Waste Not Want Not!

Over the past months, the children of Rimu have been looking at what is happening to our world with the increasing levels of pollution and why it is so important to us to make changes regarding this. They chose which aspect of this they would like to look at and then conducted their own inquiries.

They are now in the final stages of their work so it is all go in our classroom at the moment and they are doing a great job. What a fantastic topic! Now that the children have learnt the skills of how to conduct an inquiry, they can't wait to do the next one.

 

We are sailing .....

We were extremely lucky to get to go sailing as a class today at Lake Rua. We were a little worried about what the weather would be like today, because it honestly hasn't been that great at all this week in Christchurch. Lucky for us though, it was a lovely fine day with a good wind for us to sail in.

First we learnt how to rig up the boats.

              

After that we learnt all the different steps in order for us to safely sail.
                       

Soon though we were out on the lake. Sailing is awesome. For our first go,  many of us forgot the steps but we got back in the boats for a second turn and we really started to get the hang of it. We had a couple of children capsize, but as we were all wearing life vests, we were all nice and safe.

It really was a brilliant day, where we learnt heaps, had fun and showed some awesome teamwork.Way to go Rimu! 

A special thanks has to go to the amazing parents and grandparent that came with us today because you were absolutely fantastic. Thank you all so much for coming with us, we really appreciate it!

Christchurch Schools Music Festival

This year Mika, Julia, Gracie, Chloe and Jedi took part in the Christchurch Schools Music Festival Combined Choir. The theme for this years festival was 'Fun and Games' and the music reflected this. They practised at school and at home in order to learn all the songs off by heart.

On the night of the event they were very excited to be amongst all the other children and enjoyed the atmosphere. One of their favourite songs they sang was 'Those Magnificent Men and their Flying Machines.

Mia was also part of the Festival. She auditioned and was chosen to be apart of the Concert Band who accompanied the massed choir in some of their songs and performed every night of the festival.

Ka pai everyone, you were all fantastic and the evening was a huge success that was enjoyed by us all.

Our Brilliant Blogger ...

Our Brilliant Blogger this week is ...

Click on the link to check out Abby’s awesome blog and her amazing reading work.

Link to Abby's Amazing Blog

Let's give Abby a huge round of applause for her awesome blog!

Our Great Kapahaka Group

Yesterday our Kapahaka group performed in the Uru Manuka Cultural Festival. For most of the group, this was their first time performing before a large audience. They were fantastic! We were proud of all our children that took part. It was great that they also got to see other Kapahaka groups perform. They were excited to wear the new uniforms that the PTA had bought. Thanks PTA!

These are the children from Rimu ready to perform.

Performance Time!

This is a small part of what we did. Sorry about the sound quality in the recording :(

Blogger of the Week ....

Can we have a drum roll please ......

Our Brilliant Blogger this week is ...

Click on the link to check out Layton’s awesome blog and fun and witty blog posts.

Way to go Layton!

Link to Layton's Brilliant Blog

And we're back ...

Today was the first day of Term 4 and we are ready for the fun and challenges that this term brings. We have all had a great few weeks break but we are excited to be back at school. This term is a really busy term for us. We are already practising for our Athletics Day next Friday and it is great to see so many children giving things a go, even though they feel they "can't" do it or are "not good" at it.

A new term means a new shared book, so this morning we voted and chose 'Boy Under Water' by Adam Baron. We chose it because the blurb excited us. When Mrs Taylor started reading it, we've found it to be really funny as well. We are happy with our choice and can't wait to hear about Cymbeline Igloo and his adventures and problems.

Also this term our Year 7 and 8 children will be completing the activity portion of their William Pike Challenge.

There will also be another Hooked on Books week in Week 6 and there is the opportunity for us to dress up as our favourite book character. What is your favourite book character? Who should we dress up as this year?