Captain James Cook

As part of our inquiry learning we are investigating Captain James Cook. Today we all got to try sauerkraut. Some of us liked it but some of us thought it was a bit yucky. Here are some photos of some of the reactions after tasting sauerkraut.

 

 

Why did we try sauerkraut?
What does sauerkraut have to do with Captain Cook?
What is sauerkraut made of?
Did you like sauerkraut?

Put your answers to these questions in the comment box .

Subtraction!

Our focus this term in number is subtraction. Here is a game that you can play to help you become faster at your subtraction basic facts. Have fun !

Rehearsals have begun! Captain Shmook and his Chook is well underway and we are all excited about the production. We are the seagulls performing to Eat It Up. 

Patrice shared some of the choreography of our dance with us today. We are going to be practising this over the coming weeks.

It was a little bit nerve wracking, for some people, having to act. We are really going to be focusing on giving it our best, all the time, even though we may be a little shy.

Here is the link to our choreography. You will need to use the login that you were emailed to view it.

During the production we are going to be learning to:

* Explore elements of drama.
* Explore and identify, through movement, the dance elements of body, space, time, energy and relationships.
* Share dance, drama and music through formal presentation (production).

Share some of your first thoughts and feelings about the rehearsal and production in the comments. 

Cricket Awareness.

We learnt some great skills and had loads of fun at cricket awareness today.
Were you listening today? Can you answer theses questions? Post your answers and let's see who showed great listening skills today.
What was Andre doing really well when he was catching the ball?
Why do we congratulate the opposition when they win?
What sort of hand hold do we need when catching a cricket ball?

Book Character Parade.

Wow! It was the start of the parade. Finally it was our turn. I was the leader of my class because I am the hero of the week. I was the white rabbit. My mask and my stopwatch were the parts that made me look like the white rabbit. I won first prize for my costume. I also helped make Regan's stingray costume. Regan won first place as well. This was a fun character parade.

Written by Luke. 

Aulding's Amazing Alliteration

Father's Day

Dad, I love you for all that you do.

I’ll kiss you and hug you because you love me, too.

You feed me and need me to teach you to play,

So smile because I love you on this Father’s Day.

 

Your dad would love to hear why you love him.

Start your comment with, Dad I love you because...

Invite Dad to read your message on Father's Day.

Alliteration

Room 7 are looking at alliteration in Writing. Can you look at the picture book of Alice in Wonderland and create some more sentences related to the picture that have alliteration in them?

Alice's Amazing Alliteration

Multiplication is our focus in maths this term. The Amazing adders have been working with arrays.

Here are some arrays they made in maths today.
Can you write the number stories for Kane and AJ's array. Remember to show us the repeated addition and multiplication story.

 

Riddles

We have been writing riddles as part of our Adventures in Wonderland topic.

Here are some of them...

I have orangey red and white fur
I have a big tail
I live in some forests and towns in /England
What am I ? 

I am brown
I have lollies on me
I run away when put in the oven
Who am I?

I am on the beach
I am many different colours
I am beautiful
I get picked up and put down a lot
What am I ?

I am green
I live in the zoo
I have jaws
I have bumps
I am a reptile
What am I ?

I am very tall
I am yellow and black
I eat trees and leaves
I have spots
I live in the zoo in New Zealand
What am I ?

Can you answer these riddles?

Write your own riddles on the blog. Remember you have to give us at least three clues.
To score a 3 - your riddle must be clear, concise and easily leads to the answer. Can you score a 3 on the rubric?

Stars Reading Group

Stars reading group are reading Sun Bears are Special. Stars your task is to go onto the website that is mentioned in the book and find out as many interesting facts as you can about sun bears. Post your facts in the comments box. Your class buddies are going to love reading your comments about sun bears.

Adventures in Wonderland.

Can you answer these questions about Alice's adventures in Wonderland?

 

 

Ladybugs Reading Activity.

Ladybugs used a KWLV chart today at reading time to show what they knew about pandas and what they would like to learn about pandas.  Ladybugs your job is to add interesting vocabulary you found in your book  'Pandas in the Mountains' and also any new facts you have learnt about pandas.

Aomori Higashidori Mura Educational Programme.

Japanese students visit Room 7

A big thank you to our visitors from Japan who came into Room 7 today. Everyone looked like they were really enjoying our visitors.
What did your Japanese student teach you today?
Is there anything you would like to know about Japan?
Share your questions and we can investigate the answers.

Hero of the Week.

 

Our hero this week has been Jasmin. You have been showing great leadership this week Jasmin. Well done!

Adventures in Wonderland.

Did you know that it is the 150th anniversary of Alice in Wonderland? Room 7 are celebrating this by exploring the adventures in Wonderland.
The white rabbit was late to our tea party. "I'm late, I'm late for a very important date " he said.
We are exploring Tony Ryan's thinkers keys as part of our inquiry into the Adventures in Wonderland.
Using Tony Ryan's Alphabet Thinkers Key lets start compiling a word list starting with each letter of the alphabet. Each word should relate to Alice in Wonderland. I'll start with A for Alice. What other words can you think of ? Follow the alphabet chain.

 

 

 

 

Current Events.

Over the weekend we had one of our classmates in the newspaper. Can you tell me why he was in there? You will need to read the article in our current events book. Can you post another question on our blog about this article?

 

Hero of the Week

 

 

Our first hero of the week for this term is Kylah. Kylah has been showing how she can be a self managed learner by doing her 'must dos' as soon as she arrives at school. Can you tell me how you can be a self managed learner in Room 7?

Disney Disco

Some great costumes worn today for our Disney disco. Can you name the movies that these characters are out of.

 

Leadership Week

 

Leadership week has been a great time for all of us to reflect on how we can be great leaders.

A huge thank you to the tall poppies who came into our class and took us for some really cool activities. They really know how to be good leaders! It would be awesome if you could tell us about the activity you shared with the tall poppies. What did they do with your group and how did they display leadership?

We had a great time with our buddy class the Wee Sprouts. We showed our buddies some of our sketching techniques. We also made some really cool maths games for our buddies to play. They are really good at maths!

 

Buzzy Bees Reading

Buzzy Bees are reading a narrative The Eruption. Buzzy Bees your task is to create a word find using interest words from the story. Can you post 5 interest words that you have chosen from the story that you are going to use in your wordfind. You need to make sure they are spelt correctly. How can you check?

Wordfind Activity.

Hero of the week.

 

Our hero of the week this week is Sharlyce. What a great week for you to show us how you can be a leader Sharlyce.

Question: Can you name the qualities a good leader should display?

Lady Bugs Reading.

Ladybug are reading a narrative. It is called That's the Idea.
Follow the question chain Ladybugs.
What was the hint of the problem that was introduced at the beginning of the story?

Jump Jam

 

We had a very special guest at Jump Jam today. Mr Jump Jam himself Brett Fairweather!

What Jump Jam leaders do you recognise from Room 7?

 

Congratulations to Imogen who has been chosen to audition on Jump Jam X Factor. She will be auditioning with Brett and his team for their next jump jam video. Way to go Imogen!

 

 

Counting in Maori.

We are busy learning to count in maori.  I have given you a two digit number below. Answer the question correctly and post a new number question for someone else to answer.

What's my number?

Rua tekau ma toru. 

Hero of the Week.

Our Hero of the Week this week is Fergus. Post a comment and share with others something that you wrote for Fergus on his Hero poster.

Celebrating Matariki

Here are the seven stars of Matariki .

What do you know about Matariki that you can share with others?

Celebrate Good Times

Our new inquiry unit is Culture and Festivals. We are going to be looking at some important cultures and festivals within our classroom.

We have all thought about what festivals we celebrate and have been celebrated by our parents and grandparents and how they are still part of our culture today. Have a discussion with somebody at home about your culture and other cultures and festivals that are significant in your family. Do musical instruments play an important part in some of the festivals that you celebrate? 

Leadership Week  -as part of leadership week Hannah and Sophie have organised a competition and they would like to hear from you! Visit their blog and you will find out all about it.
Hannah and Sophies Blog. http://taurikoschoolheadstudents2015.blogspot.co.nz/

Hero of the week.

Our hero of the week this week is Lacey. Lacy is showing she can be a great role model in Room 7. Keep up the great work Lacey.

Hero of the week.

Finally we have a boy hero of the week! Well done Billy. You are displaying some great leadership skills. Billy has taken on the responsibility of setting up our circuit/fitness training each day. Keep up the great work Billy.

 

 

Hero of the week.

Our hero this week has been Sophie. What an amazing role model Sophie has been. She always displays our school values especially the way she strives to show excellence in all areas of her learning. Keep up the great work Sophie.

 

 

 

Zero Waste

We are learning all about how to reuse and recycle. We have Nicole visiting our classroom everyday this week. You have a homework task. What plastic things can you find at home that have a number on them. What are the numbers that we can recycle in Tauranga?

 

 

A big apology to Izabella as I did not put her hero of the week photo onto the blog last week.

Izabella had a great week and she is showing what a great role model she can be. Well done and thank you Izabella.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hero of the Week

Our hero of the week this week is Madison.

Our value this week is Excellence. Madison will display the value of excellence all week!

 

 

Share The Road

We had a great time this morning learning how we need to share the road with the big trucks we see passing our school everyday.

Can you name three things you or your family can do to be safe around these huge trucks?

Hero of the week.

Our first hero of the week this term is Andre. 

Can you  comment on some of the types of great behaviour you would be expecting to see from Andre this week.

Welcome back everyone! We are looking forward to a great term of learning. Can you name the person in our photo that has got a new kitten called Archie?