Doubles

This week, we have been practising our 'doubles' (and near doubles, e.g. 3 + 3 = 6, so 3 + 4 = 7)
We enjoyed watching this fun video!

Daffodil Day

What a fabulous day to join in with the rest of NZ in raising money for the Cancer Society.  When we discussed as a class about what we were raising money for, many of the children spoke of people in their lives that had been affected by Cancer, so we had a deep understanding of why this is such an important day.

We all dressed in the colours of the daffodil, placed gold coins on a coin trail and had fun in our whānau groups with Daffodil art.

Story Lines

We enjoyed watching the Story Lines performance of "What's the Big Idea?" on Wednesday. We have been enjoying thinking about the 'Big Ideas' from the stories that we have read this week. Here are some photos from the performance.

Like a bright star

This week we are reading the lyrics that go with the song 'Like A Bright Star' for our poetry. Here is the music to go with the poem:

My Amazing Body

Today Constable Blue came to see us. He talked to us about Keeping Ourselves Safe by using the correct names for all parts of our bodies. We learned this song to help us remember how amazing our bodies are.  Here are the lyrics to the song:

Chorus 
This is my amazing body
And it’s how it’s meant to be
Noku nei taku tinana
(This is only MY body)
It all belongs to me!
This is my amazing body
And it’s special all the time
Wonderful arms and legs and tummy
Mine and only mine!

Verse 1 
No one should touch me in a way I do not like
I say “NO,” I say “NO – this is my body!”
No one should touch me in a way I do not like
I say “NO,”
I say “NO – this is my body!”

Chorus

Verse 2 
I’m the boss of my own body
And I say what I like I’m the boss of my own amazing body
I’m the boss of my own body
And I say what I like I’m the boss of my own amazing body

Chorus 

Noku nei taku tinana
Kia pai te awhi taku tinana! (I look after my body)
A naa! (I’m telling you!
It’s up to you now, to take note and act on it)

Audio Reading Books

Hi everyone, I found this wonderful school website today. It has all of the ready to read texts (available) in an audio format, in one handy place. I thought you might enjoy listening to some of your books at home. If you have a ready to read book, check the key at the bottom of the page and see if you can find your book.


Kauri Park School

Thank you to Kauri Park School for making this available.

Magic Rain

On Fridays, we are having great fun with different experiences in our classroom. This week made magic rain!

First we added shaving foam to a jar of water. Next we added a few drops of food colouring on top of the shaving foam...then we waited...

The coloring slowly appeared underneath the shaving foam. It was like a rain cloud with different colours dripping out. 

Lastly, we wrote about this experience - we used some interesting language, and shared this with each other.

Pizza Fractions

This term we are learning about Fractions in Room 2. We have been making our own pizzas so that we can experiment with cutting them into equal pieces to share with our friends!

Spring Time in Room 2

Spring has arrived in Room 2! What a wonderful time of the year. This morning, I was lucky enough to receive a beautiful bunch of daffodils - the first daffodils from the farm of Samantha's family. Then, we had a visit from a little lamb who is being hand-reared. Lamby was very well behaved in Room 2 and drank his bottle all up!

Dog Safety

On Wednesday we had a visit from our friends at animal control. They taught us all about how to be safe around dogs. The most important fact that we learned was "IF A DOG'S ON ITS OWN, LEAVE IT ALONE'. 

Titi Torea

Yesterday we had our first Kapa Haka session learning how to play Te Rakau. Matua Whitiri was very impressed with the great listening that we did and how well we kept the beat.