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Welcome to 2017

Tania Mokaraka — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 21:21:19 +0000

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……

Team Piwakawaka – our junior class with Miss Roulston

Team Kereru – our middle class with Miss B

Team Korimako – our senior class with Mrs Edwards and Mrs Abbott

2016 – Room 1 Hockey Stars

Sophia Roulston — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 20:35:32 +0000

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.

2016 Room 1 – Fun Science Experiments

Sophia Roulston — Sun, 13 Nov 2016 00:03:30 +0000

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 first experiment we did was mixing dry ice and water. It is like a mist from a mysterious forest. It looked like it was fog. It was white like clouds. It was like paper. It was like teeth and eyes. It was like a whiteboard and wall. It was like a penguins white stomach.

By Paige and Jamie

We mixed some dishwashing liquid with some dry ice and water. It looked like a bubbling snake. It was bubbling up. When you pop the bubbles smoke floated out. We liked holding the bubbles in our hands.

By Elise and Sophy

We got to put lots of different things in dry ice. We put in an apple, an egg, a kiwifruit, flowers, a biscuit, a balloon and lots of other things. Some of the things were frozen solid when we took them out of the dry ice. When we cut the apple in half we noticed that it was really solid and frozen on the outside but it wasn’t very hard or frozen on this inside. We weren’t allowed to eat the apple. Two things did not freeze they were the fake flower and the balloon.

By Quinn and Miss Roulston

Egg Cracked

We put an egg in some water and dry ice. When we took it out we cracked it open on a plate. We saw that the egg was frozen solid on the outside and still runny on the inside because the yolk didn’t freeze. It was cool!

By Isabella and Maia

Bubble Pancake

It is white and cold. You will need dishwashing liquid, hot water and dry ice to make an awesome bubble pancake like ours! Big, white bubbles started coming out of the bowl. There were big, fat bubbles.

By Max and Spencer

We put water in a balloon and put it in the cold dry ice mixture. Then we used a knife to take the outside of the balloon off. Inside the balloon it was a nice, smooth ball of ice. We cut the balloon open like a coconut. It was hard to crack open. Once we cracked it open everyone got to hold it. It was so cold! It melted with the heat of our hands when we were holding it. It was so cold that we had to drop it.

By Dalana and Pippa.

We thought that they were the best science experiments ever!

Thank you Miss B and Team 3 for letting us join in the science fun.

2016 – Room 3 and our town planning.

Trudi Bertie — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 03:44:01 +0000

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!

2016 – Room 3 Science day!

Trudi Bertie — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 02:28:57 +0000

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!

2016 – Room 4 – Olympic Torches

Ayla Truman — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 02:17:34 +0000

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!

2016 – Ruma Wha School Camp

Ayla Truman — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 02:11:46 +0000

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!

2016 – Awesome Art

Sophia Roulston — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 07:07:17 +0000

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!

2016 – The Best Cross Country!

Sophia Roulston — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 01:30:41 +0000

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 ourselves ready. Most of us were beginning to feel nervous but some of us were really excited. We did a walk through of the course, it felt like it was going to be a really long run! A lady did a speech to welcome us to the cross country.

It was time for the races to begin. Quinn was the first person from our class to run. He felt happy and did an awesome job of his running. He got dizzy and tired in the middle of the race. When he felt better he started running again.

Next Elise, Isabella, Paige and Pippa got ready for their run. After their stretches they started their race. Paige, Pippa and Isabella felt excited and Elise was quite nervous. They had to run over a log, up over the water jump and through a stream. It was great to hear lots of cheering from Dalana.

Max, Jamie and Angus were up next. They were feeling excited, nervous and amazing. Max ran in a river and through a gate, he came fifth and bet lots of other people. Angus felt so great when he ran passed other people in the race. Jamie liked the race and did well even though he was nervous.

Everyone worked really hard and tried their best!

By Room 1

2016 – Room Four’s Poetry

Ayla Truman — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 03:52:32 +0000

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 signature white T-shirt and a big glass of duff beer along with some plain blue jeans and black shoes.

Decorate with a fat stomach and a small vocabulary, that mainly involves the word “Doh!”

Stir in lots of humour and an airhead personality and a high amount of violence towards his son.

Bake in double glazed doughnuts and you just cooked yourself a Homer Simpson.

Written by Ayla Trueman

I Remember Summer…

I remember the smell of sea spray, rolling in from the south,

I remember the sweet smell of Pohutukawa flowers,

I remember the smell of sugary ice creams.

I’ll Miss you Summer

Written by Islay Bruce

I loathe winterWinter is fluffy warm jumpersWinter is snow blanketed green grass, standing highWinter is empty bare treesWinter is cold frozen feet

Winter is muddy damp shoes

Winter is frozen foggy breath

I loathe winter.

Written by Lilly Kluge-Brown

I like winter

Winter is warm jackets

Winter is a deep sleep

Winter is amazing animals snuggling together

Winter is fluffy moths

Winter is empty fruit bowls

Winter is flooded paddocks

Winter is whizzing windscreen wipers

Winter is frosty fingers

I like winter.

Written by Spencer Wills