Art

My favourite step of doing this artwork was when we went outside to see lots of different kind of trees.I love my artwork because the colours are bright and beautiful.

 

Persuasive Writing

We are learning to write a persuasive piece of writing to try and convince the reader our opinion. I can come up with reasons why you should buy this broken toy. It was easy to come up with reasons because there is so many reasons that you can write all of your reasons to tell a person that they should get this teddy bear.

 

Nga Tae

We are learning to communicate about physical characteristics in Te Reo Maori. I can identify some Maori colours. I enjoyed learning about Maori colours because it's fun to learn and then I can be an expert at Maori colours.

Narrative Writing

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I was learning to describe the setting. I can use descriptive words to describe the setting. It was easy because the pictures very interesting and very easy to come up with descriptive words.

Feelings Art

This term we have been learning all about emotions.We watched the movie Inside Out. We did some  artwork about feelings and the characters from the movie. I love my artwork because it is very very funny.

Welcome

Welcome to my year learning  blog. I am in Room 17. My teacher is Miss Armiger.

A Puppet Show

WALT create and perform a puppet show. 

Room 10/11 had a great opportunity to create and perform a puppet show from scratch! They had to write the script, make the stage and props such as a butterfly, a cocoon, a caterpillar and different types of foods. They practised for a few weeks and developed their acting and understanding of stage performance. Take a look at Vunara's group’s performance.

(please click the title above the picture)

Little cute caterpillar 

Setting Description: Snowflakes are falling down at night time and a snowman is there. 

Narrator: One day a caterpillar came out of an egg (The caterpillar wiggles out of the egg). 

Narrator: The caterpillar was hungry. 

Narrator: The caterpillar ate a strawberry. 

Narrator: On Wednesday he ate an ice-cream, lollipop, apple, 2 fish and a big leaf. 

Narrator: Then he ate an egg, chocolate and candyfloss. The caterpillar ate too much food so he had a stomach ache. Narrator: The caterpillar then turned into a cocoon (Caterpillar changes into a cocoon). 

Narrator: After a few days later, the cocoon hatched. 

Narrator: Then came a beautiful butterfly. The end! 

By Caitlyn, Vunara, Emma.B, Nicole, Kohen, Summer

Little cute caterpillar 

Book Character Dress Up Day!

On Thursday 21 November, Room 10/11 had a fun day dressed up as their favourite book characters. There were princesses, witches, wizards, Hairy Maclary and many other characters from different books! It was great to see the love of reading and making a connection to those characters. Well done Room 10/11 for your amazing effort and costumes! 

WALT count on and back from the biggest number

We have been learning how to count forwards and backwards from the biggest number. We know that if it is addition, we count forwards and if it is subtraction we count backwards. 

We are learning how to roll and mould clay to form the shape of a mussel shell and meat.

Room 10/11 have made the Mussel artwork for the Art Show that is taking place in Term 3 Week 9. We observed closely on what features green-lipped mussels have and learned to use clay to carefully mould its shape for both the shell and the meat. After, we used the sculpting tools to show different textures on the mussel. Then we used colours to paint the mussel shell and the meat to create the authentic look! Lastly, we used real sand from a beach to make our background.

Poetry Recital

I am learning to read and recite a poem of my choice. 

In Year 2, we have been learning many different poems. We had to choose a poem that we liked and had time to practise it in class and at home. 

We had to work on the following:

- Body Language and Eye contact - Standing still and looking at the audience. 

- Fluency - Speaking at a medium pace. 

- Clarity - Making sure we are speaking clearly. 

- Preparation - Knowing my poem when reading it. 

- Volume - Making sure I am talking so that everyone can hear me. 

Sea Creature Inquiry

WALT find information and create a piece of artwork on a Sea Creature 

This Term, we have been learning about Sea Creatures in our oceans and seas. 

We have learnt a lot of things such as: 

- The difference between animals that are endangered and extinct.

- Reasons why animals become either endangered and/or extinct. 

- What we can do to help take care of our animals and sea creatures in NZ. 

We were excited to complete a home project on a Sea Creature of our choice. We even got to display it in our classrooms and had the Year 1 classes and our Year 5 Buddy class come and visit us. We displayed our work on the tables, standing behind it and spoke about it to other children while answering questions. 

Hosting the Junior Assembly

Junior Assembly 

WALT celebrate and share our learning achievement with others

This Term we were lucky enough to host one of the Junior Assemblies. Some of us volunteered to speak while others showed our amazing Harold the giraffe portrait and writing. We worked really hard, practising our items and reading our script. We can't wait till it's our turn next to host assembly! 

The best part of me!

Welcome to Year 2

Wild animal tee shirt

I am learning to sketch a wild animal and transfer my drawing to a tee shirt.  I used special fabric markers to colour in my design.

Number sentences to 10

I am learning to read and make patterns to 10. I am learning to write the number sentence using the symbols.

"I can count on from a number to 10.  I can write the number sentence." said Vunara

Reading out loud

We are learning to read familiar poems out loud. We are trying to read with fluency and expression. As we get more confident, we can pay attention to the author's punctuation to help our reading sound more interesting.

"I can sound out words I don't know when I read out loud. I can read loudly so everyone can hear" said Vunara

Wonderful writing

At writing time we are learning to experiment with new types of punctuation. We are starting to read our stories back and check we have fullstops and capital letters in the correct places.

"I can spell the words now and I can do pictures inside the line. I can do so much."

Phonics words

Phonics lessons are a very important part of our Writing programme. In this photo I am learning to hear and record the middle sound in words. When I recognise the pattern, I can write lots of words.

"I am getting clever at doing sounds now".