Basketball Gurus

 Thanks to the Nelson Giants players, Nik and Kaz for dropping by for some skill sessions.

Top Team Games

 What a wonderful way to end the week! Thanks to Dylan and Top Team Games for providing the activities and opportunities.  Great teamwork and positive attitudes on display from most!

Sea Week Beach Clean Up

Ruma Waru, Karoro School,  competed our Sea Week unit with a beach clean up. We walked along the Wilderness Trail from Watson's Creek to Mill Creek and picked up any rubbish we found. We met three dogs and some very nice people on the way.

From Mill Creek we detoured onto the beach and walked between the high tide line and the foreshore, picking up rubbish as we went.  At first we thought that the beach was clean but once we started looking we found A LOT OF RUBBISH! 

We collected as much as we could and loaded this onto Scott's ute. He and Donna kindly took responsibility for ensuring that the rubbish went to a more appropriate place than the ecosystem that holds endangered banded dotterels and little blue penguins (korora).

Great effort Ruma Waru, and a big shout out to Mrs Wylde, Mrs McKinley, Donna and Scott.

We found drink bottle, lolly bags, coffee cups and lots and lots of shredded plastic bags.

There were paint cartons, fire grates, more bottles and nylon string.

There were drink cans, plastic pegs, and bags of household rubbish! YUK!

There were old undies, various unmentionable items, and even more plastic!

, 

There was an old car tyre, a basketball (which we pumped up and are reusing) and lots of pieces of metal. Rory found a car rear wing mirror!

2023 Term One - Census At School

The circumference of our right thumb.

The circumference of our left wrist over the top of our wrist bones.

 Statistics is the name of the game for the next few weeks in Ruma Waru.  This year is a national census year. We began our statistics work by participating in the Census At School. We had to collect a wide range of data such as:

                               

The length of our left foot.

The weight of everything we carried to school that day in our backpacks!

Our height in our bare feet.

How long we could balance on our left foot with our eyes closed...Rylan went for the longest!

Tramping Adventures

 Several Year 8 girls undertook the overnight tramp to Lake Daniel.  They carried in all of their equipment and took responsibility for cooking their own meals.  They were tūmeke wahine toa, strong, resilient, responsible and great fun to tramp with. 

Along the way they met up with an old time gold miner, panned for gold and found their fortune!

Tacos for tea... followed by strawberries and chocolate sauce. 

Several sorts of sausages sizzling in the pan.

Meeting Mick, an old timer from the Quartzopolis Mine.

Slab Hut Creek, location of a small fortune in gold flakes.

Karoro School Readers Represent Their Region

 Congratulations Lucy, Emma, Casey and Harper: Third place, after a tie breaker for second and third, at the National Kidslit Finals in Wellington, New Zealand this weekend!

Illustrious company... illustrious location.

The reward comes from the work you put in... congratulations! 

Focus

You have to eat to complete!

Anyone of you could run that building in the future.

Always a little excitement!

Catching up with John Plimmer and Fritz.

Callaghan's Ridge - William Pike Challenge

 During an epic tramp in a torrential West Coast downpour we stopped and built bivvies to eat lunch in/under.

Room for mums too...

Location.  Location.  Location.

Very snug!

Excellent foliage camouflage... if only the tarpaulin had been green!