Wigram HEART Values

Last term we started a wall display on each of our school values: HEART.

We finally completed the final three values of the school - Hauora, Explore and Respect.

The school cross country was last Wednesday and we all worked hard to look after our physical and mental wellbeing through running! Even though it was muddy and slightly wet, everyone tried their best to take part in either the competitive run or the fun run. Each letter of the word, Hauora, is filled up with photos of Ruru running on that day!

The next value was Explore.

We are all explorers and each time we learn something, we gain new knowledge about that topic and  discover new things about ourselves! There are also many fantastic New Zealanders who have different careers and their exploration inspires us as students in New Zealand.

Our final value is Respect!

Due to the wet weather in Christchurch, we had to think about what respect would mean and look like in such conditions. Many of us reflected on how we need to use kind words and making sure we do the right thing. There were some who thought about how they could have shown more respect to others when they are speaking.

We took photos and created a speech bubble of what respect meant to each of us.

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Check out our earlier posts to see what our other school values are!

Ruru's Celebrity Gardener!

Kia ora koutou,

Today we have an exciting guest to share a message with you all. This video was taken last week when the Wigram teachers met for the first time in five weeks for our Teacher Only Day.

Without much further ado, we welcome to the blog.....

Mr Rob!!

The garden was looking fabulous and there were soooo many carrots!! I was going to take some but sadly forgot. Hopefully there will be some veges to share when we all get back to school.

Do you have a vege garden? Or maybe you have more flowers at home! This could be a good opportunity to take a video of your backyard and share the different things that are growing in your garden. For those of you who do not have a big garden, you could design your own dream garden with a waterfall and pond.. maybe even a magic frog prince! The possibilities are endless......

Have fun creating and leave a message for Mr Rob below!

And the blogging prizes to go.....

Kia ora koutou,

The Ruru teachers have had a fantastic two days seeing lots of the Ruru students through our Google Meets. Mr Williams has been very busy with the children onsite and is sad to be missing out on seeing your smiling faces, but fingers crossed we will all see each other at school soon!

Without much further ado, here are the winners for this week's Blogging Prizes....

Blogger of the Week goes to.....

Makaire!

He has been very busy solving lots of Maths problems and sharing them on his blog. You can check out his blog here.

But wait, there's more!! There have been some spot prizes for blog posts. These go to...

Sapphire for her special ANZAC Day project, showing letters from her grandfather to her grandmother during the war;

Liam for sharing photos of his yummy ANZAC biscuits;

Florence for her very detailed Home Learning Task; and

Madds for her post about baking for her neighbours.

Have a look at their posts and make sure you leave a positive, thoughtful, helpful comment!

And one more person to give a special mention to....

We have had many nominations for this person to get a 'Commenter of the Week' prize and that goes to.....

Petra!

Thank you for commenting on lots of Ruru children's blogs and congratulations on starting your own blog!

That's it for Term 2, Week 3. We will continue to read and comment on your blog posts and then share the winners for next week, next Friday.

Blogger of the Lockdown and Spot Prizes!

Kia ora from the Ruru teachers!

We have had some amazing blog posts and hard working bloggers during the Level 4 Lockdown period. To recognise those students, we have chosen:

one Blogger of the Lockdown,

and a few spot prizes for blog posts!

Blogger of the Lockdown goes to....

Karaitiana!

She has shown her diligence by posting something nearly every day in Term 2, from creating Mandela Pizza Art, to researching and sharing facts about Taika Waititi.

Check out her blog here - don't forget to leave a comment!

Next up, we have some spot prizes to give to people for their amazing blog posts.

Skyla - for her blog posts on recycling and Earth Day;

Madds - for showing us her fantastic piano skills;

Kaleb - for sharing the Maths he has been doing;

Risha - for making us all hungry with her baking post;

Lathan - for his efforts on his ANZAC Day post.

Click on the names of the students to have a look at their posts and don't forget to comment!

All six students will be given five Kahu Cards when we get back to school as well as something edible.....?

We would also like to recognise these students, who have posted one or more things throughout this time:
Devan, Izaak, Elise, Marcus, Tayla, Tayla-Jayne, Tyler, Kees, Kezia, Liam, Jaydah, Izanna, Aiden, Dylan. Joshvaa, Sapphire, Annalise, Florence and Makaire.

As we move into Level 3 next week, we will be choosing a blogger of the week and blogpost of the day, then sharing these next Friday.

For those of you who prefer to work on paper, we will be giving out more prizes when you show us, back at school! Alternatively, parents can send photos of children's work to the teachers to share here.

Stay tuned for more fantastic work from the

BEST LEARNING SPACE at Wigram Primary!