Welcome back to 2017. We look forward to providing our children with some outstanding teaching and learning again this year. We have some brand new class names this year, introducing...... … [Read more...]
2016 – Room 1 Hockey Stars
Room 1 have been working on improving their hockey skills. During their weekly P.E. lessons the students have learnt how to receive, dribble, push and pass the ball to each other. They then showed off their skills during a nail biting game. It was great to see the students encouraging each other by cheering on their teammates. … [Read more...]
2016 Room 1 – Fun Science Experiments
This week we completed some experiments with dry ice. Before we started we talked about what we thought dry ice was and what might happen when we carry out the experiments. We are getting really good at discussing our hypothesis that we write. We also talked about how to be safe and what we need to do during the experiments. The … [Read more...]
2016 – Room 3 and our town planning.
Room 3 have been building towns using 3D shapes and nets. Students mapped out their towns with post it notes and then began building there towns using a range of shapes built from nets. Students had a great time building their towns! … [Read more...]
2016 – Room 3 Science day!
Room 3 have been working on our science inquiry! We have been learning about atoms and how atoms can change to make chemical reactions. Here are a few photos from our science day! … [Read more...]
2016 – Room 4 – Olympic Torches
As we were studying the Olympics Room Four decided we would create some Olympic Torches. We used some recycled milking cups from one of the students milk sheds and came up with these cool and colourful designs! … [Read more...]
2016 – Ruma Wha School Camp
Last term Room 4 went on their very exciting outdoor camp to Ruakaka beach. While at the camp, students had a lesson in kayaking down the river, building our own nets and tee pee building. It was a very exciting camp that the students, and Mr Green really enjoyed! Here are a few pictures that were taken during camp! … [Read more...]
2016 – Awesome Art
We love creating lots of different artworks in room 1. This term we have looked at art from New Zealand, Africa and Australia. Look at the photos below that show us working hard to create our masterpieces! … [Read more...]
2016 – The Best Cross Country!
On Tuesday our whole school went to Waiotira to do cross country. First everyone in our school went on a bus. When we were on the bus we sat with our buddies. The road was bumpy and windy, it made us feel like we were jumping on a bouncy castle. Some people felt dizzy. When we got to Waiotira we put up our gazebo and started to get … [Read more...]
2016 – Room Four’s Poetry
In Room Four we have just finished our unit on poetry. We learnt many different forms. Here are some examples of the poems that we came up with. We hope you enjoy :-) What am I? Take a plain yellow animated face with a little bit of hair on top, some large round eyes and a large beak like mouth, that will chomp down any food. Add a … [Read more...]