Nga Taonga Puoro: Purerehua

Ruma Tahi headed out into the wild to try out our purerehua before our interclass challenge with Ruma Ono.

It takes a lot of 'wriggle and spin' to create the thrum of the purerehua! 

Beach Clean Up In May

Ruma Tahi spent a couple of hours picking up rubbish along the cycle way.

We were shocked at the amount of industrial waste!

Callaghan's Ridge Tramp WPC

This awesome team has just completed their first William Pike Challenge tramp.  The location was Callaghan's Ridge, Shamrock Creek to Goldsborough. Thanks to all of the parents who provided vehicle support and to those parents who also walked with us. Tumeke hikoi Ruma Tahi!

Hermits in Sea Week

This week students were reading about the origin of garden gnomes,
the decorative hermit.

Practising Decorative Hermit-Hazel

Max - decorative hermit.

They also looked at hermit crabs and made links between the
two forms of ‘hermits’.

These students are busy practising to be decorative hermits.  A decorative hermit
signed on for the job for seven years. During that seven years they were not allowed
to wash or cut their hair, beard or fingernails!

The job application required students to read aloud in a melancholy voice.
Some students read aloud for forty-five minutes!

Poppy - practising decorative hermit

Arly - practising decorative hermit

Meme Challenge

This month part of our photography challenge was to create a meme of our choice.  Here are a couple of clever ones created by Cameron. The challenge is on!

Photographic Challenge

This month we were asked to show our photographic skills. We have different aspects to focus on each week.  The following images came from our 'black and white' challenge.

Swim Safe - Why are the drowning statistics in New Zealand so high?

Ruma Tahi students researched information around drowning statistics in New Zealand. They thought about these in connection to stories from their own lives. 

Nga kŌwhiringa haumaru mā ngā tamariki atamai.  Safe choices by smart children.

Max's Story