Hello everybody Its nice and warm over here in England. Right now Im staying at my Aunties house in Billingshurst with my cousins Jack and Hannah.We are really tired!!!We Have been to Wellington, Sydney, and Bangkok. In Sydney we went to Taronga Zoo. There were so many animals like a Komodo Dragon,Salt water croc, Red panda, Kodiac Bear, Snow lepored, Hippo, Girafe, Zebra and lots of other animals and insects.Hope you are all ok.(P.s. I will try and get some photos on soon.)
From Owen
Thursday, July 1
Wednesday, June 30
2010 Art Exhibition
The Mapua School Art Exhibition has been a big hit for Mapua School students, especially Room 7.
Room 7 is lucky to have had Maureen Ryan as our Art teacher and part time teacher when Mrs Hosie was travelling the world.
Maureen herself is an artist and has sold her art all around the world. Room 7 has had a great time with her and has printed or sketched some wonderful art.
We hope you enjoy our exhibition.
We will post more photos of the exhibition soon.
Happy blogging
Room 7
Room 7 is lucky to have had Maureen Ryan as our Art teacher and part time teacher when Mrs Hosie was travelling the world.
Maureen herself is an artist and has sold her art all around the world. Room 7 has had a great time with her and has printed or sketched some wonderful art.
We will post more photos of the exhibition soon.
Happy blogging
Room 7
Monday, June 28
Homework Free Zone!
After listening to a couple of speeches last week I have decided to listen to the appeal for no homework.
This term the class has given their best to ensure they are:
A special bon voyage to Owen and his family as they travel to Europe for the next five weeks. We are all looking forward to seeing your photos on the blog Owen.
Speaking of students overseas - Matheus, what are you up to? How about contacting us. We miss you.
Regards
Mrs H
The Room 7 whole school assembly on Friday was a success from the 'Gumboot' song to open through to the trip to Tane's Ark. I was very proud of the way they all stepped up to the mark and turned on a professional performance - it was enjoyed by all.
This term the class has given their best to ensure they are:
- developing sound habits of mind
- raising their achievement levels
- becoming all they can ...
THESE STUDENTS DESERVE A BREAK!
I wish you all a very happy holiday chilling out with your families and friends for the next two weeks.
Speaking of students overseas - Matheus, what are you up to? How about contacting us. We miss you.
Regards
Mrs H
The Room 7 whole school assembly on Friday was a success from the 'Gumboot' song to open through to the trip to Tane's Ark. I was very proud of the way they all stepped up to the mark and turned on a professional performance - it was enjoyed by all.
Tuesday, June 22
Ripper Rugby News
On Tuesday 15 June, Year 5 and 6 in Rooms; 5, 9 and 7 went to the Motueka Ripper Rugby Tournament. The schools that we were competing against were; Riwaka, Parklands, Motueka South, Upper Moutere, Taperwera as well as the other Mapua teams. The Mapua teams were; The Legends , The Marcos and The Stingrays. The weather was cold but the teams got through it and didn't let their school down!
The Legends played 7 games and the other two played 6. Why did The Legends team play 7 games? Because they won all six games and they got into the finals. Unfortunately they lost the finals and came second in the pool of teams.
It was a fantastic day!
The Legends played 7 games and the other two played 6. Why did The Legends team play 7 games? Because they won all six games and they got into the finals. Unfortunately they lost the finals and came second in the pool of teams.
It was a fantastic day!
Cross Country Championships
On Thursday the 11th June a bunch of Year 5, 6, 7 and 8's went to Rabbit Island to perform in an inter school cross country championship. There were about 12 schools competing for the top places and each school brought about 10 people so there was quite a lot of us there.
Mapua did really well. We got 3 firsts, 3 seconds and 1 third place, so over all we did really well and we won the over all event.
The people that did really well got to go to the regional championships in Nelson on the 21 June. Once again Mapua did really well coming third overall out of ...? schools. Go Mapua!
If you get a good placing in that event, you can represent Nelson (and Mapua School) in the inter regionals that are either held in Nelson, Christchurch or Wellington.
These events were great fun and a brilliant way to get active. Everyone had a ball and I can't wait till next year to compete in the 2011 championship.
Mapua did really well. We got 3 firsts, 3 seconds and 1 third place, so over all we did really well and we won the over all event.
The people that did really well got to go to the regional championships in Nelson on the 21 June. Once again Mapua did really well coming third overall out of ...? schools. Go Mapua!
If you get a good placing in that event, you can represent Nelson (and Mapua School) in the inter regionals that are either held in Nelson, Christchurch or Wellington.
These events were great fun and a brilliant way to get active. Everyone had a ball and I can't wait till next year to compete in the 2011 championship.
Monday, June 21
Reflecting on our learning
Complete a fishbone organiser to help you dig down and pinpoint what you have learnt about planning, writing and delivering an effective speech. Click on the detail / example words and add your reflections. When you have finished save the fishbone as a web page and email it to me or print it off and bring it to school.
Sunday, June 20
Week 10 News
Another great week coming up Room 7. Put your thinking hats on and see what you can come up with for our assembly this Friday. Meanwhile news for your parents and your home learning for this week.
Cheers
Mrs H
Cheers
Mrs H
Tuesday, June 15
A Rocking Day!
Thursday 11th of June Room 7 and 11 had an air guitar competition. It was a blast!
We had the supplies of 20 pieces of newspaper, feathers, coloured paper, sparkly paper, tape and scissors. We had teams of three, 5 minutes to plan and 30 minutes to make a costume. The costumes had to have in total; 2 tops, 1 pair of pants, 1 skirt and accessories. The aim of the competition was to have two people from each group dressed in the bizzare costumes and then perform on their air guitar for 30 seconds in front of the two classes without the costume falling apart.
We were judged on our team work, style of clothes, guitar playing, our paper clothes not ripping apart and if the costume fits.
Everyone had a ball having fun designing the costumes and laughing at the others (in a nice way)!
We had the supplies of 20 pieces of newspaper, feathers, coloured paper, sparkly paper, tape and scissors. We had teams of three, 5 minutes to plan and 30 minutes to make a costume. The costumes had to have in total; 2 tops, 1 pair of pants, 1 skirt and accessories. The aim of the competition was to have two people from each group dressed in the bizzare costumes and then perform on their air guitar for 30 seconds in front of the two classes without the costume falling apart.
We were judged on our team work, style of clothes, guitar playing, our paper clothes not ripping apart and if the costume fits.
Everyone had a ball having fun designing the costumes and laughing at the others (in a nice way)!
Sunday, June 13
News and Home Tasks Term 2 Week 9
We now have two students overseas, one in America and one in Australia. We are thinking of them and hope they are having a great time with their families. Hopefully they will be able to post some photos and tell us what they are up to. Maybe they might do a 'guess where I am' quiz for us.
Cheers
Teressa
Teressa
Tuesday, June 8
Week 8 News
Hi everyone
Hope you had a great time with your family over the Queen's Birthday weekend.
Hope you had a great time with your family over the Queen's Birthday weekend.
Ka kite ano
Teressa
Friday, June 4
Beau's Operation
Hi Rm 7,
Beau had her operation yesterday morning and it all went great. She was so upset that she couldn't go into the playroom yesterday that she was crying and crying until the nurse came and told her that she could use it today. We are going to go and see her later on but for now we need to catch up on some things-like sleep!!!
What are you up to at school, anything interesting, is Mrs Hosie back at school? How are the lino prints going? I bet they look great!
We are staying in the Waldorf Hotel, Ronald Mcdonald house has two floors of hotel rooms (10 and 3) where they send people if their main place is full. We are staying on floor 10 and it's really high. We have a balcony it's only small but it's enough to scare my mum so much that she won't go near it, but personally I think it's great! I wish we were on the top floor (18)!
Sincerely,
Kelly
Beau had her operation yesterday morning and it all went great. She was so upset that she couldn't go into the playroom yesterday that she was crying and crying until the nurse came and told her that she could use it today. We are going to go and see her later on but for now we need to catch up on some things-like sleep!!!
What are you up to at school, anything interesting, is Mrs Hosie back at school? How are the lino prints going? I bet they look great!
We are staying in the Waldorf Hotel, Ronald Mcdonald house has two floors of hotel rooms (10 and 3) where they send people if their main place is full. We are staying on floor 10 and it's really high. We have a balcony it's only small but it's enough to scare my mum so much that she won't go near it, but personally I think it's great! I wish we were on the top floor (18)!
Sincerely,
Kelly
Tuesday, June 1
Hi Rm 7!
Hi Rm 7,
I've been having a great time in Auckland. The plane ride was really fast and I got to hand out the Air New Zealand lollies so we got to keep all the leftovers of them!YUM!!! We are staying in Parklane Motel but tomorrow we are going to stay at Ronald McDonald House while Beau is in hospital after her surgery on Thursday.
Yesterday we went to Rainbows End for 4 hours.
I went on The Fear Fall,
The Corkscrew Roller Coaster,
I've been having a great time in Auckland. The plane ride was really fast and I got to hand out the Air New Zealand lollies so we got to keep all the leftovers of them!YUM!!! We are staying in Parklane Motel but tomorrow we are going to stay at Ronald McDonald House while Beau is in hospital after her surgery on Thursday.
Yesterday we went to Rainbows End for 4 hours.
I went on The Fear Fall,
The Log Flume,
The Invador,
The Gold Rush, The Pirate Ship,
Motion Master, The Arcade,
and Cadbury Castle ( I'm sorry Laura, there's no chocolate in there)!
I hope you're having fun at school this week and I can't wait to tell you more about this trip, but I've got to go, we're going crystal panning.
Sincerely,
Kelly
Monday, May 31
Week 7 News
It is great to see the blue skies at last. The students were pleased that the Cross Country was able to be held today. Check out Lily's post and photos below.
All the best for fending off all the winter ills and chills.
Regards
Teressa
All the best for fending off all the winter ills and chills.
Regards
Teressa
Cross Country
Cross Country! It is that time of year again - some were excited and some were not. On Thursday we were going to have our cross country but what do you know it, was raining so we moved it to Monday and it was a wonderful day for it.
The day was so much fun. More fun than everyone thought it would be. To me the most exciting and funny part was the adults' race. You should have seen how slow they were. It was unreal!
The only bad parts were the sore chests at the end of the races and the way nearly everyone got covered in mud and water while running. This was because everyone worked really hard to meet their goal of becoming all they could.
As I said cross country was lots of fun and to make it even more exciting it was also a house competition. And the results? Yellow House was 4th, Red House was 3rd, Blue came 2nd and Green came 1st. Even though I wasn't in the winning house, it was still a great day anyway.
Now to make it better the people that got 1st, 2nd or 3rd, get to go to Rabbit Island and race against other schools, the rest of the school will be wishing them luck all the way. Go Mapua School!
Check out our photos.
The day was so much fun. More fun than everyone thought it would be. To me the most exciting and funny part was the adults' race. You should have seen how slow they were. It was unreal!
The only bad parts were the sore chests at the end of the races and the way nearly everyone got covered in mud and water while running. This was because everyone worked really hard to meet their goal of becoming all they could.
As I said cross country was lots of fun and to make it even more exciting it was also a house competition. And the results? Yellow House was 4th, Red House was 3rd, Blue came 2nd and Green came 1st. Even though I wasn't in the winning house, it was still a great day anyway.
Now to make it better the people that got 1st, 2nd or 3rd, get to go to Rabbit Island and race against other schools, the rest of the school will be wishing them luck all the way. Go Mapua School!
Check out our photos.
Sunday, May 23
News and Home Learning T2, Week 6
Hopefully you can all keep the winter ills and chills at bay this week - and in my case get rid of them.
Regards
Teressa
Tuesday, May 18
News and Home Tasks Term 2 Week 5
It's great to be back. We had fun on Monday discussing what we had been up to in the four weeks I was away and the class is now trying to solve the puzzles I brought back from Singapore. They all enjoyed the Pocky sticks that are popular with children in Singapore and are hoping they will be made available in NZ sometime soon.
Regards
Teressa
Thursday, May 13
Bobby,Nessie and YOU!
Dear Mrs H
We found out all about Bobby. It's a nice but sad story. Bobby sounded very genorous to give up all his time to watch over his master. Bobby seemed very attached to his master leaving only twice a day for his meals.
We were wondering if you bought Nessie because he looked so cuddly and irresistible.
Enough about Bobby and Nessie! We've got some questions to ask you.
We heard you've gone from freezing to cool to boiling. How do you feel about the weather?
Well speaking about weather we had a major storm last night. The wind was howling and trees were cracking up all night. No sleep at all. I guess that means we don't have to do any more homework cause were soooo tired zzzzzzz.
Now we've got something for you to find out. What does this mean: Adios cule (it's in Spanish).
Mrs Ryan said to say it' s fine to meet her on Sunday.
From Lara, Emma and Emily
on behalf of Rm 7
We found out all about Bobby. It's a nice but sad story. Bobby sounded very genorous to give up all his time to watch over his master. Bobby seemed very attached to his master leaving only twice a day for his meals.
We were wondering if you bought Nessie because he looked so cuddly and irresistible.
Enough about Bobby and Nessie! We've got some questions to ask you.
We heard you've gone from freezing to cool to boiling. How do you feel about the weather?
Well speaking about weather we had a major storm last night. The wind was howling and trees were cracking up all night. No sleep at all. I guess that means we don't have to do any more homework cause were soooo tired zzzzzzz.
Now we've got something for you to find out. What does this mean: Adios cule (it's in Spanish).
Mrs Ryan said to say it' s fine to meet her on Sunday.
From Lara, Emma and Emily
on behalf of Rm 7
Wednesday, May 12
Research detectives succeed again!
Yes, Bodrum it was. Congratulations. A really beautiful resort in Turkey. You can put it on your 'Future Places to Visit' list. How are you getting on with the new photo clues?
Thanks for posting the photos. Sounds like you have been having a great time while I have been gone.
We are now on an island off Singapore. It took about an hour by ferry to get here. It is an island of another country (not Singapore). Not much in the way of clues but you might be getting really good at your research skills.
Great to see Aleisha left a comment telling us about her school in Gisbourne - check it out.
I'll see you next week.
Regards
Mrs Hosie
Thanks for posting the photos. Sounds like you have been having a great time while I have been gone.
We are now on an island off Singapore. It took about an hour by ferry to get here. It is an island of another country (not Singapore). Not much in the way of clues but you might be getting really good at your research skills.
Great to see Aleisha left a comment telling us about her school in Gisbourne - check it out.
I'll see you next week.
Regards
Mrs Hosie
Tuesday, May 11
Another Try At The Answer
Dear Mrs Hosie,
We have re thought about the ferries to Kos and Nicholas thinks he found out the answer. Is it Bodrum?
Mad Hair Day was a great day, it was fun to see everyone's creative style! The House Leaders did a great job to organize the day and we had a blast, we wish you could've been there.
We also had an Asthma Awareness Day and we had to try and dress up in orange and yellow. At buddy time we were given a orange or yellow balloon to pass between us and our buddy. That was fun because it was quite windy.
By Kelly, Nicholas and Max,
on behalf of Rm 7
Sunday, May 9
Latest update from the Northern Hemisphere
Hi everyone
Good to see you have been on my trail and checking out the answers to the questions about the photos and places I have been to. I am having a great time but am now on the last week of my trip away.
Yes, you are right about the statue being Paddington Bear at Paddington railway station in London. And you were correct about why we couldn't travel to Switzerland. Check out hte headlines as it appears to be coming back this way. Hopefully we will still be able to fly out next week. Well done.
Unfortunately you haven't cracked the name of the place we were staying in in Turkey. We didn't leave from Greece to go to Kos. We left from a seaside town on the southern coast of Turkey. See if you can find it now.
GLad to hear that Mad Hair Day was fantastic. How about posting some photos on the blog for me?
I am looking forward to being back and seeing the work you have been doing with Mrs Ryan. I bet it is fantastic. She is a very talented person and it was great that she was available while I was away.
Now for the last photos and questions for you to research. I haven't been able to get to a computer where I could upload the photos so these are of the places I have been to while there was no news. Can you work out the names of the places and the importance/meaning of the objects/things in the photos?
Good to see you have been on my trail and checking out the answers to the questions about the photos and places I have been to. I am having a great time but am now on the last week of my trip away.
Yes, you are right about the statue being Paddington Bear at Paddington railway station in London. And you were correct about why we couldn't travel to Switzerland. Check out hte headlines as it appears to be coming back this way. Hopefully we will still be able to fly out next week. Well done.
Unfortunately you haven't cracked the name of the place we were staying in in Turkey. We didn't leave from Greece to go to Kos. We left from a seaside town on the southern coast of Turkey. See if you can find it now.
GLad to hear that Mad Hair Day was fantastic. How about posting some photos on the blog for me?
I am looking forward to being back and seeing the work you have been doing with Mrs Ryan. I bet it is fantastic. She is a very talented person and it was great that she was available while I was away.
Now for the last photos and questions for you to research. I haven't been able to get to a computer where I could upload the photos so these are of the places I have been to while there was no news. Can you work out the names of the places and the importance/meaning of the objects/things in the photos?
Good luck. See you soon.
Mrs H
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