Term 1

Week 10 & 11

The April holidays are upon us.
Have a safe holiday.



Week 8 & 9
What a busy week we had in week 8 with all the excitement about our outing to Long Bay Reserve. We had such an exciting time exploring and learning about conservation.
Please remember to always take home even the smallest pieces of rubbish.




















Certificates
During weeks 8 & 9

Elia, Isaac, Megan and Amy received certificates for commitment to their learning.
Week 8 had the certificates handed out at assembly.

Week 6 and 7
Certificates
During weeks 6 and 7
Dylan, Soren, Fern and Joshua received certificates for commitment to their learning. 


Learning Powers

This week we learnt about Collaboration.
I am able to support, challenge and work with others.
Working in pairs we built houses using straws and pipe cleaners.





This week was sea week and we built a sea bird called an Albatross
They have a huge wing span and can fly for many kilometres.
We also learnt about Resilience.
How to keep trying even when it is hard and to build on my learning through understanding and persisting.



Welcome to room 7 Rihanna.





Week 5
Certificates


This week Vance and Eva received certificates for commitment to their learning.

Week 4
This week in writing we were learning about verbs.
Verbs are action or doing words.
Here we are doing actions.

Running


Rolling






Jumping


Sitting

 Stretching


Bending



We are learning about our Learner Powers
We used Collaboration to make our play dough in the classroom.










Certificates 
This week Alex and Vivien received certificates for commitment to their learning.

Week 3

We ended our week by doing some jump jam for fitness.


We had an exciting lesson building bridges.
We had to test our bridge to see if it would hold 3 little teddy bears.


 This week we learnt how to be safe at the beach.

In maths we are learning about Statistics.
We made a bar graph using our reading bags and discovered that most of the children had pink bags. While the children with blue and green bags were exactly the same amount.






Certificates


This week Luca and Yoko received certificates for commitment to their learning.

Week 2
Certificates

This week Kaylene and Yoko received certificates for trying to do their very best in their learning and on the sports field.

Water Safety - Health
We are discovering how we can be safe around water.



In Maths we are learning about statistics.
We discussed our favourite ice creams and made jelly.
Here is our graph.
WOW! what a lot of children like strawberry jelly.

Here is some of our writing.
We wrote about how we made our jelly.

Kelly Sport
9 Feb
We had so much fun learning new skills in soccer, athletics and rugby.






Swimming Groups Term 1 2017
Water Confidence and Submersion
Fish
Breath Control, Floating and Guiding      Dolphins
Breath Control, Floating and Guiding       Jellyfish
Kicking, Stroking
Sharks
We are Learning to:develop confidence in the water.
SC:
Moving through the water
Blowing bubbles
Games to develop confidence
We are learning to: breathe through the water, float and guide
SC:
Float on back/ kickboard and kicking/ Start arm circles
We are learning to: breathe through the water, float and guide
SC:
Float on back/ kickboard and kicking/ Start arm circles
We are learning to:kick, strokes with freestyles, backstroke arms and floating
SC:
Roll and breathe
Backstroke arms with thumbs
Streamline glide and kick - front & back


Water Confidence and Submersion
Fish
Breath Control, Floating and Guiding
Dolphins
Breath Control, Floating and Guiding
Jellyfish
Kicking, Stroking
Sharks
7
Soren
Alex
Vivienne
Eres
Kaylene
Elliot          Eva
Joshua          Dylan
Vance              Ivandre
Harper             Dayton
Luca                  Isaac
Ilia                 Eden
Eloise

Tally
Yoko
Megan
Amy
Sienna
Fern
Emily
William B
8
Sara
Karissa
Chantelle
Brianna
Oscar
Lucy
Millie
Riley
Ben
Henry
Mason
Oliver
Adam
Emma
Tatiana
Flynn
Brooke
Kalani
Kay
Emily
Keira
Zirah
Chloe
Aimee
Brody
22
Annabelle
Bree
Dora
Zachary
Skyla
Taina
Aodhan
Remy
Alyssa
Sofiya
Sienna
Niamh
Che
Alex
Emerson
Tillie
Sarah
Wynter
Jaime
Kobe
Thomas
Claudio
Zephyr
Rose
Brooklyn
23
Annabel
Paora
Jason
Juliette
Georgia
Elsie
Bailey
Emily
Stella
Elsa
Leila
Natalie
Caleb
Mackai
Troy
Hannah
Ashley
Ceci
Paige
Agnes
Edie
Lachie
Alex
Total
17
28
27
27

Dear Parents

 Please find all notices and learning links by visiting Rangitoto Team on the Torbay school site or  click on this url. These sites include homework ideas.

https://sites.google.com/my.torbay.school.nz/rangitotohome2017/home


First Day Photo Room 7


What a fun year we are going to have!

SWIMMING

Our swimming Rotation for the next few weeks. This may still change. Please make sure all children bring their togs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. I'm sure we will all have lots of fun.
WEEK
MONDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
Week 1
Auckland Anniversary
Assessing students swimming (Ingrid/Claire)
Gross Motor activities (Nikki/Jenny)
Assessing students swimming (Ingrid/Claire)
Gross Motor activities (Nikki/Jenny)
Week 2





Waitangi Day
Swimming:     Dolphins
                      Jellyfish

Gross Motor: Sharks
                       Dolphins

Health:          Fish
                     Sharks

Fine Motor:    Jellyfish
                        Fish
Swimming:     Fish
                     Sharks

Gross Motor: Jellyfish
                        Fish

Health:           Dolphins
                      Jellyfish

Fine Motor:    Sharks
                       Dolphins
Week 3
Swimming:     Dolphins
                      Jellyfish

Gross Motor: Sharks
                       Dolphins

Health:          Fish
                     Sharks

Fine Motor:    Jellyfish
                        Fish
Swimming:     Fish
                     Sharks

Gross Motor: Jellyfish
                        Fish

Health:           Dolphins
                      Jellyfish

Fine Motor:    Sharks
                       Dolphins
Swimming:     Dolphins
                      Jellyfish

Gross Motor: Sharks
                       Dolphins

Health:          Fish
                     Sharks

Fine Motor:    Jellyfish
                        Fish
Week 4
Swimming:     Fish
                     Sharks

Gross Motor: Jellyfish
                        Fish

Health:           Dolphins
                      Jellyfish

Fine Motor:    Sharks
                       Dolphins
Swimming:     Dolphins
                      Jellyfish

Gross Motor: Sharks
                       Dolphins

Health:          Fish
                     Sharks

Fine Motor:    Jellyfish
                        Fish
Swimming:     Fish
                     Sharks

Gross Motor: Jellyfish
                        Fish

Health:           Dolphins
                      Jellyfish

Fine Motor:    Sharks
                       Dolphins
Week 5
Swimming:     Dolphins
                      Jellyfish

Gross Motor: Sharks
                       Dolphins

Health:          Fish
                     Sharks

Fine Motor:    Jellyfish
                        Fish
Swimming:     Fish
                     Sharks

Gross Motor: Jellyfish
                        Fish

Health:           Dolphins
                      Jellyfish

Fine Motor:    Sharks
                       Dolphins
Swimming:     Dolphins
                      Jellyfish

Gross Motor: Sharks
                       Dolphins

Health:          Fish
                     Sharks

Fine Motor:    Jellyfish
                        Fish



Welcome to Room 7


I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and are well rested.
We are going to have an exciting year, with many wonderful things to learn.
I can't wait to see you all on the 31st of January.