Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Lola and Fletcher's Rainbow Town Pictures and Stories
In our art we have been looking at the way Hundertwasser created his pictures.
We noticed his curvy lines and patterns and vivid colours.
We listened to the story "The Wizard and the Rainbow" by Kath Vickers and imagined what Rainbow Town would look like.
Just like Hundertwasser, we used lots of curvy lines and patterns and colours to create the things we heard about in the story.
Here are two of the pictures and the stories that go with them.
We noticed his curvy lines and patterns and vivid colours.
We listened to the story "The Wizard and the Rainbow" by Kath Vickers and imagined what Rainbow Town would look like.
Just like Hundertwasser, we used lots of curvy lines and patterns and colours to create the things we heard about in the story.
Here are two of the pictures and the stories that go with them.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Balance like an Olympic Gymnast
Have you watched the gymnasts in the Olympics? I wonder if you have noticed how they finish their routines. They have to finish with good balance and they land on two feet with their arms in the air.
This week Tony was teaching us about balancing and being balanced. We also worked on our tennis skills.
Here is a video showing us at work.
This week Tony was teaching us about balancing and being balanced. We also worked on our tennis skills.
Here is a video showing us at work.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Cross Country - Fun in the mud
Here are the photos we took as children raced this Thursday. It was certainly very muddy. Hippos would have loved it and lots of kids took advantage of the chance to wallow, despite the teachers' best efforts to keep them clean and dry.
Here is Year 1's video.
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This one is Year 2 children.
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This is some Year 2 boys and Year 3 girls.
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I think this is Year 3.
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This one is mostly about mud.
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This one is Year 2 children.
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This is some Year 2 boys and Year 3 girls.
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I think this is Year 3.
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This one is mostly about mud.
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Sunday, July 29, 2012
"Faster, higher, stronger"
"Faster, higher, stronger" That's the Olympic motto and that's also what we worked on with Tony this Thursday in our PE lesson.
He asked us to think about how we can jump higher and how we can jump longer.
When we ran the relays he challenged us to run faster to improve our time to complete the race. The challenge was for the whole class to finish the race in a faster time than children from other schools.
And you know what? WE DID IT!
Have a look at the photos below to see us in action.
He asked us to think about how we can jump higher and how we can jump longer.
When we ran the relays he challenged us to run faster to improve our time to complete the race. The challenge was for the whole class to finish the race in a faster time than children from other schools.
And you know what? WE DID IT!
Have a look at the photos below to see us in action.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Counting back with Finger Count
There was a lot of popping going on in Room 2 today as children worked with buddies to practice counting backwards.
We were using an app called Finger Count.
First we had to count forwards to 40. Each time we touched the screen a number would appear where our finger had been.
Once we got to 40, we took turns to find the numbers, counting backwards. If we got the right one, it would pop and disappear. If we missed, a new number would appear. If we popped a lower number, all the other numbers would change.
What were we learning? We were learning to count backwards and at the same time we were working together.
How did we do?
Well, there was certainly a lot of popping going on in Room 2 today.
We were using an app called Finger Count.
First we had to count forwards to 40. Each time we touched the screen a number would appear where our finger had been.
Once we got to 40, we took turns to find the numbers, counting backwards. If we got the right one, it would pop and disappear. If we missed, a new number would appear. If we popped a lower number, all the other numbers would change.
What were we learning? We were learning to count backwards and at the same time we were working together.
How did we do?
Well, there was certainly a lot of popping going on in Room 2 today.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Sharing our learning with other classes in New Zealand
Click on the picture to go to another blog where children from different schools have shared their thinking about caring for the environment.
A group of children in our class are working on making a slideshow to post on this blog. When we have finished we PASS IT ON to another class. That is why the blog is called, "Pass it on".
Friday, June 1, 2012
Interactive Writing - A Poem
Today we were reading our poem for the week about making popcorn and we noticed that it was organised in a special way.
We called the organisation: "Instruction, then sound words" and we had a go at writing a poem like that about making our cardboard prints.
Here it is:
Cardboard Print
Get out the cardboard.
Flippety, flippety flip.
Cut with the scissors.
Snippety, snippety, snip.
Spread the glue.
Splishety, splishety, splish.
Stick on the shapes.
Sticky, sticky, stick.
Put the cardboard block on the shelf to dry.
And wait…. and wait….
Now get ready to print.
Roll the roller in the ink.
Rollety, rollety roll.
Roll the roller on the block.
Bumpety, bumpety, bump.
Put the paper on the block…
and roll… and roll…
Now lift the paper off.
Wow!
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