Get New Zealand Writing: part two.

What a blast we have been having... the children have all been so engaged and loved the hands on approach to this writing.

Here are the 13 mystery items 

we got in our tin!  

 Keep an eye out for our poems!

Room 2 Mathematics

We have had a fantastic start to the term in Maths.

  We have been working incredibly hard, as individuals and in groups, to complete set work.  

Here are a few of the things that we do throughout the last couple of weeks...

Accuracy in measurement to the nearest mm.

Estimating and measuring every day items in the classroom. 

Online maths games - Prodigy Maths is a class favourite! 

We have also been working on a hundreds board challenge.  We will update you on that next week.

Room 2 are involved in a NZ project called 'Get NZ Writing'.  

This is a kit put out to 3000 schools New Zealand wide and involves working through a unit of work which ends in our classroom producing 28 postcards which we then send off to another lucky New Zealand classroom.  

For us this started with writing a Colour Poem...  we chose 'Pink'!  

Here are the students working hard to complete this as a class.

Here if our finished poem...

The day the Ranfurly Shield came to school!

We were very lucky to have Mr Berry bring the Ranfurly Shield along to school to show us all.  

We heard about some of the history of the shield and Mr Berry answered some of the questions we had.

(The Ranfurly Shield, colloquially known as the Log o' Wood, is a trophy in New Zealand's domestic rugby union competition. First played for in 1904, the Shield is based on a challenge system, rather than a league or knockout competition as with most football trophies.)

Here we all are, looking as proud as punch, with the shield!  

Special thanks to Mr Berry!

Authors at work!

We have started the term with a BANG! and the children are showcasing some of their fantastic writing skills.  We will spend some time next week publishing some work to share with you here.  

Check out this focus...

Welcome to Room 2, 2019

We are all very excited about the year ahead and all of the amazing things we are going to achieve!

We would love for you to follow our classroom blog, keeping up to date with our learning.  We also love reading comments - so don't be shy!  

Athletics

The emerald green grass sprouted from the mossy ground.  
Pearl white daisies hid among the short stubby grass.
Long striped white lines ran to the end of the field.

“3, 2, 1, go!” the judge shouted.  
I ran as fast as my legs could carry me.  
The sky was sapphire blue and sparkled like the sea.  
Fluffy candy floss clouds flouted fantastically through
the crisp breeze.

Written by Winnie