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.

We are learning about the letter o. O is for an Octopus

O is for an Octopus

We created funky octopus with paper and wrote two word poems to describe them.

Orange octopus

Long tentacles

Circle suckers

Legs swaying

Oval head

Kaitlyn

We are learning about the letter n. N is for night time.

N is for night time.

We are learning to write explanations.

We read stories about the night and discussed what happens at night.

We acted out how night and day occur  so we could explain why we have night and day.

Read Pippa's  ideas and explanation.

At night the flowers close up.  Black cats come out at night. People go to sleep.  I am not tired at night. You can play a fantastic game of Spotlight.

Night time is when people go to sleep. Night is the time when people don't stay up.
We get night time because the sun is staying still. The earth is spinning in circles and the earth is going around the sun at the same time.

We are learning about the letter m. M is for mushrooms.

M is for mushrooms

Recently Moana was the location for a Fungal Foray. People from all over New Zealand and the world were collecting mushrooms and other fungi from around the West Coast and identifying them.  We were invited to visit and this inspired lots of searching and learning.  We thought of questions to ask the experts, found a number of different types in the school grounds, tried to identify the fungi we found, created colourful mushroom artworks and learnt lots of new facts - there are even mushrooms in Africa!

We are learning about the letter l. L is for leaves.

L is for leaves.

A sign of autumn time is the changing leaves.

Ruma G headed out into the playground to collect leaves.

We discussed why the leaves were changing colours.

We collected leaves to press and draw.

We created a two (and sometimes three) word poem to describe the leaves we had found.

We are learning about the letter k. K is for keas.

K is for Keas

We wrote two word poems to describe keas.

We are learning about the letter j. What can jump?

WHAT CAN JUMP?

We created a book called "What can jump?"
We used adjectives to describe the creatures.
Here are some of the pages we created.

Do you know which animal can not jump?