See How They've Grown

The first photo of Necia and the puriri tree were taken in June when they were both new to the class. The second photo was taken six months later.

Gymnastics

I went on a school trip and it was gymnastics. It was fun jumping in the pit and I liked doing the forward roll and I liked putting my feet up on the wall. Fun! Fun! Fun!

Jack

Yesterday I went to gymnastics and my team jumped into the sponge at different times and we did lots of games and at the end I was sweaty.

Necia

I went to the gymnastics in Takanini yesterday. I went on some bars and I liked jumping in the pit. It was a little bit hard to flip on the rings. I liked jumping five times on the trampoline. I like gymnastics.

Katie

Three Week Later

Remember those bean embryos we placed on wet cotton wool. This is what they look like now. The one that we removed from the rest of the seed has died. The other has grown bigger even though it has no soil.

Two Children Talk about Their Bean Seeds

Bean Embryos

One bean embryo was removed from the rest of the seed and the second was kept attached. Then they were both put in a container of water. Look at the difference in growth after six days.

What's This?

We found this inside a bean seed. What do you think it is? We think part of it is shaped like a fish tail. Can you see it? What could it be? We are trying to find out more. Visit our wiki to see our work.

http://ramarama1.wikispaces.com

Junior School Drama

Mrs Wishy Washy

See more at http://ramarama1.wikispaces.com/Drama

Gardens

Our Flower Hats

Yy

Yum, yacht and yawn begin with y

Presenting the Letter Tt

Two girls went out with a camera and photographed everything in and around the classroom which they could think of that started with t. We picked some of the best shots to present in slideshows. For some reason they are not uploading on our blog but it would be well worth your while to visit them on our wiki. http://ramarama1.wikispaces.com

Old MacDonald's Farm

Word Pictures

Spelling

Letters

Ambury Farm Park

Polka of the Rabbits

On Friday it was Grandparents' Day at Ramarama School. The Room One Grandparents helped the children make rabbits' tails. We would be very happy to add a photo of the grandparents joining in the dance.

Cat in the Hat

Maths Week

Week Two in August was Maths Week. During the week we had:-

• A visit by Sione from the ASB who talked to us about financial literacy.
  
• A maths open day when parents came to watch and join with our maths activities. Room One Children showed how we could name shapes by looking at their sides and corners.

http://www.ictgames.com/YRshape.html
http://www.ictgames.com/Y1shape.html

Cure Kids

On Friday this week the whole school dressed in mufti to support Cure Kids. Here are the Rooms One and Two Children showing their blue wrist bands which they received as a thank you for their gold coin donations. Click on the picture to enlarge it.

The Wizard of Oz

Here are some amateur clips of Room One children participating in the school production of The Wizard of Oz

Steam Power

After we learned about steam engines at MOTAT we carried out an experiment to show the power of steam at school.

Outside our Classroom

Sights and Sounds from outside our Classroom

I hear crickets and birds and an aeroplane. The crickets go cr-cr-cr-cr and the birds are chirping and the aeroplane goes nnnnnnnnn.
Chloe F

I think the puriri tree is wide. It is stretching. It looks like it has eaten too much.
Jack

Hear the children reading these and more in our voicethread.

Ramarama Footprints -The Motorway

Today we went to the motorway to view the traffic flow through Ramarama. This is part of our "Ramarama Footprints" study. You can hear the children classifying and counting the vehicles.

The School's Puriri Tree

How old do you think our tree is? It takes five children holding hands to reach around it. Read about our tree on Bookemon

Papakura Museum

Bath Day

Welcome to Room One's Blog

Welcome to our new blog. The children had a go at taking photos using the camera we won at the ICTPD Launch.