Welcome to 2021

 

Good New Bad News Book

During Lockdown level 4, for writing, Ruma Piwakawaka, started writing a book called , Good News Bad News based on the book by Colin McNaughton. 

Everyone came up with their own ideas and then we published them together on a slide to make an e-book. 

We loved writing funny one to make each other laugh. Here are some of our favourite pages. 

Last hangout for this term!

Kia ora parents and whanau, today we will be having our final google hangout before the holidays. You can join on the link on our class site, 10:30am

https://sites.google.com/hokitika.school.nz/piwakawaka-learning-site/home 

Nga Mihi

Caitlin  

Hang out at 10:30am

Kia ora parents and whanau,

we will be doing a google hangout at 10:30 if you would like to join please go to our class website

https://sites.google.com/hokitika.school.nz/piwakawaka-learning-site/home


and press on the "hang ten" hand symbol next to my picture.

This is our first time trying a hangout so please be patient.

nga mihi

Home Learning

Kia ora parents and whanau.

 I will be updating our class site regularly over the coming weeks to ensure students from Ruma Piwakawaka have meaningful learning activities to do from home. I will be communicating via the email you have provided to the school office. If you have no provided an email to the office, I can not send you important passwords and updates that are relevant to individual students.  Keep well and safe in the coming weeks and remember I am only an email away if you need any help. Nga mihi, Caitlin


Learning Site link,

https://sites.google.com/hokitika.school.nz/piwakawaka-learning-site/home



my email : caitlin@hokitika.school.nz

The Fantastic Science Roadshow

Today, we went to the Science Roadshow in our school hall. We learned about all sorts of scientific concepts such as air pressure, chemical reactions with acids and bases, and speed.

Eva "if you turned this picture upside down they would smile and if you left it they would be frowning" It was an optical illusion. 

Novayah "I was spinning a lever around and the blocks went up and down like how mountains form" 

Kairi "I was looking inside and it spun around making electricity and the lights went on" 

Alice "you had to put balls down those rows to see which was heavier"
Zac "my favourite bit was when they showed the balloons popping with the nails.
Harmoni "I liked when they turned on the vacuum cleaner and the beach ball floated in the air"
Lui "my favourite bit was when you had to stand with a partner in front of the big fan. It was so loud"
Impala "I loved the lightening inside the ball, it felt weird and soft"
Liam "my favourite part was when my old teacher vacuum sealed in a bag"
Logan "I liked the experiment with coke and mentos, it went up and then down the tubes into the glasses. 

Tuhi Mai, Tuhi Atu, Back in Time

Last week, we went to Shantytown to learn about the olden days. 

First, we got to dress up in olden day clothes. The girls wore long dresses and skirts, an apron and a bonnet hat. The boys wore shorts, shirts, waistcoats and a cheese cutter cap. We felt really hot in those clothes. 

Next, we learned about how the Maori came to get pounamu, a precious stone. We also learned about the gold rush and how all the people came to prospect for gold. 

After that, we did some shopping activities and had to go to Chinatown for our fresh vegetables. 

At lunchtime, we got to play with toys like, stilts and wooden horses and a horseshoe game like the ones from Victorian times. 

Our favourite thing was riding the steam train to the gold panning site and panning for our very own gold. 
 We had heaps of fun.