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Monday, 9 December 2019
Looking after our Koha Garden
LI - We are learning to look after our environment by adopting a koha garden
We have been very lucky to have Mrs Robertson, the gardening guru, with us this year. We have been learning how to weed and water the garden. We also learnt how to grow vegetables from our koha garden. We grew many kinds of vegetables - kale, spinach, strawberries, tomatoes, potatoes, cabbage and more! We made kale chips and spinach dips and tried some of our vegetables fresh!
Thursday, 5 September 2019
Freddy the Fish
As part of our Under the Sea inquiry, we explored the affects of pollution on sea creatures.
Freddy the Fish was a happy fish swimming through the clean water. He noticed that the ocean was starting to change, the water was getting warmer and there were more obstacles in his way.
Freddy swam through... soil from erosion, fertilisers, run off, salt, acid rain, oil from cars and rusty metal. Freddy was not well. We realised that he won't survive long in the sea with all these pollutants contaminating our oceans.
Freddy the Fish was a happy fish swimming through the clean water. He noticed that the ocean was starting to change, the water was getting warmer and there were more obstacles in his way.
Freddy swam through... soil from erosion, fertilisers, run off, salt, acid rain, oil from cars and rusty metal. Freddy was not well. We realised that he won't survive long in the sea with all these pollutants contaminating our oceans.
Narwhal Inquiry
For part of our Narwhal inquiry, we have had an in-depth look at the physical features of the Narwhal as well as its habitat and what it eats.
Everyone was asked to make the Narwhal our of playdough and write about the process of making the Narwhal, and including all the features.
Take a look at my creation!
Friday, 28 June 2019
Science Experiment
Miss Runciman ran a science experiment with us. We wondered how sharks were able to stay afloat and move in the ocean so freely.
We put water and oil in a small jar, shook it up and saw that the oil rises to the top.
After some research we found out that a shark’s liver is full of fat and oils and that is how they manage to stay afloat.
Check them out!
High Tea Mug Design
After our amazing High Tea experience in Room 8/9. We designed 3D mugs to go with our writing piece.
This is my story about the experience:
This is my story about the experience:
Thursday, 28 March 2019
Quiet in the library
We are learning to enjoy the library
Room 8 love going to the library to get books out every Monday morning. We are good at keeping quiet, reading quietly and putting books away correctly.
Shhh... quiet in the library!
Room 8 love going to the library to get books out every Monday morning. We are good at keeping quiet, reading quietly and putting books away correctly.
Shhh... quiet in the library!
My Self Portrait
I am learning to draw a portrait of myself.
Room 8 has been working on their self portraits this term.
We started off by sketching ourselves without any direction. We then drew ourselves with direction from the teacher to ensure all our facial features were in the right place. After we were happy with our entire sketch, we outlined in vivid and coloured using water soluble pastels. The pastels turned into paint after water was added. We chose a pair of sunglasses to wear in our portraits.
I can draw all the facial features in the correct place.
Our work looks beautiful!
Room 8 has been working on their self portraits this term.
We started off by sketching ourselves without any direction. We then drew ourselves with direction from the teacher to ensure all our facial features were in the right place. After we were happy with our entire sketch, we outlined in vivid and coloured using water soluble pastels. The pastels turned into paint after water was added. We chose a pair of sunglasses to wear in our portraits.
I can draw all the facial features in the correct place.
Our work looks beautiful!
Sunday, 17 February 2019
Welcome 2019
Welcome to my Year Two blog! My teachers this year are Mrs Watson (R8) and Mrs Lim (R9). I am looking forward to learning lots this year!
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
WALT identify the author and the illustrator in the text.
WALT identify the author and the illustrator in the text.
Room 4 has been using all of our reading skills this year, ready for Year 2. Every week we have a new 'test'
about different parts of the book. We have been searching for full stops, exclamation marks, question marks
and commas. This week we are focusing on finding the author and the illustrator. We all had a turn to come up
and point to where the authors name is. Miss Donnell tried to trick some of us and changed the pages!
'I know the author is the writer of the story and they do the words.'
Room 4 has been using all of our reading skills this year, ready for Year 2. Every week we have a new 'test'
about different parts of the book. We have been searching for full stops, exclamation marks, question marks
and commas. This week we are focusing on finding the author and the illustrator. We all had a turn to come up
and point to where the authors name is. Miss Donnell tried to trick some of us and changed the pages!
'I know the author is the writer of the story and they do the words.'
Wednesday, 7 November 2018
WALT create a wearable piece of artwork
WALT create a wearable piece of artwork.
Our art focus over Term 2 and 3 has been creating a piece of
art we can wear. Miss Donnell introduced us to a song in The Little Mermaid called 'Under the Sea' which was the focus of our art work.
We created our artwork by sketching sea animals in our books and tracing them onto laminated sheets. We coloured them in and created patterns using vivids. Miss Donnell glued them on to tutus and t-shirts for us to wear.
Check out my awesome art piece!
Our art focus over Term 2 and 3 has been creating a piece of
art we can wear. Miss Donnell introduced us to a song in The Little Mermaid called 'Under the Sea' which was the focus of our art work.
We created our artwork by sketching sea animals in our books and tracing them onto laminated sheets. We coloured them in and created patterns using vivids. Miss Donnell glued them on to tutus and t-shirts for us to wear.
Check out my awesome art piece!
Our Writing Successes
WALT reflect on our 2018 writing.
We looked in our writing books at the first piece of writing
we did this year and the most recent piece of writing.
We talked about what had changed in our writing,
what we have learnt so far and are excited
to learn next year in Year 2.
Something I have learnt in writing this year is sounding words out.
Something I am proud of in writing this year is writing lots and lots.
We looked in our writing books at the first piece of writing
we did this year and the most recent piece of writing.
We talked about what had changed in our writing,
what we have learnt so far and are excited
to learn next year in Year 2.
Something I have learnt in writing this year is sounding words out.
Something I am proud of in writing this year is writing lots and lots.
WALT identify NZ notes and coins
WALT identify NZ notes and coins.
We had Captain Cash from ASB come to visit Room 4.
We learnt lots about saving money, spending money and
sharing money.
Miss Donnell decided to test us and see if we remembered how to sort out the coins and notes from biggest to smallest.
Look at my sorting success!
We had Captain Cash from ASB come to visit Room 4.
We learnt lots about saving money, spending money and
sharing money.
Miss Donnell decided to test us and see if we remembered how to sort out the coins and notes from biggest to smallest.
Look at my sorting success!
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