Room 7's Cooking Challenge

Today Room 7's activity was a Cooking Challenge. It was an awesome day to be in the kitchen putting together some yummy kai and sharing with our class at our online shared lunch meet. 

The delicious entries from our class members and teachers were:

• Burgers
• Chocolate cake
• Chocolate chip cookies
• Frooze balls
• Chickey curry
• Fried mashed potatoes
• Maori bread
• Donuts
• Pineapple pies
• Curry mini pies

Well done to all the Room 7 students who took part today and also to Miss Woodhall, Mrs Naidu and Mrs Tofa.

Frooze balls by Arman for his cooking challenge

These are my Frooze Balls. They are made from condensed milk, desiccated coconut, nuts and food colouring which is optional. They were a little challenging to make but I succeeded at the end. My dad tried them and said they were good.

 

This is Fine's presentation about Benee. An artist she chose for one of her tasks in The Arts

Have you heard of the artist Benee? Let Fine tell teach you about her in her slides below.

 

Arman reports on five environmental problems we have in New Zealand which he has learnt about

One of the Social Sciences tasks for our NZ People and Places project is to learn about five environmental problems we have in New Zealand. Arman has done some great research and learnt about the environmental problems he has presented here. 

AJ has been very creative in presenting one of his Social Sciences tasks

Hello there. Today I completed Task 3 for Social Sciences, I also made a SISOMO. I hope you enjoy my work.

Pitara presents her work on a historical event in New Zealand she researched

This is Pitara's work on a historical event which was significant in New Zealand. Well done Pitara on this great work. 

Presentation about Taika Waititi by Uinita

 This is Uinita's work on Taika Waititi. She has done a great job in finding out information about him and presented the information using her own undertanding.

What do you know about Taika Waititi? Can you add what you know in the comment box? 

Mahdieh's speech about Jacinda Ardern

Mahdieh chose to focus on our Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for her speech. First, she researched the information and then wrote her speech. The second part of the task was to record herself presenting her speech.

Here are the slides she used to present her speech. You will need to click on each link as she has recorded the speech in three parts.

Well done Mahdieh for your effort in this task.

This week's art challenge by AJ

This week, our school is having an art challenge. We are also encouraged to incorporate Maori designs to celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori. This is AJ's entry for the art challenge. He has used chalk to create his art.

Maria's tourist brochure for her Social Studies task

This is Maria's tourist brochure promoting places tourists can visit when they come to New Zealand. She has chosen some beautiful natural sights from Aotearoa. Have you been to any of these places? Leave your answer in the comment box.

Looking at lockdown effects from another perspective

This week our class discussed this poster as our warm up discussion for our meet. We looked at the poster and discussed what it meant to us and whether we agreed with what it said and why. Fine has explained her opinion through this recording. Great thoughts there Fine.

Arman's work at technology

Even during lockdown, Room 7 are still participating in their weekly technology lessons with their Tamaki College teachers. This is Arman's task for today.

Pitara's family baking for our Glenbrae School Challenge this week

Pitara and her siblings participated in our Glenbrae School Challenge this week. The challenge was a bakikng challenge. The treats they baked look so delicious and their team work is fantastic. Well done Pitara, Kira and Tamatoa.

Mahdieh's Maths task for NZ People and Places

This is one of Mahidieh's activities for her Maths tasks in our current project of NZ People and Places. She has had to do a lot of research reading to collect the information to complete this task.
 

 Well done Mahdieh on your effort with this Maths task.

Gideon learning to count in Tongan

  So today I got to learn how to count from 1 to 12 in Tongan and i really had fun because I got to learn how to count from 1 to 12 in a different culture.

Here is my SISOMO about me count from 1 to 12 in Tongan.

This is Marshall's speech about Taika Waititi

Marshall has researched information about a famous Kiwi he has chosen for his literacy task. This famous Kiwi is Taika Waititi. Have a listen to his speech and leave a comment for Marshall about his work. Well done Marshall for the mahi you put into this task. 

This is Arman's speech about a great New Zealander. Sir Edmund Hillary

This is my speech about Sir Edmund Hillary. The task was to write an informative speech about a important place or person in New Zealand

By Arman

Pitara's task on Manuka Honey