DIDN'T WE DO WELL!

ICAS MATHS RESULTS

1 Merit, 4 Credits and 1 Distinction.
You are all awesome - wonderful results - so proud of you all.

Have a look around Room 2 and find out what we have been doing - video and commentary by Mia

POCKET BOOKLETS

As part of our reading activities we created our own Pocket Booklets about the animal we had been reading about.  We created the pocket book first - then we went onto google docs and wrote the facts we had learnt during reading.  We used the research tool on google docs and added more information and images.

A Cloudy Lesson

After watching a silent video clip titled A Cloudy Lesson we wrote our own words for the story.

A Cloudy Lesson

One day grandad said to his little boy “follow me!” “Where to?”replied the boy.”You’ll see!” said grandad.  Grandad brought the boy to a tall tower fort. They started up a long set of stairs. Once they got to the top the boy was out of breath. Grandad carefully put down a long,thin suitcase. He opened it up and delicately lifted a long metal bar out. ”What’s that?” asked the boy.  ”A cloud maker!” replied grandad.  He took a deep breath and blew a whispy,white,fluffy cloud. “Have a go” said grandad. The boy took a deep breath and blew a tiny,white cloud. The boy tried again but this time he tripped and bent the cloud maker out of shape!  The annoyed grandad helped the boy up.  The boy looked very sad for his grandad.  Suddenly the boy had an idea, he carefully bent the cloud maker into a star shape.  He passed it to grandad and said “blow.”  So grandad blew and made a huge star shaped cloud. The boy bent it into a bunny shape, grandad blew.  The boy and grandad said ”wow!”  As the sun set grandad bent the cloud maker into a heart.  The boy blew and a small heart popped out.  Grandad and the little boy gently cuddled.

By Mia

Once upon a time there lived a little boy and a old grandad. They lived in a fort with a dog.  One day the little boy said “Where are we going?” The grandad replied, ‘Up there”. “Why are we going up there?”  “You will see” said the grandad. So they climbed up to the fort. Grandad took his time going up the ladder. Once they got up, they got out out something that was special to the boys grandad.  So when the grandad got out a precious suitcase, the boy was so surprised at what his grandad brought out. His grandad  brought out something that the boy had never seen before.  A  cloud maker.  Grandad blew a big cloud. After the grandad blew a big cloud the little boy had a try but  he blew a little cloud.   So he tried again and broke it.   He cried.  Then he  built a shape and  the grandad blew a bunny, a star and a heart.and then they cuddled.

By Daniel

A Cloudy Lesson

                                                                                                                                                                                                         “Grandad where are we going,”  asked the little boy.  “Up there in the clouds,” replied grandad.  So off they went.  When they got to the tippy top grandad opened one of the shiny velvet suitcases.  Grandad gently lifted a strange piece of equipment  out of the box. Then grandad said “this is a cloudblower,”   “wow,”  whispered the little boy as he saw his extraordinary grandad blow a gigantic white cloud out of the cloudblower.  It was an extremely cloudy day that day and it was because grandad had been up there all morning.  When it was the little boys turn he only blew a tincy wincy cloud.  So he leaned over and blew but that didn’t work, so he leaned over even more but when he was about to blow…boom!  He fell down and the cloud blower followed.  Grandad wasn’t that upset but he was worried who would make the clouds.  Then the little boy twisted it he turned it and he made it into a spectacular star shaped cloud blower.   He gave it to his grandad and he blew a star shaped cloud.  Then he made a bunny shaped cloud blower and gave it to grandad and he blew a huge bunny shaped cloud.  After that he made a heart shaped cloud blower and blew it himself as he whispered friends forever.

By Zoe

Day Dream Poems

DAYDREAMS!

Mrs Phillips thinks I’m reading

but I'm jumping on mars

or riding a squid

I’m zooming at the park

and jumping off a tree house

Mrs Phillips thinks I'm listening

but I'm eating chicken

or hunting for a rainbow

I’m rapping with M and M

and digging for gold

Mrs Phillips thinks I’m working

but I’m feeding a pig

or dancing with a dolphin

I’m singing with an octopus

and touching slime

By Jakob

DAYDREAMS!

Mrs Phillips thinks I’m reading

But I’m riding a shark

Or swimming with a mermaid.

I’m ice skating with butterflies and polar bears

and I’m playing on the playground

Mrs Phillips thinks I’m listening

But I’m walking on the moon

or playing with Jaylah
I’m going for a swim in the pool

and playing on the Ipad

Mrs Phillips thinks I’m working

but I’m climbing to the top of Mount Everest

or swimming in a pool of lava

I’m painting a picture

and flying with a bird

By Sophie

DAY DREAMS

Mrs Phillips thinks I'm reading

but I'm swimming with a sea serpent

Or I'm doing karaoke

I'm chasing a pikachu

and fighting a block of sperows

Mrs Phillips thinks I'm listening

But I'm climbing Mount Everest

or dancing with bats on the moon

I'm watching snails race in the garden

and fighting ogres in space

Mrs Phillips thinks I'm working

But I'm watching the sparkling ocean

Or riding on the back of a shark

I'm singing with Stan Walker

and swinging with an alien

By Anthony

ICAS English Results

Room Two girls had fabulous results in the ICAS English test.
Two distinctions, One credit and Two participations
Well done girls - I'm so proud of you all

Teamwork in action in Room 2

Two of our art experts lending a helping hand to our boys as they complete their Koru collage

New Chrome Books

The new Chrome books in action in Room 2.

Publishing our stories on google docs 

Researching in the library

Commonwealth Countries

Working hard in our library time researching the Commonwealth countries we have chosen.

Autumn Leaves Writing

Autumn Leaves

                   

Brown and orange cover the ground like mud.

Crumpled edges as bright as the sun twirling from the tree.

They crash to the ground like a crackling like a witch, the veins are the only things that survived.

The leaves are orange like lava.

                                                 Beth

                               

Leaves lay in a pile like a colourful carpet.

They flutter down like a butterfly.

The crunch is as loud as a lions roar.

Thousands of colourful leaves gently touch the ground like little silky feathers landing on your finger tip.

Shades of brown, red, orange and yellow coming together like chocolate and caramel, slowly come to an end.

                                         Paige

Down the tree comes a group of leaves gold like the stars.

They make a soft blanket like a quilt on a bed.

They crunch like when someone’s eating a crunchie bar.

Sun shines on the leaves and makes them glow as bright as glow worms.

The leaves turn as brown as chocolate and crunch up when someone touches them.

                                        Mia

Golden and brown leaves twirl on to the ground like ballerinas.

On the ground they look like a colourful carpet.

They feel like crunched up paper and sound like toast when you bite into it.

                                          Becky

Bright colours, yellow, brown, red and orange gently float along with the wind.

Gracefully they land like aeroplanes that have just started coming in.

Piles of leaves like carpets lie softly on the ground as soft as sheep’s skin.

Leaves sit peacefully on the end of branches like people waiting at the top of slides.

Beams of sunrays make the leaves look like gold.

I love leaves in autumn.

                                              Lily

Leaves shoot past me like shooting stars crashing to the ground.

Floating leaves are dark brown like delicious dairy milk chocolate.

A waterfall of colourful leaves fall to the ground and form a soft crunchy pillow like the pillow on my bed.

                                            Jessica

Leaves as yellow as the sun spread across the ground like a carpet.

They twirl like a ballerina down from the tree.

Crunch, they crumple up like paper.

They are as colourful as a rainbow.

When the sun shines on them they glow like bright glow worms.

                                                Jaylah

Black and White Zentagle Leaves

As part of our autumn writing we created zentagle leaves for our art.
We used indian ink and bamboo skewers to create our designs.

Rock and Roll Vests

We created Rock and Roll vests to add colour to our room.

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Taniwha and Seahorses

Finally our taniwha and seashorses are complete and displayed in our room.

We had to sketch them into our sketching books, then when we were satisfied with them

we put the outline on our good paper.  We put colour flow around the outline and then using a dry dye

method we painted our pictures with dye so that they came out nice and bright.

Then we had to use blue, green and white paint to sponge a background.

We think they turned out really well, and we are proud of them.

Dry dying our pictures

Some of our finished pictures

Geometry

This term we have been doing Geometry - specifically 2 and 3D shapes.

We have been creating 3D shapes with straws.

It's not as easy as it looks.

Welcome Back.

A big welcome back to Term 2.
We have a wonderful new look classroom - during the holidays Room 2 got new carpet, lighting and blue on our walls.  The old heating system from around the classroom was taken out.  It has given us lots more room for learning.  We are looking forward to a great term 2.  Watch this space to keep up with learning in Room 2.

Observational Drawings

Choosing our shells

Looking carefully at the shape and patterns of our shell and practising

in our sketching books

Sketching onto our display piece of paper.

Finished product.