CALENDAR ART! 2015

This is what we have done for our Calendar Art Fundraiser this year...

We have been learning about poetry in Ruma Tahi. Below are some of our amazingly scary acrostic poems!

PURPOSE: to learn what an acrostic poem is.

WALT convey a specific feeling in our writing (to scare our audience)

Halloween is a day for all the dead to take their revenge.

All I can hear are the unholy ghost moans.

Loud noises haunt the night and fill my head with nightmares.

Longing to get inside away from the cold black night.

On the strike of midnight on the 31^st the monsters creep up and kill.

When the wind howls the wolf comes out of its cave and howls back.

Excruciating fear shakes my body like an earthquake.

Evil stares into my eyes through the dark.

Nothing could scare me more than HALLOWEEN!

By Mabel Candy

Halloween finally became the spookiest day of all.

All hallows eve was remembering the people that died.

Lanterns eyes were glowing and glowing.

Lollipops were red and green the spookiest colours on Halloween.

Out in the dark was shadows trying to reach at me.

Witches brooming around my house.

Eyes were glooming in the dark bushes.

Evil was coming near us around the dark, dark path.

No trick or treats in our house and if you knock I will HAUNT you down.

By Ji’reh Williams

Halloween is awesomely spooky.

Amazing scary ghosts turn up to my door at mid night.

Lanterns flicker all night through until the dead comes.

Licking lollipops like vampire teeth sucking blood.

Out in the dark I see glowing red eyes in the bushes.

Witches floating around in the dark night putting a spell on you.

Evil eyes flicker red around you in your bed.

Evenings arrive the dead come out and haunt you anywhere you are.

No trick or treaters, no lollies here or… we will haunt you!

By Brooke Corlett

Halloween is the day of the dead.

All the ghosts come and haunt you.

Lightening strikes down.

Lanterns as red as blood.

Wolves howling at the moon.

Evil trolls come and kill you.

Elves come and steal your gold.

NO! I WONT LET YOU KILL ME, I WONT!

By Tydde Thomas-Connor

In Room 1 we have been learning about “The Growth Mindset” which means thinking positively when facing a challenge, and being aware of the vocabulary we are using during a challenge. So instead of thinking “I can’t do this” we tell ourselves “I’ll get this if I keep trying”.

Below are photos of an activity, where a model was supplied to each table. The students were then instructed to attempt to make the model without touching it or picking it up.

Although the mindset vocabulary varied across the class (as shown below), not one single kiddo gave up! I’m so proud of you Ruma Tahi! 

Some End of Term Fun!

Just a couple of belated videos to show our end of Term fun (that the kiddos had TOTALLY earned!)
The first is a human-sized game of Hungry Hungry Hippo...FUN!

This Term we have been trialing a new classroom management system that incorporates financial literacy. The students have expenses such as rent for classroom equipment, earnings for doing their classroom jobs/class leader responsibilities etc, and fines such as  homework  not being handed in or Journals not being returned. The students then got to spend their calculated earnings on items from the prize box via an auction. The students learn that hard work is rewarded, and the opposite results in not such a great prize from the auction, very similar to life, when you don't turn up for work. The desired effect was achieved. Those that didn't have much to spend said  they were going to make sure their homework was handed in, or that they would do their classroom job next term.

The second video is of Vala's prize that she won at the class auction. She chose a can of silly string and sprayed the class with it...MORE FUN!

We all thought it would be nice to show our appreciation by doing a little something for all our volunteers and helpers. We have an amazing school, and your help contributes to making our school what it is. If you have ever lent a hand, this video is for you!

Yipeeeee! PRODUCTION IS COMING

Make sure you get your tickets and invite all your friends and family :)

Ruma Tahi Demonstrating Their Learning About Fractions

This Term we have been learning about Fractions. In the video below you will find students talking about fractions, explaining their thinking, their strategies and articulating their learning. The kiddos have done an amazing job, don't you think? :)