Friday 20 May 2016

Week 3....

2 REALLY big hellos - kia ora - tena koe - g'day - to some special people out there in our big world.

1) Petra's Grandma who lives all the way in Israel - and reads our blog - Hi Efrat =) from Room 7.
2) Alex Wos and his dear family who are now living in Canada - Hi Alex from a few of your old school mates. William, Mackenzie, Sophia, Harrison, Campbell, Petra, Liv, Annabelle, Esther & Fergus.

On the New Zealand map - have fun - find Greytown and places you have visited. 


Explore the world map - find where Petra's Grandma lives and where Alex is living?
1) Israel
2) Canada
3) New Zealand
4) Places you may have visited
5) Places your parents have visited
6) Places you would LIKE to visit

Miss Burt is very lucky  I have some special friends who are visiting from Australia. Find Australia on the world map.
Sandy used to work at our school, she left Greytown School to move to the Gold Coast in Australia. Where is that?

Wow - we think it is cold here in Greytown. Here are Alex, Charlotte & Owen in the SNOW in Canada - how about that?
Wouldn't we love to play in snow like this - hehe!!

Bully free day - wear your pink top! Well done Mackenzie (Kath), Tyah, Petra, Esther & Sophia. 

Please watch this video clip...Room 7 watched it. Here are some comments from the children after watching it. Thought provoking =)
http://brightside.me/video/a-short-film-which-proves-that-life-is-the-most-wonderful-and-beautiful-gift-of-all-88905/
Discussion by Room 7 
Why did mum give me the present?

Mackenzie said that she's sure the mum gave the boy the present to say to him DON'T GIVE UP because you should live your life.
Sophia said the boy was thinking he couldn't play with the present because it only had 3 legs.
We stopped the video when the puppy brought the ball to the boy...
Petra - the puppy wanted to play and the boy realised they both have a leg missing so he realised he had someone to play with. 
That the puppy was like him. 
Fergus - The boy felt guilty because he was mean to the puppy - at the end he realised they could play and the boy felt happy. 
Liv - Reminds the boy of his own missing leg and the boy realised he could do the same things as the puppy
Jet - The boy has lost a leg so he knows what it's like to have no one to play with. 
Mackenzie - The boy thought it wasn't kind to be nasty to people or animals just like him - it's just like teasing yourself.
Jordyn - When the boy got the present - he saw the dog and threw it. He realised the dog couldn't play by himself so the boy decided to play with him. 
Ali - The boy might be thinking that there's more to the puppy than meets the eye.
William - The dog might of reminded him of his old times when he used to have friends and play outside.
Niysa - He became friends, the boy realised the dog couldn't play by himself so the boy became his friend. 
Dallas - It reminded the boy of his own lost leg. 

A TWEAK ON P.E....
On Friday we were outside continuing our cross country training. 
We played a new running game :Farmer farmer may I cross your river. 
After that we played chase the hare - Liv & Charlie were so fast!!
Next we.....
The photos below - show the race to a) get 20 leaves and then make a picture - hand up and yell out done so Miss Burt could get a photo =)













Hi Grandma....

In the pink - in the hut!!

Boys at play - YAY real play!!!!

OUR 1st 100 night reader - GO ESTHER!!

Play - play - play




The gang of teddies....

What is play? 

Class brainstorm...

Dinosaur fun.

Here we are!!




Room 7 AWESOME ALL group =) well done ALL.

Busy making our punctuation & vocabulary pyramids.


Monday 16 May 2016

Week 2 in Room 7

Kia ora,
Next week is bully-free week:

Bully free information (click on here to see some good information)


A great site for the children (science)

Road Safety week...
May 16-22 is Road Safety Week and Wairarapa Road Safety Council and More Fm want to celebrate our super heroes on the road.

We have a competition for children under the age of 13 years old...

Do you know someone that perhaps:
  • Follows the road rules
  • Always wears a safety belt
  • Smiles when driving
  • Gives way & is courteous to other road users
  • Looks out for cyclists & school kids when driving

Well here is your chance to nominate them. Listen to the Brent Gare Breakfast show 89.5 More Fm during Road Safety Week for your chance to call in or post your nomination on the More Fm Wairarapa 89.5Fm facebook page and on Friday morning we will announce the winners live on air. The winners will receive a $100 Fuel voucher for the road safety hero and a brand new scooter and helmet for themselves!! 3 PRIZE PACKS TO BE WON...

For more information on how you can be a road safety hero, visit the Brake Road Safety Charity website www.roadsafetyweek.org.nz or www.brake.org.nz 

Terms and Conditions: All entrants must be under the age of 13 years old.


Here we are SUPER SEVEN - after their awesome cross country (photo taken the next day).
Happy Birthday Elliot. Ra whanau kia koe.
Birthday boy Elliot =) Thumbs up from Room 7.
Shan our Mandarin teacher - teaching the children a song.

ALL group enjoying some work in the fresh air. Sophia, William & Elliot.
Douglas having a boogie with Mr Preston =)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLIOT!!!
Mum & Elliot cutting the cake...with Kath & Douglas waiting patiently.
The birthday boy Elliot & his mum Jane kindly handing out birthday cake.
SELF PORTRAIT drawing.....we have started doing our portraits. Some interesting dimensions going on =)
Thank you JR's Orchard and Fresh Choice...and the Greytown Lions for the very yummy, fresh apples. Here are some of Room 7 lining up to get their free bag of apples. How lucky are we? What a great community we live in. Go Greytown!!!!