Some cool science...

On Friday we made some really cool patterns in milk with food colouring and washing up liquid. Here is a video of exactly what we did. It's an easy one to try at home. If you do, please leave a comment below to tell us how it went!

We loved making the colours move with our cotton bud. The soap on the end of it was really powerful, making the fat in the milk stick together. We thought that it looked a bit like the colours you get in a marble, or perhaps like Earth looks from space. Give it a go!

Lenny the lamb visits Team Rua

This morning we had a special visitor to Team Rua. Lenny the lamb needed a bottle of milk, and BOY - was he hungry!! We all had a chance to pet his soft wool. He was lovely and soft.

Have a great trip to America, Mrs Foote - we will find Colorado on the map and have lots of questions about it for when you get back. Safe travels!

Just Another Friday With Team Rua!

We had a fantastic end to week 5 in Team Rua! This morning we had a whole school assembly. Team Tahi performed a hilarious story of the Three Little Pigs, and entertained us with their singing. Well done Team Tahi! Delilah got her Welcome to Mahora book from Miss T. We love having Delilah in our class!

This week we've been reading heaps of Julia Donaldson books. Our favourite has been The Gruffalo. What a great character he is-- with his knobbly knees, a wart on his nose, claws on his feet, and purple prickles on his back! We decided to make a Gruffalo.

First we had to paint him with brown paint. We tried to make the paint look like fur by tapping our paint brushes and using cotton buds.

Then, we had to add all the things that make him a Gruffalo!

Nela adding purple prickles. 

Looking great Hannah!

Taine put a big green wart on the end of his nose!

Dallas and Lottie adding claws on the end of his toes. 

Kyla adding a black tongue.

Great Gruffalos! 

Did you know, his favourite food is.... Team Rua Crumble!

Have a great few weeks with Mrs. H Team Rua!
Mrs Foote

Julia Donaldson and the Gruffalo

 This week and next week, Team Rua are reading books written by Julia Donaldson. Today we read 'The Gruffalo'. Lots of us had heard this story before. We wrote about a character in the morning. Then this afternoon we worked in pairs to create a playdough Gruffalo scene. Mrs H has printed these out for us and we are going to write about our creations tomorrow. We had to work together, sharing materials and communicating our ideas. Do come and read our writing!

Friday Assembly and our New Books!

Today Team Rua went to our first whole school assembly. We enjoyed watching Room 14 present a fantastic assembly. They shared their writing, art, and work with us. We sang some awesome songs, but best of all, we were presented with our 'Welcome to Mahora' books. 

Mrs Foote called us each up to get our books. It was exciting to stand up and show the entire school our books. We did a fabulous job standing tall and proud, smiling, and holding up our books! 

Welcome Brayden! 

Welcome Myah!

Welcome to Mahora School Taine!

Welcome Kyla!

Dallas was excited to get a new book.

Welcome Maia.

Welcome Nela.

Welcome Jakob

Welcome Hannah

Welcome Brody!

Mrs Foote was proud of us and our outstanding behaviour at assembly. We are an awesome bunch of Mahora Students!

Our first Ako Time

Yesterday afternoon we joined with Teams Tahi, Toru and Wha for Ako Time. Every Tuesday afternoon we can choose from a range of activities on offer in any of the 4 classrooms. We get to meet different teachers and different kids. It can be quite daunting, but everyone coped really well and found something to create. Check out our pics!

Creating bookmarks, headbands, masks

Extending the ping pong track

Great 2nd day at school!