What a wonderul week!

Week 5 has been and gone in a blur of first aid courses for Mrs H and three way interviews with all the wonderful children of Room 7, and their parents and whanau.

We have been focusing on being happy and have begun a challenge of identifying 100 things that are good/happy about being in Room 7 and in Year 4 and 5. We have had so many good ideas from the children. Lets see if we can crack 30 by the end of next week room 7?

I was so proud of all the children who presented to their families during our goal setting/three way interview conferences. You were courteous, polite, focused and explained your goals to your families with confidence and enthusiasm.  It was great to see so many parents/whanau, especially during such a horrible night on Thursday with hail, rain and nearly snow! Please come and visit us in room 7 whenever you can, the children love sharing their learning with you.

We have started a new writing topic in room 7 this week. We are learning how to write descriptively in order to paint a picture in the minds of our readers. We begun this week with a scenic picture of a lake in the wilderness. We discussed in pairs what we saw and how we would feel if we were in the picture. The children then completed a quick 4 line poem based on the image. The results were amazing. I will be publishing some next week so watch this space.

Singing has become a regular part of our weekly time-table in room 7. We have learnt songs from One Republic, Frozen, Keane and Imagine Dragon and this week we went back into the past and sung one of my personal favourites by Louie Armstrong - What a wonderful world. 

Please enjoy the link below and have a super week! Keep smiling!

What a wonderful world!