The most exciting thing to happen to us today!

We were in the hall to see a band. The band was called Strike. The people in the band were called Katie-Lee, Muzza and Takumi.  They played lots of instruments. They had big, big drums. They played the drums with drum sticks and their feet.  They were too loud.  It was awesome.  Mrs Tyler and Ally got to have a turn at playing the drums.  We had to wear masks on our faces to keep us safe.  

Written by the students of Room 7

Week 6, Term 2 - Creating a Town

 Today we spent a lot of time working together to create a town.  Here we are explaining what we created. There is also a short video of us playing with it.  

Week 5, Term 2 - Matariki - What do we know already?

What is Matariki? 

It's the Māori New Year.  There are Stars 

What do you know about it? 

There are 9 or 7 stars.

It's a good time to start something new.

It's a good time to plant something new to eat.

It happens in May or June every year.

It's a good time to remember your ancestors.

What happens? 

You have a feast

You fly a kite

You can have a festival.

We can see the Matariki stars in the morning.

What have you seen? 

The Matariki stars shining on my deck in the morning.

What should we find out?

We should find out what day it is going to be on - Henry thinks it is on the 24th June.

We need to find out what the stars are called and what they mean or represent.

Week 2, Term 2 - NZSL Week 2022

As part of NZSL Week, we were challenged by Yoshie to learn NZSL for the chorus of Six60's song Pepeha. The children in Room 7 wanted to learn the whole song, not just the chorus. So they have been practicing hard for two weeks. Here they are:

Week 11 - Sketching Spiders

Week 8 - Giraffe Art

Week 7 - Swimming Poetry

Week 5 - Visiting the Kitchen Garden

Week 4 - Swimming Lessons with Poolside Assistance

Week 3 - Self Portrait Time

 Today we had our first lesson on sketching self portraits. We think we did a great job.  What do you think?

Here we are at school!

 We have had an awesome first day together in our new classroom with our new teacher Catherine.  

Welcome Back to School - 2022!

Kia ora and welcome to Room 7's Blog

Ko Catherine Maunsell taku ingoa. 

I am looking forward to teaching your Lively Learners that will be joining me in Room 7. 

Just so you know a little bit about me, I am a mother of 2 grown-up children (Chelsea and Hayden). I am also a grandmother/Nan to Reuben and Kavita. My daughter Chelsea, her husband Chris and their two beautiful children live in Whanganui. My son Hayden lives in Auckland. I moved to Hamilton from Auckland 6 years ago to get married. 

I have been a teacher for 15 years. For the last 6 years, I have been at Hamilton East School.  

 

Chelsea, Chris, Reuben and Kavita

 

Hayden and Kavita

 

Planting day for Tahi bubble at school

 Tēna Koutou Katoa

Today is a beautiful sunny day. Our bubble decided to do some planting in our school kitchen garden.We planted lettuce, corn, peas and beans. I'm sure we'll be able to eat some when its harvested.

Guess what !! 
We picked some potatoes, broccoli, celery and parsley and made a delicious salad for our lunch to share. It was yum, yum, yummy!

Would you like to have salad for your lunch? 
Why not try making it with what you have at home,  give it a go! Make sure you check with your parents first.

 

Home Learning    Morena.  

Good Morning Room 7

Look at all the patterns and  colours created in this Experiment.

Have a go

Check out this amazing milk experiment using things you could find in your own home! 

This science experiment looks at how different liquids and different colours mix together. 

Watch the video of this experiment then have a go at writing down what you need -write instructions for how to do it. 

Remember, instructions are written for someone who needs to know how to do something and must include a list of equipment and the steps to make the experiment work.

What do you need?

Click below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfGsoref-AM&ab_channel=Clariant

                                       

 

Home Learning    Morena.  

Good Morning Room 7

New Zealand Bird of the Year

Who won New Zealand's bird of the year competition?

I know Room 7's favourites are the Tui and the Kakapo

Photo Credit: Composite: Getty/3headeddog/DJ Harrison

Which is your favourite bird and have you ever seen it?

Can you sketch a picture?

https://kids-drawing.com/bird-drawing-easy/

The 2021 Winner was a BAT!

The top ten finishers and #1 ranked votes:

1. Long-tailed bat/pekapeka-tou-roa (7031)
2. Kākāpō (4072)
3. Rifleman/titipounamu (2808)
4. Kea (2801)
5. Antipodean albatross/toroa (2790)
6. Black robin/kakaruia (2413)
7. TIE - Little penguin/kororā (1762) and Morepork/ruru (1762)
9. Blue duck/whio (1648)
10 Rockhopper penguin (1603) 

Home Learning    Morena.  

Good Morning Room 7

Have you ever pretended to go fishing?  

Have a Listen to the story below about the legendary fisherman Maui  

You could even find some boxes and pretend to go fishing too

Legend of Maui and the Giant Fish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1O7zdEVqoM&ab_channel=JoleneSewell

 

Diwali - Rangoli

Home Learning    Morena.  

Good Morning Room 7

                                             Morena Tamarika ma

Challenge - Can you make a coloured rangoli pattern on a piece of paper!

Look what whaea Monika and some of the children did at school in their bubble. We made a rangoli pattern to celebrate Diwali, a festival of lights. The bright, twinkling lights are meant to symbolize the victory of good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, and inner light over spiritual darkness.

Challenge - Can you make a coloured rangoli pattern on a piece of paper!

Home Learning    Morena.  

Good Morning Room 7

Are you an Inventor ?  

Have you created  or made anything?  

Here is a story about the man who invented coloured crayons - what a great invention don't you think!

Listen to the story and then think about something you could make or create...

THE CRAYON MAN - The TRUE STORY OF THE INVENTION OF CRAYOLA CRAYONS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYkqCILYib4&ab_channel=KidLitTV

Good Morning- Morena Room 7

I know how much everyone loves building things with our classroom blocks and I wonder if you are building things at home too?

Look at these wonderful K'nex creations Owen has made!

What are you making or building at home?

Are you using Lego, or just having fun with cardboard boxes?

Would you like to practice counting in Maori today?  

Watch this fun video Amy, our teacher aide has made for you.