Links and Activities

Here are some of the activities/links we use at school to support our learning...

In Our Backyard

Cool Kids Cooking

The Water Cycle

Magic School Bus - Water Cycle Clip

Soil Erosion Experiment

Science Activities about Planets

The Solar System Song

Firewise - as we are investigating being firewise at school, here is a website with more info for us:

Firewise for Students

Animal Kids are Ruru Kids

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

Olympic Fever is here...

Olympic Games - London - 2012

Reaching Out

Waikato SPCA

Auckland SPCA

Creating - We love being creative in Ruru 

You can build yourself wild - HERE 

Thinking - We are thinkers.
We are learning to decide if something is fact or opinion. Fact vs Opinion
Left or Right?

Numeracy

ixl Math site - a MUST - Year 1
Fun Brain Maths - lots of games,
  3D Shapes That I Know,
  Number Games - ICT site,
  Kids Numbers
More Great Math Games...
A great Place Value Site...

Some You Tube songs to enjoy...
  The big Number Song,
  Counting in 2's,
  What makes 10 - a high energy fun song,
  Fun Pirate Song

Literacy
  Tongue Twisters,
  Lots of Reading Games,
  Dr Seussville,
  Word chunk Game,
  Books I Can Read!
  Picture Match Spelling Game

Te Reo
  Maui and the Sun,
  Months of the Year


We have lots more and will change these at times - if you have any favourites games/clips please let us know and we will load them!