Yesterday we collected a fallen leaf to print onto a rock.  We painted our rocks in the colours of Autumn and let them dry.  We then painted the back of our leaves with green paint [...]

The past week we had a visit by Zero Waste.  Our class looked at how much litter we had in our lunch boxes. We put items into categories such as yoghurt, chippies, bars, fruit, etc. [...]

Fun Friday is a great day for the children to show of their imagination.  The children can dress up in their favourite costume even the teacher dresses up too!  

Ruma Kereru have had lots of fun learning about the seasons, especially Autumn.  At Kaimai School we are very lucky to have beautiful big trees that look amazing during Autumn. We went out to the [...]

To finish our Topic about Rabbits and Hares, the children created 3D art of a peeping rabbit. They used a variety of media. First they dyed the background blue. Once that was dry, they made [...]

Some of the students from Ruma Kereru were very adventurous on Friday and raced their homemade cardboard boats in the school pool.  There was some great imagination with a variety of designs.  Well done all [...]

Ruma Kereru's Book of the week was "Giraffes Can't Dance."  The students drew their own Giraffe and they talked about parts of the book, and published their comments onto speech bubbles.

Ruma Kereru Swim most afternoons (weather permitting). This week we used balls to help us float in the water and swim through hoops held under the water.  These kids are great in the water, they [...]

Kayley and Zaide busy deconstructing a Freeview Box.  Lots of fine motor skills along with patience and cooperation between them both. Using screwdrivers and pliers to find out what's inside. "It's got power Mrs Harris" [...]