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Room7 are making their own Avatar on this website. We are going to make comics using our class avatars.

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Kahurangi Group

On Thursday 17th May our whole school was treated to a stunning performance by the Kahurangi Dance Group. They sang hamonious waiatas, and performed exciting Maori legends. We thought they had alot of energy and showed great expression and love of what they were doing.

Daisy and Claire made a movie to show what they saw

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Animoto Videos

We have been making videos on the website www.animoto.com
We worked in pairs and used the interactive whiteboard to make the videos. After we made a video we were the teachers to the next pair.

The skills that we have learnt are:

• Choosing appropriate music
• Inserting pictures and videos
• Editing the length of videos
• Inserting text and a title

Here is Aimee and Bella's video

Monty and Carter's video

Finn and Charlie's

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The website requires a login. We have used mine. To view the other children's videos come and see them in  the classroom or I can email you them.

Homework

It is great to see so many children in the class bringing in their homework and sharing it with the class. Here are a few examples of activities that Carter, Aimee and Maggie have done.

Carter has planned a movie and made it into a movie





Aimee made a miners hut and a river

Aneka also made a miners hut

Maths- Maps

As part of our Maths strand we have learning to:

• Follow instructions
• Write instructions
• Draw maps
• Know North, East, South and West and write instructions according to these
• Identify the purpose of a map

Here are some examples of maps drawn after reading 'We are going on a bear hunt.'

Maggie's                                                         Charlie's

We listened to Hansel and Gretel. We drew maps by listening to clues from the story. We drew paths that they travelled in the story. Here are some examples of maps that we drew.

     

Amba's                                                                           Hana's

We have been writing instructions using North, East, South and West.     

                          

As part of Inquiry we are learning about gold. Write everything that you know about gold....

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Room 7 have been borrowing ideas off other writers and using them in their own writing. Here are a few examples.

The following poems are written after reading a poem by James K Baxter. The poem was about a town he grew up in.

Hawea Flat

Hawea Flat is usual enough; it has

a school, bike park, playground 

and tennis court.

My brothers and friends do what boys do-

play on the bike park, on the playground,

soccor and tennis,

doing nothing important.

By Corin

Lake Hawea

Lake Hawea is usual enough; it has

a pub, a library, a lake, a sky over it,

and even a dam.

Minnie, Aneka, Rata and I do what girls do- 

play on the maple, splash at the lake, 

play netball, chase Rata and Ashley,

Doing nothing important.

By Pipi

Lake Hawea

Lake Hawea is usual enough; it has

a lake, a park, and even a shop.

My brother and I do what girls do- making crafts,

baking with Bernie, watching movies,

doing nothing important.

By Mackenzie