Room 2 Students 2010

Nau mai haere mai!

Nau mai haere mai! A warm welcome to the parents/caregivers and whanau of the Te Ao Ipurangi Year 7 students (Room 2). We hope that you will find this blog informative and interesting. Our blog serves as another vehicle for our students to showcase their mahi (work) and any other tidbits which they may be involved in. I encourage you all to explore the site and see how this unique programme has been developed over the past year or so. Please feel free to leave a comment where appropriate as my students and I will be monitoring our blog regularly. Take a look at the photos of the Room 2 students for 2010 - ataahua ne?

A very warm Kirikiriroa (Hamilton) welcome to our new friends in Room 7, St Claires School, Dunedin. Rm 2 students have been skyping Rm 7 students . We are looking forward to working with them as they develop their Mihi. Ma te wa (see you again).

Winter Olympics 2010

We always need to be setting ourselves a goal to work towards.

The athletes that compete at the Winter Olympics are no different, they set themselves numerous goals and they work very very hard to achieve them. No matter how big or small, having goals in life is important :)

Here is a trailer for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Can you identify the different sports shown on this video clip?

Welcome Back

Welcome back to another exciting year in Te Ao Ipurangi!

This term's school wide focus is on building positive relationships with others and learning more about our schools 'STARS' values. Room 1 is focusing on leadership and goal setting, while the teina in Room 2 are doing some exciting work to do with heart disease. Watch this space for more info...

Term 4 - Forensics

Room 1 is learning about forensics and the many things involved in forensic science.

Before we started learning about forensic science, students did a brainstorm of all key words they knew already. Here is a wordle to show their ideas.

MELVILLE'S GOT TALENT

At the end of Term 3 Miriwera (Melville) hosted an action packed evening for parents and the community showcasing our tamariki's artistic and musical talents. Room 2 students entered all three categories and came 1st in the group category; 2nd in the class category and 3rd in the individuals. The Year 8 and Year 7 teachers even performed!! Here is the video presentation submitted by Rm 2...they are sooooooooo talented! Enjoy.

Waikato Te Awa

Our main topic for Term 3 was learning about the history of Waikato River or "WAIKATO TE AWA". Part of our reading programme was a Maori myth telling the origins of how the river was formed. The myth is called "The River that Ran Away". It is a delightful story about Tongariro and Taupiri growing up together and then parting when marriage took Taupiri to a new home. Taupiri became ill and felt the waters from her homeland could heal her. She sent her servant to retrieve water from Tongariro mountain. Tongariro created a crevice from which a small stream began its journey back to Taupiri. This stream became a river known as Waikato te Awa. This artwork showcases Room 2 students interpretation of a snipet of the story. They then wrote a blurb about their representations. The overall effect is stunning and sits proudly on display in the classroom. Titiro mai!

Geometric Shapes

Room 2 students have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes. At the end of our geometry unit, they used this knowledge to create artshapes using crayon and dye. The class display looks fantastic. Here are some outstanding examples.

PrEP

Melville Intermediate School had a very successful PrEP day, with lots of stalls selling a lot of hand crafted items, and yummy kai (food). There was a lot of preparation leading up to the day, making stall signs, advertisements and planning how they were going to pay back their loan. Here are some of the outstanding stall signs our class created!

Term 3 - Simple Machines

Over the Term Room 1 learnt about simple machines!
They wrote an explanation on an everyday item we use and completed a detailed diagram to explain how the item works.

The students also had to investigate how a marionette puppet works and create one of their own, here are some examples of their fantastic work!