The most exciting thing to happen to us today!

We were in the hall to see a band. The band was called Strike. The people in the band were called Katie-Lee, Muzza and Takumi.  They played lots of instruments. They had big, big drums. They played the drums with drum sticks and their feet.  They were too loud.  It was awesome.  Mrs Tyler and Ally got to have a turn at playing the drums.  We had to wear masks on our faces to keep us safe.  

Written by the students of Room 7

Week 6, Term 2 - Creating a Town

 Today we spent a lot of time working together to create a town.  Here we are explaining what we created. There is also a short video of us playing with it.  

Week 5, Term 2 - Matariki - What do we know already?

What is Matariki? 

It's the Māori New Year.  There are Stars 

What do you know about it? 

There are 9 or 7 stars.

It's a good time to start something new.

It's a good time to plant something new to eat.

It happens in May or June every year.

It's a good time to remember your ancestors.

What happens? 

You have a feast

You fly a kite

You can have a festival.

We can see the Matariki stars in the morning.

What have you seen? 

The Matariki stars shining on my deck in the morning.

What should we find out?

We should find out what day it is going to be on - Henry thinks it is on the 24th June.

We need to find out what the stars are called and what they mean or represent.

Week 2, Term 2 - NZSL Week 2022

As part of NZSL Week, we were challenged by Yoshie to learn NZSL for the chorus of Six60's song Pepeha. The children in Room 7 wanted to learn the whole song, not just the chorus. So they have been practicing hard for two weeks. Here they are:

Week 11 - Sketching Spiders

Week 8 - Giraffe Art

Week 7 - Swimming Poetry

Week 5 - Visiting the Kitchen Garden

Week 4 - Swimming Lessons with Poolside Assistance

Week 3 - Self Portrait Time

 Today we had our first lesson on sketching self portraits. We think we did a great job.  What do you think?

Here we are at school!

 We have had an awesome first day together in our new classroom with our new teacher Catherine.  

Welcome Back to School - 2022!

Kia ora and welcome to Room 7's Blog

Ko Catherine Maunsell taku ingoa. 

I am looking forward to teaching your Lively Learners that will be joining me in Room 7. 

Just so you know a little bit about me, I am a mother of 2 grown-up children (Chelsea and Hayden). I am also a grandmother/Nan to Reuben and Kavita. My daughter Chelsea, her husband Chris and their two beautiful children live in Whanganui. My son Hayden lives in Auckland. I moved to Hamilton from Auckland 6 years ago to get married. 

I have been a teacher for 15 years. For the last 6 years, I have been at Hamilton East School.  

 

Chelsea, Chris, Reuben and Kavita

 

Hayden and Kavita