SIGHT WORDS MATCHING

We have been looking at keeping up with knowing our sight words. Here is a matching game to help with this.
To play CLICK HERE

PENGUIN SURVIVAL GAME

We learnt about some of the dangers that penguins face. Here are some members of Room 2 as penguins trying to navigate oil slicks, pollution, feral cats and other threats. It was great to have Richard de Hamel with us to share his expert knowledge of the marine ecosystem.

SUNSMART

Our first mini topic for the start of the term is Sunsmart. We will be doing some science and health activities to do with the sun and being sunsmart over the summer.

Heres a link to a fun site for sunsmart.

UNDERCOVER CODY

1987 ALL BLACK LEGEND

All Black legend John Kirwan now working as coach for the Japan team, scores an amazing try against Italy in the 1987 RWC.

2011 ALL BLACK HAKA

NZ vs France RWC 2011

ROOM 2 END OF TERM AUCTION

We will be having the end of term auction on Friday instead of Thursday as originally planned.

Thank you for the donations of recycled toys and books already received. Would appreciate any other items if you are spring cleaning the bedroom or shed before the end of the week.

Cheers

Mr C

AT AT DAY AFTERNOON

What would you do if you had an AT-AT walker for a pet?

DINOSAUR ESCAPE

I saw a big animal and it looked like a dinosaur. I ran because a big dinosaur was chasing me. I hid. Soon I heard a squeaking sound. Then an animal jumped out of the bush. I said, "have you got food for me?"

RRRRRRRRRRRRR...I think he said.

I chased him. He showed me some berries. A big dinosaur ran after me. My friend picked me up and flew away.

An excerpt from the Dinosaur Escape by Zefa based on Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura

THE ADVENTURE

Suddenly enemies were scattering towards me. I found a stick and threw it at them. Then i fell down...down...down back home again and I lived happily ever after.

An excerpt from the Adventure by Tara Nugent based on Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura

DINOSAUR ADVENTURE

An incredible thing happened to me. I was walking along the beach when the sand started to collapse around me. Then I felt myself falling down....down....down....I found myself at a loud prehistoric place.

An excerpt from Cameron's story based on Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura

TENNIS SKILLS

A great session on honing tennis skills.

ALL BLACKS

Cameron made this great mini All Black as part of his inquiry.

THE MAGIC E

Play the fun adventure game to practise with the magic "e" spelling pattern.

SKIP COUNTING IN FIVES

CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO PLAY THIS GAME.

VISIT RUGGERLAND

CLICK HERE TO ENTER RUGGERLAND

FARM VISIT

THE GONG FARMER

A game about the job of the gong farmer...

Click the picture to play

BUGABALOO

Here's a fun game to practise groupings in 20 like, 8+6, 9+2, 7+8...

Click the bug to play.

THE BLACK KNIGHT GAME

Here we are playing the Black Knight game. We are learning about fairplay in a tagging game. It's a high energy game! Drew (Y7) took the pictures. Cheers Drew!

DRAGON SCALE TEXTURES

WALT: Use line and colour to create dragon scale patterns
We shared the book Dragons, dragons, dragons and are using this to help us create some dagon artwork.

SIR THOMAS OF BLACKENBROOK

Another great project from Thomas- magnificent armour!!!

FOX AND GEESE

We learnt the medieval game 'Fox and Geese' today. I wonder who can teach their parents how to play? Here's some pictures of Room 2 enjoying the game.

I HOPE HE DOESN'T NEED TO GO TO THE LOO!

Here is a 2009 re-enactment of a knight getting ready for battle.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A KNIGHT

We have been sharing this text together.

The students did some great charades of some of the things knights did everyday. There was a bit much sword fighting though!

SOLVING WORD PROBLEMS USING 'DRAW IT' AS A STRATEGY

This week in our maths groups, we are learning to solve word problems using 'draw it' as a strategy.

In reading we are setting up routines with our new groups. The Gorillas are reading 'Dimitri's Lunch.' I wonder if there is a food you really like that others think is smelly or disgusting?

THE DEEP BLUE BOOGIE 2011

Here's some music we created in groups for our shared reading text, the Deep Blue Boogie. Students had to choose a word or phrase from the text, expression, different pitch and rhythm to create their piece.

DISCOVERING THE PAST

How did people live their lives? What things did ancient civilisations leave behind as clues that show how they lived their lives? Have a go at this game about the Anglo-Saxons to help with our learning in this.

CLICK HERE TO PLAY GAME

BEING AN EFFECTIVE QUESTIONER

We are learning to use questions to find relevant information about a topic and to get information to solve a problem.

Here's a video from Mr C's 2005 trip to Thailand. I wonder what questions he was thinking during this disaster?

TARA'S GUESS WHAT

While on a shape scavenger hunt, Tara took some close-ups of things in the classroom and playground. Can you guess what they are?

ip WORD FAMILIES

Here is a link to a list of words that end in ip.

ip words

OUR PHONICS LEARNING

Here we are with some of the words we stretched out with thanks from Mr Scruffy our legendary second teacher...