Ruru has been exploring the 3 main states of matter this week. As part of our learning we created cornflour slime! This prompted a debate about whether the slime was a solid or a liquid [...]
Ruru is planning to have a science fair this term so in preparation for that we have started our Chemistry unit. This week we have had a couple of science experiments where we have investigated [...]
Term 3 is going to be a busy term in Ruru! We are lucky to have Miss Marshall working in our class for the term as she finishes up her final year of study. We [...]
Ruru is lucky enough to have Mr Tills as a student teacher every Thursday! He has been taking Spanish lessons with the class every week and the students have been loving it. This week [...]
Ruru have been working hard on their Autumn inspired art. The students were given creative freedom which has resulted in a variety of pieces. Some used paint, some used leaves and some even used the [...]
This week, Ruru have been lucky enough to have Andy from Zero Waste Education come in and run 2 sessions all about water. We have learnt about the water cycle, stormwater, wastewater treatment and how [...]
Ruru's chairs decided that they had had enough if being mistreated and went on strike! We spent the morning deciding how we could persuade the chairs to come back. We used our knowledge of the [...]
Ruru has started off the term looking at their science focus. We unpacked what Biology is and began learning about the 7 life processes of a living thing. We practiced identifying living and non living [...]
For their last project of the term Ruru has been working on creating their own picture books. We decided to use Henry as our main character as Ruru has spent a lot of time with [...]
With ANZAC Day approaching in the school holidays, Ruru has been working on planting poppies and doing some more research in the history behind ANZAC Day. First we decorated our pots so that we would [...]