Room 7 2019

Fruit Kebabs Maths To finish our Maths focus on patterns and celebrate our term in Room 7, the children made fruit kebabs for morning tea.  They had mandarin, red and green grapes, pineapple, and marshmallows to make their patterns. They all thoroughly enjoyed making and eating their kebabs!

3 Little Pigs STEM Challenge In Week 11 of Term 1 we completed our learning about Growth Mindset and Teamwork with a STEM Challenge based on the story of The 3 Little Pigs.  In small groups the children had the challenge of building a house for the 3 little pigs that would be strong enough to withstand the Big Bad Wolf test. The children had cardboard, tape, paper, popsicle sticks, and straws to build their houses. After initially brainstorming their ideas for houses individually, they then worked in small teams to design their house and build it. The children were very excited about testing their houses - and were told that the Big Bad Wolf would be visiting later in the week to test them.  It was with great excitement and anticipation that the children prepared their houses for the Big Bad Wolf's visit. There were reports of the children having spotted the Big Bad Wolf all around the school that day - and there was great laughter (and a little relief) when ...

Firewise Programme In Week 9 and 10 we did the NZ Fire Service Firewise Programme. During the programme the children were involved in discussions around what actions to take in case of a fire emergency and how to stay safe.  The programme finished with a visit from our local Fire Service crew. The children had a classroom session with the firemen, as well as a chance to get up close and get on board the fire engine. 

Aroha nui Christchurch On Friday 22nd March the school held a special Mufti day to raise money to gift to the families of the victims from the events in Christchurch a week ago. The school raised over $1500.  In the afternoon the school had a little assembly to demonstrate the love we send to all those affected. The Kapahaka group performed a haka and we stood for 2 minutes silence, along with many others across the nation. 

Stepping Out with Constable Lorena On Tuesday when Constable Lorena came to our class we learned about road safety for crossing the road. We went group by group to cross the road. Constable Lorena came back to the school again on Thursday to talk about seatbelts and booster seats. We went in Constable Lorena's car to practise putting on seatbelts. Constable Lorena put on the siren and the siren went crazy. Weewoo! Weewoo! by M.M and Castiel Zhang 

Team Challenge Day Last Friday the Year 2 team had our 'Team Challenge Day'.  We started the day off with the children working in teams to complete challenges in the Gym. The children enjoyed the challenges, and had to work hard to help each other. After our morning we reflected on how our teams worked together and what we could do to improve our teamwork for next time.