Guess my number...

We have learnt a new maths to help us know the numbers between 1 - 100 using a hundreds frame.

We are asking with strategic questions so we get the number quicker.

When we win we become a Grand Master and run the game at the end of Maths.

Don't forget to duck!!

This week in our writing we took inspiration from trip to Nga Manu Sanctuary.

We made origami duck faces out of paper and decorated them.

We were describing what the ducks at Nga Manu Sanctuary like to do there.

Please come into Room 3 to read about what we have written.

Celebrating Success in Room 3

We are so proud these two students who received awards at assembly.

Keira Thomas was awarded the Star Student in Room 3.

Jadyn Lafaele was awarded a Principal Award for receiving five certificates.

Maurai te pono - Believe in yourself

Our adventure to Nga Manu Sanctuary, Waikanae

We were fortunate to go on a trip to Nga Manu Sanctuary.

We spent the day exploring different parts of the sanctuary.

We saw different sorts of animals that are native to New Zealand.

We would like to say a special thank you to the parents that came on the trip with us.

Drawing what we see at the Matariki Garden

We learning to sketch what we see from the sun shelters in front of  the Matariki Gardens.

We loved doing it in the beautiful sunny weather.

How to put on a life jacket?

We learning to explain how to put on a life jacket for writing,

We were writing a set of instructions for another person.

We are very lucky that Mrs Bartley had three life jackets for us to try on.

Visit our Rock Pool

We have been installing a Rock Pool in our classroom.

The sea creatures we have in our rock pool are crabs, starfish, jellyfish, and fish.

We are so proud of the work we have done. Please come and see our rock pool in person.

Celebrating success in Room 3

Ehara taku toa, he takitahi, he toa takitini

My success should not be bestowed onto me alone, as it was not individual success but success of a collective

In Room 3 we love celebrating our success we have at school.

Zche-Ztevon has graduated from Reading Recovery with Mrs White and is now an expert reader.

Isbella had a stellar hockey season playing for the Year 1-2 team and was awarded the most improved player.

Mr Featherston Goes Fishing by Henare

Henare has come up with story about Mr Featherston, Kora, and Jadyn going on a fishing trip.

Please click play and listen to a fantastic story from a fabulous story teller.

Constructing Ruma 3 Rock Pools

We are learning to construct a rock pools in Art.

We have made all the creatures that we are going to have in the Art piece.

Our next step is to make the rock pools for the creatures to go in.

We will keep you updated when the rock pools are ready.

Ruma 3 Awa, (Week 3, Term 4)

We are learning to explain how to make a man-made river.

In our writing we wrote a set of instructions on how to construct the river.

On Friday as a class we made the river following our instructions.

Please come in and check out Ruma 3 Awa.

Constructing Paper Boats

We are learning to construct and make a paper boat to sail in the Room 3 Harbour.

We followed the instructions we had written about in our book.

All of our boats managed to float on the Room 3 Harbour.

Fantastic end to Term 3

We were so fantastically busy in the last two weeks of Term 3!

We dressed up in wacky fashion, and learnt new netball skills with Super Star Irene van Dyk. We wrote about Steve Adam's determination and loved receiving our new Duffy Books. We buddied up with Room 15 for Olympics Day and were sad to say farewell to Rusi-Ena Lilo.

Wow!!! We deserved our holidays!!!

Teacher Interview, Week 8

Please fill out the Parent Interview form as we are keen to share our amazing learning we have been doing. Come have a look around Room 3 to see what we have been up to.

Oscar Maths Group, Week 6

Jadyn and Henare have been working on different combinations of making 5 using material like counters. They would explain how they know there is 5 altogether by counting and adding the material together by themselves. Jadyn and Henare finished off with a game of Spotty-Dotty and beat Mr Featherston by winning more grid sections.

Mauria te pono (Believe in yourself) Award, Week 4 Term 3

Hi, my name is Henare. I went to Mr U's office because I was doing a great cleaning up in my classroom. In assembly I got an award for good reading in the school library. Mrs Komen gave me the thumbs up for my good work in Kapa Haka.

Henare, you have had a fantastic week in Room 3. We have seen you step up in your reading, writing, and maths. We have seen you take leadership in Room 3 and making sure our classroom is up to standard with our expectations. We are so looking forward to see what you do next week and for the rest of the year. Ngaa mihi Room 3 and Mr Featherston

Super Star Reader with Mrs White

Super Star Reader aka Dahtanyin has done so well with his reading. He has impressed Mrs White and Ms Williams. He has made so much progress in his reading since the beginning of the year. Dahtanyin is going to become one of our expert readers. We are so proud you and keep it up

"Mauria te pono (Believe in yourself)"

Saying goodbye to Rusi-Ena

We had to say a big farewell to one of our most enthusiastic students in Room 3. Rusi-Ena always has such a positive outlook at school. She makes everyone smile and feel happy. Rusi-Ena absolutely loves to give her best in all aspects of learning. She is taking all her amazing qualities to Australia. We wish her all the very best and we believe she will be very successful in whatever she does. Arohanui.

Future Ferns Netball with Irene van Dyk

We got offered to take part in Future Ferns netball programme. We were coached by Irene van Dyk a Silver Fern Legend. We learnt a few skills and games from the session. We are keen to learn more about netball as a sport. We will be bringing a booklet home on the Future Ferns netball programme.

Te Reo Maori with Room 1 Students

We were very fortunate to have Cassidy, Merehana, Jahzel, Jayden, Mykah, and Te Mahruru who came worked with us. We came up with motivational comments in Te Reo Maori for how we would give support to the athletes competing at the Olympics from New Zealand. We then cut out different shapes using the colours of the Olympic Rings to make our poster pop and exciting.

Please come and check them out. We were really happy with our end product.

Usain Bolt (Writing Topic Week 2)

We have been writing about Usain Bolt who is the fastest man over 100 metres and 200 metres. He has several gold medals. We thought we would see if we could beat his running times that he set at the Olympics.

Please come and read our writing that we have done. We have been working really hard on it.

Home Learning Term 3 Update

Kia ora/Malo/Kia orana/Hello,

On Tuesday 26th July your child came home with a laminated spelling word list.
I'm really happy that all the children have enjoyed practicing their words and was
evident on how well they did on Friday.

We do require the spelling list sheets to be returned each Tuesday so I can give them more words to learn and practice at home.

Any question or queries please email, call, or pop into class.

Thank you for supporting your child's learning at Rangikura School.

Nga mihi,

Mr Ciaran Featherston

Visit from Constable Rick & Constable Amy

We have had an amazing Wednesday morning!! Constable Rick and Constable Amy came in and taught us two amazing lessons. We were learning about being responsible and making sensible choices. We really had a cool time with them. We learnt so much.

Swimming at Cannons Creek Swimming Pool

In Week 7 and Week 8 we spent our afternoons learning to swim at Cannon Creek Swimming Pool. We were learning to float, go under water, and move in the water. On the second last day of swimming we did some water safety activities with our instructors. We are looking forward to summer to put our swimming skills into action. #makingasplash

Matariki Project in Progress

We have begun making our Ti Rakau sticks for the Rangikura School Matariki Celebration, We look forward to sharing the experience and super excited. Keep an eye out for when the celebration is.

Samoan Language Week Assembly

Room 3 was so proud of their class mates who took part of the Samoan Assembly. Rhys, Mathew, Jadyn, and Rusi-Ena were amazing in all their performances. It was fantastic way to end Samoan Language Week,

Samoan Games with Mr Roberts

We were learning some pretty crazy and weird games with Mr Roberts. We were singing, dancing, and pulling faces. We had so much fun and laughed so much. Thank you Mr Roberts for having us in your class.

Samoan Dancing with Ms V

We did a Samoan sāsā, slap dance, and we learnt the song 'sa vali vali'.
We would like to say thank you to Ms V and her helpers for teaching us Samoan dancing and singing.

Samoan Lollie Laes with Mrs Komen

We were so privileged to start our Monday afternoon doing lolly laes with Mrs Komen. We had to follow a set of instructions. We had so much fun. We would like to say a big thanks to Mrs Komen for all her efforts.

Go Noodle

When we do a super amount of work. We like to do a bit of a dance. Please check out our video.

Whanaungatanga

Whanaungatanga Artwork We worked really hard over 3 weeks to make our waka paddles. The koru pattern show who is in our family. The words tells us what makes us unique. The pepeha tells us who we are and where we are from.

Hot Air Balloons

WALT: Explain how to make a hot air balloon Our writing topic for the first week back was hot air balloons. We learnt that there was a hot air balloon festival in Hakes Bay for Matariki. It is one of the many ways to celebrate Matariki.

Duffy Book Assembly

We are super excited about getting our new books from the Duffy Assembly. We each got two books of our choice. We would like to say a big thank you to Mr Roberts for organising the assembly and the books for us. We look forward to sharing our new books.

Wishing Henare a Happy Birthday

Room 3 would like to wish Henare a very happy birthday. He is turning 6 on Saturday 9 April.

We were very fortunate to have Henare's Whanau bring in a special lunch to celebrate his birthday.

Whanaungatanga Art

We had a special guest teacher and take us for the day. Whae Toni took us for a full day of art work. We were looking at how show to whanaugatanga. We used pictures that were special to us. Please come and check them out.

Floating Fish

We have made our own floating fish. They are floating above our heads when we are doing our awesome learning. We used scissors and crayons to make our floating fish. Please come and see the Floating Fish in our classroom. - Kora

Underwater Selfie

Hello Room 3 Whanau Please come and check out our self portraits. We thought what would we look like underwater. I hope you get a chance to come in and see our awesome art. From Tipaula

Wall Of Fame

Hello Room 3 whanau Please come and check out our amazing writing that we have been doing in Room 3. We have been writing about science experiments. We really liked doing them so we hope you come and read about them. From Steinar

Wellington Zoo Trip

Can you spot the flying Kiwi Fruit in the picture?

Wellington Zoo Trip

Checking out the Monkeys eating insects from a piece of wood.

Wellington Zoo Trip

Meeting our new friend Art the Blue Tongue Lizard.

Wellington Zoo Trip

Just hanging out as a monkey and meerkat.

Wellington Zoo Trip

Checking out the other creatures in the Zoo Learning Classroom.

Wellington Zoo Trip

Tom is having a chat about how we should look after animals. We even suggested our own ideas of how to look after animals.

Wellington Zoo Trip

Wow that is one hungry tiger. We are glad the zoo keeper kept all of his fingers.

Wellington Zoo Trip

We are being welcomed by Tom from Wellington Zoo and he promises an exciting day ahead.

Wellington Zoo Trip

On the Bus to Wellington Zoo. We are so excited about what we are going to see.

Wellington Zoo Trip

We had been working so hard on our learning that we decided to go to the Zoo for the day. We went with Room 2, 4, and 16. We saw tigers, chimpanzees, lemurs, monkeys and many other animals. Our favourite animal was the chimpanzees and the blue tongue lizard. We would thank Mrs White and all the parents who came along our adventure. Hope you enjoy the photos.