Our Year 2's in Room 20 and 21 had a great time at the Math's Roadshow today. They got to do a range of hands on, fun maths activities. They worked really hard as a team and showed great perseverance with some tricky maths problems. Here are some photos of the activities they go to do.
A & P Show Trip
We had an amazing day out at the show on Wednesday.
A huge thank you to all the parents who came to help. The day would not have been possible without you.
Have a look at all our photos and videos below!
Labour Weekend
Thank you to all the parents and children who worked really hard to share what they did over the long weekend. The children loved sharing their slide and talking about what they did with other children in the class.
Potato Planting
Potato Slideshow 1 on PhotoPeach
Potato Slideshow 2 on PhotoPeach
Potato Slideshow 3 on PhotoPeach
Potato Slideshow 4 on PhotoPeach
Potato Slideshow 5 on PhotoPeach
Term 4 holiday reading treat
This term as our treat for all children who had finished their whole holiday reading log in Rm 20, 21 and 22, we got out a heap of exciting PE gear for the children to have free time with.
Reading Treat on PhotoPeach
Well done everyone for working so hard in the holidays on your reading!!
Reading Treat on PhotoPeach
Well done everyone for working so hard in the holidays on your reading!!
The Amazing Mural
Mr Rush has been busy over the holidays, hanging all the amazing murals that we completed last term.
We were so excited to find ours on the wall outside Mrs Trotter's office.
Oaklands Jump Off
Yesterday we were lucky enough to get out and do our Jump off!! Here are some photos of us skipping!
Oaklands Jump Off on PhotoPeach
Oaklands Jump Off on PhotoPeach
Plasticine Boats
Does plasticine float?
No, it doesn't
and
Yes, it does!
We talked about density again.
Can you see what we did to the balls of plasticine we had, to make them float?
Our Weekend Adventures
It was wonderful to see all the exciting things that the children got up to over the weekend. It was great to hear the children sharing their stories with other children and discussing the slideshow with each other.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to do this for us.
We really appreciate it.
Dancing Raisins & Magic Eggs
Try these fun experiments at home.
A Magic Egg
Fresh eggs will sink if dropped into water, but this egg is suspended in the middle of this glass - how is that possible?
The magic word is density.
You need:
A tall glass
Water
6 tablespoons of salt.
- Mix the salt with half a glass of water - give it 10 min to dissolve.
- Carefully pour fresh water into the glass - holding the glass on an angle helps to stop the fresh and salt waters mixing.
- Gently drop the egg into the glass.
Floating and Sinking
We are learning about floating and sinking.
We watched this video to get our brains thinking.
We tried to think of all....
- the things that float
- the things that sink
We then did an investigation to find out if certain items would float or sink.
First we made a prediction for each item - Float or Sink?
Then we observed what happened when the item was dropped in the water.
What do you think?
- A feather?
- A small wooden block?
- A stone?
- A light bulb?
- A walnut shell?
- A metal clip
Our geometry learning
Over the last 2 weeks we have been learning all about shapes. Instead of our normal number Must do's, we have had to do 3 geometry activities everyday. Below are some photos of us doing some of our independent activities and some of the learning activities with the teacher.
Reflecting on our Writing
This week, we wrote about a time when we did something really well.
Today at Reflection Time, we shared our writing with our friends and some parents who came to spend time with us.
We reflected on our writing, asking...
Does my writing included ideas about:
Today at Reflection Time, we shared our writing with our friends and some parents who came to spend time with us.
We reflected on our writing, asking...
Does my writing included ideas about:
- When
- Where
- Who
- What
- How
- Why
We put counters on the words in our writing that proved we had included these ideas.
e.g. If someone used the word "Saturday", they put a counter on it because that proved they had talked about "When" in their writing.
Thank you to the parents who join us for Reflection Time on a Friday. We appreciate your time and we love having the opportunity to share our learning with other people in our school community.
Descriptive Writing
We have been using interesting characters to help us as we learn to write using describing words (adjectives).
We know that we are successful when our writing builds really fantastic pictures in the minds of the readers.
Skipping Madness!
Wow, our children love skipping!
Every morning we go outside for fitness and at the moment we are doing skipping as we prepare for our Jump Rope day.
The excited scrabble for the skipping ropes leads onto children everywhere, trying out new skills, sharing ideas, teaching each other and having a marvellous time.
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