Story book characters!

This week we are learning about how to create our own story book characters! We watched a clip from the Literacy Shed https://www.literacyshed.com/nightzoo.html which gave us directions on how to create our character. 

Here are some wonderful, short pieces of writing. 

Ken the Griffen 

Ken has spots all over his body that glow in the dark. His wings are as hot as the sun. His beak is as shiny as a diamond. Ken lives in the far woods in an invisible cave, only Griffen's can see the cave. 

By Xun-E Fong 


Hayley the fat, happy Hedgehog 

Hayley has a fat tummy like a big elephant. He has tiny teeth but are razor sharp. He also has a spikey back but it is fluffy like a rainbow pompom. Don't be scared to touch him. Hayley lives at the top of the cold Mount Maunganui. 

By Pearl Bishop 


At the end of our session we shared our stories to a buddy and highlighted two words in our stories that we thought were amazing! 

Swimming Sports 2018!

What a fantastic day in the water! Everyone was enthusiastic, dressed in their house colours and rearing to go. Students were able to swim in at least 4 events throughout the day. 

When we returned from school we discussed and wrote down what we felt, smelt, heard and saw at the event. 

I felt cold and bored waiting for my race.
When I was racing I felt pain because I didn’t have any goggles.

I heard birds and the other kids when we were outside.
When I went inside I heard people screaming and splashes.

I saw people getting fit using tools at the gym upstairs.
I saw a rainbow of colours from the houses.

By Harrison

Green for Growth and Tickled Pink

This year we will be having a focus on the importance of peer and self assessment. We use a green highlighter for 2 areas of our learning we want to improve on, we call this 'green for growth'. The pink highlighter represents an area of our work we are proud of, we call this 'tickled pink'. 

As a class we have co-constructed a success criteria that outlines what a quality piece of handwriting looks like. From there students assess themselves based on this criteria. 

Here is an example of what quality writing looks like! 

Welcome to Room 7!

Room 7 students have created an amazing piece of collaborative art! They each had a puzzle piece to complete. Children had to work as a team to ensure colours flowed and symmetry was evident. This  is a symbol of all our students coming together, making new friends and supporting one another with our learning. This collaborative art piece will be up for the year to represent our unity. Students then decided as a class what our expectations and values will be. 

• We treat others how we would like to be treated 
• We listen when others are speaking 
• We never give up on challenging tasks
• We try our hardest with our learning 
• We only walk in our classroom
• We treat our classroom equipment with care and respect

Marble Art

During Art today Room 7 made some amazing Marble Art, using marble paint and water. They look so cool and everyone really enjoyed making them!

Instructional Writing in Room 7

This week Room 7 made Pancakes so they could follow instructions and then write instructions.

We had a great time making them and they tasted delicious!

A moment in time about our School hangi

Room 7 loved tasting the School hangi food today and wrote some awesome "moments in time" about their hangi experience!