Cultural Festival

Hurray! Off we go to the Cultural Festival. It was hard to sit still on the bus ride there. When we did get there and inside I remembered how cold you can be with a thin top with straps and a thin tight skirt! Unfortunately we had to wait there for ages, luckily a parade of children came past in amazing costumes. A few minutes later a staff member came to take us backstage. When we got there we had to wait for the group before us to finish their performance. I was in the second row in between Demi and Ashley who were in front of me. Our performance was great. I had butterflies in my stomach at the start but they flew away. The audience clapped and clapped for us. I can't wait until next year!


By Camille.

Mud football

On Saturday we asked Miss Nobel to come to the soccer game. Then 2mins to go until  kick off when we got on the field   it was all muddy, watery and sloppy. It was kick off, first I was attack then soon Miss Nobel was cheering for us. We lost 0-1 but we enjoyed the game!

Cultural Festival

Tomorrow the kapa haka people are going to the CBS arena  to perform the haka and some songs. We are performing in the afternoon we are riding on the bus. I am scared because we might get some actions wrong. The kapa haka people have been practising lots. It will be really fun because it will be a cool stage it is going to be a long bus ride.

The winner is .....

We went to watch The Winner is...It was really fun and it was interesting. The actors were really funny because the boy was mean to the girl.
The story was not all about winning, it was about team effort.
by Brodie

Gym School Fun

The music started, the birdy dance was underway. We were warming up for our gym adventure!
Next we were put into 6 groups for a variety of fun activities. There were so many things to do and so much equipment...we couldn't wait.
Climb, stretch, pull, tiptoe, roll and bounce! We were so busy practising our skills.

"My favourite was doing flips onto the fat mat," said Wyatt exhaustedly.
"I loved jumping into the foam pit, then climbing up the high rope," exclaimed Molly.
"Balancing on the beam was fun for me," said Lily happily.
"Pulling myself up on the bars made me feel strong," explained Ethan.

Our muscles are a bit achy today but it was worth it. Gym School was the best!

Our Statistical Investigations

Today in class we did a graph about what people would do at a birthday party. We had nine groups and we all asked the class different questions. Some of the question were:
* where would you go for your birthday,
*what treat food would you have,
*what treat drink would you have.
We surveyed our classmates to find their favourite choices.
 Miss Noble showed us an example of how to graph the results by some people in room 9.
Our graphs look just as good!! Come and see them up on our wall.

By Liam S-W

The newbees and the oldees in room 7

In room 7 we have one new student called Om . He used to be living in Christchurch but he moved to Auckland because of the earthquakes and moved back down to live in Christchurch. We are very HAPPY for him to come to this School. He is a delight in our class he is very smart and nice, kind and helpful. He has fitted in well.
 There is an old student called Carter. He used to live in Christchurch
he moved to Australia for about a year he's came back all pumped up and ready for school again!  He's made more friends. He's had a great start to the year. When you see them both in the playground please be nice and let them join in with games.
By Hanna and Luke

Making kites

Last week room7 made beautiful kites. We made the kites because it was kite day on Friday but it was cancelled because of rain. We might be having kite day another day. First we had to find 3 people to make a group. Then we had to design the kite on a piece of paper. Next we had to tape the sticks on to the corners of the kite. After that we turned it over and decorated it how we did on the paper. Then we wound the string around the handles. Lastly we attached the string and handles to the kite. We will have soooo much fun flying them just like we had making them.

 by Elise and Lucy

Super Swimming

For two weeks room 7 will be doing swimming every day at 10:30 at Graham Condon.room 8 and 9 are before us and room 6 are after us. I'm in the top group with Jaxon, Katie, Mia, Hannah and Luke. Today we did about 7 lengths and a dive each. To get there we go on a bus that has seats made out of sheep wool. Jaxon and I are quite good at backstroke and freestyle but we need to get better at sculling.
We both love swimming.

by Jaxon and Isaac

HINDENBURG

I found out some information about the Hindenburg as part of our topic on flight.

The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday, 6th May 1937. Hindenburg was one of  the largest air ships ever! It was 245 m long. 35 out of 97 people were killed. The air ship flew from March 1936 until destroyed by fire 14 months later in 1937. The crew flew more than one million miles!

by Liam M

The Amazing Air Force World

Stop the car! We are at Air Force World. Room 6 and 7 visited the museum on Wednsday.


 because our topic is Up, Up and Away. First we went into a classroom where we learnt:

• the parts of an aeroplane 
• how the parts help the plane fly
• the time line of how people tried to make planes 
• the 4 important words - lift, weight, thrust, and drag  

Next we got to explore the amazing planes. Finally we got to do a scavenger hunt which was fun. Some teams managed to nearly complete the challenging search. 

By Room 7

MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

In the school holidays it was my birthday.From mum and dad I got an ELECTRIC GUITAR from my brother I got a micro charges bost pack filled with track pieces.

At my birthday party from Molly I got $20 and a cadbury  chocolate bar  from Flynn I got a box of cadbury chocolate favorites and from, last but not least, Wyatt I got an angery bird addition of playing cards and a lego chima.


After 1 hour of climbing at clip 'n' climb we went to my house and watched THE AVENGERS  and had pizza we went out side in the dark and ran around with my ipod speaker going crazily. Then we all did GANGNAM STYLE in front of the adults.

When we dropped Molly off she brought out Oscar then we dropped Wyatt off but when we dropped Flynn off I got to go in side and becuase it was his brother Oli's birthday party so I had some of the marshmellows dipped in warm runny chocolate.

Finally we went home and I said"I've had a great day''

   That's how I spent my birthday!   by Jaxon

Holiday in Sydney.

Last Wednesday me and my family dropped my TINY dog off at The Bark Royale (the dog hotel)  We were going to Sydney for my cousin's wedding on the Friday. On the Emirates 777-300er. On the plane I watched a moive on the aircraft called The Muppets. And on the way back I watched Wreck it ralph. On friday it was the weding at 4 15pm. We all had alot of fun. My meal was nuggets and chips. The next day we went to the Power house museum and aquarium.
I liked the aquarium best. When you went into a tunnel with glass walls glass roof and floor so the fish could swim under you and over you. The power house was good as well they had all experiments and inventions.
by Oliver G

Wonderful Holidays

In the last Saturday of the holidays it was my brother's birthday.I was at Jaxon's birthday for half of it though.When I came back Jaxon slammed 3 of my fingers in his car door my pinky was one of my fingers that got slammed in his door.They played spotlight but I could not play because of my fingers so I watched tv.I played wii and won all rounds.They kept me up all night.In the morning we played a toilet paper game where you had to roll toilet paper as far as you could the one that was the longest won we had to rip our peice off when the timer was done and we only had ten seconds to get as far as we could.We also played hide and seek we went down to the end of the drive beacause there is a place were it is a really good hiding spot.He found me and one of my brothers freinds first so we did paper scissors rock I WON.Then we went to my mums car then he gave up we went to mum's car again. After they had all left I went on the computer.
by Flynn

Building The Tower

On Wednesday the 8th of May Ethan, Brodie, Jaxon,  Gaby and Oliver made a tower as tall as the reading corner. At the side there was TNT so when the bell rang we could push it and the tower would SMASH down on the ground because...the walls on it weren't stable at all!!!      By Oliver!

BIRTHDAY TIME!!!!!!!!!!

My mum made some delicous cupcakes for my Birthday!!!

I went to the dentist,I was super star and then I came to my class room 7 and they all sang happy Birthday to me YEAH!!!!!!
My mouth was a bit sore though.Then it was lunch time and all my friends came out to eat some delicous
cupcakes. They had green icing and lego bricks and minifigures on them. Yummy!
BY ETHAN AND LUKE

Soccer time!

Last week some soccer coaches came to give us some fun! They divided us into 8 teams of random ages so we had about 6 players in each team. We played four 8 minute games. We had two teams on each game, a bib team and no-bib team. The bib team stayed after each game and the no-bib team moved on to play another team.Some of us wanted to play a big game of soccer with our school goals but the smaller games were safer and let everyone get a turn.
When we scored a goal we had to run to our goal to touch it before we could start play again. It was exhausting and hot and sweaty. We were desperate for a drink. Afterwards we were all really tired but we had extreme fun!!

 

We need homework!

I believe homework should stay.


Some people think we have no one to help us, but our mum and dad are always happy to help because they want us to do our best.


Also people think you don't get time to play but you can just play after. If we play after homework we get good grades and get time to play aswell.


Homework makes you get better at maths and you can build your foundation. If you build your foundation when you get to high school you'll be good at harder things and get a fantastic job!


Homework must stay!!!

by Molly

CHOCOLATE!!!

In Room 7 we are learning to write to persuade people:

Chocolate should be banned at easter.
I believe that we should not have chocolate because it will make you sick and not healthy and you need to have some 5PLUSADAY!!!!!!!!
It has toO much fat and milk chocolate 100% for sure and because you can get too fat!! Children can get a little hyper and drop wrappers and then the children will cry! NO MORE EASTER EGGS AT EASTER THEY $COST TOO MUCH!!!!
by Luke

A secret Easter bunny or two came to visit us in R7 and filled the Easter baskets we had made. We were very lucky! Thanks Easter bunnies!

Fun in Room 7

In Room 7 we are learning about the beach. Today we  did a beach buddy assembly with the cute Room 1. We had to bring something beachy to wear and Miss Noble got to sit in a deck chair. We were sorted into groups: sand castles, fish, shells, seaweed, crabs and birds. Then everyone did a picture based on their group title. We had fun helping and learning.

Athletics Prize Giving

On Wednesday Oliver J,Isaac and I had our athletics prize giving.I got second in my age group and Isaac did as well.I got a trophy for the highest personal bests.I won two of my running races.I came second in my other running one because I stopped to help someone finish the race.I came third in high jump.I jumped ninty centimetres.And I came first in long jump.I jumped 3.07 metres.We all did really well!
by Katie

Pig Fairies!!!!

We have pig fairies in our classroom. Pig Fairies sneak into Room 7 and look in our desks to find messy ones. They had so much fun the first day they came because they found many, many, messy desks. They play and party in the mess. Some of our books and pencils fall out onto the floor. A note was left on our board saying they will be back...so we are trying to keep our desks tidy! Sometimes we have a little class discussion about how we could get rid of these naughty pig fairies. We hope we don't get them at home in our bedrooms. We think we might need to make pig fairy traps.

Written by the tidy children of R7

On Sunday I did my club champs. I got 2nd in 300m and 100m, I also got 3rd in 200m high jump and discus. It was a bit annoying because there were two boys who hogged all the firsts.I was proud of how I did.

By Isaac.

Sand Dunes Are...

• Homes for millions of animals                                                                            
• To stop waves crashing into houses
• Really steep to climb
• Eroding by big steps and dark storms



• Protected by heaps of fences

By Elise and Flynn

SAND DUNES ARE ...

          Home to big amount of plants
          Held together by these plants :pingau,ice plant and more

• Created by wind and the sea
• protected by fences
• Habitats for animals
• having walk ways put in so we don't wreck them

Room 7's Garden

We have been busy planting our garden.  We planted parsley marigolds lettuce beetroot, brocolie and celery. We hope it rains!

Managing Self


The key competency we are looking at this week is managing self. It's all about being ready and focussed for learning. When we stay on-task and listen to the teacher, when we are organised and following instructions we are self-managing. I took photos of children self managing in Room 7 today...look at these great learners!!

Sharing news in buzz groups




Waiting quietly after swimming

 



kapa haka

On Thursday we had a mihi whakatau .Demi did the karanga to the vistors, they were Mrs Lye and Mrs Wong from ERO. We sang E tu kahikitea and Mrs Wong played the guiter instead of Mauta Norm. We sang He Honere and the Harewood School song too. Mrs Greenwood did her mihi.The teachers and some of the kids did a hongi with the visitors and then they had morning tea together. Our visitors are here to see our learning.

Welcome to Room 7

We are happy to be back at school. We are already working hard!
In Reading we are working on SRA. This helps us to find facts,understand our reading and learn more about words.

We want to start Smartwords Spelling so we are having lots of tests to find our level.
We are writing cool holiday stories.
We have been having fun in the pool. We even played "Captain's Coming" in the water.
Come and visit our classroom so we can tell you more!