Last week, we had the lucky opportunity to become trained in first aid! We learned a lot about what to do in emergency situations. Here are some photos of us practicing giving first aid.
Apr3
Apr3
Duty
Our Cornerstone Value of the term is Duty. We have explored what it means to be dutiful through drama. We have created still images showing duty as well as short skits showing duty. Here are a few of our still images. We hope you enjoy seeing how we show duty.
Apr2
Our Special Guest Lani
Earlier this term, Lani (Ella and Jai’s mum) came to visit us and talk about sulphur. We were learning about sulphur because it is a mineral found near Whakatane. We learned a lot about sulphur and White Island. Thanks for visiting, Lani!
Aug26
Kids for Kids
Recently, our class has participated in the Kids for Kids singing competition. We have practiced for a term and a half and worked really hard towards the evening. Here are some pictures from the night.
Aug26
Cambodia Day!
This term we have been learning about Cambodia.
Anna’s friend, Mels, came to visit us and taught us how to make some traditional Cambodian food.
First, we had to grate some carrot.
Then, we had to put some rice noodles, carrot and spinach into separate bowls.
Next, we got a bowl of warm water and we dipped on piece of rice paper into it until it went soft.
Then, we put the rice paper onto a tea towel and in the middle we laid the carrot, noodles and spinach.
We rolled up the rice paper and folded in the sides to make a small roll.
We had to make some dipping sauce to with the Cambodian rolls. To do this we mixed fish sauce, garlic, rice vinegar and sweet chilli sauce together.
YUM!
Apr10
Our Finished Art Project
Over the last five weeks we have been working on our class’ contribution to the school-wide art week project. After many hours of careful planning and painting we completed our job!
We hope you enjoy the finished product.
Mar22
ART WEEK
In the year 4, 5 and 6 class, we are currently creating the backdrop for our school’s art week project. We have been very very busy drawing, painting and gathering logs for our exhibition. Have a look at some of our work so far.
Mar20
Camp!
This gallery contains 20 photos.
At the beginning of the year our class went on camp. We did lots of different activities and learned about bush and environmental conservation. Some of the activities we did were: a stream study, a tree study, a soil study, we made emergency stretchers, dams and
Mar28
Water Containers
This term, our topic is water conservation. We learned about different containers that are used to hold water and thought we would create our own. Anna challenged us to use only newspaper, cello-tape and a plastic bag. First, we came up with lots of different ideas about how we would make our water container. Next, we developed and refined one particular idea. At last we could make our containers. We made it a competition to see whose could hold the most water after carrying it across the tennis courts.
Jan16
Hi! I am your new teacher.
Hello Year 5 and 6 students at Rangitaiki Independent School,
My name is Anna and I will be your new teacher this year. I have only just moved to Whakatane from Palmerston North. This is because I got married in Novemeber. My husband found a job with Fonterra in Edgecumbe so I looked for a job in Whakatane and was very excited about getting a job teaching you, here at Rangitaiki Independent School. I am really look forward to being your teacher this year. I hope you are excited about starting school again! Here is a photo of my husband, Matt, and me on our wedding day.
See you all on the 31st January!
Anna
The Fabulous Year 4, 5 and 6 Class RIS 