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Spring Poems

lambs
soft, cute
walking, sitting, feeding
growing all the time
sheep
by Katie

lamb
cute, fluffy
drinking, eating, walking
eat the yummy grass
sheep
by Lily P

Feel soft like a fluffy pillow
Light when you pick them
Orange, red and green too
Water them to make them sprout
Everyday they will sprout
Rainbow colours for you and me
Smell like my Mum's perfume.
by Mercedes

Little lambs
Around the paddock
Milk
Baa baa
Soft
by Louanne

lamb
fluffy, little
shaking, jumping, playing
eat grass, drink milk
sheep
by Jack T

Spring has arrived

In Ruma Tui we began to look at spring at the end of term 3. We talked about what changes in the environment when the season changes from winter to spring.

We had some special visitors to school.

All the children spent time planting some seeds and watching them grow.

Earthquake Writing

I wiggled on the top bunk with my brother. I felt safe because I had my pillow over my head. It blocked my ears. The earthquake broke my concrete.
by Daniel Arthur

I felt happy because because it was'nt my first earthquake. It made me slip and slide. The people across the road are going to the hospital.
by Connor Bootsma

I felt nervous because it made me jiggle and my brother Lucas cried. My Mum stood in Lucas' door and my Dad stood in my door.
by Jack Farrell

I did not feel the earthquake. My Mum picked me up. It made the ground shake. The ground shook even more.
by Alisha Roberts

I felt freaked out. It made me sway and I was scared too. It was cool. It knocked smellies down because it shaked alot.
by Mercedes Van Royen

I thought the earthquake was my Dad shaking my bed. I felt very scared because it was my first earthquake.
by Joachim Gooch

It was frightning and I was nervous. I saw no buildings broken. I wobbled. By KJ

I was happy because I was brave. The earthquake shook me. By Joel Booth

On Saturday I was scared because the earthquake struck and scared me. The earthquake made a shake, shake, bang, bang noise. My baby Thomas didn't wake up.
by Lily Pali

Last night we had an earthquake. My bed was wiggling. Brandon and Thomas bed were wiggling too. I felt brave. My snooky made me brave.
by Katie Ronson

I was scared by the earthquake. It woke me up because it was loud. Some windows were broken and some people were nervous.
by Rebekah Grieve

I liked the earthquake because the bed bounced. It smashed buildings down.
by Jack Todd

Duffy Poems

We wrote poems for Duffy's (Books in Homes) birthday. We entered them in a competition to win a trip to Auckland to see the Books in Homes offices and help celebrate Duffy's 15th birthday. We wrote some awesome poems but no one was lucky enough to win the trip - maybe next time! Enjoy reading some of our poems below.


Cool to read after school.
On the couch.
On my bed with Jordan to help him learn to read.
Terrific books.
Or some hard books too.
Read.
Every book.
About everything I can read.
Duffy book's. by Grace



Cool Centennial readers
On track with your eyes
On the page there are pictures so that you can figure out tricky words
Lovely books are cool
Terrific to read new story books
On track with your learning
Reading is fun
Easy books are cool
After school I read
Doing it right by Lily Beazley



Cool to read
On the go
On the job
Like to read
There are words in the book
On the front is the author's name
Reading is fun
Eay to read
Amazing to read
Duffy assemblies are cool by Michaela


Cool dog books
On my bed I read books
On my bed with Dad
Learning is cool
Take my books to bed
Cool books to read
Rocking books
Evrery book is cool
A book is important
Duffy assemblies are cool By Connor Bootsma


Covers
On the pages are pictures and words
On the job
Learning is cool
To know how to read
On the shelf I keep my books
Reading is terrific
Excellent reading
ABC's are cool
Duffy gives us books for free by Thomas

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Welcome back 2010

Welcome back to Ruma Tui for 2010.

We have had a great start to the term with the children showing an eagerness to learn new things. All the children work really well together and they love to help and play together. Mrs Soper already knows she has the best class in the school!

Term One is always a busy term with things like - camp week, life education, safe walking happening during the term. As a class we are focussing on getting to know each other, setting class routines and learning about our school community.

Swimming is well underway with all children loving having a splash on the really 'hot' days we have had so far.

Over the term the children will be making 'posts' on the blog and we will we adding photos, slideshows and pictures of our work.

Here's looking forward to a busy term!