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 * ~ Well, it's almost the end of the term and we have been very busy. ======

Today concluded our Matariki celebrations with a Korowai show. The children displayed their mana when strutting their stuff on the cat walk. I would like to thank everyone for your support this term. Without your help I'm sure the Matariki celebrations, hikoi, making of the cloaks and the hangi would not have been the success it was. With all these activities, Term 2 has been very busy. We have also had parent interviews, expert visits, visits from Beach Kids, development of our Discovery Learning programme, and The Star Dome.

Have a wonderful break with your children over the next two weeks. I hope you get to do some fun things in the holidays and I look forward to seeing you all bright eyed and bushy tailed next term. Don't forget we have a teacher only day Monday 1st of August and Term 3 starts Tuesday 2nd August. See you then :-) || As you know, today we had a letter P party. It was so much fun! We made yummy pizzas for lunch (check out the "tasting the alphabet" page on the right >) problem solved and persevered with puzzles and made some more accessories for our costumes. And of course we dressed up! Thank you to our wonderful parents for supporting our day by providing some pizza toppings and yummy goodies starting with the "p" sound. Today marked the start to our weekly Discovery Time and today we were focusing on managing ourselves by completing tasks on time and to a high standard. I was pleased to see the children supporting each other through activities and sharing the equipment too. When it came to clean up everyone pitched n and got the job done. Well done Room 7!!!
 * Term 2.
 * The Letter P Party! **
 * The Letter P Party! **



Welcome back! We are well into Term 2 now and I hope you all had an enjoyable break with your children. It is great to see them back at school and ready to learn. Earlier this week a note went home about our trip to Hamilton Zoo planned for Term 4. This will be a wonderful opportunity for learning and I'm sure the children will have a fantastic time. I am looking forward to going there myself! We have been creating self portraits over the last 2 weeks and these are now on display in the classroom. Please come in and have a look. They are full of detail and the children created the final product over several days showing perseverance and attention to detail.

We have also been learning about how to write a narrative piece of writing and this will continue to be a focus during the next two terms. Come and have a look at the book Room 7 have written together. What an achievement! There are more examples of their fabulous word in their story writing books. Ask your child to read their story to you and explain what they have been learning to do.

This term is also full of activities centered around Matariki. The children will be involved in many activities relating to this and are looking forward to these. There is a link on the side of this page with some further links to some te reo phrases you might like to use at home with your children. There are some waiata/songs, that the children are learning, there too. You may remember them from when you were at school :-)





Term 1

===Well, Term 1 is well underway. We have been very busy with swimming, reading, writing, and maths as well as Yesterdays Triathlon. Thank you to all those who came to support the children. Didn't they do well?!!! They were very proud of themselves and rightly so. They kept going and didn't give up. This is somethings we have been focusing on this term.=== Welcome to Room 7. Kia ora koutou. This is our class web page and a great place to find out what is happening in our class and things that are going on. We have been busy getting to know each other this term and learning "How to create a happy classroom learning environment together". We have been busy finding out what makes a classroom run smoothly and have written some class rules to help achieve this.Please continue to visit this page to find interesting websites that can support learning or help children unwind at the end of a long day. We are in for a busy, fun filled year of learning ahead! Take a look at our first day... ||