On wednesday the 28th of August we began on our adventure to the airport on the rickety old bus.The first thing we did was that we went to a big room.we saw a few airplanes land and take off and all that  jazz. Then Taleta(Our instructor) shared with us about the flood in 1984. It was very interesting. Then we went to see where the bags go. Then we swapped with the other people to go to a hanger to see real planes and a flight simulator. We looked at few planes then we went to a room with the flight simulator. It's so real. After that we went in a real plane! Then we met back in the big room. Then we went back to school on the bumpy old bus.

 

Thanks very much to Karyn Cleary for the pictures :)

Tellagami

This week we discovered we could share our learning with tellagami. We also learned how important punctuation is when people are reading so that it sounds right. Tellagami says some of our names in a funny way.

   The four forces of flight.The first thing is thrust.Thrust is going forward, like a racing car. Thrust is another word for forward. The second thing is drag. Drag is not like dragging a plank. It is another word for stop!

The third thing is lift. Lift is not like lifting something. Lift is going up into the sky. Lift is anther word

for up. The last thing is gravity. Gravity is not like you flying! Gravity is going on to the flat ground.

Gravity is anther word for down.So that's all thank you for reading our blog. By Raeffe

Four Forces of Flight Song

Here is the song that we have been listening to in class about the four forces of flight. What do you know about flight?

Matariki Kites

Here are our Matariki kites. Watch out for Rose-Marie's kite, she won first prize in her section at the Polyfest art show. 

Gravity

Check out all this wonderful writing about gravity! There are some very tricky words in here, but the room 7 kids can tell you what they mean if you are a bit stuck. 

Gravity is a force.

Really strong.

All things have gravity.

Venus has gravity

It is invisible.

Terrible if we didn't have it.

You have your own gravity.

By Shevin

Gravity helps us to stay on the ground.

Really hard to stay in the air when you jump.

All of us have gravity.

Varying amounts of gravity on different planets.

If you jump you will just fall.

Totally strong

You will fly away if there is no gravity.

By Jorja

Gravity is a force that keeps us on the ground.

Really tricky to stay in the air.

Always fall down if you're trying to float.

Volcanoes stay on the ground.

Invisible gravity, can't smell it, feel it or taste it.

Tables stay on the ground.

You have your own gravity in your body.

By Ryan

Gravity keeps us on the ground.

Really good for us.

All the planets have gravity.

Vast things have lots of gravity.

I have gravity around me.

Think it is invisible.

You have all got some gravity.

By Dillon

Gravity is a strong force.

Rain is affected by gravity.

A table has gravity.

Vast things have gravity.

It's invisible.

Terrible if there was no gravity.

You have all got gravity.

By Tammy

Great at keeping us on the ground.

Really good for us.

Around when the dinosaurs were alive.

Very helpful to us.

It's in the whole universe, even our bodies.

The Earth never loses its gravity.

You can't smell, taste, feel, or hear gravity.

By Conrad

Who's the best

This week room7 have made maui posters and good friends, posters, and moon made of cheese posters.

We have been writing good friends speeches that have to be 2 minites long.On the 31 of may 2013

Kayla has made a huge volcano that poured fake lava in the sand pit it was awesome..

First Place!

Here is a picture of Tameka and Conrad after they got their medals at assembly on Friday.

Cross Country

Wow, what a lovely day for the cross country. It was fantastic to see how hard everyone from room 7 tried today. We had lots of children from our class in the top 10 in their age group. Here is a great photo from Conrad's family of the winners of the 7 year old boys race. Can you guess what positions they came in?

Sumdog

Everyone now has their logins for the Sumdog website. This is a great way for you to practice your maths skills. Remember that the competition starts tomorrow - the first 1000 questions that you answer will count towards your final score and you are competing against children from all schools, not just ours!

Sumdog

Milk in schools

Hey every 2 days we get free milk and we enjoy having it. slurp,slurp.drink it dry,fold it flat,send it back. The milk is made from anchor so it tastes great. So there is a technique to fold it and soon we might have a competition to see who is fastest. And every time we send the milk cartons back they get recycled into things like roof tiles. Thanks Fonterra!!


Photos by Xavier

Story by Sebbi

Stardome

This week we went to the star dome and we took some pictures inside the star dome.the star was just like an igloo but instead of being made of snow it was made out of fabric and was filled with air it had a projector in the middle and someone named Richard he taught us lots about space.the star dome is a big tent so big it can fit about 60 Kids.He taught us about the solar system,red giant,gravity,the sun and Pluto

By Sebbi

Space

This week we are learning about space we have taken some pictures From other kids with their pictures.

Our dreams

Hi we are going to tell you about our dreams that we drew using Maori culture we are going to interview Shevin.
Tell us about your picture Shevin.
"I put two koru in the middle. I used yellow and orange and my favourite colour was green," said Shevin. "It is my family's favourite colours."

Temperature

This week we have been learning about thermometers. They have mercury inside them. The mercury can measure the temperature. By going up it tells us it is hot but when it goes down it tells us it is colder. There will be numbers to tell us the temperature.we made an experiment by putting some thermometers in some jugs the jugs were filled with water but the water wasn't the same temperature so after a few hours we looked at the thermometers and they all the same temperature cause the water cooled down to room temperature.
By Sebbi,Xavier.

time game

Try out this time game at home

time game

Blog editors.

Hi we Are the new blog editors our names are Ryan,Sebbi,and Xavier. We will usually post stuff on to our blog.This week we have been learning about volcanoes.Did you know that one hundred million years ago the world was Pangea.We could almost walk from the top of the world to the bottom. But now we are learning about volcanoes.You must be careful when you live close to a volcano.

Check out this great website to help you practice your basic facts.

basic facts games

Fractions

Conrad has been learning about equivalent fractions

Click here to watch Conrad's showme