Fabric Wall Hangings

 We have been creating wall hangings on the theme of Eric Carle's illustrations. We could choose an animal, then we designed our work before stitching and sewing to create our works of art!

Stella and Madeleine are busy working side by side creating their sea animals!

Inspiring Art Trip

Rooms 4-7 recently went to see Esther at the library for an art lesson based on Eric Carle's illustrations. He paints onto tissue paper and then uses this paper to create his illustrations of animals. First we painted 3 different designs on tissue paper, then we drew the outline of an animal and used the tissue paper to fill it in. It was quite tricky but we had lots of fun.

Knitting !

Had to share these photos of knitters at work.

Slide Tahuna Slide

Just a few photos of the mats for Tahuna being tested and timed today!

Slide Tahuna Slide

Our latest inquiry involves making a mat that Tahuna the Tuatara can use to either go slow or fast down the slide. On his own with no mat he  usually takes 2.19 seconds to get to the bottom of the little adventure slide and 1.72 seconds to get to the bottom of the big adventure slide. Today we worked in groups with a feely bag to describe the texture of different materials and then categorise them by texture. Next we will need to decide which texture will be best for our mats!

Gas Bag!

Add some vinegar and baking soda and you'll always get a reaction! It is a chemical change caused by the reaction of the base and the acid, but also an endothermic reaction as the temperature of the new mixture gets cold!

The skewer through the balloon trick rises again in 2015

Cross Country

We had a great day for our school cross country on Monday 8 June. A number of us went to the interschool event....Tim, Emily, Stella, Maggie, Madeleine, James...well done!

Cultural Day

We played string games as part of Cultural Day . Here are Lydia, Eva and Tyler with their cup and saucer. They also played hopscotch, petanque, knucklebones and maori handgames. In other rotations they explored food and art and language of other cultures. 

 

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Red and Black Dress Up Day

Yesterday it was Crusaders and  Hurricanes day hope room 7 gets to the game.and it was fun posing together and we really hope we get the tickets.

ANZAC

Today Mrs Beyer-Reiger visited our class to show us her army gear. Maggie got all dressed up including holding the teddy bear (that Mrs Beyer-Reiger said actually belonged to Mr Beyer-Reiger!) Maggie said the uniform was really hot and she didn't know how they could wear it all day. Then Pad-Thai got to wear the gas mask. She said it felt really tight around her face.
Mrs Beyer-Reiger explained that the army today is busy peace keeping and helping in other places like Vanuatu after the cyclone. She also showed us how they slept in trenches and cooked their food. It was really interesting to learn all about it from someone who served in the army!

Gingerbread for the Gala

For the gala all the year 3 and 4 students made gingerbread people to sell in the sweets stall. ALL SOLD OUT. My favourite part was decorating them. We got one to take home- they tasted delicious!

Tent City at Paretai

Camp was a real tent city........43 children spent a restful night sleeping, well up until 5.30 am that is. A rooster woke many of us!!!

Frankie at Camp

Hi I'm Frankie. The year 4's went to camp we could not wait. We camped at Paretai. There was a river. We went down to the river. I grabbed a tyre and went for a swim. Miss Schwass took a picture of me.

Get Set Go

Get Set Go keeps us active every Tuesday. Here we are trying to avoid our partner!  

OE Day

Fanua, Max and Blaize were having a great time at OE day last Friday.The whole school visited Tahunanui beach and took part in lots of fun activities which included swimming, challenge, art, sand and initiative. Swimming was popular though Fanua said, "it was freezing!"

Room 7's next big challenge is camp which starts next week. Yay we can hardly wait!

Welcome to Room 7's blog for 2015

 Here we all are enjoying the pool and looking forward to a great year ahead. We hope to share our learning with you here and keep you updated. Your feedback is welcomed!