Term 1 Swimming

The Room 2 students LOVE to go swimming. It is their favourite part of the day.  Some children were already confident in the water, swimming, and doing handstands in the water. Others were less confident , and didn't want to get their faces wet, or didn't want to swim without a floaty.  Now that we are almost a the end of the swimming season, they are all now putting their heads under the water, and trying to float on their backs. We have been learning to float by lying on our backs, pushing our belly button and face up to the sky. Then relax and breathe ! I am so proud of you all ! Well done :) 
 

Our Class Treaty

 

Our class had a talk and decided on some rules that everyone in the class would like for Room 2 people to follow.  We talked about how we could make our class and school a happy and safe place to come to everyday. The lovely children i room 2 made these rules for their classroom. Aren't they awesome!? 

Practicing our Kawa of Care Routines

 Kia ora, Malo e lelei, Talofa Lava here is our poster we made about the Kawa of Care routines for our ipads. 

Look at how clever Room 2 is at looking after their iPads. 

Making a marshmallow catapult

 

This week we had a little STEM challenge (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) . We used popsicle sticks and elastic bands to make a catapult. We used a youtube video to help us learn the steps. We discovered some important concepts like creating leverage for launching our marshmallow.  We had fun trying to see if we could launch the marshmallow high enough to reach our mouth. And then we had fun trying to see how far or high we could launch our marshmallow. It was SO much fun! 

Catapult video

Let 2022 begin !

 

Welcome back to school for 2022! As the teacher of Room 2 I am very excited to meet my lovely new students, and a handful who were with me towards the end of last year. 

Welcome to 2 students in Room 2 who are new to our school, Mariana and Lavenita. We are delighted to have you at our school

2022 will be a fun year of learning about our local place (Glen Innes), our wider place (Auckland) , our country , and our place in the world. 

Our school goals are Grow , Believe, Succeed.  

He waka eke noa - We are all in this together. All the best for 2022 Room 2 !  :)

First 2 days back at school after a long lockdown !

                                                      Some new sports gear to play with .

Lots of nice new bark in the playground ! 

Eating our lunch picnic style 

more fun with the new sports gear - skipping ropes. 

Lucas enjoying some play dough play 

Elina is happy to be back at school ! 

Elyse and Anna enjoying the sandpit 

Lots of playtime after a long lockdown 

each day we unwrap a book to read 

Elyse enjoying the library corner 

All smiles from Husna ! 

Kalolaine enjoying being around her friends again . 

I wonder which book we will get to read today ?

 

Small hands

Room 2 has had fun using their small hands to help others around their homes. This is a short film about how their small hands can do big work. 

Term 4 off to a great start Online !

 We have now done 2 weeks of Term 4 with online learning in Auckland lockdown. The students in Room 2 have blown me away with their hard work, showing up to our online class meetings, and their wonderful manners & politeness online.  Most of all I have been blown away with the small ways they encourage each other. This has also meant that our students are willing to share their work during our class meetings. I am incredibly proud of all the room 2 students, including those who are working away on hard-packs at home, or helping around house, being creative, and spending time with their families. There is so much great learning around the home too ! 

Have a look at Room 2's awesome work !

Writing 

                                                                       Tamatoa's writing 

                                                                Major's writing

                                                        Sebastien's writing 

Isabella's writing and Major's writing 

Tamatoa's writing 

Inquiry - Friendship & Connection

Tamatoa's friendship soup

Major's friendship soup

Lucas making a maze out of card with is siblings

Husna and Major's letters to their friends. 

Maths - Algebra - Patterns

Major and Sebastien's maths work around patterns

    

Welcome back to Term 4!

Welcome back to Term 4 everyone! It's hard to believe we are in the last Term of the year already. 

We continue with our online learning as we are still in lockdown. Keep up the good work whether you are online or working from your hard packs. 

This term we have interesting topics to explore. Our theme for this Term is Kaitiakitanga -Guardianship and protection.

 

Cook Island language week, and Tongan language week !

During level 4 lockdown in Auckland we celebrated Cook Island and Tongan language weeks!

We had some school assemblies to celebrate each culture and some students presented. We also had school wide challenges with different students and their whanau participating .  

Well done to everyone for their involvement !You all looked amazing and we really appreciate you sharing your culture with us ! 

Back into lockdown we go ! August 2021

Well last we we got the sudden news that New Zealand had to go into lockdown because the Delta variant of Covid-19 has arrived on our shores. It is a worrying time for many, but it's great to see how students and their whanau have transitioned back to online learning or paper packs.  

Remember to focus on your wellbeing and be kind to those around you.

And don't forget that at a time like this - it is very important to keep to some routines, and do things for our wellbeing !  Like our lovely Elina in this photo below- exercising with her family.  Thanks the this great example Elina !