2 Adjectives 3 Verbs (-ing words) 4 Nouns 1 Synonym Framework B: The same as Framework A except line four changes to a ‘4 word phrase’. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A colouring activity for your students when learning about images that we identify with as being Kiwi. Colour, cut and display on the wall. This is a set of 26 images, each ball measuring approximately 18 cm in diameter. Included: ♦ Swanndri ♦ Pavlova ♦ Gumboots ♦ Hokey Pokey Ice Cream ♦ Jandals ♦ Monarch Butterfly ♦ No. 8 Wire ♦ Poi ♦ Rugby ♦ Silver Fern ♦ Haka ♦ Feijoas ♦ Kiwi ♦ Pūkeko ♦ Pōhutukawa ♦ Pāua Shell ♦ Kūmara ♦ Hei-Tiki ♦ Koru ♦ Harakeke Kete ♦ Kiwifruit ♦ Mince Pie and Tomato Sauce ♦ Black Singlet ♦ New Zealand Flag ♦ Pounamu ♦ Fish and Chips Please note that these are hand drawn images. Two of the images (Kiwi and Pūkeko) were digitally drawn. The images are all from the same NZ artist. Also Available in Colour These wall balls are also available in colour. Head to my store to view. More Kiwiana / NZ resources available in my store. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A fun poetry writing activity when studying New Zealand identity / Kiwiana. Write an acrostic poem and colour the picture. Cut and arrange like a quilt. This looks fabulous displayed on the wall. Two Options: ♦ With picture – just add colour. ♦ Without picture – draw your own. There are 26 different templates altogether. Made on A4 size paper. Each template measures approximately 26cm x 13cm. There are 13 templates with the picture on the left hand side, and 13 templates with the picture on the right hand side. Use the same amount of each in order to display like a quilt (see the image on the cover page above for an example). Included: ♦ Swanndri ♦ Pavlova ♦ Gumboots ♦ Hokey Pokey Ice Cream (poem shortened to ‘Hokey Pokey’) ♦ Jandals ♦ Monarch Butterfly (poem shortened to ‘Monarch’) ♦ No. 8 Wire ♦ Poi ♦ Rugby ♦ Silver Fern ♦ Haka ♦ Feijoas ♦ Kiwi ♦ Pūkeko ♦ Pōhutukawa ♦ Pāua Shell ♦ Kūmara ♦ Hei-Tiki ♦ Koru ♦ Harakeke Kete (poem shortened to ‘Flax Kete’) ♦ Kiwifruit ♦ Mince Pie and Tomato Sauce (poem shortened to ‘Pie & Sauce’) ♦ Black Singlet ♦ New Zealand Flag (poem shortened to ‘NZ Flag’) ♦ Pounamu ♦ Fish and Chips (poem shortened to ‘Fish & Chips’) Given the differing lengths of the words in the poems, this activity is easily tailored to your student’s ability/speed. Short poems (eg POI) can be given to your less able students and long poems (eg BLACK SINGLET) can be given to your more able students, Please note that 24 of the images are hand drawn, and 2 (Kiwi and Pūkeko) are digitally drawn. All of the images were designed by the same NZ artist. Please be prepared for 24 of the pictures to not have perfect lines, rich black colour, etc, like the digitally drawn images that we are all used to! More Kiwiana / NZ resources available in my store. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A fun game to play with your students when learning about Kiwiana. Included: ♦ 30 game boards (9 images per board) ♦ 26 calling cards Made on A4 size paper. 2 game boards per A4 sheet. The 26 Images: ♦ Swanndri ♦ Pavlova ♦ Gumboots ♦ Hokey Pokey Ice Cream ♦ Jandals ♦ Monarch Butterfly ♦ No. 8 Wire ♦ Poi ♦ Rugby ♦ Silver Fern ♦ Haka ♦ Feijoas ♦ Kiwi ♦ Pūkeko ♦ Pōhutukawa ♦ Pāua Shell ♦ Kūmara ♦ Hei-Tiki ♦ Koru ♦ Flax Kete ♦ Kiwifruit ♦ Mince Pie and Tomato Sauce ♦ Black Singlet ♦ New Zealand Flag ♦ Pounamu ♦ Fish and Chips Visit my store for more Kiwiana resources. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources