Merry Christmas from Room 17's Super wise owls

Our year in Room 17

Thanks for the great year Room 17!

This is us in term 1

Stardome

This is us in term 4

EOTC Education out of the classroom

Self portraits

At the beginning of the year we drew self portraits. We have done this activity again to see how much we have grown and changed. Check out our first ones here.

We are the Lorax

Room 17's Space Projects

Bertha and Beeman

This is Room 17

Crazy Hair Day!

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Nicholas who got first place for the Year 2 boys!
Well done to our other finalist who did an awesome job as well!

Poetry Recital

All the students did an amazing job with learning and performing a poem in front of Room 17. Choosing the 4 finalist to perform today was a very hard decision!

Here is a video of the 4 finalist from Room 17.

I will post photos and announce the winners tomorrow after they have had a chance to tell their parents about the experience.

Kei te pehea koe?

Kei te pehea koe?
How are you?


Kei te ___________ au.
I am _______________.

hiamoe	sleepy
hiakai	hungry
pai	good
pōuri	sad
riri	angry
koa	happy

My Space Adventure

Thanks for the Duffy Books!

Room 17 went into space

Baking

Writing about Stardome

Bee Bots

Stardome Photos

Superhero Dress Up

Shapes - Āhua

This song teaches children about shapes in Te Reo Maori.

Tapatoru (triangle)

Toru (Three 3)

Tapawha (rectangle)

Tapawha rite (square)

Wha (Four 4)

Porohita also porowhita (circle)

While singing you can draw the shapes in the air with your fingers.

Āhua

Tapatoru. Tapatoru.

Tapawha. Tapawha.

Tapawha rite. Tapawha rite.

Porohita. Porohita.

Tapatoru. Tapatoru.

Tapawha. Tapawha.

Tapawha rite. Tapawha rite.

Porohita. Porohita.

Oat the Goat

Oat the Goat

This is an online story we watched in class today to help us learn what to do when we see someone being picked on or bullied. It was a great read and the children really enjoyed. They asked for it to be shared to the class blog so they can show their family.

Discovery Time

Stingray Art

We have been looking into Maori Myths and Legends. One of the myths we learnt about was Maui and the Giant Fish. This is about how Maui caught a giant stingray while fishing and when he pulled it up it turned into the North Island of New Zealand.

Inflatable Soccer

Cross Country

3D Art

Mahunga Pakihiwi By Room 17

Maori Body Parts Song

Mahunga, pakihiwi, puku, hope, waewae

Mahunga, pakihiwi, puku, hope, waewae

Mahunga, pakihiwi, puku, hope, waewae

Taringa, whatu, ihu, waha 

Head, shoulders, tummy, hips, legs/feet

Ears, eyes, nose, mouth

School is number one!

Our Variety Show Performance performed on Friday.

Sorry I can't upload big files onto Blogger so I have trimmed the video into 3 parts.

Part one

Part 2

Part 3

Solving maths problems together

I have 20 lollies and I need to share them evenly onto each quarter of the cake. How many lollies will be on 1/4 of the cake?

Gold Stars

"I like to read and i like to write

Print my name and do it right

Teacher tells me I’m doing well.

I get a gold star cause now i can spell."

Collaboration on an art peice

This term we have been learning about collaboration. Collaboration means, "You work as a team with no boss." - Lily. "When you sit down as a team and you talk about your ideas." - Grace. "When you disagree you tell them nicely." - Erin.

The children have been working together to create a map that they all agreed on. They learnt to solve problems together and what to do when they couldn't agree.

Publishing our stories

Room 17 are amazing authors and illustrators. Over the term Room 17 would like to share their publishing on our class blog. So watch this space to see when your child will  be reading their own story.

Grace's Christmas Jandals

By Grace

Myrah's Christmas Jandals

By Myrah

Summer's Coming - By Neave

Summer's coming - By Nic

Reading with expression

By Liam and Lily

Spelling

Each week the students have 3 words to practice and learn. These words will be in their Home Links books. The students need to write each word 3 times. Here is how they can do that, Look at the word, Say the word, Cover the word, Write the word and Check. This can be done independently. If your child has the same word 2 weeks in a row it means they have not learnt it yet. If they still don't know it by the third week it will be put down as a forth word so you know they may need more practice but we will move on to another so they don't get disheartened or bored.

You can find more exciting activities here to help your child learn their words. Fun ways to practice spelling words

Also remember to read every night! Readers, poems and books from home all count towards their reading.

How to solve maths problems

Room 17 wrote their own maths problems and are showing us how to solve them. 

More videos to come during term 2. 

Grace has 72 blocks and she gets 4 more. How many does she have?

Neave has 10 lollies and Lily gives her 10 more. How many does she have?

I have 10 lollies and I give Grace 2. How many do I have left?

I have 95 marbles and Mum gives me 8 more. How many do I have?

I have 48 lollies and I give 2 away. How many do I have left?

Caelyn has 13 lollies and eats 1. How many do I have left?

Miss H has 2 lollies and she gives 2 to a friend. How many does she have left?

I have 10 cotton candy bags and I give 3 to Grace. How many do I have left?

Our chocolate experiment

We are learning to make a video using Shadow puppet on the Ipads.

We are learning to record our voices.

We are learning to work together as a group. 

We are learning to retell an experience, by using photos. 

By Liam, Sofia, Slaine, Lily, Erin, Noah, Ashlee

By Holly, Grace, Justyss, Gurnoor, Slaine

Erin, Ashlee, Caelyn, Noah

Liam, Te Ariki, Zack, Jasreet, Sofia

Neave, Nic, Myrah, Diante, Lily

If I had a super power...

Last week we wrote a short story about what super power we would like and how our morning would go if we woke up with it. We then made it into a comic strip, using detailed pictures, speech bubbles, thought bubbles and sound words, such as 'boom' and 'crash'.