Room 7 Winners!!!

Winning isn't everything but it feels really good when you put in the work and you get the results!!!
Well done to Room 7. We won the White Ribbon Window Display. So awesome.

Also, a fantastic effort by Sharnee and Teagan who were our speech competition finalists. So proud of you.

Congratulations to Keawe who won the Year 5 speech award and to Elijah for winning the Year 4 speech award. You both spoke so well and confidently. You really had the audience captured. Excellent stuff.

So, there you have it whanau...Room 7 students are winners!

Victory tastes sweet...well, it's yummier than humble pie hahaha

Smile Keawe, you won the Year 5 speech competition.  All good Elijah's smiling big enough for the both of you!!!

Professor Ranginui Walker-TeddyU celebrates our victory too!

Our Speech Finalists, Sharnee, Teagan, Elijah and Keawe...well done guys.

Creativity Unleashed: White Ribbon Window Display.

We've been discussing violence and how it's not ok! Violence isn't just physical, words can cause wounds too. We choose to talk each other up in Room 7. No put downs allowed!

The class have been super creative getting the white ribbon message out!

People can change. Ms Tereu shared about her Papa. He would be violent towards her Mama when he was drunk. (This was way before Ms Tereu was born) So...he stopped drinking to change his violent behaviour. Ms Tereu always talks about how proud she is that her Papa was man enough to change.

He's the best man she's ever known! (Even better than SBW lol)

Here's some pics taken by the talented Ezekiel Paiti.

Lucas hard at work getting our koru border up.

Ezekiel showing his creative photography skills.

Mean pic Ezekiel, you've captured our tipani (frangipani) white ribbon beautifully.

Peace doves, koru and white ribbon...One love people!

Deklin striving for accuracy with the White Ribbon.  He coordinated his team perfectly!

Manea did a great job with this message of love.

Tarati dressing up our window

Busy cutters - Sharnee and Bethany

We talk each other up in Room 7.

My hardworking Room 7 darlings...

One Love, One Heart, Let's get together and feel alright...(We love Bob Marley in Room 7)

Designing our talk ups!

Teagan checking out the action

Ezekiel - future photo-journalist in the making

Tarati puckering up hehe

Ezekiel's clever photography skills.

The finished product.  Room 7 produced this masterpiece on both sides of our classroom.  SO...no one would miss our important message.  Family Violence is Not OK!

Ryli the Poet

Elijah the Poet

Teagan shares her simile poem

Room 7 Poets!

Once again Mrs Smith is doing a wonderful job teaching in Strathmore 7th Learning Heaven.

The Room 7 Thinkers have used their solar system knowledge to write acrostic poems about space.

Deklin has written an acrostic poem using phrases. He shares great facts about the solar system in his poem. You're a star writer my darling!

Sativah has written an acrostic poem using single words. She shares her facts about space as well. You are improving so much as a writer. Sativah's smile is bright like the sun. (We've been learning about similes too)

So proud of my Room 7 Authors!

Sativah with her wonderful writing.

Deklin my star writer!

Sgraffito Art with Mrs Smith

Our wonderful student teacher from the University of Canterbury has been teaching us how to do sgraffito art.

It's a wee bit messy (we love mess in Room 7 - Ms Tereu doesn't though hehe)

Here's some of finished product.

PS: Ms Tereu was being random and took a picture of her cool Nike shoes. RANDOM Ms Tereu!!!