Term 1 Week 3 Va! Va! Va! Voom! with Vector!

Vector visited Ruapotaka School this week 

and we were pretty impressed with what 

electricity can do!

We learned that the high wires of power lines carry 11,000 volts of electricity! Kaboom, if you touch them! We learned that a transformer changes the 11,000 volts to a safer amount that goes into our homes, whew, much better for keeping our whanau safe!

Estor told us all about the insulator that protects the wires from each other, (as well as all the other information).

It was really impressive watching the robot blow up!

Thank you for helping us understand about being safe with electricity Zot!

Some people got to demonstrate the safety clothing and equipment that the Vector technicians wear when they fix power lines. These included a heavy jacket, thick rubber gloves, cloth gloves, helmet and safety glasses.

Thank you Christina and Ocean, you look great demonstrating the helmet and safety glasses!

Aotearoa, Our Special Place - North Island - Term 1 Week 4

Kia ora Whanau!

Room 9 has been learning about the special places in Aotearoa that are part of the North Island.

Here are some we have learned about this week.

How many of these places can you locate on our map of the North Island?

Good luck Whanau!

                                  Kia ora Whanau! 

For this term our Inquiry is: 
'Aotearoa-a special place to be'.
As part of this inquiry we have been studying the art works of New Zealand artist Nigel Brown. He uses many icons to represent what is special to him about Aotearoa. Some of these include: kereru, (woodpigeon), ponga trees, mountains, the ocean, his family, rugby ball, and silver fern.
We have created our own self-portraits using his method of doing a strong border with icons and a head and shoulders portrait in the centre with places that are special to us in the background.

Here are our portraits! 

Term 1 Week 2 Swim! Swim! Swim!

                         Kia Ora Koutou!

Room 9 Swimmers have been showing their kicking, diving, and arm movement skills in swimming this week.

Individual snapshots Term 1 Week 1

        
         Here is Sosefina. "I like books about
              adventures and I like soccer." Check 
                             out her blog!

Here is Emeline. "I like books about helping one another and I like rugby and netball. 

Check out her blog!

Here is Charles. "I like books about interesting fiction, like adventure stories and I like rugby."

Check out his blog!

Here is Willie. "I like books that are funny, like comics and I like playing soccer and watching rugby." Check out his blog!

Here is Ngahuia. "I like books about Captain Underpants and I like tennis and badminton." Check out her blog!

Here is Christina. "I like books about drama, like 'Sisters' and I like rugby."

Check out her blog!

Here is Kaulave. "I like books about animals and other non-fiction and I like rugby and soccer."

Check out his blog!

Here is Iosefo. "I like books that are non-fiction, about animals and I like NRL and rugby."

Check out his blog!

Here is Malachi. "I like books about planets and other non-fiction books. I like NRL and softball."

Check out his blog!

Here is Ocean. "I like books about science that I can study. I like soccer, touch, tennis, netball, rugby and all other sports." Check out his blog!

Here is Shelan. "I like chapter books that are about adventures and I like soccer and swimming."

Check out her blog!

Here is Kyronae. "I like books about fairy tales and I like netball." Check out her blog!

Here is Krista. Check out her blog!

Here is Aleki. "I like books about fairy tales and Spiderman and I like rugby, touch and soccer."

Check out his blog!

Here is Solomon. "I like books like comic books and I like soccer." Check out his blog!

Here is DJ. "I like books about Fortnite and Avengers and I like rugby, soccer and baseball."

Check out his blog!