Skimming, scanning, and finding information

Ruma Tekau Ma Tahi are currently learning to write information reports and we have been researching about China. 

Last week we worked in small groups to find interesting facts about Chinese cuisine using our skimming, scanning, and comprehending strategies. Check out our work...! 

We are "creati-ful"...

Kaiti School had school photos today, and we knew that we would have lots of tamariki in and out of class for different group photos - so we organised rotations based on our Term topic 'CHINA'. 

Some of us worked on Ako Hui presentations, and the rest of us rotated between making lanterns, making an abacus, writing a report on Chinese cuisine, and practising our spelling...! 

Koka shared the learning experiences and expectations with us,our tuakana set up the learning spaces and monitored our learning, and we all worked independently and with one-another. RAWE!! 

Rain, rain...

It's raining outside, but that not stopping us from enjoying our play time relaxing in our waterproof beanbag outside... 

Making paper...??

I wonder why Ruma Tekau Ma Tahi have turned their Recycling tub into a Paper-Making Kit...? 

Watch this space... 

Totally Devoted to our health!

Ruma Tekau Ma Tahi explored what it means to be healthy and happy! We discovered that when we are healthy we are happy, and when we are happy we are healthy... :-) 

We still LOVE cookies, and we were so lucky to know that we can munch on some yummy cookies that are good for us, too....! We munched and crunched on Totally Devoted Family Cookies and wrote a poem about the tasty cookies... 

The only sad thing about our experience was that there weren't enough!! Thank you Totally Devoted for giving us an option that is scrumptious, crunchy, and HEALTHY! Totally Devoted makes us happy AND healthy - perfect. 

CORE Cluuuubbb!!!

Ruma Tekau Ma Tahi have begun CORE Club on Wednesday afternoons. Amongst lots of adjectives of our own, CORE stands for Chill Out and RE-connect, which is exactly what we did yesterday in our first week...! 

We planned with Koka to make CORE Club fluid and student-directed. Some of us set-up an art table, some of us shared time on the computers, some of us asked Koka to teach us some new maths games, some of us spent some time hula-hooping and skipping outside in the afternoon sun, and some of us even asked Koka to practice our reading with us! 

Sonia-Leigh's whanau shared some chocolate cake with us and Matua Aaron brought in homemade pumpkin soup, too!  

We can't wait for CORE Club next week... 

Who We Are - steps 3 & 4

Sigrid has done it for us again...! We are so blessed to have our very own artist create learning experiences for us to paint our own - GIGANTIC! - self-portraits...

Here we are exploring steps 3 & 4... Writing our 'intention' on our canvas ("I am happy to be me - who I am on the inside and the outside"), and choosing 3 colours that make us feel happy for our base! 

We look forward to our next steps - thank you, Sigrid!! :-) 

MAI Time!!

How lucky is Ruma Tekau Ma Tahi... Matua Aaron came in to make feijoa and berry smoothies with us, Miss Owen helped us bake delicious baked-bean cups, and we went home with full pukus!!

We love MAI Time... :-) 

The Variety Bash!

Kaitu Kura was so lucky to have the Variety Bashers visit our school! Like the rest of the school, Runa Tekau Ma Tahi began the day early and came to school at 7.30am for the parade...!

We have been writing all about it in class (watch this space as we begin to add published recounts to our personal blogs!)

'Painting' a picture!

Out focus in Writingvis to "paint a picture" in the Readers mind using interesting language; such as adjectives!

This morning we worked in our cooperative groups. Two if us had to yes as many adjectives as possible to describe an illustration, while the other two had to use their best listening and comprehension skills to try and draw the image... The challenge was the the 'drawers' couldn't see the illustration we were describing, so we had to use as many adjectives as possible! 

 

Mr Chicken Goes To Paris!

Its true, Mr Chicken does go Paris and teaches us all about arrays... 

The 'RED' thread...

We are currently studying the work of Sigrid Eleanora Ariana for our self-portraits in Ruma Tekau Ma Tahi. This week we explored the first two steps of creating our self-portrait with Sigrid. We are all bringing in something special to remind us of 'who we are' and our whanau whilst we explore our self-portraits for ther rest of Term 1. Koka had set up a table for us and we'll share our special things tomorrow! 

The second step was a 'red string' ceremony, which connects us all with the one piece of thread. We shared what we liked about our self, what we liked about someone else in our life, and what we lime about someone else that we would like to have our self. 

 Now we have our own blue wrist band for the term, or as long as we like! 

Everyday arrays, hooray!

Check us out - making arrays (even rows and columns) to: catch a bus, go to church, and watch the circus...!

'Doubles' maths game!

Check out this fun maths game we use for a warm-up activity in Ruma Tekau Ma Tahi...!

Thanks Koka Joelle for giving us the idea - we love it!!!

Swimming @ Ilminister

Ruma Tekau Ma Tahi put all their swimming practice to good use today; racing in the Year Groups at Ilminister School! 

Everyone tried their best and had such positive, supportive attitudes! You should be so proud of yourselves, Ruma 11 :-) 

I wonder what we'll be writing about in class tomorrow... 

Room 11 camp

Koka went up to explore the road and stops up to our destination for our syndicate camp in week 6. She went with the Puhi Kaimoana whanau - I wonder where we're going...?? 

Learning to brrreeeaathe...

Ruma Tekau Ma Tahi are so proud of their swimming practice that they've asked Koka to share it on our blog! 

Here they are... Our focus this week was our breathing 

The Kaiti School whanau is happy!!

Use your WITS

Ruma Tekau Ma Tahi are using their WITS  to 'do the right thing'... 

VERRRBBSSS!

For our writing we are exploring using more interesting verbs. Today we worked together in our writing groups to play 'Verb Pictionary': 

- First, 2 of our peers had to act out verbs that they were given by Koka on sticky-notes 

- Then we brainstormed all the verbs we called out during the game! 

- Finally, we categorised each new verb under one of 4 common verbs used; went, said, looked, ate 

I wonder what interesting verbs you could think of...? 

What does 2 groups of 3 look like?

In Ruma Tekau Ma Tahi we are exploring  numbers and how they work! 

Koka Sara G asked is to show her what 2 x 3 looked like and we knew the answer was '6', but it was interesting thinking about what it LOOKS like... 

What do you think...!