Tui

Skipping

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Go the All Blacks!

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Duffy Books - 5th October 2011

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Rugby World Cup

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The children in Tui talked and wrote about what they like about rugby! Below are some of their thoughts...

In rugby I like the flags. by Sapphire

I like the rugby because the All Blacks are funny when they do the haka. They poke out their tongues out when they do the haka. by Becky

I like the All Blacks doing the haka. The All Blacks are the best at kicking the ball. by Skyler

In rugby I like the haka and when the All Blacks play the game. by Andrew

It is cool when they do the haka. I like it when they poke their tongues out. It is really cool at the rugby too. By Kate

I like the haka because the All Blacks do it before they start the game. by Dylan

In rugby I like the haka. When the All Blacks play for New Zealand they get tries. When the All Blacks sing they are good. Go the All Blacks! by Joel

I like the All Blacks doing the scrum in rugby. I like the All Blacks winning the Rugby World Cup 2011. by Cameron

My favourite thing of rugby is the World Cup 2011 because the All Blacks will try to win. They always try their best and it is very important they win. by Becks

In rugby I like the haka and the fireworks. Every team has a turn and the world cup is hard to win. by Levi

In rugby I like Ritchie. He is cool because he is the best player. He might get the rugby world cup. by Josh

In rugby I like the haka. When the All Blacks poke out their tongues I laugh. by Charlie

Maths time

2011-10-23T16:43:00.001-07:00

Trip to Auckland

2011-10-23T16:41:00.001-07:00

As you will have read in an earlier posting I won a trip to Auckland with Duffy and Books in Homes.

Tamati and I left home at 5.15am - yawning all the way to Timaru. We hopped on out first flight at 6am to Wellington. After a bit of a wait in Wellington we boarded flight number two and headed to Auckland. We were met at Auckland by Phil, from Books in Homes, who was our guide for the day.

I was one of five teachers who had been chosen for this special opportunity and while we waited for others to arrive we had a great cup of coffee...

After leaving the airport the day past very quickly. We visited the Scholastic warehouse and were blown away by all the work they do - publishing books, the lucky book orders, book fairs and organising the Duffy books for schools.

At the warehouse there are a large number of books and each of us were lucky enough to be able to choose some for our class... I was able to bring back 45 books and give each member of the class a free book.

By the time we made it back to Waimate and our house it was 8.30pm - a long, tiring but fantastic day!

Duffy Day Out

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Toys

2011-08-27T18:30:00.000-07:00

We are looking at toys and games for our topic this term. We will be focussing on toys and games from our parents and grandparents time.

As a beginning to this unit the children were asked to bring to school their favourite toy. Quite a selection came along and we will be comparing these with some olden day toys.

Snow Time!

2011-08-27T18:04:00.000-07:00

We had 2 days of school because of snow in Term 3. The children all tell me they had a great time making snowmen, throwing snowballs and making snow angels.

Here are some of their stories.

All of my family made a snowman. We threw snow at our Mum. Then a storm came. It was really big and cold. Then we picked Dad up from work.
by Johnny

It was really cold and it was hailing outside my house. I made a two layered snowman. I used little, spiky pebbles for the mouth and eyes. I got a carrot from inside for the nose. To make my snowman pretty I put a wreath on his head.. I used two short sticks for the arms. I put a scarf and a hat so it was warm.
By Becks

In the snow I made a big snowball. It was cold outside. The ice was really cold. I made my snowball by myself.
by Mitchell

In the snow I made two big snowmen. I used two bluberries for the eyes and raisins for the mouth and a banana for the nose.
by Charlie

It was very cold. I made a snowman with my Mum and sisters. It was fun. I made a snow fairy. I did it on the grass and it melted.
by Jade

The snow was cold. There was ice. I like the snow because it is fun. You can make a snowman.
By Levi

Thanking our Sponsor

2011-08-27T17:33:00.000-07:00

As a class we decided we would thank Centennial Schools Duffy Books in Home Sponsor, New Zealand Dairies.

We wrote stories, published some comin life presentations and we also made a movie about why duffy books are important to us.

We made the published stories and comic life pages into books and asked a representative from NZ Dairies to come to our school assembly where we played the movie and presented them with our 2 books.

Mrs Soper wrote about what we had done and sent this information away to the Books in Hom,es co-ordinators. Mrs Soper won a trip to Auckland (a day trip) to visit at the Scholastic book offices and meet the Books in Homes team. She also got to choose $300 worth of books free! She was very excited and she promised to get everyone a book!

Below are some of our stories.

My favourite books are fish books. I have a fish book at home and a Nemo book. True books are my favourites.
By Joel

I like Duffy Books because its fun to read them. You use different words.
by Skyler

Duffy books are important because they are special and they help us read books that have no pictures. I would like to get a Pokemon book because I like Pokeman.
By Kade

It is fun to read Duffy books. I read them to my little brothers and my Mum and Dad. It is fun to read books to my Dad.
By Mitchell

I like Duffy because we get Duffy books each year on Duffy days.
By Logan

Mrs Soper will have to work with Mrs Rivett to get the movis onto the blog... Watch this space.

Cross country 2011

2011-08-27T17:31:00.001-07:00

ANZAC

2011-04-25T20:35:00.000-07:00

We learnt about ANZAC day.

ANZAC stands for Australia, New Zealand Army Corps.

On ANZAC day we remember all the men and women who have fought and died for our country in wars.

As a class we made poppies - poppies are worn on ANZAC day because they were the first things to grow in Flanders Field after the great war (1914-1918)

We made a wreath using our poppies - people lay wreathes on war memorials to show their respect for those who fought in wars.

We read, 'My Grandad Marches on ANZAC Day' by Catriona Hoy & Benjamin Johnson.
This explained to us why people march on ANZAC Day and what it means to war veterans and their families.

Mrs Saunders-Tack and Mrs Clarkson came and helped us make ANZAC biscuits. They were yummy with some being very big!

Safekids

2011-04-25T20:34:00.001-07:00

Safe Walking

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Police Education Officer - Constable Brown - came to our school. She taught us how to cross the road safely using a crossing and how to do it safely when there is no crossing. She taught us this poem to help us remember...

Stop, look and listen
Before you cross the street.
Use your eyes, use your ears
Before you use your feet.

Constable Brown also taught us about sneaky driveways. Sometimes cars back out of driveways and don't see us walking on the footpath. You have to check the driveways as you walk along the footpath.

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Outdoor Education Week

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On Tuesday I liked playing tug of war the best and I liked John. it was fun and John was cool. by Ferguson

I like camp week because it is fun. on Tuesday we got to have games and lunch in Timaru. by Skyler

I enjoyed camp because I got to play with the water and I got soaked. by Ethan

I like camp because it was fun. We played games. We went to Timaru. We had fish and chips for tea and I like fish and chips. We had lunch outside. by Nikita

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Visiting the Town Library

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I went to the town library. It was fun at the library. I got books for the class.
by Becky

I went to the Waimate town library to borrow books for the class shelf. I got an Otter book and I got Ugly Fish. by Becks

I went to the town library with the teacher. We walked to the library. by Taine

We read and I liked reading my favourite book at the town library. by Logan

I went to the town library with the teacher and the Tuis. We read some books with the teacher. by Mitchell

Tui class went to the library. It was fun because we got to choose 2 books. Mrs Soper read a story to us. by Rebekah

I went to the town library after lunch. I had a book to read. by Johnny

Day One 2011

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Welcome Back for 2011

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Hi everyone,

I hope all the childen had a great holiday and are ready to roar into a new school year. We have had a fantastic first day getting to know the people in our class and all about our classroom. There will be a slideshow soon that shows some pictures of our first day for 2011.

Enjoy

Mrs Soper

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Performing

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Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

skipping

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Spring Poems

2010-11-09T17:32:00.000-08:00

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

2010-11-09T17:26:00.000-08:00

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.

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Earthquake Writing

2010-09-07T17:14:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-24T18:13:00.000-07:00

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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Make video montages at www.OneTrueMedia.com

listen to our funny sentences.

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Welcome back 2010

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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!

What's happening?

2009-10-20T18:52:00.000-07:00

We are well into Term 4 already.. It has been a long time between posts - for anyone who doesn't know our teacher Mrs Soper broke her ankle when the school went to Tekapo iceskating! She had to have some time off school! The cast is off and she is back hobbling around the classroom helping us learn new things.

During Term 4 we will be focussing on 'WOOL' - the process from sheep to garment. This week we are heading out to Mrs Albrey's farm to look at her black and white sheep and to watch Mr Albrey shear a sheep. Charlotte's Mum brought in her carding machine to show us - turning the handle was quite tricky = you needed good muscles!

We will also be getting ready for our end of year concert for school - can't tell you much about that - you will have to come and watch!

Watch out for more regular posts and photos this term.....

Term three

2009-08-04T20:13:00.000-07:00

Wow - time certainly does fly!

In Term three we will be focussing on the following things:

Topic - New Zealand Native flora and fauna.
Maths - shape and space and numeracy

Over the term we will also be looking at what 'learning' means to the children - so watch this space.

2009-05-26T20:49:00.000-07:00

Mrs Soper has had no luck with putting our Kidspiration work on - she will have to keep working on it. We are going to try using Voice Thread to 'read' our WINTER poems to you on the blog. Hope we have better luck this time.
The children are going to begin adding their own comments, work and ideas. Keep a look out for this.

Children using technology

2009-05-26T19:54:00.000-07:00

We use the computers and laptops at maths time. Sometimes Mrs Soper has set games she wants us to play but sometimes we get to do ICT games. This site has lots of cool games for us to play and we are practising our maths without knowing it.

Term Two

2009-05-05T20:14:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Term Two.

We have been a bit slow getting our class bog up and running but we will do our best to keep it up to date now.

As you can see from the slideshow above we have started the term with lots of measuring. The children showed very good skills when using the rulers and the accuracy was good - most of the time!

This term we will be focussing on 'Our Community' which includes looking at our family, class, school and Waimate. The junior school is looking at how we and our families contribute to our community.
I will try to put the Kidspiration activity about our class community on the blog - keep your fingers crossed!

This term the children will be adding bits to our blog about what is happening in our class and school - excuse any spelling mistakes.

Keep a look out for new information.

Welcome to Ruma Tui Blog

2009-02-02T19:28:00.000-08:00

We have started the new school year and we are slowly getting used to calling ourselves 'Tui' instead of Room four.

Our focus for the year is; 'What does it mean to be a New Zealander and to live in New Zealand?'

Over Term One we will be looking at finding out about ourselves, the people in our class and our school. During the term we will take part in Camp Week, Safe Walking, swimming and lots of other cool activities.

Keep checking our blog to see our work, comments and to find out what's happening in Ruma Tui and Centennial School.

Make sure your on our 'recent visitors' map!

Bye for now.