Lunchtime Sport Champions - Tawhirimatea!!!

Winners of Capture the Ball for lunchtime sport were Tawhirimatea. An amazing team who were unbeatable.

Winners are Grinners!!!!

DJ Toki - Competition MVP & Lauryn Te Aho - House Captain.

Problem Solving in Room 7

Room 7 are working hard on showing they can use more than one strategy to answer addition and subtraction problems. They are also looking at how they read word problems and find the basic idea or strategy - what does the problem what me to find out? Students have to work in small groups and the key is the sharing and talking students do. They need to be able to explain their ideas, strategies and agree. Here are examples of their first sharing session.

Often students needs to be reminded to make things simple. Two good strategies they are remembering to use are reversibility (If a problem is hard as a subtraction problem turn it into an addition problem i.e. 234 - 150 = ? could be written as 150 + ? = 234) and using number lines.

Using materials.

Having the chance to share knowledge.

Sharing ideas and writing down their thinking.

Being focused on the task.

Book of Winners. Week 8.

Well done Vincent for being selected for the book of winners this week. Vinnie got his award for his effort with his writing.

Cape Kidnappers Trip

Awesome Homework

Check out these two amazing pieces of homework! Mr Dufty was so proud of those students who made the effort and presented themselves pride!

Vincent Harrison

Aniah Chapman-Ransfield

More photos will follow.

Week 6 Homework

Well done to those who made sure they showed pride in their presentation. I was very impressed with the way students are starting to ask questions about who they are. I am also impressed with the effort some are putting in and their are developing an amazing publishing book them can be proud of.

Sasha's Awesome Homework

This week is the final piece of homework on our current topic. This week I would like students to create an 'All About Me' mini project/poster. On this page I would like students to tell the world who they are, what they like or dislike and their future dreams. They can use bits and pieces from their previous homework.

In this piece I also want parents and guardians to write a future wish for their child.  

Some ideas that could go into their mini project:

• Favourites and dislikes (Sports teams, music, art, movies, colours, fashion, shops, etc).
• Hobbies.
• Sports.
• Family.
• Friends.
• Goals for 2014.

Some presentation points for students to remember:

• Mr Dufty likes colour and fun so make sure you make your work stand out!
• We do not publish in pencil. Pencil is for drawing and maths.
• Spelling, grammar and punctuation is important so check these before you publish. 
• Get someone to check before you hand it in. 

Homework hints for Room 7:

• Start it on Monday - don't leave it to Thursday night. Your teacher can tell!
• You must read for at least 5 minutes every night to an adult. This must be signed by an adult - no excuses; unless you live in a cave with no books, by yourself and on an island!
• Practise the spelling words you don't know - why practice the easy ones!!??
• Even if you don't finish your homework your homework book must come to school on Friday. Don't leave it at home. You all know I won't forget!!

What has been happening in Room 7?

Well done Tangaroa for your fantastic win last week. Every week students are working hard and showing their Excellence, Pride and Spirit. They earn points in their classrooms that go towards winning the House Shield and an end of term treat. 

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