Farewell Year 6 Leavers!

Look out Westland High School - here they come! We wish our Year 6 leavers for 2018 all the very best as they leave Kaniere School. We know that they will continue to strive to be the very best they can be. Poroporoaki ki ngā ākonga. You will be missed.

Pet Day Projects

Ruma Kereru students have been busy working on their 'Pet Day' projects and almost have them reading to share on individual blogs. Siobhan has done a great job using the Google Draw tool to illustrate her pet 'Warty'while you can see how special Jessie's special Kaimanawa pony is to her. Look out for further updates!

Tapa Artwork

In term three Ruma Kereru learnt about the significance of tapa art, its uses and how it is made. The class replicated this using brown paper, traditional shapes, animals and colours. Please leave your comments to give the class feedback as to what you think of their work.

ICT Conference Shantytown

It has been an extra exciting day in Ruma Kereru for four students today who headed off to the ICT Conference in Shantytown early this morning. We look forward to them sharing their new knowledge with us tomorrow!

Keeping Ourselves Safe

We really enjoyed having Constable Jos in our class and are really looking forward to having him back in Term 4 to teach us all about keeping safe on the road.

How Waves Were First Formed

Siobhan and Saffron showed real teamwork and supported each other well in creating their myth about how waves stole land. Remember to click on the video link to hear the girls read the myth to you.

How The Kiwi Lost Its Wings

Ruma Kereru has been flat out learning to write and animate myths over the last couple of weeks. The final step was to insert a voice over to assist young readers. Check out Arlo's work below. Make sure you click on the voiceover in the top right hand corner of his third slide.

Whakataukī

This week's whakataukī. Be ready to share your ideas on our blog as to the meaning of this whakataukī by the end of the week.

Kid's Lit Quiz 2018

Do you think you could answer 100 questions about children's authors, book characters, nursery rhymes under pressure? Well that's what Arlo, Jake, Saffron and Jessie faced today at St Patrick's School in Greymouth. The quizmaster in charge was Wayne Mills a past senior lecturer at the Faculty of Education, University of Auckland. Jake's mum, Sandra said that he kept the questions pumping along meaning the team had to really think on their feet.

Whakataukī

After our class discussion write your opinion as to what our whakatakukī means this week and how this can help you with decisions you make in class.

Life Education

Last week Rūma Kererū spent a few hours inside the Life Education van with Carmen. The class learnt about the importance of keeping themselves safe on the internet. Everyone has written their views as to the importance of making the right choice and decisions and how to resist peer pressure. Jake's work is below but check out the individual blogs to read others.

Choir

Rūma Kererū and Rūma Piwakawaka join each other every Thursday to learn a range of songs and with Dr Tim Shawcross. They have only been learning together for a few weeks but are already mastering a few of these.

House Sports

It was in brilliant Autumn conditions that the first House Sports for Term 2 kicked off today. The activities were all organised and run by the Sports Council. The games covered a range of skills and saw students show our school values as they helped each other, challenged themselves and had a whole heap of fun. Read what Rūma Kererū had to say about the day.

Our own Super Hero - Billy

At the last assembly for the term the whole school celebrated Billy receiving the inaugural ASB Super Hero Award. He was also interviewed and filmed for 'The Project' which airs on TV 3. Great stuff Billy!

A Seasprite Naval Helicopter drops by . . .

It was a really exciting start to Tuesday morning this week. Lots of parents came in to see the Seasprite make an impressive landing on the back field. It is an event we won't forget!

Onsie Day

Rūma Kererū supported 'onsie' day for Autism on the same day they completed the Write About NZ postcard writing. It certainly made for a warm and cosy way to do our learning!

Kawa of Care

Check out Ott's blog post so that you can understand how Rūma Kereru follow the Kawa of Care.

Rūma Kererū

Hello and welcome to Rūma Kererū for 2018. We are a pretty cool class of 29 Year 5 and 6 students. Over the last couple of weeks we have spent time getting to know each other and learn the class routines. It was an exciting start to the school year when Cyclone Fehi meant we had to close the school!  Look out for some stories about this soon. In the meantime check out the blogs to read how we follow the Kawa of Care in our class.