An Amazing Presentation Day!

Well done Room 7 - you accepted another mission!

What an amazing afternoon of presentations. I was very impressed with the effort some of you put into your projects. It was great to see some studnts take up the saying 'thinking outside the box' and try to present their work in an interesting and informative way. Every student had at least 30 seconds to talk about their inspirational person. This person shows EXCELLENCE, PRIDE & SPIRIT - our school values. Most spoke for a lot longer. Katie even had her role model in class so she could interview him!



Te Aatakura and her movie made using an iPad.



Charlie's 3D poster.



Katie and her project JD.



Trinity's great mobile about Bob Marley.



Psyris talking about his role model - Mr Dufty!



Caleb's work on Richie McCaw.



Tineal's fantastic mobile on her Mum.



Linkin's great 3D poster with a scooter he built.

Hopefully doing this mini-project made some of you think 'out side the box' when it comes to how you can present your work.



Homework Presentation Week

This week you will be working on your presentation.


I am looking for the WOW! factor this week. Think beyond your homework book and use your imagination. How is it going to be different or better than anyone else? You will also have to talk about your hero for 30 seconds.

I am really looking forward to seeing your amazing work on Friday.


Whatever you are, be a good one.
Abraham Lincoln

Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.
Mary Anne Radmacher

Teamwork

Today Room 7 learnt about teamwork and what it means to be a team member and a leader of a group. Here are some great quotes to remember when being a team member or working as a team. To often people believe that leadership = noise which means control - does this sound familiar? It was also amazing to see you all working faster when you couldn't talk!


It is amazing how much you can accomplish when it doesn't matter who gets the credit.


There is no "I" in "TEAMWORK".


Teamwork: Simply stated, it is less me and more we.

Who are we learning about?

Everyone has picked their role model. The next step is to develop 5 juicy questions about your person and 5 fact questions (birth date, placeof birth, etc). These must be shown to Mr Dufty on Friday. You should already be investigating and learning about your person.

Shakoa - My Koro Taina Puketapu
Kahlee - Valerie Adams
Madison - My koro Raymond
TK - Maria Tutaia
Trinity - Bob Marley
Joshua - Billy T James
Te Wai - Sir Charles Bennett
Katie - JD (Church Pastor)
Shelby - Irene Van Dyk
Tamihana - Israel Dagg
Latoya - Paula Griffen
Reign - Michael Jackson
Tajh - Martin Lawrence
Charlie - Ayrton Senna
Jordan - Sonny Bill Williams
Linkin - Brendon Smith
Regan - Chad Reed
Jireh - Dan Carter
Caleb - Richie McCaw
Tineal - My Mum

I hope you take on the challenge!!!

Just read this great quote and thought I should share it. Imagine if Thomas Edison gave up on his first try.

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Thomas Edison

In the News!!

Well done Room 7 and Ebbett Park School. Look at Katie's lovely gumboots!

Super Homework Legends!

Well Done Kahlee on earning a homework free pass. You have worked so hard on our homework all term. Also well doen to Jordan and Regan. It is so great to see you two boys showing what wonderful and tidy work our boys can produce if they show some care.

Kahlee's Homework

Super Coaching Session!!!

We were so lucky to have Danny Lee (Hawkes Bay, Otago and All Black Legend!) come in and take a rugby coaching session with our rugby team. We looked at passing, draw and passing and the correct way to place the ball when tackled.

Maybe this is the next All Black coaching team!

Homework Weeks 8 & 9

Mission Impossible!?

Your mission…if you choose to accept it; is to use the researching and presentation skills you have developed and design your own piece of learning. You have two weeks to develop, investigate and present to the world a project on a person you believe is worthwhile knowing more about. They don’t have to be famous but they have to be someone you believe shows excellence, pride and spirit in their life and endeavours.

Your work will be presented on our class blog and view by billions of people!

Week One

Monday

·  First night. Sit down with someone and think of someone interesting to learn more about. Someone who is a role model for you!

Tuesday

·  Share with Mr Dufty who this amazing person is. Everyone will have to choose someone different so make sure you have a back up.

Wednesday

·  Bring your 5 big questions and 5 extra facts to school to share with Mr Dufty. Make sure they are questions you don’t know the answers to but you know you can find the information easily. If you already know things about your person these will be your extra facts.

Friday

·  Present your published questions to Mr Dufty. These are to be in your homework book.

Week Two

Friday

·  Presentation day. Don’t let yourself or family down by not handing anything in.

You can present your homework anyway you like. Poster, movie, Powerpoint, webpage or Word, it's up to you. The more inventive the better but make sure you show Mum and Dad so they can check your spelling. This is an independent task so you can not work with anyone else. All work will be placed on our class blog. If you do you homework by hand Mr Dufty will scan it and place it on there. Anything done on computer can be e-mailed or brought to school on a disc.