Pounamu Carving With Marleen and the Kapa Haka Group At Karoro School

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Matariki Q R Code Treasure Hunt

Ruma Rima created a Matariki QR Code Scavenger Hunt that they shared with the other classes in the school as part of a Digital Technology and Matariki Unit. Matariki QR Code Treasure Hunt Ruma Rima 2020 WALT: Use the QR Code Reader on the Ipad to read information about Matariki. Read and think about the next clue and follow the clue to find the next QR Code in the treasure hunt. Record, in order, information from each QR Code on a sheet. Success Criteria: We will be successful when we have completed the Matariki QR Code Scavenger Hunt in the correct order and collected all of the information for our information table.

Physics Investigation Day Slide

Minecraft Education by Hayden and Harper

 

Minecraft Education by Maddison

 

The Globe by Amaiya

Task: Imagine you are teaching Room 8 about the globe. You need to create a DLO in any way you choose, that explains the following terms to them: The North and South Poles Continents Hemispheres The equator Longitude Latitude Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn Success Criteria: Your DLO must explain what each term is in your own words. It must have an illustration showing all of these terms on a globe. Your DLO needs to be easy to understand and well presented.

Learning @ Home Highlights for Week 4

Highlights Learning @ Home Term 2 Week 3

Digital Art by Saxon and Billie

Highlights From Ruma Rima T2 W2 2020

Letters From Home

We have been thinking about how our lives have changed over the last month. What are some positives and what are some negatives about these changes? How are we now spending our time with the Covid19 Lock-down in place? Here is a grid with a link to each child's letter to the teacher about how this is going for them. It is great to read the positive things that our children are doing with family.

ANZAC Learning at Home

Visual Art Challenge Set By Ms Kemp

We are learning to: Develop ideas by developing and revisiting visual
ideas, in response to examples we have seen, and ideas that we can
think of for ourselves. 

Learning Challenge:  Create a series of pencil or pen drawn faces using
the hints from Vexx’s video.  

By Casey 

By Indie

By Molly

Digital Art Challenge Set By Ms Kemp

We are learning to: Develop ideas by developing and revisiting visual ideas,
in response to examples we have seen, and ideas that we can think of
for ourselves. 

Learning Challenge:  Create three photos that demonstrate special effects
with perspective.

The students were very engaged in this challenge and they came up with
some great images that they had taken around their homes. Some of these
made me laugh out loud. Enjoy!

By Sam

Things That I Am Thankful For

At this time during Level 4 Lockdown because of Covid19 we have been thinking of some of the things we are thankful for. Living in a small island country is definitely one of them. Here are some of the important things to children in Ruma Rima/Room 5.

By Amaiya

By Saxon

By Will

By Hayley

By Mackaii

The Water Cycle In A Drawing by Sam

The Water Cycle Explained Using Scratch by Saxon

ANZAC Poems

By Molly

By Amaiya

By Emma

By Indie

By Jackson

By Mackaii

By Pallas

By Sam

WALT use a word list to help write a poem.

We will be successful when we have included the words from
our word list in a poem inspired by the short video Jack and Tom

ANZAC Poems

WALT use a word list to help write a poem. We will be successful when we have included the words from our word list in a poem inspired by the short video Jack and Tom ANZAC Day is coming up soon and we are starting to look at this through the eyes of soldiers who fought at Gallipoli. Here are some quality poems inspired by the short film 'Jack and Tom'.

Diamante Poems

During this challenging time the children in Ruma Rima have been thinking about places that are special to them.WALT: Write a diamante poem using nouns, adjectives and verbs.

Reverse Acetate Portrait Art

We are so proud of how our portrait art turned out. Come on in to Ruma Rima and have a look at it hanging up. The children worked really hard on getting them just right.

Excitement With The Arrival of The New Chromebooks For Yr 5 Students

There was much excitement in Ruma Rima on Thursday when students got their new Chromebooks. We can't wait for the digital learning to begin.