Amazing Anzac Artwork

Just one example of the beautiful artwork Room 7 students are producing as a result of learning about Anzac Day during their time of home schooling. Beautiful work.

Amazing Anzac Work

Anzac poem

Haiku

Red poppies sprouting

Soldiers marching at sunrise

The smell of cookies

ANZAC STORIES

I read the ANZAC stories and all of them were good. But my favourite was the ANZAC puppy. I thought that it was the best because it reminded me of all the hardships people had to go through for example gallipoli. They knew they were outnumbered and outgunned but yet they kept on fighting. Sure some of them wanted to stop fighting in fact a lot of them did but they still fought, until the british empire decided to evacuate after eight months of battle. This story tells us that he was cold sleeping on dirt starving and only had a dog to keep him company. But in the end they lived happily ever after, and the dog Frida was cute.   

Solder interview

●     What is it like being forced to fight and watch your friends die?

●     Do you ever feel bad killing people who just want the war to end so they can return to their families?

●     Do you hate war?

WHY IS ANZAC DAY IMPORTANT

It is to remember the soldiers that fought in world war l and ll. My great grandfather was in the home guard as a tank driver. It was just a fault in the machinery that he didn’t go to the front lines, because he was perfectly healthy. In 1916 they made April the 25th the day we honor those who died fighting for freedom and love. Every April 25th from then on people have celebrated ANZAC day by wearing red poppies and baking the biscuits that the wifes made and sent to their husbands and children fighting in the war. Also going to their letterboxes at dawn. Memorials  were set up in places like Okato with the names of the soldiers that died fighting. No battle or war is great, the only great battle is one that can be avoided all together.    

Self Isolation Poem

In Self Isolation.

Sitting at home and                                                                  

Eating my lunch.

Looking out the window and

Feeling in a scrunch. 

In self-isolation and 

So tired of this virus, 

Outrageously weird

Locked inside ‘cause of this crisis.

All schools closed, what a

Terrible disease,

 Inside this house

 Nobody at ease.

Oh I forgot the O

Lock Down Activities

Connie's bug house she made after logging into the Taranaki Regional Council's biodiversity in your back garden site. Well done Connie - looking forward to hearing how well it works.

Henry and Thomas built a hut as one of their 'grid' activities. Then they logged into Studyladder to complete some set tasks. Well done boys.

Mole Patrol Videos

Hi Room 7
Holly and her family have created two really cool educational videos to watch. Click on the links and enjoy. Thanks Holly!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFm_qDYArXc&t=2s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ozyvi7I8dI&t=2s

Welcome to Term 2

Welcome back to term 2 and online learning. I hope things are going well in your bubble. Please check your email account (if you haven't already done so) and log into google classroom to see what learning activities are available to you. I am available during school hours via email so contact me to catch up. Thanks Room 7 and look forward to hearing from you soon.

Great Ideas for While at Home

Thank you for your great ideas of what we can do over the coming weeks. This student's assignment summed it up really well! 

Fun Things To Do In Self-Isolation

Covid-19 ( Coronavirus ) is a bad virus that can be harmful to elderly. We would have to stay away from other people for two weeks if lots of people have cases of it. If so, here are some fun things you can do with your family while being in self-isolation.

●     Play some board games and hang out with your whanau

●     Use your imagination and have fun on the lawn with your siblings

●     If you have a pet, you can play with them too

●     Create new games and share them

●     Have limited device time

●     You could do some cooking or baking with an adult supervising

●     Help out cleaning the house

●     Read a book, if you have read all of your books, pick your favourite one and read it again

●     Watch movies on rainy days with your family

●     Have a daily exercise list for what you can do, eg. ten laps of the lawn and fifty jumps on the trampoline

●     Write a story to share with your family

The key thing is to stay safe at home and don’t worry! Those were some fun things to do in self-isolation.