MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Well, last day in Room 2 tomorrow for all of us! We had 2 visitors on Tuesday, Mrs Cody and little Eva...she is gorgeous! Mrs Cody looks great and all is well- we asked a few questions about Eva, including whether she would get eyebrows!
Yesterday we went for another fun swim, and today we watched the Y3-6 Rehearsal for their Christmas concert, which was fantastic and involved lots of singing, dancing and playing instruments. We have our final assembly tomorrow, before finishing at 1pm.
So this year is coming to an end, but we are all looking forward to a new year in a new classroom. For my part I am really glad to have shared Term 4 with you Room 2, thank you! Judging from the blog for Terms 1-3 it certainly looks like you have had a fun, busy year! Thanks to all the parents who have helped out this year, and remember to keep reading over the holidays...have a fantastic holiday Room 2 and a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

The week before Christmas!

What an exciting time we've been having. Tis the glitter season and we have been busy making cards, candles and lanterns among other things. We wrote our letters to Santa and posted them to the North Pole, and received letters back from Santa a few days later! We had our Christmas concert and sang beautifully in our red and green Christmas clothes. We also had a fun swim at the pool and got all the floats and balls out to play with. We met our new teachers for next year... AND it's not finished yet...we still have a few more days left in Room 2!

Term 4's Inquiry

This term we have been looking at playgrounds, and how we move on the equipment. We have slid, jumped and twisted at Muritai playground, climbed and crawled at Bishop's Park playground, and turned, twisted and glided at Avalon Park. We talked about how each of these movements requires a push or a pull. Then we thought about what we would like, and designed and made our own playgrounds, also thinking about how we would make our equipment move. The result: amazing slides, fantastic swings and a wide range of other equipment including monkey bars, rock walls, and even roundabouts! Well done Room 2- a great term's Inquiry!

Christmas at Capital E!

On Tuesday, as part of EOTC week, we went to Capital E's Christmas Woodland. We posted our wishes in the Wishing Tree in the Christmas woodland area, played Christmas games with and heard a story from Santa's elves, and climbed a rock wall! Then we made a Christmas decoration to take home. We had a great time, and a big thank you to mums and dads who came with us!

EOTC Week- fun in the sun!

What a busy week! We were so lucky to have such fantastic weather for our EOTC week- have a look at the photos from Avalon Park and our parachute games!

Cricket

Today Charlie and Raj came from the Westpac Stadium to give us some cricket coaching. We learned about the 3 important skills of batting, fielding and bowling, and practised each of them in teams. We learned to keep our arms straight when bowling, and to really watch the ball. When rolling the ball to each other we need to keep our fingers on the ground so we catch the ball. As the coaching was sponsored by Milo, we were given a goody bag with all sorts of cricket cards and posters, and a sachet of Milo for afternoon tea. We had a great afternoon, thanks guys!

Happiness!

Today we wrote a class poem about Happiness! We had lots of ideas about what made us happy and these were some of the suggestions....

Happiness is making new friends in the playground.

Happiness is playing with my dog in the park.

Happiness is receiving a present I've wanted for a long time.

Happiness is eating lots of very sweet honey on fresh bread.

Happiness is catching a big fish in the harbour.