Assembly

This week Room 2 hosted assembly. Kahu and Olivia were our two assembly hosts. A few children stood up and shared their What am I? writing. The audience had to guess what living thing they were describing. Our What am I? writing is on the wall in our class, come and read them and then guess what is being described. You can check you have the right answer by lifting up the writing to see the drawing of the living thing!

Before our assembly we talked about ways we could get the "best class behaviour bear" and guess what, we got it!!!! We were so happy with each other for being the "best we could be" WELL DONE!

Fire Safety

We wanted to find out the answers to the following questions:

How do you know there is a fire?
What do you do if there is a fire in your house or in your classroom?

We went on a fire exit hunt. We walked around the school and made a tally chart of all the fire exits we passed. Then we used our green hat thinking (creative thinking) to draw our own fire exit sign, we made sure it was big and colourful so people could easily identify it!

In groups we discussed and made a list of ways to identify a fire, these are some signs we know that there is a fire:
Smoke
Smell
Smoke alarms beeping
Someone calling out "Fire, Fire"

We dramatised what to do if there is a fire in our house or in our classroom. Here are some photos of us lying down and crawling underneath the smoke to the nearest fire exit, if our clothes are on fire, we stop, drop and roll.

Butterflies

We have been so excited watching the caterpillars on our swan plant. We have seen amazing things!! We saw caterpillars getting fatter from eating the leaves, then hanging up side down and making a pupa. We watched the pupa change colour from green to black. After about 9 days we watched a butterfly emerge from the shell and flap its wet wings so they would dry. When the butterfly had dried its wings we released it outside to fly away!

Inquiry

On Monday two lifeguards from Eastbourne swimming pool came and visited us. They talked to us about water safety and about being a life guard.

In our class we brainstormed other times we have to be safe. We were interested in fire fighters and ways we can prevent and stay safe around fires.
Some questions we want to explore the answers to are: What do fire fighters do? How do fires start? What do we do at school and at home if there is a fire? What do fire fighters wear? What do fire fighters need to put out a fire? What do you do if there is a fire behind you? What happens if there is a giant fire? How many fire engines do you need in a giant fire? How do you know if there is a fire? What happens if you are in a burning building?

Our class will be using books, a visit to the fire station and the computer to find answers to our questions. If you find any information at home to help us answer these questions please send them along to school!

Number, Geometry and Measurement

Number
We have been focusing on number recognition to 100 and numbers before, after and between to 100. We would love to practice this at home!

Shape

We have been learning to;

• Identify and Describe 2D shapes according to how many sides and corners they have.
  
• Discuss differences and likenesses of the shapes
• explore, experiment and talk about the form and function of the shapes in their own language
  

The students used a range of 2D shapes including, triangle, square, circle, oval, pentagon, hexagon and diamond to draw a person.
At home, have a game of I spy a shape for students to practice describing and locating shapes e.g. objects around home and food.

Seaweek 7th-14th March

This week is Seaweek - a celebration of our living ocean.

We brainstormed all the things that we thought of when we heard it was Seaweek. Then we wrote a sentence about what makes the sea special for us.

• The sea is special because you and me can see the fish. By Holly
• The sea is special because I can see the fish in the water. By Eliza
• The sea is special because I like looking at the dolphins. By Alice
• The sea is special because I can see the whales. By Henry
• The sea is special because I like swimming in it. By Leon
• The sea is special because I can see fish and hermet crabs. By Finn
• The sea is special because I can see jelly fish in the sea. By Edward
• The sea is special because I like looking at the dolphins. By Olivia
• The sea is special because it is fun to swim. By Bridie
• The sea is special because I like fishing. By Noah
• The sea is special because I jump off the wharf with my Dad.By Oscar
• The sea is special because I eat fish & chips there. By Ryan
• The sea is special because I see fish. By Georgie
• The sea is special because there are squids. By Sam
• The sea is special because I like going to visit. By Sophia
• The sea is special because I love the fish. By Alana
• The sea is special because you can find paua shell. By Rufus
• The sea is special because there are octopus. By Oliver
• The sea is special because I can see a whale. By Jack

We drew an octopus sea picture. There are some photos of our pictures at the top of the page. Come and check out our finished product in the class!

Swimming

The 10th of March will be our last swimming session for this term

Our visitor - Radha Sahah

Today we had Radha Sahah visit us. She is a very talented singer/song writer. She has written a lot of the Kiwi Kids songs we love to sing in junior assembly and in our own classes.

We sung a few songs with Radha and she taught us how to use expression in our singing through the use of loud and soft voices. Some songs we sung and danced to were, Hey Crocodile and Copy Cat Rap. We made up some of our own verses for 2-legged mice, which was fun. We got to play some instruments while we sung.

We asked Radha some questions. One question we asked was “Why do you write songs” she replied with, because they bubble up inside me and make me feel happy and I hope they make other people feel happy. They certainly make us feel happy when we sing them!

Bridie thanked Radha for sharing her songs and having fun with us.
We all used our best manners and are looking forward to welcoming another visitor to our class!