R is for Rocket!

R is for Rocket!

Every week we have 2 letters that we focus on and do lots of learning about. 

Last week, our letters of the week were Qq and Rr. 

We decided that we were going to make a rocket blast into the air with Miss Cruz's help!

To make the rocket we needed:

- Mentos

- Coca Cola

- Masking tape

Once we did this experiment we decided to draw pictures and write about rockets. 

Watch our video below, we think it is pretty cool!

Reading visitors

This week, we were lucky enough to have a few students from Toroa come to Ruru and read to us. Before they read, they talked about what they had been learning and what good readers do. We really enjoyed listening to their stories and thought they did a very good job.

This is Tizzy and Tom with the crocodiles and penguins reading groups.

My Dinosaur Writing

Hi my name is Yin. I like to draw dinosaurs. Today I got to show my writing to Mrs Walkinshaw. It made me feel happy!

Blogger Buddies!

This term, along with Toroa we are trialling 'Blogger Buddies'. This is where an older student comes and visits us in our learning space to see what we are getting up to on a particular day! We hope that you enjoy a different perspective to our learning!

Hi, my name is Andrew.
I am one of the Blogger Buddies for Ruru.
I visited Ruru last week and took some photos of their learning.
They looked like they were having lots of fun.
My focus this week was to get to know the teachers and kids in Ruru so that next time they are comfortable sharing their learning and goals with me.

Here are some of the photos that I took!

 

 

 

I had lots of fun visiting Ruru and I can't wait to go back again.

Superstar Writing!

Yesterday for writing the Zebras and Meerkats looked at some beautiful pictures of the night sky. We came up with lots of words to describe what we could see and then each wrote a sentence using some of our amazing words. Check it out!

Cultural Assembly

Two weeks ago we had a Cultural Assembly where we got to appreciate all the different cultures represented in our school. We were really excited to see some of our friends from Ruru carry their countries' flags during the assembly. Afterwards we got to eat some delicious food from lots of these different countries. It was a really amazing day! A big thank you to all of the parents and family members who came to support this event. Here are a couple of pictures of some of our special outfits from that day!

Showing our HEART values!

At the end of Term One we decided to have a discussion about our HEART values and how we can show them at school during our learning time and in the playground.

All of the children came up with some wonderful ideas so we took some photos of our value RESPECT in action!

We can be respectful by 'Giving 5' 

We can be respectful by putting rubbish in the bin

We can be respectful by waiting for our turn on the playground

We can be respectful by holding the door open for others

It is respectful and kind to say hello to each other!