Happy Father's Day to all you DADS!!

Here is a collection of Room 7's OCTOPOEMS for their dads.
An Octopoem is a 8 lined poem, describing the person as a colour, season, room, type of weather, item of clothing, a piece of furniture, a tv programme and a type of food. 
ENCOURAGING the use of adjectives to add description to the poem. 

ESTHER:
Dad is sunny yellow,
He is the crinkly mid-Autumn
In a good library book,
He is a graceful breeze blowing past me
A woollen jumper,
A comfy old arm chair
He is ONE sports
Crackling bacon on a plate. 

TYAH
Dad is shiny yellow
He is the Summer time
In a clean dairy
Dad is a shiny sunny day
A tight tuxedo
A comfortable bed
He is The Simpsons
A juicy MacDonald's burger.

HARRISON
Dad is the lightning blue,
He is the cloudy Summer
In a hot Australian pool
Dad is the hot rain
A thick raincoat
A giant tv
He is the NZ News
A melted chocolate

FERGUS
Dad is magical blue
He is the boiling Summer
In an awesome hotel
He is freezing Winter
A silky cloth t-shirt
A LG life's good tv
He is Homer Simpson
A big chunk of meat.

PETRA
Dad is ocean blue
He is the bright Summer
In a musty dusty workshop
He is a yellow summery day
A dark black pair of sunnies
A giant homemade worktable
He is the ITM Fishing Show
A hot fish curry

JET
Dad is sparkling blue
He is the warm Summer
In a hotel room
He is the hot sun
An old singlet
A tough fold out couch
He is CRC Motorsport
A big juicy steak

LIV
Dad is bright joyful green
Dad is the warm great Spring
In an awesome fun Greytown
Dad is the cold winter
A green and blue suit
A soft nice furry couch that is red
He is the morning news
A yummy big carrot cake. 

ANNABELLE
Dad is dazzling ocean blue
He is the cozy Winter
In a gruesome shed
He is partly cloudy
A comfy armchair
He is The Simpsons
A juicy lamb chop (yum!). 

We've had another busy work of LEARNING and fun in Room 7.
Please enjoy the photos....

Happy 9th birthday to dear Max. 

Max & William on Max's birthday - Max LOVES anything to do with Star Wars ... he was given this sword (Hobbit). 

Max sharing his birthday news - he wanted fish & chips for his birthday dinner. 

Mr Max and his sword ....... 

Presentation challenge - Jet & Fergus were in competition to get their presentation in their work books up a notch.
So I set them a challenge - both boys are trying hard - and we can see an improvement in their presentation.
Fergus won the first challenge for his improvement in his presentation. 

 SUPER SHARP STUDENTS - here we have Campbell & Niysa - well done you 2.

 LITERACY LEARNING IS FUN...here we are playing a contraction game in a small group of Esther, Jacob, Petra & Annabelle.

 Fergus (above) full concentration - completing his Olympic reading activities.

Wow look at these SHARP girls ------ they are leading the Olympic competition.
Here they are working on their reading work before SCHOOL started - good on you Esther, Petra & Liv.

Go Liv - head down and working =)

Annabelle telling the class about her experience doing Dance Splash in Wellington.
Well done to both Annabelle and Mackenzie who did a lot of work 

 WOW - EEE......... learning our x tables - here are a big group of SHARP room 7 students - who have a whooping 15 minutes of free time for handing in their home learning book, reading log, writing in their $50 auction ......

Here are the 10 minutes free time group.......

Mufti day fundraising for Wairarapa Cancer Society. Week 5 & 6 in Room 7

Kia ora,

A FAB start to a new week 6 .....and a SHARP week 5 was had in Room 7.

The students are busy working on their Olympic reading units. 

I wonder who will get the ....GOLD?

Some certificates to start the week off....Niysa, Ali, Petra, Ava, Liv & Esther...well done on your hard work.

 PRINCIPAL AWARDS....well done to Room 7 aLim people - fantastic maths (mult/div) going on in the class...and at home (hopefully) =)

Ka pai Tyah - you did amazingly-all by yourself!

Ka pai Max - so much effort put into this maths work. 

Ka pai Ava - you did really well with this maths work. 

 BLACK BOX - our oral language. Yesterday's question was ------

 Spot your child's Olympic athlete......and what sport are they doing?

Manu tukutuku (kite) making....with my Māori art group. 

Jordyn & Lily with their 
pōtaka runga (spinning top).

 Even the teacher has been EXTRA SHARP in Room 7 - go Miss Burt. Here is our Richie McCaw bear minding our 3 trophies....1. Class SHARP award for assembly SHARPness. 2. Tidy cloakbay award & 3. Teacher award for helping with iPad work.

Here are our reading buddies - the students can choose one of the buddies to read to. 

Douglas and his wonderful name in glitter. 

Our new wall display - look at the fantastic Olympic figures....

Spot Ceejay with his green hair. Ceejay set up a givealittle page to raise money for the Wairarapa branch of the cancer society. Ceejay did this in his Poppa's memory, Neil was a great man who supported his grandsons whole heartedly.
Well done to all Room 7 who helped our school raise nearly $500.
Fantastic effort by all!!

Spot the minion =) (Dallas) ....

I feel so proud every time I hear and see Room 7 doing the Ko Wairarapa haka.
If you have been in to collect your children at 3.00pm lately you will have noticed the whole school out practicing our Wairarapa haka Ko Wairarapa. We are preparing to be part of the world record attempt for the most people doing the haka together. This will be held in Memorial Park in Masterton on 8 September at 12.00pm. The record is a little over 4,000 which was achieved in France. This is an opportunity to bring the record home to New Zealand where it belongs. If you wish to learn the haka and be part of the record attempt you are welcome to join us at 2.50pm each afternoon. It is shaping up to be a memorable experience for the children.