Acrostic Poems - Waitangi Day

                                             

          Waka gliding through the water

          Attempts to get Maori land back

          It's an awesome whanau day!

          Treaty of Waitangi

          Aotearoa - Land of the Long White Cloud

               New Zealand's native trees and birds

          Great day out!

          Interesting people flock to the Bay of Islands

          Day to remember our history

          An agreement between two countries

          Year after year celebrating a partnership

           By Taaria

 

 

Writing Diary Entries - Signing the Treaty of Waitangi

When I first walked onto the Waitangi grounds to sign the Treaty of Waitangi, I saw many strange British people staring at me. I displayed my mana by walking with my head held high so the pakeha could see my moko edged deep into my face but felt scared inside because the British soldiers and their weapons frightened me.
I reluctantly signed the Treaty and was surprised I did because I was a fierce warrior in my own right.

Technology - Math Games

During Technology today, I had the opportunity to create a new math game. Trust me, it wasn't easy because we had to think of new ideas, list materials, record instructions how to play the game and make up a set of rules. It was fun!

My favourite part was designing and creating my math game. I can't wait to finish it! I wonder what my parents will think? I hope they like it! We'll be able to play it as a family.

By Essica





                                                                                          

  

Science - Hot and Cold

During science today, we got to explore hot and cold water. Each group had a cup of very cold water and a cup of very warm water. First we put our index finger into the warm water and described what it felt like, then repeated this with the cup of cold water. Next we used a dropper to carefully squirt pink food colouring into the cup of very warm water and watched the entire cup of water turn pink.

My group dropped blue food colouring into the cup of very cold water and watched awesome patterns form from the top to the bottom of the cup.

The food colouring did not mix with the cold water like it did in the cup of warm water. Some of us noticed the warm water turned dark purple when we mixed blue with the pink food colouring in the warm water.

By Josephine

Maths - Speed Gun

                                                                             

Every morning, we practise our basic facts with a game of Speed Gun. Speed Gun is really cool! I have improved a lot since we started at the beginning of the term.
First, we copy numbers from 1 - 12 in any order along the top of our table and down the side of the margin. Next, we add one of the math operations for addition, subtraction, multiplication or division. This term we are practising addition and subtraction.
The strategy I use to get faster at this game is by starting with the easy numbers I know first, then move onto the harder ones next because I can quickly record the ones I know. I like this game because it helps me get fast at recalling my basic facts.

By Teina Reid

Technology - Math Board Games

Hone Heke versus the Taniwha

Today was fun because we were making our own math board games to play with our friends and family. Members in our group were Inverness, Taaria and Kadison.
 

Materials:

Cardboard
Paper
Pencils
Vivid
Glue/cellotape
Ruler
Scissors

 Steps to create the board game:

1. Cut the cardboard  into whatever shape you want.

2. Glue coloured paper over the top of the cardboard.

3. Draw a path and rule lines along the path to create squares,        then write numbers from 1-50.

4. Draw pictures of Hone Heke and Taniwha at different places on the board game.

5. Make two dices for the game.

 

How to Play:

1. Player one roles both dices and adds the two numbers together.

2. Player one moves their counter the number of spaces along the board game.

3. Players take turns to see who is the first to reach the final square.

 

Rules:

1. If you land on Hone Heke, you short cut to the space he points too.

2. If you land on the Taniwha, you slide back down to the space his tail is in.

 

By Inverness and Taaria

                                      

Welcome to Ruma Toru - Term 1, 2014

Welcome to Ruma Toru! We have waved goodbye to last year's year 8 students and have welcomed our year 5 tamariki to our whanau and are very excited about the year ahead. Our door is always open
and we invite you to visit our classroom and look forward to working alongside of you and your families.

Ruma Toru is a sporty class and loves to play outdoor activities and attend sporting events. Some of our hobbies are listening to music, drawing and collecting cards. Our favourite subjects include The Arts, Maths, Science and Topic.

This term the theme for Topic is 'Communities'. We are currently examining the Treaty of Waitangi and investigating different types of Communities. We will study the roles, responsibilities and goals of Communities and explore services provided by the Community. We will also focus on the Sochi Winter Olympic Games and Anzac Day.

This blog is for tamariki to share their learning with their family and friends and will be run by students, so please excuse spelling mistakes as this is a vital part of their learning. Opportunities will be given to students to review their work and make corrections.

Please continue to visit our blog and we invite any feedback you like to share with us. Just go to the school website, click on 'classes', select the 'senior class' and click on 'blog'. You can leave us a message by selecting 'contact us' on the school website and addressing the message to Ruma Toru.

Finally, our Public Health Nurse, Margaret Connolly, is accessible to assist with any health concerns from Monday to Friday from 8 am - 4.30 pm. You can contact her on 0800 746 944, Option 5. Please remember to leave your name and a contact number you can be reached on.

Lets continue to inspire our tamariki and carry the positive momentum of our learning journey through the rest of the year.

Naku Noa

Whaea Dee
(Darnella Walker)