Summer Traditions

These are some of Room 2's Summer Tradition writing pieces...

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I measure summer by the amount of fish I catch. A good summer is a long summer and a hot summer.

During summer I like to go on the boat with my Dad and Uncle and catch fish. Fishing for us involves getting the rod out, laying the hook in the water and driving the boat. A fish hits the line. I reel it up with all my might. My Uncle gets the net and catches it. I get the little bat and bang the fish on the head and throw it in the cool box.

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I measure my summer by being away from school and swimming in Lake Hawea. A good summer is a long summer, a warm summer, a rainy summer.

Every summer we go to Convergents its been our family tradition for five years now. Some late nights we have endless rounds of uno, some late nights people have parties and on one night it's the new years party. "5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Happy New Year!!!"  

   

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I measure summer by the hot sand in between my toes. A good summer is good surf; the bright white breakers bring me into shore. As my tummy growls, Nana finally yells ‘time for lunch’. I sprint up to the car, collapse on my towel and eat pikelets with nutella and strawberries. Now that's a summer I will remember

By Melia, Sam C, Finn PK and Grace

iTime - Finn and Kiara's Messi and Ronaldo poster

During SRL Finn and Kiara's made a poster to know more about Messi and Ronaldo

By Will

Drama with Mrs Duff

Today the year 5's got their first taste of drama with Mrs Duff for the year. The key learning points for the session were:

• Control
• Expression and
• Working with anyone

Here are the interesting shapes that the year 5 groups presented back:

Measuring an orange

This week for maths room 2 is looking at the different ways to measure an orange. Measuring the thickness of the skin, it's combined  length or the percentage of colour are some of the different ways to perform measurements room 2 identified could be done on just the oranges skin alone.

Below you can see pictures of room 2 measuring the oranges mass, volume, juice content, number of pips and the juices acidity:

Flower Power

Today while the Year 6's were having fun dramatizing, with Mrs Duff, the year 5's were given a challenge...to work together in groups to create the tallest or biggest fully supported flower.

Whānau Groups

Today we started our first day with our new whānau groups. Each of the groups includes students from years 1-6. The groups then all did something to do with Te Reo me ona tikanga.

The kapa haka whānau group were learning the items they will be performing at the upcoming festival. Here is a sample of Aue, Te Ariki Aue. 

Year 6 Camp

What a blast the over night camp was. Some highlights include visiting Goldfields and panning for gold, a much needed swim at Cromwell Pool, the famous 'egg drop' challenge and of course kayaking and sailing. Check out the action...

Year 6 Camp on PhotoPeach

The Treaty of Waitangi

This Friday in assembly, 7 students from Room 2 performed a play about the creation of the Treaty of Waitangi. The day before, on Thursday, volunteers were called for, they were given a little time to practice and then they were thrown in the deep end at assembly...They did fantastically, Ka rawe ratou!

Week 1

Nau mai - Welcome to Room 2's new class blog. This site has been established to provide a log of some of the learning experiences that occur in the classroom and as a communication means between school and home.