Cross Country

Today we raced in the cross country with the other schools from our zone. It was wet and muddy but we kept our positive attitudes and gave it our best go! Well done Rawe kids!

Sense writing

Some of Rawe have been using their senses at writing time. This week we tried apples and lemons! 

I smell Apple. It is crunchy. It is sparkly too. It is dribbling down my chin.

By Bonnie

Lemon tastes like sour cheese. It looks like yellow polka dots. It feels hard. 

By Lily T 

The lemon smells like lime. It tastes like lemonade. It looks lumpy.

By Neeka

Rawe's Post on Wednesday, 18 May 2016

When we are reading, we are practising not pointing to the words. Check out our video to see why. We sound so much smoother and more expressive when we don't point!

Around the world

Today we shared our houses that we have been creating at action station time. We listened to everyone's ideas and discovered that our houses all had some things in common- a roof, doors, windows, heating, furniture and even some animals. Then we looked at pictures of houses from around the world. We saw roofs, doors and windows, but it was amazing to see how different people in the world live. Some houses were made straw and mud, and some were very tall! 

We are wondering about where our families came from when they came to New Zealand? Next week we will be asking our families to help us find out. Can you guess where Some of Mrs Polaschek's family came? Here's a clue.

If you guessed Scotland you're right!

Face painting

We are so lucky in Rawe Mrs Mathieson... We have Paige's mum, Mrs McKenzie in to paint our faces. We have been working so hard on our learning that Mrs Mathieson thought we needed a treat. 

Maths time.

Here is Liam, Hoani, Karolis and Max playing their maths game. 

They are using their numbers and adding them together. 

Way to go boys. 

Keeping our school tidy!

Here is Will and Karolis working with Mr. McKee who is our caretaker. They are learning about different roles around the school that people play. We can not wait until we can hang out with Mr Lietze for the afternoon. 

Our class library

We love reading in our class tent. We call it our library.