Classroom Workbook:Welcome to Northcross Intermediate School.

It’s great to have you here!

Please use this booklet to start your studies at home. You will learn a little bit more about

Northcross Intermediate School and New Zealand. Don’t forget that we would also like to learn about

you.....what can you tell us about your country, your family or your last school? Try using Google

Translate to help explain.

Tell us about you:

My Name is:

What country do you come from?

What city do you live in?

What is the most famous thing about your city?

How many people are there in your family?

Where do you go on your family holiday?

What other countries have you visited and which ones did you like the best and why?

What’s the name of your school in your home country?

How many students in your school? What do you eat for lunch at school in your home country?

How do you get to school in your home country?Walk? Take the bus? By car?

What games do you play at lunchtime in your home school?

What are your favourite subjects at school?

What are your hobbies and interests outside of school?

What do you do on the weekend in your home country?

What movies have you seen recently?

What type of music do you like to listen to? Who is your favourite band or singer?

STUDY THE MAP OF NORTHCROSS INTERMEDIATE.

USE THE MAP TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

My classroom number is:

My teacher’s name is:

Do you know which team your class is in?Rata, Kauri, Nikau, Totara, Rimu, Kowhai, Matai, Puriri

Try using Google to find the answer to this question:

Team names are Maori words for different types of what?

Use the Map to answer the following questions:

Where is the library?

Where is the tuckshop?

Where is the Gymnasium?

The Classroom

Highlight the words in the wordsearch below:R R W K E T T G Y E R R I T Y J E R Y C T MF F B M D R P E R U B B I S H T I N O A I SS V L N F E E Y R F D I H C O T R Z P I D EC H A I R W N L E D C S A H I E Y X O G R DI B C B E E H U W Q J E C O U R H C B O O KS N K V W F E R N W N W E O Y N Y B K K Y ES M B E Q M R T C A L C U L A T O R M L B WO K O R B I U Y M R I R R B T M E U J T R ER J A T V P K U N W C U D A R O T L H G T RS Y R U C S I P I R N B S G R T R E B B Y TM T D E S K R O M E E I X Z E R F R G F H IA R F M I K T E M A P C L A S W I N T D W HT E A F D O M N T G F R E A C N B M Y R T G

These objects can all be found in the classroom. The Wordsearch will help you spell the words you need:

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12

Getting to know the schoolSchool MapLook at the map of the school and highlight the correct option using the words in the box:Next to between in front of behind

1. Room 19 is (behind/ between) room 18 & 20.2. The gymnasium is ( next to/in front of) the PAC.3. The playing fields are (in front of/behind ) room 54. 4. The netball courts are ( between/ in front of ) rooms 9 & 10.5. Room 6 is (next to/behind) room 7.

Answer these questions:1. What is in front of the library?

2. Which classrooms are near to the Astrograss?

3. What is between the gymnasium and the Astrograss?

4. Which classrooms are behind Rooms 1, 2 & 3?

Answer these questions in full sentences1. Where is the Admin block? (office)

2. Where are the netball courts?

3. Where is your classroom?

About New Zealand:Which one is the official flag of New Zealand?

A) B)

C) D)

The official flag of New Zealand is

Use Google to find the answers to the following questions:

What is the name of New Zealand’s Capital City?

What is the largest city in New Zealand?

Northcross Intermediate School is located in which city?

What is the Maori name for New Zealand and what does it mean in English? Name:

Meaning:

New Words Meaning In your languageMaori The people of New

Zealand

Kiwi Native bird of New Zealand

Jandal Casual sandal

Gumboot Boots

Lollies Candy

Tuckshop School snack shop

Reading and writing Read this story. Write the word Inside the box beside the picture.Sarah and Peter were going shopping. Mum gave them

+

$

and a list of food to buy.

SHOPPING LIST

BREAD POTATOES MILK BANANAS CHOCOLATE BISCUITS

BUTTER SAUSAGES ORANGES CABBAGE RICE

Sarah and Peter walked to the

At the

they bought five hundred grams of

some ,

two Litres of

some ,

one ,

three kilos of

some

and one packet of chocolate .

At the checkout, the woman put their food into their bags and they paid

and $2

$

Sarah and Peter looked at their .

“We forgot the ”

said Sarah.

Highlight YES or NO for the sentences below.1 Sarah and Peter went shopping. (Yes/No)2 They bought some bread. (Yes/No)3 They bought some fish. (Yes/No)4 They bought some apples. (Yes/No)5 They walked to the supermarket. (Yes/No)6 They had $30. (Yes/No)7 They bought some bananas. (Yes/No)8 Mum took them in the car. (Yes/No)9 They bought everything on the shopping list. (Yes/No)10 They spent all the money. (Yes/No)

Write the name of the food under the picture:

Sentence Order:Write the words in the correct order.

1. The walked They to supermarket2. Shopping. David are Kate and going.

1.

2.

How do you feel?Fill in the correct feeling in the box below the picture:

angry tired confused happy sick

hungry sad worried thirsty

Meals of the day: Make up a menu of your favourite meals:

New Zealand food From my country

Breakfast

Lunch

Snack

Dinner

Where is everything?

Choose one of the words below to help answer the questions:

in front of behind On above

1. Where are the children sitting?

2. Where is the clock?

3. Where is the teacher?

4. Where is the teacher’s chair?

Well done! You have completed the first part of your workbook.

Now you can continue with the grammar worksheets ……. Some might be easy - That’s a good thing!

See how much you can do!

Ex. 1. Match the time.

1. It’s three o’clock. J a. 12.25

2. It’s a quarter past eight. b. 8.05

3. It’s ten thirty. c. 11.25

4. It’s five to five. d. 1.58

5. It’s nine twenty five. e. 8.15

6. It’s twenty-five to eleven. f. 4.55

7. It’s two to two. g. 10.35

8. It’s eleven twenty-five. h. 9. 25

9. It’s five past eight. i. 10.30

10. It’s twelve thirty-five. j. 3.00

Ex. 2. What time is it? Write in numbers.

Time in words Time in Numbers

It’s seven thirty 7.30

It’s ten past eleven11.10

It’s five to ten

It’s a quarter to three

It’s one minute to one

It’s four thirty-five

It’s a quarter past three

It’s twelve o’clock

It’s eight forty-five

It’s two fifty-five.

Ex. 3. What’s the time ? Write sentences.

Time in numbers Time in sentences

1.00One 0’ clock.

8.35Eight thirty five.

2.05

9.40

3.10

10.50

4.15

11.55

5.20

12.56

6.25

1.58

7.30

3.00

Ex. 4. Ask about the time.

Use these words to fill in the questions about time:

know, time (3x), tell, what, please, got

A) What's the ………….. ?

What’s the time?

B) ………….. time is it?

C) Have you ………….. the ………………. by any chance?

D) Do you have the ……………., please?

E) Sorry, could you ……… me the time, please?

F ) What's the time,……………………?

G) Do you …………..what the time is?

Tim’s daily routine

Read the text carefully. Tim is a New Zealand boy. He lives in Browns Bay, Auckland. He lives with his family in a modern house. He is eleven years old and he has an older brother, David, and a younger sister, Emma.

He starts his day at about half past seven. He gets up, goes to the bathroom, takes a shower, brushes his teeth and get dressed. Then he has breakfast and at a quarter to eight he leaves home and catches the bus to school.

Classes begin at half past eight. He usually has lunch at the school canteen at half past twelve. After school, at a quarter past five, he goes home. There he does his school homework and when he finishes it he helps his Mum laying the table. At half past seven the family has dinner together. Tim is a very helpful boy, so he helps his mother cleaning up everything after dinner.

He usually watches TV for a while after dinner and at about ten o’clock the most he brushes his teeth again, puts on his Spider Man pajamas and goes to bed. His parents always say good night before he goes to sleep. Tim is a very happy boy!

Answer True or False:

1. Tim is an American boy. ______________

2. He lives in a modern flat. _______________

3. He is eleven years old. _________________

4. He has two brothers. _______________

5. Tim wakes up at eight o’clock. __________

6. He walks to school. ____________________

7. His classes begin at half past eight. _______

8. Tim and his family have dinner at half past seven. ______________________________

Read the text carefully and answer the questions below:

1.Where does Tim live?

2. What’s his sister’s name?

3. What time does he wake up?

4. Does he have breakfast at home?

5. What time does he leave home?

6. Where does he have lunch?

7. When does he return home?

8. Does he do his homework at school or at home?

9. Is he a helpful boy?

10. Write a short story about your daily routine.

(You may copy and use Tim’s story to help you. Make it true for your daily routine.)

My daily routine

Match words and pictures

arm 7 hair noseears hand shoulde

reyes knee toesfingers

leg

foot mouth

Write the words

1. You have ten of these:

2. It can be black, brown, white … :

3. You eat food with this:

Well done, you’ve completed your first booklet.

Hand in your work and your teacher will Mark it and send you your second

workbook.

Haere rā (Goodbye)

from Northcross Intermediate School