Citizenship Awards - Term 1

We had a very special assembly on Friday. Snedhal and Eugenia have made a movie to share some of the highlights.

Citizenship assembly highlights from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

And the winners from the Year 4 syndicate are.......

 

If you're wondering why these outstanding learners received Citizenship Awards, check out this video.

Y4 citizenship award recipients from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Edwin's Star Wars Scooter

Edwin got a new scooter in the weekend and he was so excited he brought it into parent interviews to to show me! Here he is! 

He has also written about his new scooter. 

Cracking Coconuts

After learning about the narrative of Sina and the Eel, we decided that we needed to open some coconuts to see what was inside. We had a great experience. Here is a video of the highlights:

Cracking Coconuts from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Sina and the Eel

As part of our learning about narratives, we have been retelling the Samoan legend of Sina and the Eel. Ben used PuppetPals to retell the story:

Sina and the eel from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Response to the Duffy Assembly

R5 was full of ideas for writing after the Duffy Assembly last Friday. 

Muhammad wrote a description about Te Kohe Tuhaka:

Amatan wrote a letter to Te Kohe Tuhaka:

Siddhu wrote a description of his favourite book character:

Duffy Assembly @duffybooks #booksinhomes

Yesterday we had our first ever Duffy Hero Assembly. It was an awesome experience. The hero was Te Kohe Tuhaka, a NZ actor. He was a great speaker and he taught us a lot about the importance of reading. Here are some of the highlights from the assembly.

Duffy assembly from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Here is the full performance from the ukulele group.

Ukulele Group from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Some of us dressed up as our favourite book characters on Friday. Here are some of our outfits.

Earthworms #2

Here are more videos of our learning around earthworms! 

Worms are Awesome from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Animal Jam

We have been writing factual descriptions about toys and games so Dev decided to write all about Animal Jam at home. He has clearly worked very hard and put a lot of effort into his home learning - well done Dev.

Extraordinary Earthworms

Last week Mr Carroll gave R5 a science lesson all about worms. Here are some movies we made to share our learning.

Information About Earthworms from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Lego Descriptions

As part of our study of toys, we have writing about lego! Here are some of our factual descriptions.

Tennis Lessons

Over the past month we have been lucky enough to have tennis lessons. Before we were given tennis rackets, we spent the first two lessons developing our timing with a tennis ball. Jia, Rebekah and Aila have made a movie with the highlights. Great timing Ruma Rima!

Tennis from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Lego Stop Motion #iMotion

As part of our learning about toys, we have been looking closely at lego. Today some of us had a go at using the iMotion app to create lego movies.


Lego jail from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Super Digital Citizens

As part of our learning about being digital citizens, we are creating posters to inform ourselves and other learners about digital citizenship. We used Cartoonify to create avatars and we described the characteristics of a super digital citizen. Here are some of the posters.

I am a good Digital Citizen

Created with Padlet

This video has some great messages about digital citizenship! Check it out.

Mr Dellow's got talent!

Mr Dellow was in Room 5 today! As part of our topic study on toys, he brought his toys from home into school. Mr Dellow showed us a photo of himself as an 8 year old with his family holding his toy truck.

Guess what? He still owns the truck. Can you see him holding it?

He also showed us his wooden sword.

Finally, Mr Dellow displayed his spinning top skills! What a pro!

Our Trip to MOTAT

On Tuesday, the Y4 syndicate visited MOTAT as part of our study on Toys. We had a great day and learnt a lot. Here is a slideshow of the trip. 

Trip to Motat from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Here is a recount about our trip written by recount.

Home Learning

Some of the learners in Ruma Rima are using their google drive to do some fantastic learning at home. Here are some examples:

Ben's presentation about Steven Universe.

Rebekah's fantastic recount about a trip to Queenstown.

Music Lesson #1

We had an awesome music lesson with Mrs Dawson last week where we learnt the names of many different instruments. We don't want to forget the names of these and the sounds that they make so Bileeana has made a video for us. Great job Bileeana!

Music lesson 1 from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

The Bee Lady Visits

Today we had a special guest in our syndicate. As part of our study on bees, the Bee Lady came to share her expertise. She brought a real hive and we were able to see the bees in action! 

Check out this video of the hive. We managed to get a glimpse of the queen bee! She is the bee with the white mark on her head.

queenbee from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Eugenia and Bileeana wrote letters to the bee lady to thank her for her visit.

Eugenia's letter from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Bileeana's letter from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Storytelling with PuppetPals

We have been writing recounts. Today, we had a go at telling both imaginative and factual recounts using PuppetPals on the iPad.

Dev's embarrassing moment from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Samson's Imaginative Recount from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.