Thursday, 25 August 2016

Little Trick Sticks

Most of Room 7 use normal sized trick sticks but not Marcus.  He made a small set out of chopsticks. Well done Marcus you rock. 


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Wednesday, 24 August 2016

Ozoblockly Training


Here we are doing some coding practise with the Ozobots.  Get your child to show you at  home what they can do.

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Olympic Day Medals


Today we had our Room 7 Olympic  Fun Day.  Events included Swissball shot put,  nerf gun shooting, straw javelin and much more we had a great day and everyone had a wonderful attitude towards each other. Here are the 3 medal winners who scored the most points.  Well done Room 7.   

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Medal Winners of the week


This week we have Aifric, Charlize and Gareth winning the Room 7 Growth Mindset medals.  Well done you three.  

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Thursday, 11 August 2016

Room 7 Medal Winners


This week the medals go to Kate, Tannah and Ryan for making the semi finals of the senior school speech competition.  Go for the finals you three and really well done.

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Breakoutedu


Today we did a Breakoutedu on Roman History.  We had to work as a team and put a growth mindset into how we approached the work. We did a wonderful job and managed to breakout with about two and half minutes to go. Well done my Roman Empire guards you saved the emperor. 

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Trick Sticks



Today we made our very cool trick sticks.  We had to put a real growth mindset into making them. The class were the best yet at listening and following the instructions.  They came out great. Here we are having our first practise. Well done everyone. 
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Wednesday, 3 August 2016

ASB Getwise


Today we had a awesome talk from the ASB Getwise program. Your children now know how to be the best savers of money.  On the flip side they all want a credit card. 

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Kate and Tannah's Genuis Time Project

https://sites.google.com/a/sunnyhills.school.nz/poverty-in-three-different-countries/

This is the link to a wonderful Genuis Time project, well done girls.


Tuesday, 2 August 2016

Class Dojo Growth Mindset Video

Please watch the video and ask your wonderful Room 7 child to answer the question at the end. I know that they will be able to give you a detailed and very clever answer. Go Room 7!!


Genuis Time Car

Video of Oliver and Baxter's Genuis Time car that they made from parts they found at home. This was a wonderful project to watch the boys plan, create and problem solve. They showed a real Growth Mindset while working on the car, well done boys.


Kate Test Drives Go Kart

Kate gives Leo's kart a test drive........seemed to go okay.


Leo's Genuis Time Go-Kart Video

Well done Leo a great effort to get your kart finished.

Oliver Tusi Mihi mihi

Lyquan's Mihi mihi

Tim's Mihi mihi

Maia's Mihi mihi

Growth Mindset Power of YET video

Friday, 29 July 2016

Room 7 Medal Winners Week 1


This week the Room 7 Olympic Medals for effort, persistence and displaying a Growth Mindset go to......
Bronze Kate
Silver Eason
Gold Baxter

Well done.......I wonder who will win next week? 




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Tuesday, 26 July 2016

Room 7 Helping Room 1 With Blog Comments

Today we went to Room 1 to help them to get better at blog comments. We all put a growth mindset on our work and Room 1 are now experts. 


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Friday, 24 June 2016

Strike Rules Okay


On Thursday we had a wonderful performance by the Strike group. They used all sorts of different drums and even used fire during one song. It was enjoyed by everyone.  

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Thursday, 16 June 2016

Genuis Time


On Thursdays in Room 7, you will find Genius Time in full swing. This is where the students drive their own learning by choosing the topic/project they want to learn about. Some of the highlights include go-carts being made, stop motion animation movies, lemon powdered toy cars and clay dragons being made. Well done Room 7.

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Room 7 Flax Flowers

Today we made flax flowers with Room 1. We learnt how to cut them properly, how to say a prayer in Te Reo to say thank you for using them and how to make them.  Some of us struggled at first but we showed a Growth Mindset and we were all successful in the end. Well done Rooms 1 & 7.


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Monday, 23 May 2016

Sanne and her Grandad


Today we were lucky to have Sanne"s Grandad bring his Swiss Horn to school to play for us. Some of us had a go we were pretty good. This type of swiss horn there are only 7in  New Zealand. 

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Thursday, 14 April 2016

Wednesday, 6 April 2016

NZ Theatre Company


Today we had a wonderful play The Fairest of them All.......was funny, hilarious and we all laughed alot. Thanks to the actors they were great. Mr Mac even got on the stage. 

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Tuesday, 5 April 2016

Grandparent Reading

In Room 7 today we were so lucky to have Rosemary Foster come in to read to us. She was a great reader and was so much better than Mr Mac. Thanks Rosemary.


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Monday, 4 April 2016

Des Hunt Talk



Here is Rooms 5,6 and 7 at the Des Hunt authors presentation.  Great talk and the students are quite and listening what is his secret??
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Sunday, 3 April 2016

Congratulations


Congratulations to Lyquan who was made a cultural ambassador at Fridays assembly. I wonder what his job will entail?

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Friday, 18 March 2016

Hammerhead Shark Visit

Oliver and his Dad caught a Hammerhead shark last weekend he bought it in to show us. Do you know why the eyes are so far apart?


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Chickadees of the Week


This week we have Jia for a great attitude in all she has done and Maia for great homelearning. Well done girls.

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Monday, 14 March 2016

Chickadees of the Week


The Room 7 chickadees of the Week last week were Marcus and Winnie Y. Given to them for helping others.  Who will win this week???

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Monday, 29 February 2016

Financial Literacy


In Room 7 we are studying Financial Literacy.  Today we are planning and costing a trip to Australia.  Parents next time you need a trip planned you will have an expert to help you. 

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Monday, 22 February 2016

Mia and the mini horse

Here is Mia Nelson she is taking a mini horse for a walk but she forgot the rider. Go Mia.   


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Low Ropes


Room 7 and friends at the Low Ropes.  It's a lot harder than you might think.  Teamwork is the key. 

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Climbing Wall


Here is Oliver getting to the top of the wall. He was fast I timed it at 108 seconds. That is pretty good.

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