WE FOUND YOU!!!

Hi Mrs H,

We've located where the ferry leaves from and what the statue is and where it is.
Is the statue of Paddington Bear at Paddington railway station in London?

We think that the ferry leaves from Piraeus, Athens. It was a bit of a challenge that we had to research today in class, but most of us found a website that gave us the answer(s) we needed.  We hope we got it correct.

 You can't travel to Switzerland because of the Volcanic eruptions in Iceland leaving behind a huge pitch black ash cloud. Besides all the drama, we hope you've had a great time and the weather has been agreeing with you.

Mad Hair Day was fantastic, lots of people got into the day with wacky hair designs. The House Leaders did a great job to organize the winners and overall it was a really great day!These are the winners from our class:
Most gel used-Matheus
Most Colourful-James
It was such a laugh! We wish you could of been there. ( Mr Chalmers looks really funny in a rainbow mullet! )

Mrs R has been great at teaching us music and art. Recently we have made sgcraffetti walls and have drawn people to glue onto our paper and we have done some monoprints that look really effective. We have also started to learn about how to 'keep the beat' and have come up with some pretty cool moves!

Did you know that Miss Hough is now Mrs Barnes? How exciting!

Sincerely,

Laura, Emily and
Kelly on behalf
of Rm7.

Grounded!

It was great to read your posts and to hear that you have had great holidays too.  You have done well with checking the information about Hippocrates and Istanbul.  The seaside town in Turkey wasn't Izmir.  Another hint might be to let you know that the Greek island we visited was Kos.  See if you can find a tourist destination where ferries travel to Kos each day.
Doh! We have been grounded and were not able to fly out to Basel, Switzerland or Berlin in Germany. What do you know about this situation? What caused it and what are the results?
We came up with plan B and went to Cornwall to stay for a few days instead.  As we were travelling I found a new friend.  Who is my friend and where is his statue found?
 

The answers to your photos

Dear Mrs Hosie,

These are our answers to your photos that you sent us.

We thought that the islands which was the birthplace of Hippocrates was Greece. We know that the Blue Mosque and the largest Bazaar in the world are in Istanbul in Turkey. The city which is the seventh biggest city in the world is Istanbul and it is spread over two continents. We found out that Istanbul was spread over Asia and Europe.

Is the popular tourist resort Izmir? We are not really sure if it is or not.

Can you keep up to date with us while you are flying all over the world.

Hope you have a great time,

 

Isaac and Kelly on behalf of 

             Rm 7

Hey Mrs Hosie

A couple of us found out where you went in Europe but the rest of us have to find out this evening so we   can't tell you just yet. We're having a great time over here and we bet it is the same story where you are. It's a shame you have to miss mad hair day because we can tell it's going to be really wild!!! It was funny when we were reviewing the holidays, it turned out that Rm 7 had spread in every direction! We are enjoying researching where in the world you are. The pictures you take are very well thought out, but our favourite was when you put the Mapua School hat on the lion's nose!


Hope to hear from you again,
James and Kelly on behalf of 
Rm 7                             
 

Where in the world???

Hi Room 7
I bet  you are all having a great time chilling out with your family and friends.  I hope you leave some messages or posts telling me about the things you got up to in the holidays.

I have been travelling outside of the Uk with Karen, Matt and Brian. Can you work out which cities (there were 3) and countries (2 countries) I visited? Check out the clues and the photos.

The first city we visited has a population of around 15 million people and a guide claimed it is the 7th biggest city in the world; it is the only city in the world which spans 2 continents; it is built on 7 hills, is home to the largest covered bazaar in the world and the Blue mosque.

The second city we visited was on the coast of the Aegean Sea and is a popular tourist resort. Most of our time was spent on the beach (first photo). We also visited a village a few kilometres inland and found a very simple traditional way of life where the families make their living mainly from farming, weaving carpets and kilims. The photos show a mosque, farm animals and the dining area where we were treated to a traditional meal.

We took a ferry to another country made up of many islands. The island we visited was the birthplace of Hippocrates.   We wandered around the island and found many traces of its ancient past in the form of ruins and a tree known as  the tree of Hippocrates (in the center of the town).Which country and island were we on and what is Hipporcrates known for?

Catch you again with more photos and questions for you to find the answers to.

Regards
Mrs H

It was great to see you had worked out where the first 2 photos were taken. I was very impressed with the extra information you supplied about Singapore. Can you add the information you know about the artist who created the horse sculpture?

Now for the next lot of photos.
I am enjoying looking around London and finding things to share with you.
What can you tell me about the placwes, statues and icons in the photos and their significance to the UK?

Tomorrow we leave London for a week and I will post some photos so you can try to guess which country and city I am visiting.
Ka kite ano
Mrs H

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.