Room 7 Week 5 Term 3 2014

Kia Ora Whanau!

What an exciting time we had this week!

We worked very hard to create an amazing assembly! And we had our speech finals too!

The speech finalists from Room 7 were: Lorenzo, Rylee and Acacia. They practised all week, at school and at home, to make their speech interesting for the listeners. Well done finalists!

 

 

 

 

Mrs Hart and Mrs Patel were the judges.

 

 

 

We really wowed them at assembly! Everyone did a great job and the audience loved our dancing!

 

Shaniqa and Kaleb were the current events presenters.



Rylee and Lorenzo were the main presenters.

Lei and Gemini were the Sports presenters.

We performed our Dynamite dance! It was lots of fun and we got all the classes to dance too!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We loved taking assembly and showing our dance skills!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Room 7 week 6 Term 3 2014

Kia Ora Whanau!

This week in Room 7 we have been busy.

First some of the students - Wendy, Fotu, Kaleb and Lei - went to the Auckland Art Gallery in the city to have a dance experience!

We walked around the pictures and saw dancers doing dances in front of the paintings to tell us a story about the art. By Wendy.

We got to lie down and watch the girl walk and dance through the pictures. I liked that the pictures were the same. By Kaleb

One of the best things was when we walked and saw the man singing. I liked the dance where they showed the shapes of the branches that were outside. By Lei.

 I liked the boy and the girl dancers. They looked scary with masks on their face. They looked like the picture. It looked like a future picture. By Fotu.

 

 

 

As part of our Inquiry we had a dance workshop with dance teachers from the Pacifica Dance Company. They taught us about making shapes with our body, some hip hop moves and a Sasa.

 

 

 

It was lots of fun and we learned a lot!

 

Then, on Friday, we had Daffodil Day to raise money for Cancer patients. We wore mufti and brought a gold coin. We raised over $650!

 

 

 

 

 

Then the whole school did the Sasa! It was amazing!

 

What a great effort Sylvia Park School!

 

Have a good weekend Everyone!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Room 7 Week 4 Term 3 2014

Kia Ora Everyone!

What a great week we have had in Room 7!

Ripper Rugby started on Wednesday after school.

 

All the players were quick to change into their rugby gear.

 

Then they listened carefully to Mr Timo giving instructions.

 

 

 

Then they listened carefully to the coach giving instructions, and then it was time to practice!

 

 

 

This week we having been learning a new dance that we will perform at assembly next Friday the 22nd of August.

 

It is called 'Dynamite' and we learned it from the internet.

Look at our cool moves!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Room 7 Week 3 Term 3 2014

Kia Ora Everyone!

This week we have viewed a lot of old fashioned dancers.

Here are our opinions and observations of Gene Kelly, Eleanor Powell and Fred Astaire.

Gene Kelly
I liked the man on the roller skates. I like how he did tap dancing. By Fotu.

I liked the part where he was skating on the footpath. By Lei.

I liked it when the man did tap dancing around the town. By Rylee.

Eleanor Powell
I liked her doing her moves. She was spinning around. By James.

I liked her tap dancing. She tapped on the side of her shoes. By Lorenzo.

I liked her sparkly clothes. By Wendy.

Fred Astaire
I liked his confidence. I liked it how he spun the hat rack around, it was cool. By Wils.

I liked his moves. Dancing around. By Revelation.

I liked him jumping over the hat rack. By Dominick.

I liked when the hat rack was spinning around by itself. By Shaniqa.

We are looking forward to learning about other dances too.

Room 7 Week 2 Term 3 2014

Kia Ora Whanau!

This term we are learning about dance. Our inquiry is called:
STEP UP! STEP OUT! WHY DANCE?

This week we looked at a seated dance by Paris Goebels that remembered Etta James and her song 'I would rather go blind.'

Then we created our own seated dances. Here are some snapshots!

 

We hope you enjoyed viewing our snapshots.