Maths Evening at Rangikura School

Kia Ora,
Thank you to all who made it out to the Rangikura maths evening last week. It was fantastic to hear all the "maths talk" going around. If you missed it here are some photos of the Room 1 Perimeter City. We all had a great time working in this project.  

Learning more about our Tinana (bodies)

Kia Ora,

This term we have been learning more about our tinana (bodies).  We have been learning about the human skeletal system and as part of our learning we built these skeletons.  It was such a fun activity and we thought it was like building a huge puzzle.  Please come and have a look at our skeletons - we would love to tell you more about our learning.

The Kahurangi Dance Group

We just loved the Kahurangi Dance Group Performance yesterday! They were awesome! We were blown away by the stories they shared through song and dance.  We did a shared writing activity afterwards where we all shared our knowledge and Ms. V wrote down our ideas.  Here are some photos of the show.

Room 1 enjoying the brand new Rangikura Library

Today we had our first visit to the brand new Rangikura Library and we loved it! The library looks fantastic and we really enjoyed sitting on the comfy cushions and seats reading our books.  Whaea Pip showed us around and explained to us where all the books were and what books we could have a read from.  We can't wait to go back to the library next week!

An afternoon with our Buddy Class

Kia Ora and welcome back to a new term! We spent our afternoon working with our Senior buddy class in Room 12.  Our task was to create a menu for a 'tuck shop' we had to think of some healthy food choices and also how much items would cost.  Our big buddies really liked some of the ideas we came up with and they thought it would be awesome to have some of those items in a tuck shop.  Our buddies also read to us and we really enjoyed listening to the stories they shared.  We are so lucky here at Rangikura School to have Seniors who love spending time with us Juniors - we can learn a lot from them and they can learn a lot from us!

Learning from each other in Room 1.

In Room 1 we love to help each other and one way we do this is by reading with each other.  Reading with a buddy is a lot of fun and it is a chance to learn from each other.  We just love reading in Room 1 because we know that the more we read the more we learn and that is just awesome! If you would like to hear some great reading pop into Room 1 and we will be happy to share our fantastic reading with you.

Visiting Author

On Monday we were so lucky to have Juliette MacIver come to visit us and read some of her books. She is a great author and we just loved the way she acted out some scenes from her book. We hope she comes to visit us again soon!

Inquiry Learning In Room 1

As part of our Inquiry learning we have started designing our very own games. We are designing them for people to play in the future. Some of us are designing games that are played on iPads and others can be played in real life. Watch this space to see what creative ideas we come up with.

The Very Hungry 🐛

Wow we had such a fun day in class today. We have been reading and listening to the Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. To celebrate our learning we created a whole wall dedicated to the story. I feel really lucky to have such a great class who work together so well - Room 1 rocks!!!

Last Day Of Swimming

Last Day Of Swimming

Yesterday was our last day at the pool. We had a great time and we can't wait for next year to get back into the pool to learn some more about how to stay safe in the water. Thanks to all parents and caregivers for ensuring our tamariki had everything they needed to be successful in the water.

Squiggle writing in Room 1

I feel very lucky because in Room 1 there are a lot of fantastic writers.  They love writing interesting stories and I would like to share a few of them with you.  This week we wrote Squiggle stories and they start with, well a squiggle! The squiggle can be turned into ANYTHING you can think of! This is a great activity to be creative and to create a story based on something you've drawn.  Enjoy!

This story is by James   

This story is by Ahla

This story is by Envy

Some More Swimming Fun

We had another great day at the pool. We are becoming more confident in the water - which is really important for our learning. We can't wait to go back tomorrow.

Learning About Our Past

We had so much fun today talking about the past and the present. This is important learning for our topic this term. Please encourage our tamariki to talk to you about how things worked in the past versus how they work now.

Champion Swimmers!

What a great day to go to the pools for swimming lessons! Room 1 were fantastic - they listened to their instructors and it was clear everyone really enjoyed themselves (while learning of course!) Here are just a few photos from today but keep an eye out - I'll be posting more as we go along.

Swimming season is here!

Kia Ora parents and caregivers,

On Monday we will be heading down to the Cannon's Creek pools for swimming lessons.  Please ensure that your child has a named plastic bag with togs and a towel.  Also, I am still waiting on a few permission slips - it would be great if you could send those to school tomorrow.

Any questions, please ask.

Regards,
Ms. V

Ms. Holland Came To Visit Room 1

This week we were so lucky to have Ms. Holland come to room 1 to share some stories with us. She even took us on a Bear Hunt and we got such a fright at the end of the story when we found the bear. We hope Ms. Holland will come to visit us again soon.

Fun In The Sun!

The sun decided to pay Rangikura School a visit today so we just had to get outside for a play. We had a great time playing 'Duck Duck Goose'. For some of us this was a new game to learn and it was great to see everyone working together and helping each other. We hope the sun comes back tomorrow. Please feel free to leave us a comment - we love reading them.

Whanau picnic at the Waikanae Pools!

We have been hoping for sunny weather for our trip to the pools - and we sure got it! It was a fun-filled day and it was such a treat to see so many whanau attend the picnic.  The hydro-slide was a firm favourite and it was clear that all the kids absolutely loved going down it and landing in the pool.  We were sad to leave but we'll treasure the memories we made.