The Best and Worst of Season 5 Lockdown

Today was a success because I was able to contact most of the families in my class. I also did most of my chores and cleaned the house before the 9.30am call. 

I am proud of myself because I had a very busy weekend driving to different shops for presents and food ingredients. I cooked a seafood chowder for the second time ever and a new potato salad recipe. Both dishes were delicious and  eye-catching! 

The BEST Parts about Season 5 Lockdown :) 

#5: Doing live cooking demonstrations with Room 7's Eggs on Toast and Pancake Stacks Friday. 

#4: Being able to spend more time with loved ones and family members, even if it was mostly online. 

#3: Enjoying "low n slow" bbq at Kohimarama beach for my birthday. 

#2: Saving money because there were no takeaways at Level 4. I also didn't have to fill the car up as much! 

#1: Sleeping in every day. 

The WORST Parts about Season 5 Lockdown :( 

#5: My school holiday was spent at home because we weren't allowed to go anywhere! 

#4: There were no takeaways at Level 4. How did we survive?! 

#3: I couldn't go to Bunnings, which also meant there were no sausage sizzles. 

#2: Whenever it rained for days on end, it was harder to leave the house and go for a walk. 

#1: Missing school and my students; being unable to teach, laugh and joke with all of them in person. 

Lastly, a reminder to the amazing students in Room 7 and at Ruapotaka School. I have enjoyed great being able to stay connected and teach you during home learning. Please make sure over the next couple of days that you are well-rested, have your uniform and materials ready for your return on  Wednesday 17 November, 10.00am - 2.00pm. 

Mutolu kia! Cheeeehuuuuuu!

Room 7 "Clock Out" for Week 10 & Wall of Fame

Today is Ruapotaka School's last day of the term as the teachers use the next two days to plan Term 4. It has been a pleasure once again to be teaching Room 7. My preference is that we were all back at school but "it is what it is". 

Those who have been online have made the most of their learning opportunities as best as they could. If they weren't online, they were busy helping their families at home with cooking, chores and even just hanging out - all tasks which have been of utmost importance as we look after the well-being of ourselves and our families. 

Big shout out to those of you turned up regularly to our online meetings, and I hope those of you who have been missing are doing well at this time and staying safe in your bubbles. 

"I look forward to not being in lockdown and I'm really hoping we get to do athletics next term. I'm also looking forward to seeing all of my friends again" - Malachi 

"I look forward to stopping my classmates from saying '21' and getting them to say 'lua sefulu tasi' instead" - Pita  

The learning example I have shared below is a writing task we did today to celebrate the end of our term 3 and the great things we have accomplished. 

This is important to me because we should always celebrate our successes, no matter how big or small. This task was also a really good way to point out the people who have had a positive impact on our learning and achievement. 

To the students in Room 7, enjoy the break and be safe in your bubbles. Be sure to capitalise and maintain the awesome progress you've made in home learning by making sure you at least revisit and practise some of the new skills you have attained during this term. Keep up your reading, writing and basic facts practise! 

Kia manuia

Mr N 

What do you meme?

This task is a bit of fun we've been having online in Room 7. 
We've taken funny pictures of animals and turned them into memes. 
It's not an idea we originally came up with (it's from TikTok) but it's definitely one we're enjoying! 

Terrifically, tantalising, tango Thursday 4 March check-in and check-out

Tena koutou katoa! 

Room 7 have been doing an excellent job of tuning for their home learning. For every day we're in Level 3, we have a morning check-in video call at 9.30am and a check-out call at 2.30pm. 

The check-in is our chance to switch on mentally and gives us enough time in the morning to make sure we're out of bed, had breakfast, done our chores - basically anything that we would normally do before school. It's also a great way to stay socially connected with each other at this time. 

The check-out gives us all a chance to meet again, share our achievements, challenges and have a bit of a laugh. It's also a good opportunity for us to "clock off" after a hard working day of home learning. 

We try to end each video call with a fun game. So far, we've played Kahoot!, Bus Stop and challenged each other with our basic facts playing Ace King Queen Jack. If you've got some suggestions for us, we'd really like to hear from you. 

Thanks for reading and take care! 

Mr N 

Today's check-out session. Two games of Kahoot! about Marvel's Avengers and General Knowledge about New Zealand. 

Tu Meke Tuesday 2 March: Room 7 Check-In, RemoveBG and pixabay

 Ata marie! 

Great to see all of you who joined in the fun this morning, especially from the same funky kitchen. 

Thank you to Mr Goodwin for joining us today and leading a fun lesson on adding ourselves to cool backgrounds. We'll giver it a crack today and upload to our blogs. 

How to recreate YOU in your own background - For those of you looking for instructions, here's what I remember: 

1. Have a profile pic of yourself available to use; try the webcam on your device. 

2. Go to https://www.remove.bg/

3. Click 'upload image' to upload your profile pic 

4. Download 

5. Open a new Google Drawing > Change file name to '(your name) remove bg' > Save to your Cyerbsermart folder (thanks, Krista!) 

6. Insert your profile pic > Align your new pic to the bottom of the GDrawing page > Resize as required 

7. Go to pixabay and search a background where you would rather be (e.g. beach, bush, space, library, etc.) > Click 'Free Download' for the background you would like to use 

8. Insert your background as a picture to your Google Drawing > Resize your background to fit the working space (the checker boxes) of your GDrawing > Right-click the background and 'send to back'

9. Download as a .png or .jpg 

10. Share to your blog! Don't forget to add a catchy title and tell us about the place you would rather be! Key word use could include removebg, where I'd rather be, lockdown, Level 3, home learning, cybersmart.  

Ahhh, the trusty ol' bakery. This is a pretty, fancy-looking bakery but a bakery none the less. I love it when my nostrils drag me towards freshly baked goods. It happens anytime I stroll past the Master of Pastry ... actually it happens whenever I walk past any food shop. You can see from this picture that I am spoilt for choice. "Sir, I'll take one Bavarian Kreme please. Yes, one dozen. Good day, sir". 

Monday 1 March: Room 7 Home Learning

Kia ora koutou! Wow, what a busy day of home learning it has been. 

The R7 Daily Check-In at 9.30am was an slow but entertaining start. We revisited what our expectations are for learning from home, especially about setting up our learning spaces. I was pleasantly surprised to see three of our classmates in their school uniform - solid effort from Renei, Willie and Ocyan! 

A reminder to the R7 students, keep up the good habits which allow you to make a strong and positive start to your day. What do you think some of those habits might include? 

The R7 Daily Check-Out allows all of us to meet online at the end of our working day, to celebrate our 'wins' and clock off from home learning. R7 were very lucky to have 10 students and Mrs Tidswell join us this afternoon, where we finished with a General Knowledge Kahoot about the weekend just gone, sports, school and Mr N. There are a couple of highlights posted just below. 

Looking forward to seeing my class once again tomorrow! 

Regards 

Mr Nevalagi :) 

Sunday 28 February: Level 3 Lockdown

Kia ora koutou, Room 7 

No doubt by now you've heard we are back into Level 3 lockdown, which means we will all be learning from home this week (or until further notice). I have just contacted all of your parents and left messages regarding how you can access your online home learning. 

Tomorrow morning, please check here and the R7 Learning Site for details about how to get into the online video calls, as well as your home learning for the week. 

These calls will be at 9.30am and 2.30pm every day. I expect ALL of you to be present at these times. 

There isn't anything else too strenuous you need to do, but here are some reminders: 

* Go to sleep tonight at a reasonable hour, so that you may wake up and prepare yourself in time for tomorrow's online meeting beginning at 9.30am (e.g. wash, brush, deodorise, chores, brekky, etc). 

* Make sure your device is charged and ready to go. 

* For our online meetings, please make sure you are up and out of bed and in an appropriate place in or around your house. Not still in bed, woke up 5mins before the call :) 

* Enable the camera on your device, this is a professional courtesy for all participants while in online video conferences. 

That's all for now. If you or your parents have any questions in the meantime, save them for tomorrow's online video class conference. I'm logging off now :) 

See you all tomorrow! 

Regards 

Mr N