Netball workout

Maia and Tegan have put together an Animoto video of the Staff versus Students netball game prior to the Winter Tournament.  Check it out...

An extreme sporting cousin

James Davidson

My cousin James is 27 years old and very tall. He’s 6 foot 8 inches and lives in Wellington.

 He was in the water polo team for NZ and has played against many international teams. Unfortunately he injured his shoulder and had to retire recently.

I look up to him hugely. He is very persistent, determined and never gives up! He sets goals and achieves them. He’s very kind, caring and considerate.

He has had lots of concussions from hitting his head e.g. he’s knocked himself out mountain biking with his best friend Harry, he cracked his head open swinging off a rope at a pool and lots more playing water polo.

He comes down to Nelson every so often to stay with us. Usually we spend most of the time in the pool. He throws me in. It’s really fun! Since I was little I have always liked to ride around on his shoulders messing up his hair and pulling his cap over his eyes.

By Maia

It's going to be a Magical Mystery Tour

Everyone is flat out preparing for the Mapua School production, 'The Magical Mystery Tour'.

In Room 7 the desks have been pushed back, the exercise books are stacked away and the floor has been marked out as a stage. Our days are full of paper mache, material, feathers, beads and glitter as we recreate the Mexican legend, 'How Music was Fetched from Heaven'.

When we are not working on props, we work on perfecting our roles - staying focussed on what our character would be thinking, feeling and saying; using facial expressions, our voices and gestures to portray the character in a believable manner.

Unfortunately our dance teacher was unable to keep coming in to teach us so we have had to rework how we are going to end our scene - it's a bit rough at the moment but by the time we hit the stage we'll be fine...

We have put together some photos for you to see what we have been doing.

Library - boring? No way!

Room 7 goes to the library once a week like every other class but it's not possible they have as much fun as us!
We always have so much fun, some people think going to the library is boring but they don't go with Room 7.



 

Top Student Poll

Focussed                                                                 14 (70%)

Aims for accuracy                                                     2 (10%)

Organised                                                                11 (55%)

Learns from mistakes                                                10 (50%

Confidence                                                               1 (5%)

Relaxed (not stressed)                                               5 (25%)

Trustworthy                                                               2 (10%)

Good time management                                             3 (15%)

A1 quality presentation; behavior                               5 (25%)

Uses a range of techniques                                         3 (15%)

Active thinker                                                            2 (10%)

Creative                                                                    3 (15%)

Tries their hardest/best                                               12 (60%)

Open to learning                                                         4 (20%)

Respectful of own and others' work environment           1 (5%)

Enjoys learning                                                          9 (45%)

Curious                                                                     2 (10%)

Talks when necessary                                                 1 (5%)

Active listener                                                            5 (25%)

Positive attitude                                                         9 (45%)

Follows instructions                                                    3 (15%)

Sharing or communicating ideas                                  1 (5%)

What do these results tell us?

Our results for our post for the ideal student learner showed that The top 7 qualities were: being focussed, trying your hardest and doing your best, being organised, learning from your mistakes, enjoy learning and having a positive attitude.

What do these results mean for us as a learner?

If we have all these qualities we will be a successful learner. If you are a successful learner you will do well in life.

Which of these qualities do we already posses?

I think most of the students in Room 7 learn from mistakes.  I think this is because we make quite a few mistakes but we normally don't do them again. Sometimes we are focussed (we made this our first class goal) and we are getting better at it.

What do you need to improve?

We really need to work on our organisation skills (well at least I do). Getting organised is our class goal this week.