Zoo Trip and Inspiration!

We have had a fantastic start to the term in Room 7. It was great to hear everybody had a great holiday and were refreshed and ready to learn. We are beginning each day in Room 7 with a piece of inspiration, a story, photo, video clip etc. to get us thinking about keeping positive, working together and supporting each other. The children particularly enjoyed this video clip showing the power of working as a team. Enjoy the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE6mDCdYuwY

Today was a highlight for many of the children and teachers as we ventured out into the big world, on our zoo trip. We had been unlucky with the weather on Tuesday but the sun shone brightly today so we began our adventure.  Of the many cool things that we did, being able to touch a Tuatara named Stonehenge, was my personal favourite. I will let the children fill you in on their favourite bits if they haven't already.  Mr S, Mrs G and myself along with all the wonderful parent helpers, were super impressed with how well the seniors behaved today. They made us really proud. Here are a few snaps of the day.

Homework Week 1

End of Term 2

Gosh, where has the term gone? We have been SUPER busy in Room 7.

One of the highlights of our last week of term 2 was the presentation of speeches. I was blown away by the high standard of the speeches and super-duper proud of all the children, for getting up in front of the class and presenting their speeches.  This was not an easy thing to do for a lot of the children in Room 7, however everyone has grown in confidence from being part of the experience.

Congrats to the students who made it through to the senior syndicate finals.

This is the senior syndicate before the speech finals take place.

We are enjoying syndicate fitness, when the weather is kind. We had a lot of fun playing dodge ball today.

Wishing you all safe and happy holidays with your wonderful children. See you back for another exciting term on Monday the 21st of July.

World Cup 2014 in Room 7

We are all very excited in Room 7 as the football world cup has begun. Every person has drawn out a team to follow and we will be learning about the country our team comes from. Mrs H will be showing some of the football games (that have an 8am kick off time) before school in Room 7. If your child would like to come and watch them they are allowed to come to school at 8am to do so, as I will be supervising them. Please check the FIFA website for information and times for games. What a great spectacle it has been already.

Homework W6

MoveMprove

We are steaming our way through the MoveMprove sessions with our fantastic gym instructors. We have learnt a lot of great skills and are having a lot of fun each Thursday. Check out some of the things we did this week.

Waiting enthusiastically for our turn.

Listening carefully to the instructions.

We warmed up with a fun activity similar to musical chairs but with hula hoops.

We had to use co-operative skills to all fit in the hoop.

Working with a buddy to practise balancing and tucking.

We had to use a partner to walk together using our hands and feet. It was tricky.

An even harder challenge was making a line of 4 people to move across the floor with.

Mr Mallard visits

On Thursday this week we had a special visitor to our school. Mr Trevor Mallard from the Labour Party came to speak to the teachers and the senior students.  We asked him a lot of questions about what he liked about being a member Parliament and how he got into politics. He talked to us about a typical day in Parliament and the important issues for him as an MP. Education was a top priority and passion.

Term 2

Room 7 have had a busy first week back at school after the holidays.

Some of the things we have learnt about this week have included: how to roller-skate and play hockey, some new gymnastics moves, we have begun persuasive writing and been introduced to the new topic of Maori cultures and our own.

In week 2 it is our turn to host Assembly. We are really looking forward to doing this and would love as many parents/caregivers to come along to support us as possible.

Football

We have had a fabulous week of learning new football skills. We played stuck in the mud with footballs and the mud monsters tried to stop our football. See if you can spot who they are.

Homework Week 10

Homework Week 9

Tennis

We have now had two tennis lessons with our instructor Leonie. We are learning how to have a rally with a partner and make sure the ball gets over the net. We have also learnt about how to hold the tennis racquet properly.