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We are the Year 6 students we don't get to go to tech on Fridays. So Mrs Macqueen had a brainstorm and she has devised the ROOM 7 Master Chef comp. We are learning how to cook and clean up and also how to work as a team. The first week is Nachos and next week it is cupcakes. media type="custom" key="9712953" We are learning about the benefits that God has given us and the inspiration was the Psalm of the day. //Dear Parents and Caregivers.// //Welcome back to Term 2 in Room 7. I hope you had a restful break and enjoyed some// //wonderful family time. I always enjoy my holidays as a chance to spend time with my two children and also to clean the oven.// //Persuasion is the big idea for Term 2. The students in Room 7 will be inquiring how they are being persuaded by advertising, what skills they need when making choices, reading// //persuasive texts and also writing their own persuasion writing to convince the reader to change their opinion. This will lead into our annual speech competition which will be on a// //persuasion topic and also to our drugs and alcohol education at the end of the term.// //Language learning in Te Reo and French will also continue this term, Room 7 and Room 8 will be taking part in a French banquet and participating in French games and activities.// //Numeracy addition and subtraction and also geometry will be the topics in mathematics with a strong focus on basic facts and decimals and fractions.// //Reading for meaning and being able to discuss and critique texts will be a focus in reading this term. Students must continue to read for pleasure and also make use and discuss the reading strategies. Vocab and especially cloze are a big part of our literacy programme to// //This term grammar and also spelling rules will be important in writing and reading. We are continuing to make sure we edit for those surface features such as spelling and punctuation.// //Prayer and Easter will begin RE this term and we will be learning how to pray using the Our Father and Prayers to Mary. Homework will continue weekly as will visits to the Morrinsville Library.// //Huff and Puff is centred around cross country. To improve fitness and also attitudes// //towards fitness and health the class has created a mini inquiry into cross country training. We are recording our heart rates and recovery times, monitoring our progress and setting// //realistic goals. We are also investigating the importance of fitness and healthy eating for the economy and society. The class will then persuade others.// //Science fair takes place next term. It is important that this preparation begins early. We will be learning about fair testing and incorporated into our big idea of persuasion we will be integrating some science experiments around the science of advertising to get Room7’s// //science brains flowing. It is important to start thinking of possible experiments now. They can have a science or technology focus.// //I look forward to working together this term// //Jane Macqueen.//

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//**Welcome to the 2011 Room 7 WIKI.**//

//**The purpose of this WIKI is to create a learning community between our class, our parents and our friends.**// //**We want to encourage readership and participation. We aim to have all parents and students regularly checking the site.**//

//**We welcome you to our WIKI. It will let you into the Room 7 world and beyond. A world of learning, thinking, new experiences, risk taking, tolerance, respect for each other and FUN!!!!**//

//**We do have guidelines for our WIKI. This is to keep us safe and achieve our goals for the WIKI.**//

//**1. We never give out personal information. This includes last names.**// //**2. We approve all published images of ourselves.**// //**3 We proofread all work that is placed on the WIKI. However we need you to understand that there may spelling mistakes if we are writing a draft or have just made an error.**// //**4 A great deal of the awesome ways to present our work on the WIKI are free applications from the internet. Because of this they often come with ads. Please never click on these. Simply view your work and ignore.**//


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