Talking Picture Books

In Ruma Iwa we have been making picture books in groups. To make our books a little more interesting we turned them into talking picture books.

Check out our retellings of Hansel and Gretel.

Kia Kaha

We have been studying Kia Kaha this term. Check out a video we made based on our lessons with constable Helen.

Courage

This week we have been studying the virtue of Courage. Here is our video on Courage.

PINOCCHIO PUPPETS

In Ruma Iwa we made Pinocchio puppets because we read the fairytale Pinocchio. We thought it would be cool to have our own puppets.

First we were given paper templates of Pinocchio. Once that was done we coloured each piece in. 

Then we cut each piece out and wrote our initials on each piece.

Next we put each piece together with wire.

finally we stuck string on so it would be like a real puppet.

It was an enjoyable activity.

Mason's Hip

Mason has a rare bone disease. It’s called Perthes' disease. It was in Mason’s right leg. He had to have some surgery to fix it up last term and so had to take some time off school. He is back now and check out some photos of the metal rod and bolts  that were in his right leg.

90 Years Old!

Last week, the 5th of February, Hokowhitu school went down to the court for our 90th birthday. The court had a 90 on it which had been made by some people with chalk. Some of us went and stood on the 90 and let go balloons that had helium in them. We got the ballons from kevin who owns Holiday Fun.

By Lauren

Welcome to Ruma Iwa!

Welcome to Ruma Iwa. We are excited to start the year in the new Ruahine Team at Hokowhitu School.