Where in the world?

Hi everyone
I have arrived in London and have uploaded a couple of photos for you.  Now for the research part for you: Which city/country is the hat? What significance does the statue or sculpture hold for the country? Add the answers as a comment or new post for me to see how you got on.
Regards
Mrs H

Week 9 News

A great end to the term.

Triathlon

Friday 12 February was the date of the school triathlon, everybody was sitting under the shade and listening to Mr Taylor giving the briefing. Everyone was watching, their eyes glued to the start line, the first race was about to begin -  "On your marks, GO!

They were racing down the field, eager to come first. They were nearing the final lap. They were all red in the face. They jumped on their bikes and pedalled with all their might. The field was lumpy and not the easiest or fastest surface to ride on. Finally they arrived at the transition and leapt off their bikes, threw off their shoes and helmets to race around to the pool for the third and last section - a refreshing swim. There wasn't much space for overtaking competitors in the pool so the gaps betwween competittors closed up at times and the final sprint to the finish line got very exciting for some age groups as students battled it out for first place.

What a great afternoon, what a great event and what great kids.

Motueka Swimming Sports

SPLASH!!!  We were all very happy to see lots of students representing Mapua School at the Motueka swimming sports.  Everybody was being all they could be and we could see the effort they were putting in.
This describes the students' attitudes at the Motueka Inter-school Swimming Championships on Tuesday 2nd March.  The champs were held at the Motueka High School swimming baths.  Students were selected from the results of the Mapua School swimming sports.  The fastest three students in each age group for the different strokes were the ones that competed against other schools in the district. 

Camp themes

Camp was an amazing time.  Don't just take my word for it, check out the students recounts and animoto video of their photos. (Click on them to get a version large enough to read.)

Learning about recounts

Before we went on camp we started to learn about recounts.  The first type of recount we learned about was timeline-excitement graphs. We used a planning sheet to decide what we were going to say for each part of the event - before, first, during and  later.  Next we typed the information on the template and then added the graph line (called a histograph) to show how excited we were.  Lastly, we chose pictures to match the text.
Check out our examples.

Week 8 News

The penultimate week of Term 1! Scary how fast the year is disappearing.  Looking forward to seeing you all at the parent/child/teacher interviews this Thursday.
Regards
Teressa

Week 7 News

Right now I am looking at some slightly shell shocked students!  After a wonderful week of physical activities from dawn till bedtime, they are in recovery mode and are happy to be sitting quietly for a change.  More news about camp will be coming home as we complete our camp follow up activities.

Have a great week.
Regards

Teressa

Week 5 News

Wow, the first day of autumn is here! Not exactly what we want to hear right now so I'll stop on that subject. 
Camp is only 1 week away and we are going to be doing a lot of work leading up to the main event.  The students will be bringing their books home to share with you the activities they can look forward to while at Bridge Valley Ultimate Camp.  The rest of the information and news is on the news sheet for you.

Enjoy the week ahead.
Regards
Teressa

Week 4 News

The swimming sports were an amazing event to be a part of. All students were out there doing their best to achieve personal bests and trying to win their way into a place on the Inter-school swimming team. I'll let them tell the story on the blog rather than do it for them so do come back and check out their version of events.  Meanwhile here is the news and task sheet for Week 4.
Cheers
Teressa

Multiple Intelligences

We have been discussing and learning more about intelligence. 
Lara said you can't really be intelligent without a working brain.
Max said that intelligence is linked to brain functions. 
Emma said that all living creatures, not just humans, have intelligence.
Jasmin said that intelligence is about thinking, deciding and doing things.
Jake said he now knows there are different types of intelligence.
James said that everybody has a type of intelligence.
Isaac said that if you have a talent that it is a type of intelligence.

We have started to profile our own strengths and preferences using Howard Gardner's Multpile Intelligences.  Below is an idea that you could use for your Multiple Intelligences poster.

Week 3 News

I was impressed by the informative and creative 'It's All About Me' presentations last week. They have helped us to get to know one another a little better and have showcased our different 'Smarts' or Multiple Intelligences. (Hope you gave your support team aka parents a big vote of thanks for their help.)
As part of our maths learning Kelly has posted a survey to find out what our parents (or anyone else who visits our blog) felt about their school days.  Please help her out and vote to show your thoughts and feelings.
More news and the student tasks for the week on the News sheet.

Regards
Teressa

Week 2 News

Our first news posting for 2010.  Kelly has taken on the blog entries showcasing some of our class activities and is doing a fine job.  These weekly news and home learning sheets will be posted by me on a Monday for you to refer to.  By clicking on the thumbnail you will get a larger version which can then be enlarged even more so that you can read it online.
Have a great week and hope to see you at the Meet the Teacher evening and or the Triathlon.
Cheers
Teressa

Rm 7's Name Art

In the first week of term Rm 7 made some awesome Name Art. These kites represent us and our individual creativity as we are aiming high for academic success! First, we had to do some experimenting with colours in our art books with our coloured pencils. Next we needed to get some scrap paper and use the pastels and the 4 colours we had chosen to plan out our real design. Then we drew our designs in pencil and finally we coloured them in, and we ended up with a whole bunch of really cool Name Art Kites! When they are up on the wall we will post photos of them for you.

Welcome to Room 7!

Welcome to Room 7! Wow! It's 2010 and our class is set with a bunch of awesome kids to make the most of this year. The lucky Mrs Hosie will be our teacher this year, so we won't get into too much trouble! Everyone will have a really great year thanks to Mrs Hosie and the rest of Rm 7!