Super SHARP (Safe, Honest, Achievement, Respect & Pride).. 7

Thursday, 15 October 2015

1st day back of term 4 - Growth Mindset.

"Without the ability to struggle life becomes very limited"
A fear of struggling will stop students from trying something they are not 100% certain they will succeed at with ease. - Written by Tim Bowman - an experienced educator and author with a passion for student well-being and efficiency in education.

Jethro & Seb looking at the structures .... "Right - where to from here?"...

This afternoon the children were shown a 'structure' I had made - they had a piece of card and a pair of scissors. They could look at the structure but not touch it. They then had to make it - as the children were making the structure - I walked the room and listened to the conversations. I wrote down on the whiteboard some of the comments I heard.
After about 15 minutes of the children attempting to make the structure - I had them sit down with me and we discussed the comments I had heard.

Straight away the children could see - GROWTH MINDSET. They couldn't do it YET!
We talked about what they could be doing - to change their mindset - so they could do it.
They didn't believe me (well - some didn't) when I told them they were ALL teachers! We teach each other - we can learn from each other - in our discussions - in what we do etc...

Sam T giving it a good go. Sam didn't want to give it - so he took the idea home and worked on it at home - and guess what? HE DID IT! He worked out how to make the structure. Did his dad and mum?

Jayden & Abigail - the discussion at this table was brilliant. One girl said "My structure is terrible, it looks terrible" and Jayden replied "It doesn't look terrible - it looks good - keep going and don't give up" - wow Jayden - what great growth mindset. NOT GIVING UP - YET.

Xaivier & Sam B - here they are making their structures. No one on the day actually made the correct structure - but the conversations were well worth talking about.

Ella & Maddy - concentrating .............

Toby with an original structure......

Some of the comments I heard as I was walking around the classroom.

I wrote these as I heard them from the children - after 15 minutes I sat the children down and we looked at these comments. We then discussed what it was they were telling themselves.
THE LEARNING POINT HERE WAS: How could we change what we were saying to ourselves?
The children were just awesome at saying POSITIVE things and changing their conversations from negative to a positive.

Monday, 5 October 2015

Wooohoooo end of term 3 - and welcome to term 4

Flora talking to Room 7 - Milly in the 'caught ya' chair.

Special mention to Connor - Flora wished him happy birthday in Mandarin.

Hi all.

What a day - glorious sunshine on this 2nd week of the holidays.

Enjoy the snaps of the end of term .

I hope some of the children have done some of the holiday activities I posted below....=)

Term 3 SUCCESS...all children were given a certificate like the one below...hope it arrived home safe & sound ;)

Olivia 1st, Ella 2nd, Angus, Abby & Maddy 3rd= with auction $$$
We will do the auction early next term.

WELL DONE OLIVIA!

SHARP STUDENTS - here we have Phoebe standing up in assembly waiting for the spin the wheel!

And Daisy - waiting for the spin the wheel in whole school assembly.

OUR 1ST RECIPIENT OF Junior Neighbourhood Support in the community from room 7 was Maddy.

Here she is with their mascot - ask your child what the penguin's name is ;)

Miss Peters thanking the school - we MISS YOU Miss Peters.

SENDING our penpal letters - my helpers Izzie, Milly & Abigail.

FAN-TASTIC.

Wow an extra SHARP student - Xaivier was presented this SHARP certificate from Ms Hanson for crossing the road (Main St, Carterton in a safe place) timely talk with all the children about using pedestrian crossings.

Spooky class!!!!!

Here we are - all of us Room 7 - last day of term 3 2015.

Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Holiday fun....

Enjoy Room 7 =)

World Cup fun...

Healthy eating while having fun.

Thursday, 24 September 2015

Authors - how exciting!!

If you are in Wellington in the 1st week of the holidays ------- your child could get to meet two amazing authors - Andy Griffiths (a Room 7 fav!!) and Morris Gleitzman (another fav).

We now have the updated itinerary for Andy Griffiths and Morris Gleitzman.

Here are the location points in Wellington as well as other information snippets.

Andy

New Zealand Literacy Association Conference ‘Words on Wellington’

Westpac Stadium

Thursday 1^st October: Book signing Whitcoulls Lambton Quay 11.30 – 1.00pm

226 Lambton Quay, Wellington 6011

Book signing The Children’s Bookshop 2.30 – 3.30pm

10 Rongatai Road, Kilbirne

Friday 2nd October:

Book signing Whitcoulls Queensgate 2.30 – 4.30pm

110 Queens Dr, Queensgate Shopping Centre, Lower Hutt