Collaborative Writing

Today we worked collaboratively with a small group of children in our class on a shared story using google docs.

Here we are busy typing away in a different colour to our buddies so we know what each person wrote. The story prompt was... "There's a monster under my bed!"

We will share our stories when they are finished!

Songs for Maths Week

Here are our Songs for Maths week!

Monday's song



Tuesday's song



Wednesday's song



Thursday's song

Friday's song

Maths Week: Tuesday

Today we completed the challenge of the day in groups on our computers/devices.

Here we are trying to "Crack the Codes"....

Our Number of the day was 320. Hannah was chosen as the winner because she used place value strategies.... 300 + 20 = 320.

Our fraction of the day was 3/4. We had a lot of pictures, diagrams and equations that represented 3/4. 

Maths Week

Today is the beginning of maths week!

We all went on the maths week website to play the fun games and challenges.

Here are some photos of us....

Our number of the day was 102. The winner today was..... Naroa because she wrote 100+1+1=102 and 50+50+2=102. Can you write us a comment about a way that you know that makes 102? 

The fraction of the day was 1/5. We had lot's of good ways to show or make 1/5. 

30 Circles Challenge

Today we had a 30 Circles Challenge.

We had 15 minutes to turn 30 circles into recognisable objects.

Here is our video.... made by Tegan.



What we found easy and enjoyed:

• some of us finished early
• drawing the objects in time
• figuring out and thinking what to draw inside the circles
• thinking of good ideas
• thinking deeply about what to draw

What we found difficult:

• It was difficult to think of something to draw (Masyn)
• To fill in all 30 circles in time (Anusheel)
• Having 30 circles to fill in (Ashley)
• Getting stuck and you can't think of any more ideas (Thomas)

Marshmallow Challenge

Our  Marshmallow challenge

 Our task...

1.                  Create a free standing tower out of tooth picks and mini marshmallows

2.          Tower must be able to stand on its own

3.          You have 20 minutes

Reflections...

What was challenging?

making a strong base so it didn’t collapse

the time limit

setting it up or starting to build the tower

keeping it upright/balanced/stable

What went well?

working co operatively

we had fun

making it in time

finishing it

The green award

In week two, on Monday, we won the green award. We got this because we had the most children wrap free in our class. 

By Masyn 

Celebrating Matariki

Today our Middle Team celebrated Matariki.
Matariki is the Maori New Year celebration.

On Thursday we peeled our vegetables. On Friday morning the hangi was cooked and we had our kai for lunch on Friday.
We had a hangi, weaved flax flowers and created a 'Matatriki Stars' piece of art work.

Here are some photos of our celebration...



  Do you celebrate Matariki? If so, how do you celebrate? 

Fifa World Cup and Room 7

In our classroom we have been making connections with the skills and attitudes that the Fifa World Cup soccer players have, and need to have, to ourselves. 

 Here are the similarities:

We BOTH.....

• show resilience (not giving up) when things get hard (our learning and their soccer games)
• team work 
• helping others
• learning from mistakes
• learning new skills and practicing our learnt skills
• making new friends and maintaining positive relationships 

Can you add anything else to our list? We would love your comments. 

Room7 wrap free Wednesday

Today we had 12 children wrap free. That is 50 percent of our class wrap free! 

Shape Robots

We made shape robots with Mrs Hennebry.

Here they are....

Can you name some of the 2D shapes we have used? 

Geometry

We have been learning about Geometry.

Here is a song that teaches you about Polygons.

This song teaches you about 3D shapes.

This video goes into more details about 3D shapes.

Green award

Today we received the Green Awrad because our class had 12 children wrap free! 

We are very proud of our class. 

Snail Mail

Today is Snail mail day! 

We have all written a letter to someone. We learnt how to write an informal letter in class. We have chosen to write to a family member or a friend we haven't seen for a while. 

Here we are with our letters ready to post! Some of our letters are going to USA, Spain and Fiji, but mostly around NZ. 

Our Room 7 Assembly

Today we had our Room 7 Assembly. We did such a great job! Here is a little movie of parts of our assembly.

Our favourite parts of our assembly and how we felt.

Our KidsCafe Tutorials

Over the past two weeks we have planned and recorded a tutorial teaching others something we are interested in or passionate about.

Here are our tutorials....

We hope you learned something new or found these tutorials interesting!

What did you learn? What did you enjoy about our tutorials? 

Cinquain Poetry

Today we wrote a cinquain  poem about Frost. 

Frost

sparkly, icy

shimmering, slipping, freezing

frozen fingers and toes

Ice

Poem

It was a very cold morning this morning! We thought we would write a poem about it. As a class we all contributed our ideas to write a class poem. 

One Frosty Morning

Beautiful frosty icicles in the shape of silver ferns,

Making sparkling crystals on the ground.

Icy leaves dangling from bare trees.

Crunchy, icy grass beneath my feet,

Feels like cold, hard, icy snow.

As slippery as frozen ice on an ice rink.

Dripping water down frosty trees.

 Looks like a white blanket covering the shivering grass.

by Room 7

What do you like about our poem?

Wrap Free Wednesday

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Wrap free Wednesday

 Today room7 had 10 people who were wrap free. Here are our wrap free children. 

Today we had 55 wrappers which is very high so our goal is to reduce this by at least 5 wrappers each week.