Welcome to Room 21
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Welcome back to another busy term here at Te Rapa. Room 21 has the same teacher return but with a new name, Mrs Wilson! For 16 years here at Te Rapa I have been Miss Curtis so everyone will beforgiven for calling me that for some time as we all adjust (me included) to the new name!
This term we have an action packed term of learning, sports, production preparation and general school fun. This term many of our students are preparing for Sports Camp in Week 7, learning dance routines, lines or songs for Production which is in Term 3 while trying to keep up with all the learning in class.
Look out this term also for information about Camp Raglan which will be happening in Term 4.
Literacy Learning
This term in writing we will be looking at vocabulary development and writing a strong sentence. We will show this to our Information Writing we do which will be based around our Inquiry.
During reading we will explore appropriate levelled journal stories and work on our deeper understanding of these.
We will also incorporate some typing, spelling, handwriting and oral language in our Literacy programme.
Thursday Learning at School
When children are not at Tech Arts on Thursday they rotate around each of the five classes at school.
Throughout the course of the year they will spend a 7 week block with each teacher.
Mr Louden - Science
Mr Trafford - Speechcraft (7's) and Debating (8's)
Mrs Hoskin - Spanish
Mr Hunia - Ukulele (7's) and Drums (8's)
Mrs Wilson - Dance (7's) and Dance and Drama (8's)
Tech Arts
In Year 7 and 8 children travel to Te Au O Tamatea each Thursday for Tech Arts. Throughout the year they have a term at Food Tech, Art, Hard Materials and Innovations.
Year 8's need to be at school at 8.30am on a Thursday morning to take the bus down to Tech.
Year 7's depart at 12pm after the morning at school.
Term 2 Inquiry
This term's Inquiry focus is Ecology. The children will develop an understanding of this concept and how human beings and their activities can affect our environment.
We will have a focus on our flora and fauna and how they respond to environmental change and how these are dependent on creating sustainable environments.
Welcome to Room 21 - A positive classroom environment is what we strive to be.
In Term 1 we have been busy creating Mosaics. Here are some of our finished pieces.
Congratulations
Congratulations
Introducing our Student Leaders from Rm 21 for 2025.
Student Councillors - Brodie McDonald, Owen Yin, Blake Quinton, Ning Lu, Charlie Pugh, Madeline Pope, Renee Otto, Venna Rietbrock and Adyaa Srivastava
House Leaders - Frankie Van Den Heuvel, Brendan Munster and Cade Marsh
PTA Ambassador - Isabelle Evans
Room 21 at Tech Arts - Day 1
Year 8's in Innovations with Mr Harrison - listening hard and beginning their work in designing a house.
Year 7's First Tech Day
Students enjoying their first day at Tech!
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