Compassion-Cans Notice

Todays note that went home.

Holly's Goal-Spain

This afternoon Holly taught us about Spain and also practiced some Spanish words. Holly was a great teacher and did an amazing job! Our passport books are looking fantastic with all the countries we have been learning about.

Poetry Competition

Each year we run a poetry reading competition.  The children are asked to choose a poem which they will introduce and read to our class.  From our class I will select two Year 3 children to represent our class in the Middle Team Competition. Our in class poetry readings for the year 3's will happen during week 5. Two children in Year 2 from our class will also be selected to read with the Junior Team in Week 10. Our in class poetry readings for the year 2's will be during Week 9. 

The children will be asked to introduce the poem, to read clearly and to read with expression.  The poem does not have to be memorised.

Your child's chosen poem has been glued into their homework books to practice at home as well as at school. 

Please come and see me if you have any questions about this. Thanks for your support. 

Ngarewa-The Cook Islands

We learnt a lot about The Cook Islands from Ngarewa this morning. We had lots of fun trying to move our hips like the girls and boys do in their traditional dances. Fantastic work Ngarewa!

Playhouse Performance

We were very lucky to watch the Playhouse preform 'Red Robbing Hood' this morning. We had a great time and shared lots of laughs.

Relocation to the hall

This is the notice that went home this afternoon incase you haven't seen it.

Amy and Jamie's Goal-Japan

Amy and Jamie did a fabulous job teaching us about Japan this morning. We loved seeing some Japanese toys, traditional outfits and trying some Japanese lollies. Great effort girls!

Read-a-thon

Great effort with the read-a-thon Room 18! We had a lot of fun at school today dressing up as a book character.

It's now time to start collecting in the sponsorship money for the read-a-thon.  Please bring your card and money, in your plastic zip bag to the classroom. Remember, if you have your money in before Friday, you go in the draw to win a prize!

Read-a-thon Week

It's read-a-thon week! Don't forget to read as many books as you can and record it on your sponsorship card. We have decorated our door, inspired by the book Fox in Socks by Dr Seuss. It looks fantastic! What do you think?

Term 2

A quick overview of Term 2:

1.  Our value this term is "Compassion" and our well-being focus is "Give".

2. Writing - we will be doing "poetry" and "moment in time".

3.  Cross country training will start halfway through this term.

4.  We will be visited by Hockey Coaches during this term, who will teach us how to play this fun winter sport.

5. We start "Cultural Swap" this term with the children moving between classes to learn drama, music and dance. These are in 6 week blocks, then move to the next class. We begin in our own class.

6. "Discovery Time" also starts this term with the children from the downstairs classes coming together each Friday morning.  There will be a wide range of activities on offer including physical, math, science and creative challenges.

7.  Our major topic for the first part of the term will be "Countries around the world".

8.  Reports will be coming home in Week 9 and Parent-Teacher interviews will be offered in Week 10.

Walking Robots - Buddy Class Time

We spent this afternoon making walking robots with our buddy class. They look pretty cool!

Carlotta's Goal-Germany

Carlotta did a fantastic presentation to the class this morning on Germany. We learnt some new facts, heard Carlotta speak some German, listened to their national anthem and even got to eat some YUMMY home made German bretzeln. Great job Carlotta!

Describe and Draw Partner Challenge

We got into partners and sat back to back. One partner had to draw a picture using only shapes and then describe their picture to their partner ,who had to listen and draw what they said. Once we had finished we looked at each others pictures to see if they were the same, close or different. This was challenging, but lots of fun!

Ordering Number Silent Challenge

We each got a whiteboard and wrote a number between 1-100. Without talking we had to get into order from smallest to largest. We found this fun and challenging. Next time we do it we will time ourselves so we can try to beat our time!