Ashleigh's Beautiful Monarch Butterfly

I got the swan plants from Mitre 10. I put them on a table in the sun. The caterpillars ate and ate the leaves. They hanged down from a leaf and curled up into a chrysalis. The chrysalis was green at first but then it went clear and I could see the orange and black butterfly inside. It took a while. One came out yesterday and one came out the day before. By Ashleigh.

But wait there is more...
Asheligh's first butterfly emerged from the chrysalis while Ashleigh was at school... SO... Ashleigh's Mum videoed it and loaded it onto you tube for us to see.

Click HERE to see that video.

We loved watching this video, it is so amazing to see and share our learning inside and outside the classroom!

In the papers today...

Check out today's Waikato Times...

Great chopper - but where's Sonny Bill?

P.S We did see a proof that had some Ruru stars in the photo - obviously didn't make it to production though, sorry.

Wacky Hair Day - Westpac Air Ambulance

Today is Wacky Hair Day. The student council organised Wacky Hair Day to raise awareness and funds to support Westpac Air Ambulance.

We looked Wacky!

After morning tea, the Westpac Air Ambulance landed on the field at school. In the chopper was Jerome Kaino! Jerome told us over 5000 people used the air ambulance service last year in New Zealand. He thinks the air ambulance is a great thing to support because it rescues us where ever we are.

The Juniors had lots of interesting questions for Jerome... Do you know Richie McCaw? How many tries have you got? What number is your jersey?

Dan, the pilot, also talked to us about the air ambulance and what he does. They are there to help us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

We had some questions for Dan too... How old is the helicopter? Can it fly at night?

Hannah, our class councillor, reported that our school raised $690 to support the Air Ambulance. 

We would like to say to you - thank you!

Mucking In Day

On Wednesday it was Mucking In Day. My Mum helped do Mucking In. I did sweeping up leaves and so did Ms Copping. Mucking In Day is all about cleaning up the whole world. The school is part of the world so we cleaned up the school.  We are guardians of the world. It was fun. Nga Melissa.

On Wednesday it was Mucking In Day. We cleaned the school up and we had to put the leaves in the forest too. We had to pull the dirt blanket too. It was too hard and I made paper bricks. Nga Saoirse.

On Wednesday it was Mucking In Day. It was cool. It was fun pulling weed mat out of the garden. It was hard to pull the weed mat out. There was my tractor. The tractor took the rubbish away. We cleaned out the garden. i was sweaty. It was fun. It was hard. Nga Luke.

The little things we do...

Here is Ashleigh's writing telling us about the little things she does that make a BIG difference to the environment.

Ashleigh shared her ideas with Mrs Nicholl.

Movin' on a Saturday

Here are two more tamariki from Ruru out exploring and moving on a Saturday morning in our community. This time it is at Soccer. What a great morning we all had learning to dribble the ball (not with our mouths type dribbling), to kick and chase and to pass to our team mates. Well done Lachlan - you set up a wonderful goal for your team! Did you hear the adults cheering?

Build Yourself Wild

This is so much fun! We have wicked plans and evil ideas on how to use this and will share it with you soon. In the meantime click on the link below and enjoy!


Build Yourself Wild