Limiteti won the junior speech competition at school today. She did an amazing speech about the seasons.
The judges thought she remembered her speech well and spoke clearly. We are proud of you Limiteti.
Speech competition
Limiteti won the junior speech competition at school today. She did an amazing speech about the seasons.
The judges thought she remembered her speech well and spoke clearly. We are proud of you Limiteti.
Malo e lei Tonga!
Malo e lelei
In term 4, we are going to be learning about the Pacific Islands. Room 5 will be exploring the islands of Tonga. The other junior rooms will be learning about different pacific islands. We will share our learning each week and compare what are the similarities and differences are between the islands of the Pacific. Food, shelter and clothing will be our main topics.
To our families, you can help us to learn about this beautiful country. Tell your children about it, write on our blog comments or even come in to talk with us. If you have special things at home from Tonga that you are willing to share, please send them for news time.
Stepping out to explore!
It is good to explore our environment and open our eyes to all the amazing diversity and detail in everyday things. We ventured out to explore the field on a pinecone hunt. We found all the pinecones that had fallen in the storm had been collected by neighbours to burn in their fires at home. We decided to find as many different flowers as we could on the school field because we thought there were only daisies. We were wrong... look at what we found!
Wow, what a beautiful display of colour and texture. We picked the flowers and took them inside to write about. We wrote words to describe what each flower looked like then wrote independently about our discovery.The world outside our window.
Goodbye beautiful Rita!
Today was Rita's last day at Ruapotaka School. We will miss Rita's happy smile and loving nature, her cheeky sense of humour and friendship with everyone at our school. Rita has taught us so much about her Samoan culture, like counting to ten, which we will continue to use now she has gone. Tofa soifua, la manuia Rita goodbye and good luck.
Grey Crowned Crane
What is this bird doing on our blog?
Miss Dunne brought in this photograph today for room 5 and we wrote descriptively about it. We then created a colourful pastel artwork. We heard some information about the crane and answered questions about what we remembered. We are becoming good listeners and learners. Can you remember 3 facts about the crane?
Below is a you tube clip of the
gray crowned crane in the wild.
Stay tuned to the blog to see
our art soon.
Cross Country Race 2014
Today at Ruapotaka School we ran in our school cross country. It was a beautiful spring day and the sun was shining for us as we ran. Many of our parents came to support us and cheer us on.
Our 6 year girls race was exciting. Limiteti lead the girls off around the field. She ran fast and came first. Rita raced in for second place and close behind was Alicia in third place. All room 5 girls tried their best.
In the 6 year boys race, Alavine had an awesome race and came in first place. The boys had a fast and very competitive run. Well done to everyone, you gave it your best and you finished the race smiling!
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