Talking feet sentences

We made up two sentences about being a tidy kiwi.
We then walk on the footprints as we say the story.

The enormous turnip

The old man grew a turnip so enormous,  large, huge,  big as, giant that he needed lots of help.
We acted out the story.
It is good to help each other to get things done.

Duffy and the cloakroom bully.

Today we were lucky enough to see the last performance of this show.
We learnt two main messages.
1. Be kind and not a bully.
2. Reading at night before you go to sleep helps you to relax.

Film festival 2018

What an awesome time going on the buses to Sylvia Park.
We not only saw  our movie but some amazing movies made by learners from other schools.
Well done everyone!

Living in Aotearoa Film 2018

Room 1 and 5 talked about how special our country New Zealand is.

We all think that it is a special place to live.

'Have you ever thought what makes New Zealand special?

We did.

Our movie celebrates how unique Aotearoa is.'

ENJOY

School rubbish hunt

We went for a walk around our school. We were surprised at how much rubbish we found.
Even though there are rubbish bins some people do not bother to use them correctly.

Leaves

Our letter this week is l.
Mrs  Hoeberigs brought in different leaves from her garden.
We noticed the sizes, shapes and veins.
Next time you are looking at plants notice the leaves.

Jump Jam

Every morning we start the day with fitness.
It is good to get the blood pumping round your body.
Different learners lead us each day.

The elves and the shoemaker

We can all help each other in different ways.
If you help someone then one day someone will help you.
We designed and created some beautiful shoes just like the elves.

Shake Out 2018

It is important that we all know what to do if there is ever an earthquake.
All over New Zealand people practiced in Shake Out day at 9.30am on Thursday 18th October.
Know what to do and keep safe!

Junior Skip Off

Well done to Chrislyn,  Sione,  Delina,  Nikaiyah and Osty who were in the junior skip off from room 1.
You did your very best to skip as long as you could.
Keep skipping in the holidays.

Skipping demonstration

For the past nine weeks we have been learning different ways to skip.
Today we shared what we have learnt with the school and whanau.
You can tell by our faces how happy and proud we are of what we can do.

Samoan music

Mrs Folu is teaching us some Samoan songs with actions
We enjoy sharing our cultures with each other.

Little Red Riding Hood

Gosh Little Red Riding Hood was lucky that the wood cutter saved her.
Always listen to what you are told to keep safe.

Eating eggs

Now it was time to taste the cooked egg. Yum!
Eggs are are great food to eat.
We also could write about what we saw and did.

How the egg changes

Watch how the white of the egg changes from clear to white when it is cooking.

Cooking eggs

So we could see the yolk we cracked an egg open to see the yolk and the white.

Yellow yolks

This week our poem has been about eggs.
We have talked about the yellow yolk.

Jack and the beanstalk

We acted out the story of Jack and the beanstalk.
Jack's mum was angry and threw the beans out.
Jack climbed the beanstalk where he found a castle belonging to a giant.
Fee fi fo fum I smell the blood of an English man. Be he alive or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread!
Jack took the treasure and chopped down the beanstalk.

Duffy Role Model Assembly

Denzel Laumatia-Paki visited our school today as a role model for reading. 
A teacher told him that his passion was for sports and that he should read all the books he could about sport.
He has a Bachelor of Sport and Recreation and is now finishing his masters.
He competes in body building and trains people in strength building.
We can do anything we want with the help of reading.

The real Gingerbread man

We had to hold on tight to the Gingerbread men in case they ran away.
Yum they were delicious!

Daffodil Day

Today is Daffodil Day. 
All the learners made a daffodil to put on the word HOPE.
This is hope for the researchers to find a cure for cancer.
We are proudly wearing a daffodil because we donated a gold coin to the Cancer Society.

Gingerbread man

Why didn't the Gingerbread Man swim across the river?
We now know why!
Look what happened to the gingernut biscuit when it was put in the water.
It became soft, squishy,  gooey,  slimy, disgusting and yucky.
Is that why we sometimes dunk hard biscuits in our drinks?

Poetry recital

Well done to everyone for learning a poem.
Jose, Nikaiyah and Delina recited their poems in front of the school and parents.

Tuis

There is a lot of activity in the cherry tree across the road from our school.
Everyday more and more tuis are visiting the tree to get the sweet nectar.
Look out for tuis in the spring. They have a lovely song to listen to as well.

Stick modelling

Look how we created the bridge, the goat and the troll under the bridge.
Can you see the grumpy troll or the brave billy goat?

The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

We were all actors today and told the story by being the characters in the story.
The biggest billy goat was the bravest and butted the troll into the river.
Look at our scary troll faces.

Three Billy Goats Gruff

We hope that you never meet a troll like in the Three 3 Goats Gruff.
You could be brave like the biggest troll though.

Get Set Go

Today's session was all about under arm throwing.
We had to try to knock over a target.
It is important to aim before throwing.

Farewell to our Taiwanese friends

Hunter and Kevin have finished their visit to our school.
They have been part of our classes to see how we learn in New Zealand.
We sang for them and the prefects gave them some gifts.
Hunter and Kevin told us about their stay. Also that they go to school a lot longer than we do and study more subjects.
Maybe one day you will be able to visit Taiwan.

Get Set Go

We continued with balancing today.
To balance you need to use your eyes, use your arms like a plane and keep your head still.
Next we played pirates. If you get your leg cut you have get a high five to be released.

Visitors from Taiwan in room1.

Today we had Hunter and Kevin in our room.
They are learning English so we read our readers to them.

Things in the kitchen

Today we had to guess what Mrs Pedersen had in her bag from her kitchen.
The clues were: it can fit in the bag; it has to be plugged in; it does not get hot.
What is it? We guessed by looking at all the photos.
It is a food processor.
The gingernut biscuit was 'hard like a rock' said Chrislyn.
BUT look what the food processor did.
'It is crumbs' said Leroy.

School cross country

The weather stayed fine for the school cross country.
We had to run in year groups.
Well done to everyone who raced and especially those who got a placing.

Taiwanese visitors

Today we welcomed two boys and their teacher from Taiwan.
They are here for a week to improve their English and learn about New Zealand.

Learning the haka

Today we started learning the haka.
Miss Riley was teaching us the words and actions.

Kahurangi Maori Dance Theatre

A visit from the Kahurangi Maori Dance Theatre was so exciting.
They told us some myths and legends through dance and song.
We watched them use poi and tiaha.
The piupiu made a swishing sound.

Balancing

This is our first session of Get Set Go.
Our warm up game was responding to words like fire, earthquake,  tsunami and volcano.
We needed to respond in the correct way.
Then on to different ways to balance.
We can practice these skills before next week.

A foggy morning

The fog was so thick this morning that it was strange at school.
When we went out the front of the school we could not even see Mount Wellington!
What had happened to it?

Jovi clay modelling

This is our first time using the Jovi modelling clay.
We could experiment with it.
Because the weather is so cold we had to warm it up first.
We will be creating lots of different things over the next few weeks.

Learning how to skip

We have started learning how to skip.
There are many skills we need to learn.
Skipping is really good for your heart and body.

Farewell Mrs Raj

Mrs Raj began teaching at Ruapotaka School when she was a beginning teacher.
She has taught many learners over the years. We will be sad to see her leave but wish her all the very best teaching at the new school.
Kia kaha

Eating jelly

Our jelly has set overnight in the fridge.
Watch how it wobbles on the plate.
Was raspberry or orange your favourite flavour?