Athleticism Day : Ruma 13's performance

Ruma 13 did very well for the Athletics Day in the school : we are proud to say that we have a few young Usain Bolts in our classroom !
Congrats to our best performers :

Zvee : 1st of the 9 years old - 100m, 200m and 800m

Raf : 1st of the  11 years old - 200 m and 800m - 2d at 100m

Ava H : 1st of the  9 years old - 100m , 2d at 200m and 4th at 800 m

Nina : 2d of the 9 years old at 100m

Nauatea : 3rd of the 10 years old at 100m, 4th at 200m, 7th at 800m

Ava S : 4th of the 10 years old at 800m, 5th at 200 m, and 5th at 100m

Anita : 5th of the 10 years old  at 800 m

And the very proud parents assisting to these outstanding races !
Well done !

Pauline

Waste Free Lunch

Today, Ruma 13 did an awesome work at bringing Waste Free Lunchboxes at school. The lunchboxes had to follow some specific rules but the most important was : nothing inside to be wasted !

All those kids used durable cutchery, recycled aluminium and glass. For this awesome behaviour towards their environment, they all get some stickers and a very yummy price.

Bon appétit !

Pauline

Our amazing performers of the School's Talent Show !

Last night, it was Richmond Road's Got Talent  in the hall. The show, organised by Miss Seba (Ruma 4's teacher), her assistant, Mor, and our stagiaire Pauline, was a presentation of the school's most talented children and of their multiple talents in front of an overcrowded audience.

We are very proud to say that 3 of the 14 items were performed with kids of Ruma 13 !

Ollie, Max and Luca in their amazing Mission Impossible performance. While Ollie was playing, Max and Luca were miming a burglar trying to steel the money of a rich billionnaire...We could barely  recognize them in their great outfits !

Emmanuel, Raf and Louis, before going on stage to do the Logobitombo dance. This very famous French jump jam is known by all the kids of the school and while they were performing, the kids were dancing as well in the audience ! What an entertaining performance !

We already knew how cute Emilie was but who could have guessed what talented pianist she is before the show ? Her duet with Zoe (from Te Whanau Whariki) on Jingle Bells was lovely...even more with their great outfits !

All our kids back on stage for the finalee. Congrats to them and the other kids who did amazing performances as well, to the wonderful MC Alistair, miss Seba and all the parents and teachers who helped for this great show.

Quel beau spectacle !

Pauline

French inventors in the history of the cinema by Axelle and Pauline

French Week with Ruma 13

Last week of Term 3, Richmond Road School celebrated their French week. Our topic was inventions and the cinema. Ruma 13 learned  about the contribution of French inventors in the history of photography and cinema (Daguerre, Les Frères Lumières, Méliès). Students created their own camera obscuras and shared this old invention (IVth century BC is the oldest record) with other visiting senior classes.  This was a hands on experience to understand how, when light goes through a small hole (like our in our eye) the image created is upside down. It is our brain which puts the image back up.

Here Emilie is helping to maintain total darkness so Ruma 3 students can experience the effect of the camera obscura.

Lili and Oceane got their visitor to sit for more stability and comfort: great organisational skills, well done girls!!

On Wednesday, the whole school was invited to dress up as a movie character. Ruma 13 shared their favourite French movies with other students. We added a bit of a visual 'tongue in cheek' pun on French stereotypes by getting most of Ruma 13 to wear the moustache!

Alice D cutest Célestine!

Alice S fantastic outfit in a minion of Despicable Me (french animation) !

The finest Moustache Club: Nauatea and Ava!

La classe inspecteur Cédric!

 Who would have thought girls could wear the moustache so well? La ravissante Ciel!

Même moustachue, Emilie est toujours aussi jolie!

 Emmanuel, quel naturel!!

 Juliette: quelle merveilleuse Stroumpfette!

 Un clown qui n'est jamais triste: Lili

  Louis a les moustaches qu'il faut pour devenir dompteur de tigre!

 Louis G, un nouveau Tintin a moustache!

 Ce jour, la, le Petit Prince (alias Luca) a demandé à Axelle: 'dessine moi des moustaches....'

Molly, la plus mignonne des souris!

Océane, une très jolie vampire!

 Ollie et Luca ont presenté 'Le Petit Nicolas' devant toute l' école: Bravo les garçons!

La moustache de Raf semble lui avoir brouillé le cerveau!!

Un autre ravissant chaton: Sophia!

Avec son compère Max, Tristan était le guide pour les visiteurs de la Camera obscura installée dans la cuisine. L'image projetée sur un grand drap blanc était en couleur, les arbres et les toits étaient tout à l'envers: fascinant! 

 Zvee en Popeye, ça paye!! Il avait même sa fameuse boite d'épinard avec lui!!

 Les enfants attendent avec impatience l'annonce de la classe gagnante du grand concours de déguisement: suspens ....

La superbe Palme d'or créée par Pauline!

The winning classroom Ruma 10 with Axelle (as the assistant of Méliès, Pauline as Marcel Marceau and Miss Hayley as Scoobidoo) !

by Axelle

Au revoir Julien !

Notre stagiaire Julien est reparti mardi dernier en France pour continuer ses études et devenir professeur un jour. Peut-etre qu'il viendra enseigner a Richmond Road School !
Pour son départ, nous avons organisé un grand gouter avec pleins de surprises (chansons, cadeaux etc...). Un grand merci aux enfants de la section Maori qui sont venus faire un haka d'adieu très émouvant dans notre classe.
Julien va beaucoup nous manquer, heureusement, il nous laisse sa célèbre guitare et notre belle chanson de l'Archipel et nous gardons Pauline avec nous pour nous aider !