Room 2 Tasman School Blog

SIGHT WORDS MATCHING

2011-11-21T18:26:00.000-08:00

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

2011-11-19T19:38:00.000-08:00

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

2011-10-21T15:28:00.000-07:00

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

2011-10-03T20:59:00.000-07:00

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

2011-10-03T20:56:00.000-07:00

NZ vs France RWC 2011

ROOM 2 END OF TERM AUCTION

2011-10-03T20:11:00.001-07:00

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

2011-09-26T19:37:00.000-07:00

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

DINOSAUR ESCAPE

2011-09-26T18:32:00.000-07:00

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

2011-09-26T17:53:00.000-07:00

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

2011-09-26T17:42:00.000-07:00

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

2011-09-25T20:14:00.000-07:00

A great session on honing tennis skills.

ALL BLACKS

2011-09-25T20:12:00.001-07:00

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

THE MAGIC E

2011-09-25T20:08:00.001-07:00

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

SKIP COUNTING IN FIVES

2011-09-25T20:02:00.000-07:00

CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO PLAY THIS GAME.

VISIT RUGGERLAND

2011-09-11T02:40:00.000-07:00

CLICK HERE TO ENTER RUGGERLAND

FARM VISIT

2011-09-06T21:46:00.000-07:00

THE GONG FARMER

2011-09-06T21:33:00.000-07:00

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

Click the picture to play

BUGABALOO

2011-08-25T02:09:00.000-07:00

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

2011-08-25T01:54:00.000-07:00

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

2011-08-23T19:15:00.000-07:00

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

2011-08-17T20:26:00.000-07:00

Another great project from Thomas- magnificent armour!!!

FOX AND GEESE

2011-08-15T20:22:00.000-07:00

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!

2011-08-14T21:38:00.000-07:00

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

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A KNIGHT

2011-08-14T21:28:00.000-07:00

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

2011-08-14T21:23:00.000-07:00

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

2011-08-07T19:40:00.000-07:00

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

2011-08-03T18:57:00.000-07:00

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

2011-08-03T02:27:00.000-07:00

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

2011-08-03T02:16:00.000-07:00

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

2011-08-01T20:12:00.000-07:00

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

ip words

OUR PHONICS LEARNING

2011-07-10T03:25:00.000-07:00

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

TOM THE ZEBRA LONG E GAME

2011-06-26T03:06:00.000-07:00

Help Tom get ready for bed by putting ee into the words.

CLICK HERE TO PLAY

INTRODUCING MR SCRUFFY

2011-06-22T23:18:00.000-07:00

We are lucky to have another teacher in the room, Mr Scruffy who is helping with spelling and reading.

GETTING READY FOR MATARIKI SHOW

2011-06-21T23:36:00.000-07:00

Looking forward to the show on Friday night. Students have been working hard.

DECIMALS MATCHING GAME

2011-06-21T23:28:00.000-07:00

The Keas have been learning about decimals. On Wednesday, part of our maths was going on a decimal hunt around the school. The library had the most.

Here's a game that helps with the concept of 10ths.

CLICK HERE TO PLAY

CROSS COUNTRY TUG OF WAR

2011-06-21T13:32:00.001-07:00

Tala takes a tumble in the tug of war.

MOUTERE HILLS JUNIOR CROSS COUNTRY

2011-06-16T02:01:00.000-07:00

Looking forward to a day out at Dovedale.

BELLA READING

2011-06-13T01:06:00.000-07:00

Bella sharing some great reading on our Friday morning sessions.

ZEFA EXPLAINS HALF OF 70

2011-06-09T02:33:00.000-07:00

Great explanation of finding 1/2 of 70 using the tens frames.

THE LITTLE BROWN HOUSE

2011-06-08T03:33:00.001-07:00

Here is Ezra talking about why he liked the Little Brown House on our Friday talking about books session.

LEILA'S CLARIFICATION

2011-06-08T02:19:00.000-07:00

We are learning to explain our strategies clearly when solving basic facts. Here is Leila with an easy one.

THANKS TIFFANY

2011-06-06T20:14:00.000-07:00

We had a great five weeks with Miss Woodley. Here are some pictures of us enjoying our mid-term party with her.

REAL ART ROADSHOW

2011-06-06T20:00:00.000-07:00

We had a great time viewing some top NZ contemporary art. Here are some pictures of some of us with our favourites.

It was great to have this visit from Fiona and friends. We loved being able to see such fantastic and original art.

THIS WEEK...

2011-05-29T01:25:00.000-07:00

Creating bird dances for our Matariki school show. Creating music for our Matariki school show. Working hard on our capital letters and full stops. Writing poems and learning about poetry and song lyrics.

BRAIN TEASER

2011-05-29T01:20:00.000-07:00

Do you know what cartoon character this x-ray is of?

Hint: It's not Mickey Mouse!

MAGIC POTIONS?

2011-05-24T19:51:00.000-07:00

Our own mixes we made. Check out the videos.

OUR SCIENCE DISCOVERIES

2011-05-24T19:46:00.000-07:00

We are making predictions about what will happen when we mix together different things like baking soda, food colouring, vinegar and milk.

Here are some photos of what we did and saw.

THE CLIMB

2011-05-24T18:59:00.000-07:00

Here we are practising Miley Cyrus' the Climb. We love singing this song with Miss Woodley.

THE CROSS COUNTRY COURSE

2011-05-22T21:49:00.000-07:00

We followed the arrows around, up and down through the forest track.

CROSS COUNTRY

2011-05-22T21:36:00.001-07:00

What a great course and a great effort by people! Here are some of our Room 2 runners!!!

Quiz Question

2011-05-19T16:37:00.000-07:00

For ten credits...What countries Rugby Team has this as their symbol? (Hint, use the RWC 2011 site)

RWC 2011 SITE

O'CLOCK AND HALF PAST

2011-05-16T15:24:00.000-07:00

Many people still need more practise on matching 1/2 past and o'clock; digital to analogue.

Click on the link to play.

CLOCK SHOOT

WHAT WE WANT TO SEE ON THE BLOG

2011-05-16T14:16:00.000-07:00

More interesting things about non-fiction. More maths games. More words of songs. MOre reading games. More videos. More things to show how well people have done on Mathletics. More stuff where you have pictures of bottles and things and you have to guess. More people making comments. More things that you have to find out- competitions. More activities like maths games. Writing games.

This is a picture showing great focus and listening. They were talking about what could go on the Room 2 blog.

WHAT'S IN THESE?

2011-05-10T16:23:00.000-07:00

Everybody in Tasman seems to have one of these trees. Actually, I think you need two to get fruit. We have been busy at home making chutney, jam and compote. I wonder what the fruit is?

I SPY OR EYE SPY?

2011-05-10T16:18:00.000-07:00

Have you ever played Eye Spy by using the first sound? I spy something in the picture that starts with 'ch' what is it?

GREAT HANDWRITING!

2011-05-10T16:17:00.001-07:00

Beau is one of our neatest handwriters. He always makes a special effort to shape his letters correctly.

FOLLOWING THE WORD ROAD

2011-05-10T16:14:00.001-07:00

It's turtle! Good job lads!

ON THIS DAY

2011-05-09T15:55:00.000-07:00

Today in history 1671, the crown jewels are briefly stolen from the Tower of London by Irish adventurer Colonel Thomas Blood.

Check out other events in history on the On This Day link under the Room 2 links.

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE

2011-05-01T17:21:00.000-07:00

Which sentence is false?

I went to the petrol station. I went to the ice cream shop. I went for a bike ride.

By Gracie-Jo

KINA TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE

2011-05-01T17:17:00.001-07:00

I went to Kina BEach and I caught a stingray and my Dad nearly got stung. I went swimming at Kina Beach. I am camping with Mason for two days and will go hunting and fishing.

Which sentence is a lie?

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE

2011-05-01T17:10:00.000-07:00

In the holidays I went to mini golf. It had a pear and an apple that you put a ball in. At mini golf, Lochy got a bee sting.

Which sentence do you think isn't true?

BRAIN TEASER

2011-04-24T18:41:00.000-07:00

What should the next letter in the sequence be?

STRAY CAT STRUT

2011-04-24T17:57:00.001-07:00

Here's the lyrics to one of the songs we enjoy singing each morning.

Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh,
Black and orange stray cat sittin' on a fence
Ain't got enough dough to pay the rent
I'm flat broke but I don't care
I strut right by with my tail in the air

Stray cat strut, I'm a ladies' cat,
A feline Casanova, hey man, thats where its at
Get a shoe thrown at me from a mean old man
Get my dinner from a garbage can

Yeah don't cross my path

I don't bother chasing mice around
I slink down the alley looking for a fight
Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night
Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry,
"Wild stray cat, you're a real gone guy."

I wish I could be as carefree and wild,
but I got cat class and I got cat style.

I don't bother chasing mice around
I slink down the alley looking for a fight
Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night
Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry,
"Wild stray cat, you're a real gone guy."

I wish I could be as carefree and wild,
but I got cat class and I got cat style.

WE'LL TRY AND RECORD OUR OWN VERSION AT SOME STAGE!!!

MARBLE RUN MOVIE

2011-04-12T02:38:00.000-07:00

What a great day...the movie speaks for itself...

BIKE SKILLS

2011-04-07T18:54:00.001-07:00

Thanks to Jodie Fa'avae for our fantastic bike skills session. What a great opportunity for all students. Here are some of our Room 2 students practising weaving, balancing, jumping over sticks, figure eights and riding fast.

ROOM 2 ASSEMBLY

2011-04-07T13:39:00.001-07:00

We will be sharing some of our learning in maths and reading today. Your hosts will be Bella and Beau. Hope to see you there.

OUR EXPLORATIONS

2011-04-05T21:41:00.000-07:00

We tried to see how to change how far the marble went. Thomas thought that if you changed the height of where the ramp started the marble would go faster and further. We also tried joining up some of the rails and altered teh heights of some of them.

CHAIN REACTIONS

2011-04-05T17:39:00.000-07:00

We are going to have a go at building some chain reaction machines. Room 2 of 2010, loved doing this and made some great marble runs. Some were inside castles, towers and other structures. Some had frogs falling into water and other gimmicks.

Watch this space to see what we come up with.

SIGHT WORDS

2011-04-04T01:54:00.000-07:00

First 50 sight words with audio. Great for emergent readers to practise recognition of sight words.

SPEED DEMON

2011-03-31T14:30:00.001-07:00

I went up to Speed Demon on Mathletics Live Level 2...

MATHLETICS GOALS

2011-03-30T20:08:00.001-07:00

We are busy setting some goals for our basic facts learning...the kinds of records are moving from Almost Einstein to HUman Calculator and beating a High Score on MAthletics Live

WHAT MAKES A GOOD BOOK?

2011-03-30T18:52:00.000-07:00

We watched Charlie and Lola today and talked about what kinds of books we like to read. Here's some of our criteria...

scary or dangerous things- CAmeron
no pictures- Zefa
Funny, ones that I know and like, chapters- Bella
No pictures, more challenging- Ezra
Army people, war, space aliens- Henry
dogs, cats, cheetahs, lions...Gracie
Interesting, pictures, good picture with lots of detail, has to be long- Thomas
Army people on aeroplanes, war, attacking sharks- Johnny
Space wars-Beau
Funny, detailed pictures- Leila
Destroyers, army boats, aircraft carriers, frigates- Mason
Friends, dogs, bugs, stories, pictures about beautiful things- Tala
Richard Scarry, I like the pictures...Reuben

HOW ABOUT YOU?

OK GO CRAZY DOGS VIDEO

2011-03-29T00:23:00.000-07:00

We enjoyed watching this clip at the beginning of the day...most people thought the see-saw would have been the hardest trick to get right for the dogs.

GOOGLE FONT

2011-03-28T02:20:00.000-07:00

Make any text appear as Google logo font...click on the link below...

Google Font

THE BOYS WITH FREE TIME

2011-03-10T17:41:00.000-08:00

I like to draw when I've got free time. i like to draw scary pictures because it makes it look more detailed and stuff. HENRY

I like drawing because you can join books and pictures together to make a game. CAMERON

I like drawing with the guys, making fighting pictures. MASON

THOMAS AND ANOTHER GREAT HOME PROJECT

2011-03-02T18:01:00.001-08:00

Thomas has made a fantastic boat from drift wood, skewers, paper and other things. It has a rudder, wheelhouse, sails, masts and the hardest bit was making the rudder.

A BRAVE NEW WORLD

2011-03-02T17:12:00.000-08:00

How would you feel if you were one of the passengers on the ships bound for the Wakefield settlements in the 1840s? We got an insight during our trip to the museum.

PURPLE CAKE DAY

2011-03-02T17:08:00.000-08:00

Great cause, great day, great celebration of life...

MATHLETICS

2011-02-13T23:29:00.000-08:00

We have started our use of Mathletics for 2011...it is taking a while to get the hang of logging in but practise will make perfect!!!

JESSIE JENKIN'S DIARY

2011-02-10T14:34:00.000-08:00

At ten o'clock this morning we crossed the Equator. It was very disappointing. We had been looking forward to it for days but when the moment came, there was nothing at all to see. I thought it would look stormy. We carried on playing with Teddy's birthday toys.

THE PIC OF 2010

2010-12-08T00:39:00.001-08:00

What incredible atmosphere, suspense, mystery...all the elements of a good pirate adventure

PIRATE DAY

2010-12-06T18:38:00.001-08:00

Rabbit Island revealed some treasures....We hunted around the forest and beach and eventually found the buried chest of goodies.

THE MASKED PARADE

2010-10-26T20:09:00.001-07:00

Here is Tasman School at the Parade.

THE MASKED PARADE PREPARATION

2010-10-26T19:55:00.000-07:00

Here are some members of Room 2 preparing their masks.

TAYNE AND CONNOR B CREATE

2010-10-25T20:54:00.000-07:00

FOSSIL HUNT

2010-10-02T12:07:00.000-07:00

Have you ever been fossil hunting? We went up 88 Valley Road and found some great examples. It was a fantastic trip despite the cold wind on the ridge.

EXPRESSIVO

2010-08-29T02:03:00.000-07:00

Meet the tool that converts what you type into spoken text.

CLICK HERE TO HEAR ME.

FRIDAY CLUBS STOP MOTION ANIMATION

2010-08-27T19:12:00.000-07:00

NZ MATHS CHALLENGE

2010-08-10T21:02:00.000-07:00

We are in training for NZ Maths Challenge week. 23-30 August...

ADVENTURE RACING

2010-07-12T01:28:00.000-07:00

It was great to have Nathan and Jodie Fa'avae visit to talk about adventure racing and help us with orienteering. Even though our Rabbit Island trip involved torrential rain, it was still a fantastic time out...

END OF THE TERM LOOMING

2010-06-29T20:37:00.000-07:00

We farewell 5 of our students who move up to Room 3 at the beginning of next term as well as welcome 6 from Room 1 and our new enrolment at the beginning of term 3.

RACE TO ANTARCTICA

2010-06-10T19:47:00.000-07:00

Here we are working together in the race to Antarctica.

JUNIOR CROSS COUNTRY

2010-06-10T19:39:00.000-07:00

Go Tasman students....what a fantastic day it was.

BOOK DAY

2010-05-21T12:22:00.000-07:00

Fabulous costumes

GET READY FOR THE RACE TO THE POLE!!!

2010-04-18T02:57:00.000-07:00

MATHLETICS

2010-03-30T00:28:00.000-07:00

In the first two weeks of Term 2, we will be trialling Mathletics at school and at home. Each student will have a log in and will be able to practise their maths and familiarise themselves with Mathletics. I will also be using the teacher content to see if it is something we want to take on board...I have just done an online training session and the potential looks huge...

ROCK AND ROLL TIME

2010-03-30T00:25:00.001-07:00

Preparing for our assembly reinditions of Rock Around the Clock and Blue Suede Shoes...

JUNIOR SWIMMING SPORTS

2010-03-21T19:22:00.000-07:00

It was a great day...

WELCOME BACK TO 2010

2010-02-01T19:29:00.000-08:00

Welcome back to Room 2 studetns and families for 2010. This term we are exploring Dr Seuss stories, looking at a mini science topic on water, setting goals and standards for the Term.

Welcome to Katelin and our students who have moved up from Room 1.

KAPAHAKA FUNDAY

2009-11-09T19:48:00.001-08:00