Hastings District Libraries Summer Sparks Handout 2021-22

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Hastings Library Warren Street, Hastings

Flaxmere Library Swansea Road, Flaxmere

Havelock North Library Te Mata Road, Havelock North

Play a board game, or create a new one.

Pureingia he papa kēmu, hangaia mai rānei he mea hou.

Kōrero mai mō te pukapuka wenewene katoa ki a koe – he aha i kore ai e pai?

Tell us about your least favourite book - what didn’t you like?

Design something amazing to play in – a treehouse, park or playground.

Hangaia mai tētahi tākarotanga whakamīharo – he whare rākau, he pāka, he papatākaro rānei.

Tūhurahia ngā kōrero mō tētahi hanganga hitōria i te rohe.

Find out about a local historical building.

Make a marble run using whatever you have in the house.

Hangaia tētahi ara māpere mā ngā rawa kei tō whare.

Create an obstacle course for someone else to try.

Hangaia mai tētahi ara taunahua hai whakamātau mā tētahi atu.

Find out more about your favourite piece of art or artist.

Hukea ētahi kōrero anō mō tō tino mahi toi, ringa toi rānei.

Pānui atu ki tētahi: whānau, hoa, mōkai rānei.

Read to someone: family, friend, or pet.

Pānuihia, ā, arotakehia hoki tētahi pukapuka, i pēhea ngā kare ā-roto?

Read and review a book, how did it make you feel?

Whanakehia te pūrākau: he aha ka whai ake?

Carry on the story: what happens after it ends?

Clean up our home: pick up rubbish on a walk.

Whakapaihia tō tātau whare: kohia ngā para i te hīkoi.

Whakarārangihia ētahi mahi hai mahi mā tō whānau i te rāhui, i ngā hararei rānei.

Create a list of activities you and your family can do during a lockdown or over the holidays.

Design a robot – what are its special features?

Hoahoatia he karetao – he aha ōna āhuatanga motuhake?

Put the tech away!

Challenge yourself to see how long you can go (minimum 1 hour).

Waiho ake te hangarau!

Hīkina te mānuka kia kitea te roa e taea ana (me kaua e iti iho i te 1 hāora).

Pānui anōtia tētahi tino pukapuka, ka kōrero mai ai ki a mātau.

Reread a favourite a book and tell us all about it.

Share the knowledge: teach someone a new skill.

Tohaina te mātauranga: ākona tētahi ki tētahi pūkenga hou.

Tuhia mai anō tētahi wāhanga o tētahi pukapuka.

Recreate a scene from a book.

Write or perform a play.

Tuhia, whakaatuhia mai rānei he whakaaturanga.

Find out about or follow a family recipe.

Huraina, whāia rānei tētahi tohutaka nā te whānau.

Kia hīkoi, kia eke, kia kūta rānei ka huraina ai he wāhi hou.

Walk, cycle or scooter and explore somewhere new.

Ākona kia mau tētahi kupu, rerenga rānei i te Reo Rotarota ka whakaakona ai ki tētahi atu.

Master a word or phrase in Sign Language and teach it to someone else.

Nā te puka i pēnei ai: ākona tētahi mahi hou, runaruna hou rānei.

The book made me do it: try learning a new craft or hobby.

Hangaia tētahi tohutaka mā ngā kai kei te pouaka tio me ngā kāpata anake.

Create a recipe using only what’s in the fridge and cupboards.

Random act of kindness: do something nice for someone.

Māhaki poka noa: mahia tētahi mahi pai hai painga mō tētahi atu.

Design or make a survival or disaster kit.

Hoahoatia, hangaia rānei tētahi kete ora, aituā rānei.