More library photos

The play school clock. (Only the grown ups understood)

Room 7 at the library

You need manners!

Anzac drawings.

We used google drawings to create some visual language for Anzac day. Here are just a few of our finished pictures.

We used a green screen app, tagul and google drawings to create our pictures. We chose a filter to change the colour. Some people chose sepia, some chose red (for the blood of war) and some chose to keep theirs in colour. 

Pay attention! Do you know that it is showing respect and responsibility to knock on classroom ddors?

Step 1. Collect the message.

Step 2. Teleport to the right place.

Step 3. When you get to the classroom, knock on the door as quietly as a hedgehog. 

Step 4. Wait till the teacher says “come in.”

Step 5. Give the teacher the message as quietly as one of Ben 10’s transformers.

Step 6. Wait till the teacher responds.

Step 7. Glide back to your classroom.

Now you know the 7 steps for how to knock on classroom doors.

By Ethan Tagamoa

You need manners! You need them when you go into other classrooms. Here are a few hints to help you take messages without getting growled at by the teachers.

Step one. Listen carefully to the person giving you the message so that you do it properly. It is important because if you just walk in, then you are rude and you will get growled at by the teacher.

Step two. You need to collect the message from your teacher or Julie and then take it to the class it needs to go to. But you have to be as quiet as a mouse. You are not a herd of elephants!

Step three. Hike to the classroom and tiptoe. When you’re at the right place, knock on the door three times. Make sure you are not too quiet, or too loud.

Step four. Once you have finished knocking, quietly tiptoe in and wait for the teacher to respond to you. It is important that you DO NOT call out to her!

Step five. Give her the message. After that, go back to class.

Now you can use my instructions for what to do when you get a message.

By Sierra

Jahnaya's writing

Sir Edmund Hillary is famous because he was the first person to stand at the top of Mount Everest in 1953. Sir Edmund Hillary climbed it with another person called Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. They were the first people to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. Sir Edmund Hillary wanted a friend so he picked Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. On the 4th of January 1957 he went to the South Pole on a tractor. Sir Edmund Hillary is known for being the first person to stand and the North pole and the South pole. He is remembered because he is on the $5 note. He also created the Himalayan trust to help Nepal. He is a terribly cool explorer and he is so famous.

By Jahnaya

The junior speech competition from last year. Who will be our finalists this year?? Keep working on your fabulous speeches at home and make sure that you memorise them!

Kate Sheppard

Who is Kate Sheppard? How did she help NZ? Watch this clip to find out more. 

Brody's sc homework

Cross country

What is the hardest thing I have done this week? The senior cross country. 

We went to amazing Queens Park to do cross country. The 8 and 9 year olds started at the back of Boys High, and we ran through the little car park. We went through the sparkling tress that were wet from rain. Then we went through the leaves and we heard a teacher saying ‘go, go, go’ and encouraging us to go as fast as a cheetah. Then we saw some sunlight. Some adults were cheering for us. We went past the rubbish bin and that was the finish line. We got a high five, and a kiwi fruit. I am never doing cross country again because I hate running!

By Krystal

Listen up. Do you know what I did yesterday? The cross country. It wasn’t that hard, but I gave it my best. I know people don’t like running but they all gave it their best too. We started near Boys High, then we went behind Boys high.  We went behind a little playground. I was soaked by the rain. The teacher said ‘well done’. I was in fourth place. I had some water and kiwi fruit and I had a big rest. That’s the whole day.

By Noah.

Here is Brody's v homework. Guess what it is!

Brody's h homework

Wow, it is so great to see people sending in their homework so we can share it on here. Although - we also love Krystal's baking from last week too :)

Check out what Brody did about the sound 'h'

writing

Do you know how to go to lunch? 

Step one. Go to your bag and get your lunch box and go outside.

Step two. Eat your food as quiet as a mouse.

Step three. If you have finished your food go and play.

Step four. Go and get some friends.

Step five. When the bell rings go into class.

Now you know how to go to lunch.

By Jack

What a great day isn’t it? Oh, I just forgot, it’s Mother’s day. I’m going to tell you some instructions for what to do on Mother’s day.

Step one. Get up and tiptoe as quietly as a mouse in to the kitchen. After you’ve finished tiptoeing in the kitchen you might make a card for her with sparkles on it.

Step two. When you’re finished making your mother a card you might want to do some baking, like pancakes. Put it on a tray. Also, you could make your mother a coffee or a tea.

Step three. When you’re finished making your mother something, give it to her.

Now you can use my instructions for what to do on Mother’s day.

By Sierra

Homework!

Check out this cool homework by Kupa

My family went on a holiday to Kaiteriteri and this photo was taken near Twizel at the salmon farm.

We got to feed the salmon and they were all jumping out of the water to catch the food.    

I thought it was amazing that the fish jump out of water, I really enjoyed it.

My homework is about H for holiday.

From Kupa

We are learning to write instructions

How to arrive at school

It is a nice sunny day and you have arrived at school. But what will be your next step?

Step one. Go inside. To go inside you need to open the door into the hallway. When you are inside, walk quietly.

Step two. Walk to the cloak bay. You need to take off your bag and hang your bag on your hook.

Step three. Hang your bag quietly and then walk to your classroom and quietly go inside.

Step four. Do not make noise so that the people who are doing their work will not be disturbed. Listen to the teachers instructions.

If you follow there instructions you will be the best kid in the whole school.

By Adina

It is a fabulous morning, so what are you going to do?
Step one. Jump out of the car and run to class as fast as lightning.
Step two. Once you get to your classroom door, open it and unzip your bag.
Step three. Grab your drink bottle and your book bag.
Step four. Put your sparkly drink bottle on the super secret shelf.
Step five. Grab your bulging book bag. When you have done that you put it in the container.
Step six. Walk to the cloak bay and hang your face pulling bag.
Step seven. Walk back to the classroom, and get ready for work.
Those are my amazing steps.
By Mark

It is an awesome day you arrive at school.
Step one. Sprint as fast as a lion to the cloakbay. 
Step two. Take off your beautiful blue bag. 
Step three. Get your bookbag and drink bottle if you have one. 
Step four. Get into the colossal crazy classroom.
Step five. Go and get your dancing book then start writing a million words from your homework book. 
Step six. If you have time you can play.
Ring ring! The bell is ringing. So that's how you arrive at school. 
By Kenny

How to arrive at School
It is a fantastic morning, and you have arrived at school. What are you going to do next?
Step one. Open the door. If you don't go inside quietly you might hear a boom! boom! boom! when you run. 
Step two. Get your bag and put it on your hook. Get your book bag and drink bottle out of your bag.
Step three. Put your drink bottle where your friends drink bottles are. 
Step four. When you put your drink bottle away, grab your book bag and put it in the black box.
If you use these fabulous instructions to help you get ready for school, you will be an amazing IMS kid. 
By Rawinia

ANZAC writing

We have been learning about the soldiers from World War 1, and what it was like for them in the war. Today we wrote 'friendly letters' to our families pretending to be ANZAZ soldiers.

Dear Aunty Phoenix
How are you? I am fin, but I am very scared because I'm in the war fighting for New Zealand. There are lots of soldiers. I am in Gallipoli, which is in Turkey. The ground is very muddy like chocolate, and it's slippery like melting ice. My khaki uniform is very dirty. My feet feel like ice blocks. I can hear missiles booming very loud.
From your niece,
Sierra

Dear Stephen,
How are things going back there in our home town? Things are not going very well here in Gallipoli, Turkey. I have got a feeling that the war should never have started. there are a lot of adversaries and Allies at Gallipoli. The is barely any living grass. It is so depressing, but also good because we are saving New Zealand.
Your friend,
Callum


Did you spot any compound sentences?

Astronauts writing

We have been learning to write a collaborative story. We all helped to write this by sharing a document on the google drive.

The Terribly Terrific T Rex.

Once upon a time there was a dinosaur called T Rex. T Rex was very colourful and he had teeth as sharp as sharks teeth. T Rex had scales all over his body, and his scales were very rough.

One day T Rex got chased by an Ankylosaurus. He ran up a tree to escape and the Ankylosaurus tried to push over the tree by whacking it with his bony tail. T Rex was stuck! He yelled out “help!”.

All of a sudden there was a big loud thump. It was coming closer and closer crashing through the trees. It was the Ankylosaurus’ Mum. She was the tallest dinosaur in the world. She growled at the Ankylosaurus and dragged him off home wrapped up tight in her tail.

The TRex was so happy. He looked up and saw his T Rex Dad leaning over him. He sprang out of the tree and hugged his dad.

And that is how T Rex escaped from the Anylosaurus.

By The Astronauts.

curious words

Here is us checking out the new app curious words. It is really tricky to think how we will show these words in a one second clip - but we tried! We loved Kenny's clever idea of green with envy.




Untitled from Miss Nielsen on Vimeo.

Dictionaries!

Today the year 4's got to go to the hall with Barbara. We were excited to see our visitors. The Rotary Club gave all the children their own dictionary to help them with their learning at school. We can't wait to use them in class. 

Long e words

The first time I...

We have been writing about a moment when we did something new.

On one sunny Sunday I went to the airport. I got on the plane and I sat on the seat. I put the belt on. It was about to take off and... boom! It was very fast, it was as fast as a cheetah. It whooshed up. It was very fun.
By Noah

Krystal

Hi  Mỹ  năme Krystal.  

  I am 7 Years old. 😍I go middle school.

 

I like 🐍 .

Mahalia

Hi my name is Mahalia I'm 8 years old 

I love your butterfly net. How did you make your butterfly net

Callum.W.C

Hi,my name is Callum

Katelin.

Hello my name is Katelin.

I am in invercargill I am seven years old and I am in room 7 at middle school.

From katelin

Sid

Hello I'm Sid and I'm going to tell you about Me. 

I like to ride my Honda motorbike my motorbike is a 125cc and heps of people like to call me Sid the Sed. 

Something I also like to do is to hang with my brows at school I go to invercargill Middle school. 

THIS IS ME !! 

Mark.

Hi my name is   Mark.I love to run. I am 7 years old.

kenny

Hi my name is Kenny  I am  seven years  old   I go  in invercargill middle school

Sierra

Hello my name is Sierra and I 'm seven years old. I love to play on the computer and I love to play on sumdog. I want to be better at writing. I am at Invercargill Middle school.  

us

Oops, Miss Nielsen forgot to put our lovely photo on here last month. Here we are with our best smiles. (well except for Blake, we think he is hiding from the camera!)

How to plant a seed

Heres a few tips to plant a seed.
Step one. Get a cup and cotton balls.
Step two. Dampen the soft cotton balls with water.
Step three. Put the green as grass seed in the dampened cup.
Step four. Put eight more cotton balls in the cup.
Step five. Put your name on the cup.
Step six. Put it on the hot as fire window sill.
Step seven. Leave it to grow.
Now you know how to grow a bean seed.

I am successful today because I use a simile.
By Dakota

Here's a few tips about how to grow a bean seed.
Step one. Get a cup as fast as a bird. Get five cotton balls.
Step two. Dampen the cotton balls so your seed has something to drink, but don't forget to squeeze the water out of the cotton balls.
Step three. Put your two seeds in the big cup.
Step four. After that put eight more cotton balls on the top so that the seed can get warm.
Step five. Put some blue tac on the bottom of the cup so that when you open the window it won't fall down. Don't forget to write your name on the cup.
Step six. Put it on the window sill.
That's how you plant your seed.
By Jahnaya

How to grow green as poison beans

Step one. Get a cup or a flower pot.
Step two. Put your dirt or cotton balls into a cup.
Step three. Tip a bit of water into the cup.
Step four. Put the eye beans on the cotton balls.
Step five. Cover a bit more of the seeds.
Step six. Wait for two or three weeks.
And step seven. Do not!!!! pick it or your hands might kill it.

And breaking news.... I used a metaphor today.
By Ethan

twitter

This afternoon we participated in a twitter chat. We even saw Room 4 there.

Instruction writing

We are learning to write instructions, and to say why we are successful.

How to arrive at school

If you want to know how to go to school you just have to listen to me.
Step one. Run as fast as a hungry lion into class.
Step two. Walk through the classroom to the cloak bay and hang your dancing bag on your hook.
Step three. Get ready for work and put your book bag away. Then your drink bottle.
Step four. Go outside and play.
Step five. When the bell rings rush into the classroom and work.
That's how you get ready for school.
By Mark
I am successful because I used language devices.

Let me tell you how to get ready for school.
1. Firstly you have to run as fast as a cheetah to the amazing class to Miss Nielsen.
2. Secondly get your books on your amazingly awesome shimmering shiny shining table.
3. Thirdly get your chair out and stick it at your table.
4. Fourthly go out and hang up you fabulous fantastic fine bag.
5. Fifthly go out and play until the roaring bell rings.
Now you know how to arrive at school.
By Katelin
I am successful today because I used alliteration

Tick, tock. Tick, tock. The clock is ticking.
Step one. Run as fast as a cheetah to the door.
Step two. Walk like a turtle to the class.
Step three. Unzip your bag and get out your book bag.
Step four. Put your book bag in the box.
Step five. Put your bag on the hook.
Step six. Go out to play.
Now you know how to arrive at school.
By Adnan

News week 5

The Crocodile's Christmas Jandals

We read the book The Crocodile's Christmas Jandals.

Here is some great writing about why it is so great

I think The Crocodile's Christmas Jandals is a horribly cool book.
Firstly it is a cool book because it is amazing. For example it is cool when they have a bbq.
I think it is a horribly fantastic book.
By Mark

(Did you spot his oxymoron??)

I think The Crocodile's Christmas Jandals is a good book for all the students in the world.
Firstly is is a fantastic book because it is exciting and funny. For example, it was exciting when the jandals got swapped.  
Secondly this book is fantastic because it has lots of different ideas. For example at the start he is very happy because he had new jandals.
The Crocodile's Christmas Jandals is a fantastic book and good for the children. Now you know all the fantastic things about The Crocodile's Christmas Jandals.
By Tiffany

Enjoying team

Hi  guys this is the team from enjoying team

Hello

Hello. We are learning how to post on our blog.sierra jahnaya asiasiga.

Hello it's me

This is our names Mahalia,Noah,rawinia. This is Mahalia I am so cute and smart.i am 8 years old. This is Noah I'm 8 years old.this is rawinia I am 8 years old

Team jack Mark Taylor.

Team jack.Mark. Taylor.

I need water!

Here is our new drink bottle holder. Remember only water is allowed in the classroom. Juice bottles stay in the cloak bay (otherwise known as my office!)

How to get ready for school

We are learning to write instructions. Here are some instructions to tell you  how to get ready for school in the mornings.

Do you know how to get ready for school in the fantastic, awesome morning?
Step one. You get up and slide out of bed.
Step two. Walk to the kitchen and make breakfast.
Step three. Put on your awesome underwear.
Step four. Put on your school clothes.
Step five. Brush your teeth, then wash your face.
Step six. Do your hair in a pony tail or a plait.
Step seven. Walk or drive to school.
Now you know how to get ready for awesome school in the mornings.
By Katelin.

Homework

Here is Mahalia's fantastic homework from last week. Our sound of the week was short i and Mahalia chose to write a poem about insects. Miss Nielsen was very impressed, well done Mahalia.

One Voice

Here is the One Voice song that we used for writing in Room 7. We loved listening to this song, loved the lyrics, and we really loved that it was written by a New Zealand student- just like us!

Extreme Reading

Extreme Reading Challenge.

Here is our first challenge for the year. What is the most extreme place that you do your reading? On a horse? Upside down? Send your photos to Miss Nielsen and we will add them to our blog.

We are learning to write instructions. Here is one that made Miss Nielsen smile.

Do you know how to brush your teeth? I do.
Step one. Grab your tooth brush.
Step two. Put your toothbrush under cold water for five seconds.
Step three. Grab the toothpaste and open the toothpaste lid.
Step four. Pour a little bit of toothpaste on your toothbrush.
Step five. Put your toothbrush in your mouth.
Step six. Spit it out into the sink.
Step seven. Wash your toothbrush and put it away where you got it from.
So that's how you brush your teeth.
By Sophie

Sumdog is a fun and fantastic website that helps us with our maths learning. All children in room 7 have a username and password for this site. Please ask Miss Nielsen if you have lost yours. 

Chris Malinchak - So Good To Me (Official Video)

We watched this exciting music video today and it inspired us to be fabulous writers.

It was a glorious, sunny, sensational day when I jumped out of bed and got changed with joy. I went sprinting down the stairs and I ran as fast as a cheetah with a huge massive smile on my face. When I got outside my face was melting because my pet was missing. I hunted for him. I got some crayons and some paper and wrote flyers. I was looking for him and knocking on people’s doors. But they hadn’t seen him. I went to climb up the climbing frame and I still couldn’t find him. But…

Something leaned over me. My giraffe had found me! We played hide and seek. I gave him a cuddle. I was so excited and joyful. Now you know all about when I lost my pet giraffe.

By Sierra.

It was a gleaming, shimmering day and it was hot. I got dressed as fast as a cheetah. I rushed down the stairs and out the door. I went to see my pet giraffe but when I got there he was gone. Then I knew just what to do. I made some posters. I put them all over town. When I had put the last ones up I went to the school and found the highest place I could. Suddenly a big black shadow bent it’s neck right over me. I was just about to run away. The I realised the shape of it. It got closer and closer and then it made a giraffe noise. So it could be my giraffe. And guess what? It was! I was so happy to see my giraffe that we played tag. I made sure I had an eye on him, then we went home to have a nice dinner. 

By Mark

Descriptions of people

Let me tell you all about Blake. Blake has a red cotton top. It has button on it. He has shiny silver pants. Blake has black skeleton socks. Blake sometimes has sparkly rainbow hair on mufti days. Now you know about Blake. By Taylor. 

Let me tell you all about Adnan. Adnan has brown eyes. He is a good friend. He plays with me all the time and I play with him too. He has a red top and blue pants. He has the same shoes as my ones. He is speedier than me sometimes. I go to his house sometimes. He comes to my house too. He is as tall as me. When I go to his house we play on his computer and he plays with my legos. Now you know all about Adnan. By Ahmet

2015

Welcome to 2015 Room 7!

We have a fabulous class this year and lots of fantastic learning planned.

The Super Mrs B

Mrs S

Ruby place value

Bailey place value

Library

We went to the public library

Week 4 term 4

Week 2 star of the week

Well done Sid. It was great having you visit our class last week. 

http://youtu.be/fYzzJtp08XE

Riley vs Wild

Check out this awesome movie that some of our class helped to make. 

how IMS is the best 1

how IMS is the best 1

Middle School is the Best!