Thank you... thank you.... thank you...

Ruma Ruru and Ruma Tieke want to say the BIGGEST thank you to all the Mums and Dads who made cupcakes and to those that could help sell them and to all the people who bought a cupcake (or several) today and to those who sold some at their workplace.


To date we have raised $298 ... with more to come.


Thank you also to the senior children who worked alongside us with their inquiries.

We have had a wee mishap with the photos this morning  - we are working to solve the problem, however, we may have 'lost' the photos. This sometimes happens and it is okay. The day was about the effort for the SPCA and we achieved this.

A part of our inquiry has been exploring the idea that 'little things can make a big difference' - we certainly feel the meaning of that after todays efforts.

Again... thank you.... thank you... thank you!

Ruma Ruru - can you and your parents share your thought about cupcake day on the wall wisher?

Thanks to Jonte's Mum for this photo!

A funny clip that Max showed us...

We like to learn and play in Ruma Ruru - we also like to LAUGH!

Enjoy this clip that Max and his Mum showed us.

Made with love by Baxter for the SPCA

It is going to be great day for the SPCA tomorrow as we 'Reach Out' and help them....

Here is Baxter making cupcakes - YUMMY!

Cupcake Day Preparation

Thank you to all the Mums and Dads who are helping us make cupcakes today for Cupcake Day tomorrow.

All the money raised will go to the SPCA.

Here are a couple of photos Jonte sent through showing what he is doing for Cupcake Day.

See you in the morning.

Jonte and his brother icing cupcakes

Taste testing - an important part of the cooking process!

During Reading Time...

During reading time we all do different activities... one of the activities we can do is writing on the whiteboards.

By Lucy - Year 1

Summer - Year 1

Using iPads in our learning day

We love to use the iPads in our learning day.

Some of the ways we use them are:

We learn to spell words with art glow - Lucy

We learn numbers - Saoirse

We learn some games to help us read and do maths - Tyler

We take photos and make videos of our learning - Lucy

We do handwriting on the iPads - Jess

Every day we use them more and more and so excited to share our learning with you.

Book Week 2012

We have had such fun during Book Week this week. Each day we had some activity involving books - we read books with each other, with other students, read with our Grandparents and fathers and did lots of dressing up.

We raised over $1400 to purchase new books for our school library - so thank you so much!

Enjoy our movie slideshow.... What is your favorite book?

Olympics Friday

In Ruma Ruru we are loving the Olympics and are so proud of all the athletes.

To celebrate the Olympics at Goodwood we held our own Olympics complete with opening and closing ceremony.

We adopted a country and represented them in our age groups participating in events.

Here are a few photos from the day and some of the medal ceremonies!

Synchronised Dancing

Go New Zealand!

Opening Ceremony

Congratulations!

Go Luke!

Rainbow Writing

Melissa read a story in a Junior Journal about Rainbow Writing. On Friday she followed the instructions and 'made' some Rainbow Writing.

This is how she did it.

First get some pastels and colour some stripes down the page

Next place a piece of paper over the rainbow writing and turn both pages over (The rainbow page is face down on top!).

Next have a think of what you want to write and then write your message...

Then the real fun bit...

Can you have a go at Rainbow Writing?

Using Wall Wisher to share our thoughts

This is a new e-tool Ms Copping found.

Have a go... double click anywhere on page to leave a comment. Remember to add your name or initals so we know who you are!

Enjoy...

Telling the Time

We are looking at learning all about time!

We have discovered that there are analog and digital clocks.

Analog clocks are...

The round clock says Hannah.

They have all the numbers on them says Lucy.

They have hands says Tyler.

They have three hands - the hour hand, the minute hand and the second hand says Annelise and Hannah.

Digital clocks are...

Rectangle ones says Hannah.

They look like computer numbers says Jonte.

They can beep with an alarm says Melissa.

We had a think about where you find analog and digital clocks in our homes...

Analog clocks hang on our kitchen and lounge walls. Some of us have them in our rooms.

Digital clocks can be found on a microwave, oven, even in the car. Some of us have them as alarm clacks in our room or in our Mum's and Dad's rooms.

Some clocks have 'swings' on them like Grandfather clocks and some make a cuckoo sound.

We like this youtube clip to learn to tell the time. Sing along with it!

Creating our Animal Carriers

Thanks to all our parent helpers today. We had so much fun making our carriers and are looking forward to the next stage ... PAINTING!

View our YouTube clip HERE

Can you tell us all the part of your animal carrier you like the most in the comments?

Kyle Mewburn visits us...

Next week is Book Week and at Goodwood we started early with a visit from Kyle Mewburn who is a published author.

He told us lots of stories and they made us laugh. Kyle spoke to whole school at different times. Lucy thanked him for talking to all the Year 1 tamariki.

What books have you read that Kyle has written?