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Paper Plane ‘End Of Year’ review, FREE download!

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⭐️ Whew! Finally got some much-requested EDITA

⭐️ Whew! Finally got some much-requested EDITABLE tote-tray labels sorted! These new releases include an NZ ocean themed set (to match our editable bag-tags) & a bright rainbow-koru set 🌈🤩 What themes would you like to see on your classroom tote trays? Let me know in the comments, and they might make it on to my to-do list 😄

Each tote tray label set includes 2 files:
➡️ 1 'print & go' set (in case you prefer to have your young people hand write their names before laminating for that personal touch!)
➡️ & 1 editable file (so you can just type your student's names into the preformatted boxes before printing; & hit the ground running on day 1 with your labelling all sorted!)

💡Top tip - choose a thick white bubble font in the editable file before printing, so your students can have some ownership by colouring their name before laminating (a great first day of school activity!)

⭐️ Find these new releases on the Green Grubs website here: (they're also on Tpt if that's your preference) just search 'tote-tray'

✅️ If you're into editable files, you might also want to check out our editable 'bag-tags' - these are currently available in a matching ocean theme, an NZ native insects & reptiles theme, NZ native bird themed & Taniwha!

#totetray #totetraylabels #editabletotetraylabels

⭐️ These popular sets have recently been refre

⭐️ These popular sets have recently been refreshed & updated!

⭐️ If you already own these sets, please make sure you whip back & re-download to access the fresh new looks & editable versions 🤩 (If you have a Green Grubs Membership, they're all ready there waiting there for you)

➡️ All sets include 2 versions to choose from (one with large Māori font & smaller English translations; and the other with large English font & smaller Māori translations)
➡️ Editable files are also included. We've all got random activities & kupu (words) that are specific to our classrooms, so it's nice to be able to make extra labels to match the set using the editable files. *You'll need Power Point to access and use the editable files.

Find them all in the 'Kiwi Classroom Labels' category of the Green Grubs website store 🤗

Happy holidays everyone - check out my crochet Pav

Happy holidays everyone - check out my crochet Pav (banana for scale 😂🍌)

🤧🍓🫐🥝 It's a silly tissue box (where the tissue becomes part of the cream) and features oversized strawberries, blueberries and Kiwifruit. The whole thing really tickles my fancy ha ha!

Hope you're all finding the time to indulge in some soul-filling activities too ✨️

#crochet #crochetpav #pavlova #crochettissuebox

🏔 So happy to see my clip art included in this

🏔 So happy to see my clip art included in this beautiful new numeracy resource from Ngati Pahauwera Development Trust - mahi tika ana Miriama! 😍

⛰️ This free resource was developed to support kaiako to deliver local content for the Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum: "a korowai for protecting hapū histories and mātauranga"

➡️ You can download the resource directly from google Drive here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OCdtGdwAkmhPg6hi5fjK7T8b4mGFeEHI/view

🗻 Find out more about the creation of this resource (and the history & content) on the Ngāti Pāhauwera Development Trust facebook page or on their website: https://ngatipahauwera.co.nz/

✈️ This is a good one to keep up your sleeve f

✈️ This is a good one to keep up your sleeve for those last few muddly weeks of the year! (You know, those weeks where you're trying to pack & clean your room; get a random report printed & signed because a child has announced that tomorrow's their last day; the weeks where the kids are OVER the Christmas activities but still need an engaging task; and your timetable consists entirely of going from one prizegiving practise & assembly to another!!)

➡️ This is a fun way to briefly review the year that's been, and look forward to some new challenges. The planes make a beautiful 3D wall display (also look great hanging) or alternatively, take them straight home to share with whānau (because let's be honest, no one's putting up a wall display at this time of year!)

➡️ I recommend keeping your completed paper planes pristine by making a couple of blank planes for launching (because you just know someone will get theirs stuck up a tree or on the roof 😅)

✈️ As well as flying them for distance, some fun paper plane launching ideas include:
🛩 Having a hoop target - who can fly their plane through the hoop?
✈️ Have a plane relay - you fly your plane to a teammate, who can then launch theirs to the next person etc
🛩 Launch your plane off the top of the playground
✈️ Try and catch a friends plane in your hat
🛩 Add paper clips to different parts of your planes to adjust the weight and balance
✈️ Use a timer to see who can keep their plane in the air for the longest

You can find this FREE download on the Green Grubs website, just search 'Paper Plane!'

Wishing you all a smooth, calm end to the year 💗✨️

#paperplane #endofyearreview #reflectionactivities #primaryteachersnz

For those of you who've been enquiring about 'THE

For those of you who've been enquiring about 'THE burger' from a previous post 😅🍔 ....I think I've finally made it to the bottom of the student's ingredient-request list! (& it's morphed into a complimentary wrap set on the way 😂)

🧶 New ingredients added:

🥒 Gherkins (the kids weren't having a bar of my original long cut gherkins, so I had to make some round ones)
🥑 Avocado slices
🌯 A wrap! (gluten free, of course)
🍗 Crumbed chicken fillet
🧇 Slice of fried haloumi/tofu & a hash brown
🥮 Vegan beetroot patty
🥕 Grated carrot
🥒 Cucumber slices
🥩 Beef & chicken strips (for the wrap)
🍅 Blobs of tomato sauce, mayo & whole grain mustard

Might need to quit the day job(s) & become a sandwich artist at this rate 👩‍🍳😂

#Crochet #crochetnz #crochetkai #crochetfood #crochetforkids

✨️Christmas Creatures Clip Art!✨️ These

✨️Christmas Creatures Clip Art!✨️

These NZ native creatures getting festive make really fun room decorations or tree ornaments & are great for Christmas crafts & card making! 🦌

🌟 Find this clipart set and other complimentary resources in the Christmas category of the Green Grubs website store.

#christmascreatures #christmasinnz #kiwiclassroom #nzprimaryteachers #kiwichristmas

📚 Summer holidays are coming - time to assemble

📚 Summer holidays are coming - time to assemble my summer reading bags! We've been collecting pre-loved children's books to gift to some of my favourite little people (& young adults) for reading over the long summer school holidays. Not all young people have access to books at home, so it's nice to share a love of reading with a practical gift.

🛍 INTO OUR BAGS GO...

📚 Books that match each young person's interests
👶 Board books (if I know there are toddlers or babies at home)
🧸 This year, we're tucking in a soft toy - the perfect little reading companion
🎨 Extra activity items to keep little people busy (often random colouring/craft supplies, activity sheets & workbooks from the old lockdown learning packs)
🔖 Bookmarks to colour
🧾 Brochures that might be of interest to that particular whānau - I try to include the schedule from our local library that shows free summer holiday events & other free holiday/activity programmes in the area
🌞 A 'Summer Reading Challenges' sheet (FREE download of the Green Grubs blog) is an awesome finishing touch & includes lots of ways to make reading fun & inclusive over the long break. *This free download also includes a little printable bag label that explains the purpose of the bag. 💗 Find this download on the Green Grubs blog - just search 'Summer Reading Challenges'

#summerreading #kiwikids #readingchallenges #keepreading

🌿 Looking for some flag clip art? This FREE d

🌿 Looking for some flag clip art?

This FREE download contains: (in order of creation)

1834 - Flag of the United Tribes
1880 - Silver fern emblem
1900 - NZ Blue Ensign Flag
1983 - Koru Flag
1990 - Tino Rangatiratanga Flag
2015 - Laser Kiwi Flag

Toitū Te Tiriti!

➡️ You can find this free download on the Green Grubs website - just search 'Aotearoa's flags'

#nzflags #toitūtetiriti #flagoftheunitedtribes #tinorangatiratangaflag #silverfern #nzblueensign #koruflag #laserkiwi

This mural just keeps giving! 🪽🤗🪽 #guard

This mural just keeps giving! 🪽🤗🪽

#guardianweekend #mounthuttcollege #positivewings #schoolmural #nzmurals #nzschools #greengrubs

POV - people think you're creating murals and desi

POV - people think you're creating murals and designing resources, but you're actually crocheting giant Kiwi burgers 🤭👀🍔😂

This has been the hit of my office this week, with both children and adults alike!

➡️ Burger ingredients crocheted so far include:
🍔 Wholemeal bun with sesame seeds
🥩 Meat patties
🧀 Slice of cheese
🫐 Beetroot slices
🧅 Onions rings
🥬 Fancy lettuce
🍅 Heirloom tomato
🥓 Strips of bacon
🍳 Fried egg
🍍 Pineapple ring

What do you like in your kiwi burger? The conversations in my room about this have been hilarious - lots of people offended by the pineapple ring, and lots of children confused about what beetroot is 😂

➡️ Still on my to-do list to make:
Tomato sauce, mayo, mustard, gherkins (a sweet little soul at school has taken on the gherkin crocheting job!) & a gluten-free wrap

➡️ Special requests from children (& and grown-ups)
🥕 Grated carrot (still pondering how to actually crochet that 🤔)
🥮 Vegan patty
🥒 Cucumber slices
🍗 Chicken fillet
🫓 Haloumi slice

➡️ Looking for clip art images of Kiwi Kai? I've got you covered! Check out the Kai section in the Green Grubs store 🤩

#kiwiburger #crochetburger #crochetfood #nomnom

....and from the huge mural in the previous post,

....and from the huge mural in the previous post, to the sweetest little Scout badges! I was more than happy to gift the use of my kōwhai clip art to a very clever leader from @1st Dargaville Scouts, who was making some special badges to use for swapping with overseas Scout groups.

(I managed to snaffle up a few extra badges as part of the deal, to sew onto my little Cub's blankets 😅✨️)

⭐️ Shout to all the incredible volunteer parents at @scoutsaotearoa who make things happen behind the scenes, we appreciate your mahi 💗

#scoutsaotearoa #scoutingnz #scoutbadge #kōwhai

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