Bubble Fun

Bubble Fun

WALT / Practising to Count On and Count Back

Today we had a visit from the Science in a Van Roadshow.  

We learnt about mixtures, separation and reactions.  We also had some bubble fun.

We decided to see how many bubbles we could blow in ONE breath and then add them together and take them away - this way we could practise our addition and subtraction and basic facts.

Some of us had to blow a few times to make sure we got enough bubbles to count!

"Phontayne and Levi worked out the addition problem.  8 + 4 =12, 12 +10 = 22.  Phontayne also worked it out like this "10 + 4 = 14 and then I counted on in 2s until I got to 22.  We worked out 13-13 = 0 and then there is 5 left over.  The addition was easy and the takeaway was a little harder.  Next time we would use the number line or the wooden hundreds board or the calculators to check our answers."

WALT Make Connections

"I like reading.  I don't like working on the independent cards because the cards are sometimes to hard to do.  I do like doing the orange card - character, setting and plot because I like writing about those things - they are easy to find." Phontayne

WALT Write Adjectives

We have been learning to add  describing words to our stories 

to make them more interesting.

Here is a quick describing activity that we did in class.  

We got to choose what animal we wanted to write about.

We used TAGUL to make them into word clouds.

It was tricky to think of adjectives for my elephant because it was hard to spell the words.  I copied some of the words that our group wrote on the whiteboard.

Phontayne

Showcase Term 4 - Wearable Art

Wearable Art with a Pacific flavour!

Room 9 have spent the last 2 terms creating 2 pieces of Wearable Art.

The first piece was a t-shirt with a painted picture that reminded us of the Pacific.

The girls chose to sketch and paint a Pasifika flower.

The boys chose to draw a sea turtle.

Inside each of these drawings were patterns that we had explored and seen displayed in 

Pasifika artworks.  We practised by sketching these into our art books.

The second artwork created by the girls were hula skirts.  We reused plastic bags and tied them together as we worked in pairs.  At first it was a little tricky but the more we did, the better we got at tying them together.  Like they say - practise makes perfect!

The second artwork displayed by the boys was a Lavalava or Pareu (sarong) 

to compliment their t-shirts. 

 We had a lot of help from Mrs Kong to complete the sarongs, painting of the t-shirts and in the construction of our hula skirts in time for the art show so a BIG THANK YOU to her for all her help!  We couldn't have done it without you.

We hope you enjoy our wonderful creations ... Tamure tamure, e te muremure ra...

WALT Write a Cinquain Poem

WALT Write a Cinquain Poem

Dumplings

Brownish, Greyish

Sweet, Roll, Squishy

Yummy and squishy to eat!

Circle

Phontayne

Reflection:

"I like writing. I like writing Cinquain Poems because they add very

good detail. I need to remember to do capital "I" when it is about me."

WALT Read for Specific Information - Follow Instructions

Phontayne's Reflection:

"I like reading.  I read my books to my dad.  When I get stuck I can ask people to help me or I robot them out.  I am excited because I can read junior journals but they take longer to read."

Showcase - Wheels Day

On Wednesday 22nd of August, the Year 2 children participated in Wheels Day. We were showcasing another way we could get to school in conjunction with our school Travelwise programme.

Maths - WALT identify 2D and 3D shapes

WAL about Geometry.

We have learnt that "Geometry" means shapes.  

We already knew a lot about 2D shapes so spent most of our time learning about 3D shapes.  We went on a shape treasure hunt around the school and took photo's of lots of different 3D shapes.  Some were easy to find and others were hard but it was lots of fun!  We made shape monsters using some of the shapes we had learnt about.

Phontayne's Reflection:

"I liked learning about 3D shapes.  It was tricky  to colour the background of my description of my shape monster because the paper kept getting scrunched.  My favourite 3D shape is a hexagon because it has 6 sides and 6 corners."

Year 2 Maths Olympiad Winners 2018

A massive congratulations to our Year 2 Maths Olympiad winners who raced ahead for a clear win with plenty of time to spare!

Congratulations Math Wizards - We are so proud of you!

Gordon,  Phontayne, Rory & Aaron - Room 9

WAL our Basic Facts

Playing Slide Maths with my Buddy

Phontayne's Reflection:

"I like Maths.  I practised my basic facts for homework.  I am proud that I got 41 out of 50 right."

WALT Choose Words to Make Our Writing More Interesting

The Sun is like lava because it is hot.

The moon is like cheese because it has holes.

Phontayne

Writing Reflection

I am learning to write a simile to make my writing more interesting.  Sometimes it is hard because I don’t know the right words to write.

I am proud when I finish all my writing.

WALT Identify the Characters and the Setting

"Sometimes I like reading.  Sometimes it's tricky to read the big words.  I read my books to my dad and my nana and my poppa and my uncle.  I like Reading Eggs - especially the activities."

Phontayne

Showcase Term 2 - Soccer Skills

This term we had fun with two coaches who taught 

us soccer skills.

It was a little bit tricky learning to control the ball 

as we played against each other in the big soccer arena.

We loved playing Shark Attack because we had to protect our ball.

Congratulations End of Term 1 Award Winner - Special Presentation Assembly

Well done Amelia, Yanni and Phontayne!

We Are Learning To Draw A Self-Portrait

Self Portraits

This term Room 9/27 have been learning to sketch a picture of our face.

We practised in our sketch books first and it was a very long process.

First we had to get the shape and size of our head right.  Then we had to work on our features like our eyes, nose, ears and mouth and other details that made us who we are.  Then we added in our hair and neck and shoulders.  It was hard work but we are very proud of our finished pictures which we coloured in using pastels.

We Are Learning To Read For Specific Information

Phontayne's Reflection:

I love reading because I get to learn new words in books.

Sometimes I get a bit stuck on chapter books.

I try to robot the words if they are too hard.

We Are Learning To Add Detail To Our Writing

Phontayne's Reflection:

I like to write about swimming in rock-pools.

Sometimes it is tricky to read the words.

When I get stuck I can ask the teacher.

We Are Learning To Read Graphs - Statistics Strand Term 1

Phontayne's Reflection:

I am learning about graphs.

It is tricky because I can't understand the words.

My mum can help me.