Perspective Art

September 4, 2016 Learning to put depth into art work and creating the illusion of objects disappearing into the distant horizon is not an easy task! However, as you can see from these slides Ruma Tahi students are really getting the idea well. Check back in a few days to view some of the completed artwork.

West-a-Maths Victory!

Wow - we are hugely proud of Tom, Jimmy, Ruby and Morgan who travelled to Westport today to compete in the Year 6 category of West-a-maths.  They came 2nd with a score of 19/20 points!!
A huge congratulations to you all!

Jimmy, Morgan, Tom and Ruby looking pretty proud of their second place awards!

Poetry

We have started off this term learning to add precise description and language features to poetry. Ruby deserves to be very proud of her writing - it really makes you think!

Maths

21 March 2016

Making Parachutes

As part of our maths and technology learning the class has been learning to design, make and modify parachutes. The next step will be to record the descent times on a table and compare these with other groups. Students need to think about how they will take accurate measurements and ensure that 'flights' are conducted in a fair manner. The photos show the creating stage. The designs were drawn using the Google drawing tool. 

Good use of recycled materials.

Some serious concentration at the create stage!

Jimmy - getting the weight for his parachute prepared.  

KiwiSport

7 March 2016 PE

A wet Monday morning saw us move desks in the class to carry on with our Kiwisport lessons.
The focus this term is striking and fielding games. Throwing and catching are the important skills the students have been focusing on. Today we used tennis balls.

Buddy Interview - Take 2!

3 March 2016

The buddy interviews are almost now completed. We have begun to record these on the i-pad using the Explain Everything app so watch out for the uploads of these very soon. In the meantime enjoy reading about the amazing talents in our class.

Scott is certainly the star of this interview.

Sam - great choice of layout and colours. 

Ruby - thanks for teaching us about Morgan's many talents.

5+ a Day

3 March 2016

Fresh fruit and vegetables were the name of the game at Kaniere on Monday morning as we celebrated healthy eating and 5+ a day. After getting together in house groups for some fun games everyone loaded up their kebab sticks with their own personal selection of goodies.

Tom gave his selection the thumbs up!

Georgia's already got her eye on those yummy strawberries.

 Krista's having fun . . . but as for Mikayla?

Lots of healthy eating in Ruma Tāhi.

Jimmy is keen for a few more bits.

Cameron doesn't look quite so sure about his choice!

Rippa Rugby

29 February 2016

Ruma Tahi, along with all the other classes have been really lucky to have Nobby come in to build on our rippa rugby skills over the last two weeks. We've learnt how to pass the ball while moving, move into spaces and how to work as a team. Ka pai Nobby. We hope you can come back again soon!

 . . . and this is how it's done . . .

Cameron running in to rip the tag.

A chance to use those new skills and tips.

Team talk!

Introducing our Buddies

23 February

Our buddy wall in class is steadily filling up. When you read through these interviews you will realise just how many unique talents the kids in room 1 have. Here are the latest interviews hot off the press . . .

Nice smile Renee!

You have captured Charlotte well Belle.

Sporty Esther by Charlotte P.

Serious shot of Cody by Khaya

Buddy Interviewer: Morgan

Great photographing Charlotte! 

It would be great to have a pool in all the hot weather!

Tom - you've dug deep to find all this information out about Riley.

16 February 

Over the last week the class have been finding out a bit about each by conducting interviews. It is amazing the different skills and unique talents that each student has. Happy reading! 

Great interviewing Riley. A good idea to include an action shot!

Nice smile Charlotte!

Friday Swimming

Friday 12 February

We had a lot of fun down at the town pool this afternoon and appreciated the extra coaching tips from some ex-Kaniere students who are unable to currently attend WHS. Thanks Jack, Mitchell, Grace, Laura, Ella and Preston!  

Top: Jessie learns to float while Jack provides a helping hand.

On your marks, get set - GO!

Charlotte and crew getting ready for backstroke