Ruru's Year 6's Visit to Tiaora QE II

On the 28th of May our Year 6 students had the privilege of getting to enjoy the new Tiaora QE II, before it officially opens to the public on the 1st of June. Here are some photos of them enjoying the pools and the hydroslide.

Cultural Art

Ruru have been enjoying exploring art in different cultures. 
Here are some pictures. R1 are exploring koru. R2 are looking at Samoan siapo. R3 are exploring the South African 'Big 5)' and R4 are looking at Japanese cherry blossom.

ANZAC

During the first week of term we focused all of our learning around ANZAC.
We really enjoyed writing about an ANZAC video we watched and lots of interesting war gear that Whaea Rhiannon's brother let us borrow. 

CRT

On Tuesday Ruru goes to CRT. Each term we go during a different block.
This term we go in the afternoon block. We go to do either P.E and Music
or Art and Te Reo Māori.

In P.E we have been learning some skills in softball.

At Art we have been designing 3D bedrooms.
For Music we have been learning how to play the ukulele and recorder.
Lastly in Te Reo Māori we have been doing a virtual mihimihi.
We thank the four teachers Adrienne, Mrs Hadfield, Whaea Sonya and
Ms Travis for their hard work and making our CRT time so enjoyable.

By Riley SL

Cooking Club

For the past few years in Ruru we have been doing Cooking Club.
Cooking club is a reward for students who have been doing the right thing. It is a great reward because you get to have fun baking food and treats and then you get to eat them.
Here are some of the recipes from this term.

Last week some of us made Churro Mini Muffins. They were light and fluffy! DELICIOUS!

Truffles
1 packet wine biscuits
One tin condensed milk
One block of chocolate (we used caramilk)
Coconut to roll balls in.
Whiz the biscuits to crumbs. Melt chocolate over a double boiler, stir in the condensed milk and biscuits.
Roll into balls and coat with coconut.
Refrigerate until firm.

Chocolate Brownie
2 cups chopped dates
1 tsp baking soda
3⁄4 cup boiling water
1 cup dark cocoa sifted
200g/6 1/2 oz finely diced butter at room temperature
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups caster sugar/ superfine sugar
1 cup flour
1⁄2 tsp baking powder
250g 8 oz dark chocolate chips or chopped dark chocolate

Preheat oven to 160 degrees and line a 30cm x 24cm/ 12 x 9 inch slice tin with baking
paper. Put dates in large bowl, add baking soda and boiling water stir to combine.
Add finely diced butter and stir until melted. Leave to stand for 20 minutes.
Mash softened dates with a fork to break them up to a creamy consistency. Stir in the eggs
and vanilla until well combined. Stir in the sugar, then add the cocoa until smooth.stir in the
chocolate chips or chunks.smooth into prepared tin and bake and bake until it is set in the
middle and begins to come away from the sides of the tin, about 50 minutes cool before
cutting in to squares.

Hip Hop

Hip Hop

Every Wednesday morning Ruru Studio has Amy come in and take Hip Hop. We do Hip Hop for 15 to 20 minutes. It's really fun and we normally do three songs. Some of the songs that we do are Gangnam Style, Eye Of The Tiger, Macrina, Believer, Whatever it takes and many more.

By Selene

Bucket Fillers

Taylor C, Grace, Riley SL, Kyle W, Zara & Lily were the Ruru prize winners last Friday