Cooking Apples

We cooked apples on Friday in class.

We are learning about the letter x. X is for eXercise.

X is for eXercise.

Ruma G knows it is good to exercise to keep healthy and make our brains work better.

We created exercise cards which show different exercise activities we like to try.

Have a go.

We are learning about the letter w. W is for wiggly worms.

W is for wiggly worms.

We headed down to the garden to feed the worms in the worm farm.
Worms like eating fruit and vegetables.
The worm farm was smelly but there were hundreds of worms wriggling around.

We are learning about the letter v. V is for violets.

V is for violets.

Mrs S brought us some violet plants from her garden. We have planted them under the old Rhododendron.We will watch them grow.

We are learning about the letter u. U is for uni cubes.

U is for uni cubes.

We estimated how many uni cubes were in the container.We then counted them by making groups of ten.Can you solve how many cubes there are?

We are learning about the letter t. T is for Tangaroa's Gift.

T is for Tangaroa's Gift



We read the story of how Tangaroa, the god of the sea, gave paua amazing colours.


                   

We created Eric Carle artworks to show the creatures from this story.  We mixed colours to create the coloured paper.
We cut out different shapes to create the sea creatures.

We are learning about the letter s. S is for the Seven Stars.

S is for the Seven Stars of Matariki.


We read the legend of the Seven Fishes. 
It is one story explaining how the Matariki Stars came to be in the sky.

At kura time every child decorated a diamond.
These shapes were combined to make stars - 
whetū.

We are learning about the letter r. R is for rainbows.

R is for rainbows.

Kaitlyn spied a yellow flash of light at the end of the rainbow.

It was a pot of gold.

We made rainbows with classroom materials.

We are learning about the letter q. Q is for quiz.

Q is for quiz.

We have a quiz each week which is based around the letter we are focusing on. This is an A - Z quiz some of the learners in Ruma G completed.

We are learning about the letter p. P is for painting paua.

P is for painting paua.

We learnt to mix the primary colour to make greens, purples, pinks and blues just like the paua shell.