Christmas Homework Task

For the last two weeks of the term, Room 7 spent time at home on a Christmas themed Homework task. We needed to design and make 1 of 4 things. The most creative of each challenge received spot prizes. The 4 challenges are below including awesome photos so that you can see what Room 7 created.

1)  Design a Santa Super Sleigh that will help Santa deliver all the presents faster.

2)Design a trap to capture Santa.

3)Design a chimney that will help Santa get in and out of the house quickly.

4)Design the ultimate present ever.

 

 

Our new classroom!!

Back and forth, back and forth we go. Carrying desk tote trays to another room is exhausting. The desks were heavy, filled with loads of stuff. We're moving to Room 3 because Mrs Dodd is in Room 3 next year. We are getting ready for next year and we helped Mrs Dodd carry all the tote trays to the new room. It took a long time, but we finished!

Here are some words to describe how we feel about our new room;

• We still have an interactive whiteboard.
• We have Room 2 (empty space) next door to us.
• It's a newer room. It was built last year in 2011.
• We still have desks.
• There are extra computers.
• We have a microwave next to our room.

Twelve Days of Christmas!

Here are some fantastic pieces of writing that we put together based on the Christmas song 'Twelve Days of Christmas'. We used our virtue of creativity to write our own versions of the song. Please enjoy!

The twelve days of christmas.

12 scooby snacking

11 bananas stripping

10 goldfish leaping

9 fins are dancing

8 dudes handboning

7 ninjas spinning

6 ducks are laying

5 ice kings

4 rolling buds

3 french bens

2 best friends

and a sausage on top of a tree

By Jordan.

One pig flying

Two books of homework

Three shy sheep

Four freaky frogs

Five wacky ducks

Six skeletons dancing

Seven sleepy koalas

Eight leaping flowers

Nine hairy monsters

Ten geese swinging

Eleven weird aliens

Twelve creepy crawlies

By Campbell.

On the first day: one elf eating

On the second day: two bugs biting

On the third day: three freaky frogs

On the forth day: four pigs afloat

On the fifth day: five merry moa

On the sixth day: six donkeys snoring

On the seventh day: seven eels biting

On the eighth day: eight crazy clowns

On the ninth day: nine chicks in trees

On the tenth day: ten fairies flaping

On the eleventh day: eleven ice-creams melting

On the twelfth day: twelve houses howling

By Maia.

The twelve crazy days of christmas

One painting man

Two bears snoring

Three muddy pigs

Four frogs leaping

Five roaring lions

Six penguins sliding

Seven hoppy rabbits

Eight sneaky wolves

Nine galloping horses

Ten crazy mice

Eleven people dancing

Twelve birds flying

By Shaila.

Christmas Wish Tree!!

We had a lot of fun making a christmas wish tree! We wrote our wishes onto our hand cut outs which then became part of our christmas wish tree. Below are photos of the christmas wish tree.



Student Led Conferences!

Tonight we held our student led conferences. It was a fantastic way for us to share our learning with our siblings, parents and grandparents. We showed them our goals in our learning books. After this we showed all our work around the classroom. At the end of our conferences we said thank you to our guests and went home with big smiles on our faces!

Here are some photos of us practising saying our learning goals earlier in the day.

 

 

Final Look at Floral Art

Here are the final pieces of Floral Art below. Please enjoy!

Well done again to Elias, Nicole, and Ayshia for placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

Nicole

Ayshia

Elias

Spring Festival Fun!

A big congratulations to these people who received 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place in the Spring Festival. Well done! What a fantastic day of fun and creativity! Please enjoy our photos below.

Sandsaucers
1st place - Lorenzo
2nd place - Jade
3rd place - Jaymie and Nythan

Buttonholes
1st place - Nicole
2nd place - Ayshia
3rd place - Meleana

Floral Art
1st place - Elias
2nd place - Nicole
3rd place - Ayshia

Gross Science Experiment - Baking Soda Popper!

We did a really cool experiment the other day. We got a plastic bag and we put warm water and vinegar into it. After that we measured some baking soda and wrapped it inside a paper towel. Next we put the paper towel VERY carefully into the plastic bag and zipped it up.

What happened next???????

We went outside to watch what happened to the plastic bag. It blew up but it didn't pop. We think that we should try it again but make sure that we follow the instructions carefully. We think the water was not warm enough.

This is awesome! If you want, you can be like a monkey and chuck it around to see what happens!

Sprints and Athletics Day

All children who are 8 years old and older participated in the sprint racing on Monday and in various different activities today for athletics.

Please enjoy our photos below of the two events.

Undercover Cody

On Monday, Frankton School were very lucky to have a special guest, Undercover Cody. Undercover Cody told us all we need to know about being sunsmart. Undercover Cody is celebrating his 10th birthday this year!

Click on the picture below to visit Undercover Cody's website.

Throwing Fun!

Room 7 had so much fun with Team Energise today practising how to throw. We practise how we stand, and that we need to point our hand to where we want to throw. After practising these things we then got to play throw and catch with a buddy. It was great fun!

Fairy Tales Fun

Room 7 enjoyed the fairy tale Goldilocks and the three bears so much that they decided to write their own versions. They then prepared their own storyboards of the three most popular 'new' versions to turn into a play. One group wanted to use play dough or plastine to make the characters come to life.

Here are some photos of our progress so far. Keep checking in to see more progress!

Frisky Fish Cinquain Poems

Room 7 recently experimented with cellophane fish to see what would happen when we did different things with the fish such as put it on a hard, cold surface, hold it in our hand or put it on a damp paper towel.

We then wrote a cinquain poem about our fish. We needed to know what a verb and an adjective was in order to write a cinquain poem.

What do you think happened to the fish?

Andy Warhol Inspired Art

Room 7 explored how the artist Andy Warhol used colour in creative, colourful and unexpected ways. We thought we would give it a go too!

Andy Warhol Inspired Art on PhotoPeach

Cyberchase Website

Click on the picture and it will take you to a fun website filled with games, printable activities and more!

 

Please comment to let us know which games are the most fun!

Franktons Got Talent!

An enormous congratulations to Elias,Cody, and Tyrese for participating in the Middle School Franktons Got Talent. They showed tons of confidence, courage, and enthusiasm.

There was so much exciting talent to be had today. We had special famous guest judges, Kung Fu Panda and Captain Jack Sparrow.

FRANKTONS GOT TALENT on PhotoPeach

Storyboarding our Fairy Tales

Today Room 7 spent some time storyboarding their own stories of Goldilocks and the three bears. They decided to write their own versions and now they are preparing to make them into plays or movies.

They used a storyboard template today to plan in groups. They needed to think about what was happening at the beginning, middle and end. They needed to think about what the characters were doing and saying.

Here are some photos of our planning so far. Please check in again soon to see our progress.

The Middle School Speech Finals!

Well done to all the Year 3 and 4 students who participated in the Middle School Speech finals.

A BIG congratulations to Elias who won the Year 3 speech finals! Runner up went to Liam.

Ruby won the Year 4 speech finals with Casey as the runner up.

All the speeches were fantastic. What an entertaining event!

Elias with his prize!

Elias giving his speech without cue cards!!!

All the Year 3 and 4 speech finalists!

Speeches

On Wednesday, Room 7 held their class speeches. Please check out the speeches page to view each person's speech. A very big congratulations to everybody who presented a speech. You all showed the virtues of confidence and courage. 

Enjoy the videos! Comments are welcome.

Friday Fun with Mrs Fitch!

Today Room 7 made some very creative things with Mrs Fitch. Check them out below!

 Shaila says, I am holding a gecko. My gecko is really colourful.

 Ayla says, I am wearing a kakariki mask that I made with Mrs Fitch today.

Middle School Basic Facts Competition

Wow! What an event! Shaila and Nicole represented Room 7 today in the Middle School Basic Facts Competition. It was exciting to watch. 

Congratulations to Nicole and Shaila for participating in the Basic Facts Competition. 

Well done to Nicole for being the Year 3 Basic Facts overall winner!

Another Rainy Lunchtime!

Here are some photos of Ruma Whitu during a rainy lunchtime. See what we get up to.

 This is Kalani's rocket ship. It is very colourful. He used the 2D shapes to make it.

This is Wiri and Daytin's Battle of the Teddy Bears!

Junior School Cross Country

Congratulations to Jade and Maia who got 1st (Jade) and 2nd (Maia) place in the Year 3 cross country today! Wahoo!

Go Weka House!!!

The Amazing Back Massage Chain!

Before the bell went this morning all of Room 7 were all ready on the mat for roll call. While they were waiting they decided to create the longest chain back massage!

Whoa look at them go!

Another update on our floral art!

At this stage we are continuing to use wax crayons to colour in our flower and use a completely different colour for the background. 

 We chose a colour for the background that would suit our other colours that we have already used.

Please keep checking in to see our progress.



An update on our Floral Art

Our next step was to enlarge our original picture to an A3 size. After this we began colouring in our flowers using crayon. 

We used different shades of green individually or we mixed them together to get the right shade.
Keep checking in to see our progress.

       

Emily's Ballet Exam!

Hi, my name is Emily and I just did my ballet exam a while ago. This was the 29th of August, Wednesday.

I got the results and I looked on the card. It had a 65 which meant that I passed. I got a merit! I am holding the exam results and the certificate has been signed by the people that were there. I got a red medal that said Royal Dance Academy in Primary. 



Reading with the Emerald Group.

Emerald group read the journal story, Time for a Spell by David Hill. They were then inspired to design their own alien invasions including what the aliens look like and what weapons they possess. 

Campbell says, "they have a weapon that will shrink people and suck them up."

Nicole's invasion plan

Caitlin's invasion plan

Campbell's invasion plan

Ayshia's invasion plan

Ashlee's invasion plan

Fairy Tales

Update on the Baking Soda Volcano Experiment.

 

During the week, Room 7 split up into groups to make their own baking soda volcanoes. We wanted to see what would happen if we added more vinegar. We decided that the more vinegar we added, the more the volcano expanded and eventually overflowed. When we stopped adding the vinegar, the volcano went back down again. 

We are very clever scientists and recorded what happened in our SPARKS books too.