Rūma Waru's Blog

Kia ora and welcome all of you to the R ūma Waru blogspace! As you all know, I have recently joined the staff as the wonderful Mr Kay has moved with his family to the United States. I am in my first year of teaching, which can be a nerve-wracking time. Fortunately, Crofton Downs School is filled with fantastic staff who are highly capable and supportive. The students I have spent time with so far have also made the transition very smooth for me, and they are very responsible and caring young people. Maths For the students who are in my maths group, we are currently focussing on a fractions unit, while my release teacher Kriss will be working on some strand maths with them (at the moment, she is teaching students about statistics). We have also been invited to take part in a online Mathletics Challenge which will run for the next month or so, and will be a great opportunity for students to put their maths knowledge and skills to use in a slightly more competitive setting than they...

Wonder Artwork The Senior Pod has been doing a book study on the superb book 'Wonder' by R.J.Palacio. Students created some incredible artwork in the style of the character illustrations that appear in the book.

Philippa Werry Author Visit We have been celebrating book week at school and have been fortunate to have some amazing guest speakers visiting to share their knowledge about books.  One of our guests was the famous New Zealand writer Philippa Werry. She conducted an excellent Q&A session with our Senior Pod where she discussed what it was like to be a writer. She also shared some insights into the books that she has written. It was very exciting to meet an author who has written so many wonderful school journal stories over the years.  

Self Portrait Paintings

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