Last week Max and Dion both brought their cricket medals in to class to share. They are both very proud of their work, as they should be!
A lot of the children in Room 20 are also on Max and Dion's team, and also earned medals.
Bucket Filler
Last Friday Noah was nominated by Madi for filling her bucket by seeing her in the playground, and looking after her.
Noah was chosen to receive a Bucket Filler award, and he was given that today in the whole school assembly.
Bucket Filling
A couple of Fridays back Madeline was nominated by Jessica for filling her bucket by playing with her in the playground.
Madeline was chosen to receive a Bucket Filler award, and she was given that today in the whole school assembly.
Hook: Crystals
Our Writing Hook this week is Borax Crystals. First we watched this video to learn how to make them.
Then we looked at one Mr Horn made in the weekend.
Next we made our own crystals and generated our language and words about the crystals for our writing this week.
The crystals need to grow overnight, check back later to see how they look, and of course, next week you will be able to check our Writing Shows for our published crystal stories.
Then we looked at one Mr Horn made in the weekend.
Next we made our own crystals and generated our language and words about the crystals for our writing this week.
The crystals need to grow overnight, check back later to see how they look, and of course, next week you will be able to check our Writing Shows for our published crystal stories.
PB4L - Classroom
This week our PB4L Values Lesson is on the Classroom!
To show our CARE Values in the Classroom we...
COMMUNITY
ACTIVE THINKING
RESPECT
In this video Mr Horn is NOT respecting Datsyn's or Max's right to learn...
But in this video Sasha IS respecting Datsyn and Max!
EXCELLENCE
To show our CARE Values in the Classroom we...
COMMUNITY
- Be aware of others
- Clean up after yourself
In this video Mr Horn is NOT showing his Community Value, Oliver is going to come and tell him what he SHOULD be doing...
ACTIVE THINKING
- Contribute to class and group discussion
- Use your time wisely
Look at all these people contributing to our discussion and showing theit Active Thinking!
RESPECT
- Use appropriate language, keep hands and feet to yourself
- Listen to and respect others opinions
- Respect your own and other right to learn
In this video Mr Horn is NOT respecting Datsyn's or Max's right to learn...
But in this video Sasha IS respecting Datsyn and Max!
EXCELLENCE
- Follow book standards
- Know your learning goals
Hook: Popcorn
Last week our writing hook was all about popcorn, we started with this video to learn about why popcorn pops. We skipped ahead to 2.45 to see the steam burst out of the kernels. We now know that the key to making popcorn changes is... Heat!
We then popped and tasted our own popcorn.
Before heat...
After heat!
Check back on our writing slideshows next week to see our published popcorn writing. To get to our writing shows, click on any one of our faces at the top of this blog to go to our eportfolio.
Te Reo: Hui with Matua Rihari
We are loving our Friday Hui, especially getting to work with Matua Rihari, this week he showed the Rimu Year 2s the actions to some of our favourite Te Reo songs!
Welcome to Oaklands Krisha
Today we welcomed Krisha to Oaklands School and Room 20, she comes to us from the Philippines.
Welcome to the team Krisha!
Welcome to the team Krisha!
Stained Glass Windows Part 3
Finally black tape was marked out to make the lines pop and our stained glass windows are done, they look great with the sun shinning through them!
Billy and Ella's Weekend
Ella went home with Billy this weekend. This is the writing they did together!
Ella had a great weekend with Billy and his family and is looking forward to going home with someone else next weekend.
Zara and Ella's Weekend
Ella went home with Zara this weekend. This is the writing they did together!
Ella had a great weekend with Zara and her family and is looking forward to going home with someone else next weekend.
Te Reo: Hui and Matua Rihari
Room 20 has our Te Reo Hui time with the other Year 2 classes and Matua Rihari on a friday afternoon.
Each fortnight Matua Rihari also makes us a video for the "Phrase of the Fortnight", here it is below
Each fortnight Matua Rihari also makes us a video for the "Phrase of the Fortnight", here it is below
PB4L: Playground
Our PB4L lesson this week has been about playing in the playground. Here are some of the things we focused on:
For Community:
We get involved and take turns.
These children are taking turns on the monkey bars.
Mr Horn pushed in to have a go...
For Active Thinking:
We be a caring friend.
For Respect:
Listen, speak and show respect to others.
For Excellence:
Play safely
These children are using the slide properly
Madeline is getting down safely
Mr Horn is jumping off the playground and playing in the bushes... that's not safe Mr Horn...
For Community:
We get involved and take turns.
These children are taking turns on the monkey bars.
Mr Horn pushed in to have a go...
For Active Thinking:
We be a caring friend.
For Respect:
Listen, speak and show respect to others.
For Excellence:
Play safely
These children are using the slide properly
Madeline is getting down safely
Mr Horn is jumping off the playground and playing in the bushes... that's not safe Mr Horn...
Drawing a Kea Part 2
We finished our Kea art by colouring with wax crayons and using dye to paint the picture.
Hook: Making Butter
This weeks writing hook was making butter out of cream.
We put cream into a jam jar and shook it up. If the cream was cold it would have turned into whipped cream, but because it was room temperature we managed to make butter and buttermilk.
Buttermilk is great in pancakes, but we were more interested in the butter. It was smooth and easy to spread and it tasted great.
We put cream into a jam jar and shook it up. If the cream was cold it would have turned into whipped cream, but because it was room temperature we managed to make butter and buttermilk.
Buttermilk is great in pancakes, but we were more interested in the butter. It was smooth and easy to spread and it tasted great.
I Love Watermelon
Max, Matthew and Dion love watermelon.
So much they wrote a book about it. Not just a story, but a book. They made the pages, coloured them complete, wrote and illustrated and entertaining story about their love of watermelon.
Mr Horn was so impressed by how hard they had worked and how creative they had been he has now published the book. Each boy got a copy, as did Mrs Trotter and the school library.
If you would like to read "I Love Watermelon" by Max, Matthew and Dion it is in the school library, bound and barcoded under the letter W.
So much they wrote a book about it. Not just a story, but a book. They made the pages, coloured them complete, wrote and illustrated and entertaining story about their love of watermelon.
Mr Horn was so impressed by how hard they had worked and how creative they had been he has now published the book. Each boy got a copy, as did Mrs Trotter and the school library.
If you would like to read "I Love Watermelon" by Max, Matthew and Dion it is in the school library, bound and barcoded under the letter W.
Erica the Bucket Filler
Erica was nominated by Room 20 to earn a Bucket Filler award for spotting a friend in need in the playground and inviting him to play with her. Well done Erica!
Hook: Ooblek
This week our hook for our writing is:
Ooblek!
This crazy stuff is made from mixed up cornflour and water, it feels strange, we had a great time playing with Ooblek and coming up with words to describe it for our writing.
If you would like to try making Ooblek at home, here is a video we used to learn about it:
Ooblek!
This crazy stuff is made from mixed up cornflour and water, it feels strange, we had a great time playing with Ooblek and coming up with words to describe it for our writing.
If you would like to try making Ooblek at home, here is a video we used to learn about it:
Reading: Superman and Chapter Books
The Superman Reading Group are very excited to be reading Chapter Books now!
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