T4 Week 9 - Plays, Elfin' Around

T4 W8

T4 Week 8 - Gifts for the Elderly, Cultural Day 

Year 2 2018

T4 Week 5 - Drama, Kung Fu & Buddy Class

                                          

Term 4 Week 4 - Firework Art, Sorting

T4 Week 2 - Bamboo Jumping

This week in Mandarin Liu Laoshi taught us a Chinese schoolyard game called Bamboo Jumping.  It was lots of fun but we had to make sure we kept up with the beat!

Term 4 Week 1 - Inquiry Games, Science Friday & Sorting 

T3 Week 10 
Our collaborative art piece, Maui and the Sun.  After reading our big book for Maori Language Week, we worked together to create a giant mural of Maui and his brothers catching the sun.  

Our wonderful mystery reader this week - Guess who?

T3 Week 9 - Buddy Reading

T3 Week 8 - Room 10's Rainforest Assembly 

Congratulations Rm 10 on such a wonderful assembly.  You all spoke so clearly and confidently, you should be very proud of yourselves! Have a fantastic weekend.

T3 Week 7 - Cross Country, Inquiry & Straw Rockets

 Down in the jungle where nobody goes
There's a great big crocodile washing his clothes
With a rub-a-dub here and a rub-a-dub there
That’s the way he washes his clothes

Chorus

Tiddly-i-ti, boogie woogie woogie
Tiddly-i-ti, boogie woogie woogie
Tiddly-i-ti, boogie woogie woogie
That's the way he washes his clothes (change)

Down in the jungle when nobody’s see

There's a huge hairy monkey scratching his  fleas.
With a scratch-scratch here and a scratch-scratch there

That’s the way he scratches his fleas.

Chorus

Down in the jungle when nobody hears

There's a fine young elephant cleaning her ears.
A flippety-flap here and a flippety-flap there

That’s the way she’s cleaning her ears

Chorus

Down in the jungle, it made me turn pale

I saw a long snake who was wiggling his tail.

With a wiggle-wiggle here,

And a wiggle-wiggle there,

That’s the way

He wiggles his tail

Chorus

T3 Week 6 - Making 3D Shapes

T3 Week 5 - Dancing Raisins, Coding

T3 W4 - Mystery Reader 

T3 W3 - We're Going to the Zoo, Zoo, Zoo

A big 'Thank You!' to all the parent volunteers who accompanied us to the zoo on Monday.  We had so much fun and learnt a lot about animal habitats. 

T3 W2 - New Playground, Information Reports

This week we started looking at writing our own information reports.  In our research groups we read a short book about an animal and then we recorded all the facts we could remember.  After we shared them with each other, we grouped them in categories (diet, habitat, appearance, interesting facts). 

We also wrote some fabulous acrostic poems about the rainforest.  Make sure you come and checkout our amazing writing gallery in class. 

T3 W1 - Welcome to the Rainforest!

This week we dove straight into our new inquiry topic 'Comeback Habitat'.  You may have heard that our classroom has been transformed into a magnificent rainforest.  Home to the sloth, monkey, toucan, chameleon and many more creatures.  During the week we rotated through the Y2 classrooms to visit other habitats.  We had so much fun learning about the ocean, grasslands and Antartica.

T2 Week 10 - Mittens

This week we finished our mittens for Kids Can.  Thank you to everyone who donated their time to help us.  We are so proud of our finished product!

TW W9 - Fraction Art

This week we used our knowledge of halves, quarters and other fractions to create our Fraction Art. 

Miss Julie has been busy working with the ESOL students to create these magnificent stories. Check it out! Follow the link for more.  

http://vasmccabe.blogspot.com/

T2 Week 8 - Getwise, Mittens

Week 7 - Sewing, Mystery Reader and Time!

Week 6 - Author Mark Sommerset, Grandparents' Day

Wow! What a jam-packed four days we've had!  We were off to a great start with NZ author Mark Sommerset coming to talk to us and share some of his fantastic stories.  You may know some of his titles (Baa Baa Smart Sheep, Cork on the Ocean, Two Little Bugs). 

Thursday marked the beginning of Matariki, the maori new year.  We have heard several stories about the 7 stars that mark the new year.  We had so much fun creating our art pieces. Make sure you come in and check them out!

Thank you to all the Grandparents who managed to pop in on Friday morning.  It was so wonderful to see the children sharing their learning with you.  There was a lot of excitement in the air. 

Week 5 -  Swimming Week

This week we travelled out to the Olympic Pools for swimming week.  We had so much fun learning new skills in the water and building our water confidence.  

T2 W3 - Pink Shirt Day, Oat the Goat

Today we ended Bullying Free Week with Pink Shirt Day.  It was wonderful to see the whole school dressed up in pink showing their support for Bullying Free Week.  We read Oat the Goat as mentioned in Ms Adamson's newsletter and talked about how to be a good friend and what we could do if he we found ourselves in his position. 

Earlier this week, we had a special guest speaker from Kids Can visit us and talk about what they do.  Did you know that they fee approximately 32 000 children a week? 

T2 Week 2 - Measuring, Lemons and Mother's Day 

This week, we continued our descriptive writing starting with a whole class language experience tasting lemons.  Scroll through the slides to see some of our reactions! From there we brainstormed all sorts of vocabulary to describe them - sour, zesty, stinging, golden, sweet, citrus, squeezed. 

Over the past few weeks we have been looking at measuring length in non-standard units.  Last week we used paper clips and cubes, this week we used the width of our hands.  First we estimated the length of objects then measured them to see how accurate we were. 

Term 2 Week 1 - Box Creations, Autumn Leaves, Wolf Descriptions

Welcome Back! 
Wow! What a busy week of learning.  We wasted no time diving back into school routines.  We had a fantastic transforming our boxes into our own creations.  We also did some incredible descriptive writing.  Make sure you come and visit the classroom sometime next week to read our autumn poems.

Week 10 - Guest Speaker, Inquiry Projects and Commonwealth Games 

The end of term snuck up on us very quickly.  We had a busy week trying to complete our group inquiry projects.  Scroll through to see the finished products.  We have loved learning about human organs this term and it really shows in our independent inquiry. 

Thank you to Maneesh for coming in and teaching us a little more about some of the organs. We found it fascinating.

It is with great sadness we bid farewell to our dear Hibah.  We have loved your energy and enthusiasm in the classroom.  We will miss you lots but know that you will have a fantastic time at your new school.  All the best, Hibah!

Week 9 - Commonwealth Games!

This week in Room 10 we have started our own mini class Commonwealth Games.  We've been split up into 6 countries and have already started participating in fun events such as speedy spelling, skip counting races and much more.  Some of us have even tried to learn more about our countries at home.  We look forward to continuing on with our games next week.  

On Thursday,  Liu Lasohi and Yu Laoshi showed us how to do Chinese calligraphy.  We practised writing our numbers to 10. 

Week 8 - Character Descriptions, Stomach Experiment, Easter 

This week we have begun inquiring into our own organ of choice. No doubt you have started hearing interesting facts about the gall bladder, kidneys, large intestines and bladder.   Over the next week we will be working in small groups to answer the questions we have created about our organ.  We will then present it and teach the class about what we have learnt. This might be in the form of a song, book, diorama or poster. Watch this space! 

Week 7 - A Visit from Dr James

This week we were lucky enough to have Dr James come in and talk to us about our organs as part of our inquiry unit. 

In Writing, we have been busy learning how to write explanations on how our organs work.  This week, we finished one on our lungs.  Come and visit the writing gallery to see what we've learnt!

Week 6 - Constable Gordon, Mystery Reader, Heart Inquiry

Wow! What a busy week in Room 10! This week, we have been working alongside Constable Gordon to learn how to cross the street and walk on the path safely.  On Friday, we were luckily enough to go for a ride in his patrol car! We also learnt about seatbelt safety and how to sit in a moving car. 

In Mandarin, Liu Laoshi taught us how to count to 10 in Mandarin.  Here are the numbers if you want to practise alongside with us. 

During Inquiry, we delved into the heart.  We have been learning to listen and find keywords that help us understand a bit more about the topic.  

On Friday, Sam's brother, Yaz came to read to us as our Mystery Reader.  What a wonderful treat!  Thanks Yaz.

Scroll through the pics to check out what we've been learning this week.  

Week 5 - Mystery Reader,  Paper Bag Lungs

This week in Room 10 we have been busy learning about the lungs.  Lungs help us breathe.  We learnt that oxygen goes into our bodies, down our windpipe and into our lungs.  Inside our lungs are tree-like bronchioles. Here are some of the paper bag lungs we made.

We were also lucky enough to have our 3rd mystery reader.  The wonderful Mrs Bridgeman! She came in to read us a story about cheeky Scarface Claw.  I wonder who will be visiting us next week? 

Mystery Reader!

We were so excited to welcome our very first mystery readers to Room 10.  A big thank you to Mrs Adamson and Mrs Cameron for coming to read to us last week.  If you would like to sign up, please contact Anna Scott for more details.  We look forward to seeing you soon! 

Welcome to Rm 10

Welcome to Room 10's Blog! 

Here you will find information about what we've been learning about, links to class sites and information about our class. 

We hope you enjoy! 

Click through the gallery to see what Room 10 has been learning this term.