Spelling Words Week 9

Make sure you write down from the correct list. A big week for Joshua and Psyris - get them all right and you go up a group!

Yellow	Red		Blue	Green
Regan Jacob Caitlyn Keira Starlah-Rose Harshvir	Georgie TruLee-Crystal Caleb Shantalia	Johnny Pacey Taylor Cleveland Destiny Ngawai	Joshua	Psyris Reign
affirmative astronomy Buddhist circumference consensus decline document estuary flask harmony instruction magnetism monochrome opposition perseverance punctuation role specify textbook velocity	advertisement arose bounce championship confident curious disappointment error filthy hamburger invalid minimum opinion polished prosperous satisfactory solve strategy task varying		alligator camera crank difference dissatisfaction exactly foreign harness instance lemonade millimetre occupied pigeon pyjamas ruin silence stem tiptoe uniform wheelbarrow	balance bump comb easily follow helpful herring junk market nut policeman roam sheet star toss whose eight eighteen eighty forty

Parent/Teacher Conferences

	PARENT - TEACHER - CHILD CONFERENCES TIMETABLE 2013
	Monday  1st July	Tuesday  2nd July
2.45pm	Starlah-Rose	Psyris
3.00pm	Harshvir	TruLee-Crystal
3.15pm	Caitlyn	Regan
3.30pm	Jacob	Destiny
3.45pm	Cleveland	Keira
4.00pm	Reign	Pacey
4.15pm	Joshua
4.30pm	Georgie
4.45pm	Shantalia
5.00pm
5.15pm
5.30pm
5.45pm	Ngawai
6.00pm	Johnny
6.15pm	Taylor
6.30pm	Caleb
6.45pm
7.00pm

Swimming testing

Check these amazing swimmers. Last session tomorrow.

Who am I? Who are We?

Welcome to our new module of learning. Over the next 7 weeks we will be looking at ourselves!!! What makes us amazing? What gives us our awesomeness?

Come in and keep these wonderful students out. They are the best!



Please view our Learning Journals and check out Mr Dufty's challenges.

http://kidblog.org/Room7slearningjournal/room07/who-am-i-who-are-we-challenge-1/

I am so proud of the awesome pepeha Room 7 students completed. These tell me a lot about you and where you come from.

Harshvir's Amazing Pepeha

Room 7 are writing their pepeha. Harshvir has written an amazing pepeha in his Mum written it in Punjabi.

School Leaders

Our Amzing New 2013 School Leaders

Well done Caleb, Cleveland, Regan, Georgie, Keira and Ngawai on being selected as our 2013 School Leaders.  

A big thank you to Danny, Trent and Brendon for presenting the shirts. Itw as a big thrill for our school to have you here. More photos will follow.

Swimming

Well done Room 7 on your attitude when swimming this week. Thank you to the parents who have helped this week with transport- you are awesome.

Look who's awesome!!!!

It's Cam and our very own Mrs Calkoen!!!

 

Who am I? Who are we?

Today we started to look at our next module of learning. This is a chance for the students in Room 7 to share who they are - to be proud of who they are. A chance for them to develop a understanding of who we are and share what their wishes for the future are. I want to hear YOUR VOICE!!!!

Over the next week students will be asking questions about their whakapapa and ancestry. The first question I have for Room 7 students is what culture or cultures do your family have links with? 

Let me share some information about my whakapapa.

I have links to Scotland and England. My Mum's family are Scottish and my Dad's family are English. My Mum's family are MacErlich, from the major MacDonald clan and the MacErlich's come from Inverness. For years we thought my Dad's family were on the Welsh side of the Wales / England border. I also found out that the spelling of Dufty had changed. It used to be spelt Doughty with the 'gh' making the 'f' sound. Unfortunately there is very little know about my father family - they have a dark past! 

Next week students will share their pepeha with the class. How they wish to present this is up to them. If they wish to place it online they will need to enter it in their Learning Journal. Follow the link on the top of this blog. Students can work on it at home and e-mail it to me. I'll place on the blog.

The follow framework for a pepeha has elements that are optional and students may wish to add or take out things that they do not believe are relevant to them. Remember that an iwi is similar to a clan.

Students may wish to also include images to support each part of their pepeha in their presentation.

Room 7 Pepeha Framework. 

Ko ____________ te māunga
Ko ____________ te awa/roto/moana
Ko ____________ te waka
Ko ____________ tōku tīpuna
Ko ____________ tōku iwi
Ko ____________ tōku hapū
Ko ____________ tōku marae
Nō ____________ ahau
Ko ____________ rāua ko __________ ōku mātua
Ko ____________ tōku ingoa

The mountain that I affiliate to is _________________________
The river/lake/sea that I affiliate to is ____________________
The waka that I affiliate to is ____________________________
My (founding) ancestor is _______________
My tribe is _____________________________
My sub-tribe is _________________________
My marae is ___________________________
I am from _____________________________
My parents are __________ and ___________
My name is ____________________________

An example of Mr Dufty's Pepeha

Ko Ruapehu te māunga
Ko Waikato te awa
Ko Taupo te roto
Ko MacDonald tōku iwi
Ko MacErlich tōku hapū
Ko Ebbett Park School te kura
Nō Heretaunga ahau
Ko Jessica rāua ko Maurice ōku mātua
Ko Hamish Dufty tōku ingoa

Due: 28th June

Week Seven Homework

Homework

·         Spelling and reading. Please make sure students are completing this every night. This week students also need to find the definitions of each word or write a sentence to show meaning. Well done Nagwai on moving up a spelling group!

Classroom Blog

·         Please get your child to show you all the things that are on our class blog. There are lots great photos and student work. If you would like a photo that is on the blog please ask.

·         I have been e-mailing parents with up-dates. If you have not received an e-mail from me please write your e-mail in your child’s logbook. Some of the e-mail addresses I gathered early in the year have not worked.

·         I will start placing all homework (spelling words and classroom notices) on the blog. Only those with no home computer will get a printed copy.

·         You can comment on the blog site. You will need a Google account to do this.

Swimming

·         We still need help with transporting students. Please indicate in your child’s diary if you can help or there is an error with what day you can help.

·         We had our first swimming session today. Well done Room 7 for your listening skills.

Yellow	Red		Blue	Green
Regan Jacob Caitlyn Keira Starlah-Rose	Georgie TruLee-Crystal Caleb Harshvir	Johnny Pacey Taylor Cleveland Destiny Ngawai	Shantalia Joshua	Psyris Reign
aerobic asteroid breaststroke circuit congruent debate divisible estimate firsthand habitat ingredient lyric monarch omnivore periodical proverb rituals species tessellation vegetarian	advance apricot bossy certificate conference crayfish directly equipped ferocious guitar introduce microphone occurrence poisonous proportion risk solo straighten tablet vain		active ashamed breathe condition dense eletronic flare grazing improve knotted meanwhile normal passage prisoner remain share sprain tenth twelfth wardrobe	badly board chip ditch fist gymnast hang January load news plane rang season sore thin wearing swim swam dive drive

Great night at the Basketball

Our basketball players had a great night watching the Hawkes. Thanks April, Ron and Mr Makea for organising the trip and our basketball team. 

Swimming starts on Monday

We still need help on Wednesday and Thursdays. If you can help please contact me through e-mail or your child’s dairy if you can help.  

Term 2	Week	Leave school at 10:10 (Sessions 10:30 - 11:00)
Mon 17th June - Thurs 20th June	7	Monday Mr Dufty (3) Tracy (4) Kim (6) Rebecca (6)	Tuesday Mr Dufty (3) Tracy (4) Terri (4)	Wednesday Mr Dufty (3) Miss Glenny (4) Carleena (3) Rebecca (6)	Thursday Mr Dufty (3) Carleena (3) Rebecca (6) Lesley (6)
Mon 24th June - Thurs 27th June	8	Monday Mr Dufty (3) Tracy (4) Kim (6) Rebecca (6)	Tuesday Mr Dufty (3) Tracy (4) Rebecca (6)	Wednesday Mr Dufty (3) Miss Glenny (4) Carleena (3) Rebecca (6)	Thursday Mr Dufty (3) Carleena (3) Rebecca (6) Lesley (6)