Writing - We are trying to describe using our senses.

It looks black.
It looks red.
It looks orange.
It looks yellow.
It feels super hot.
It feels like a tree.
It smells poisonous.
It sounds crackling.
- by Hayden.



A camp fire smells like fire. It burns.
It feels cold if you don't have a fire.
It looks dark with no firelight.
It sounds like some people are talking.
It's not that loud to me.
It tastes cold.
- by Terepai.




It looks like lots of people running.
People are getting wet.
Lots of people ar running into cars.
It smells like fresh water.
It sounds lik someone stomping in a puddle.
It feels like a dripping tap.
It tastes like water.
- by Georgia Plimmer.

Things that have a life cycle

Have a look at our art that we created this week using different types of cardboard.

Maths - fractions

We have been learned about fractions this term. We have cut shapes into halves, quarters, thirds etc. We have been learning to order fractions and write fraction symbols properly. Now we are learning how to find fractions of sets.

Term 4 Inquiry

Our Inquiry topic for Term 4 is the Circle of Life. In our class we have started growing some snow pea seeds. We have talked about the different stages a plant goes through as it changes from a seed into a plant. Hopefully we will now see a real life example.

Top 5

In room two we have started doing a reflection on our day at 2.50pm. As a class we think about the top five things we learned that day.

On Tuesday this was our top five:
1. We learned how to stamp.
2. We learned how to do a flow chart.
3. We learned what animals need from their habitats.
4. We learned to throw the balls hard at scatterball.
5. We learned how to find out answers to our questions/questions.

On Wednesday this was our top five:
1. We learned to draw a picture on the computer that matches our story.
2. We learned to make a print.
3. We learned to sing the song – the circle of life.
4. We learned to not stop when doing hurdles.
5. We learned to pace ourselves when we are doing hurdles.

Five Senses Poems

We have been writing some poetry this term. We wrote some poems using our senses - looking, hearing, tasting, touching and smelling.

I like the taste of honey because it’s yummy.
I like the smell of perfume because it smells nice.
I like the feel of fur because it’s fluffy.
I like the sound of TV because it might say something special.
I like the look of treasure because it is so shiny. – By Charleen


I like the taste of jelly and chocolate because it goes all gooey and watery.
I like the smell of brownies because it smells delicious.
I like the feel of fur because it is soft.
I like sound of music because it sounds good. – By Yolanda.


I like the taste of ice-cream because it is cold on sunny days.
I like the smell of perfume because it makes you smell nice.
I like the feel of soft fur because it feels really soft.
I like the sound of people laughing because it makes me join in.
I like the look of gold because it is my favourite colour. - By Sky.

Term 3 Maths - Multiplication and Division

This term we have been learning about groups of numbers (Multiplication) and sharing (Division).
We had the problem:
There are some cars in a carpark. There are 6 rows with 5 cars in each row. How many cars are there altogether?
We had to draw what it would look it and then write the equation. There are some examples of our thinking on the yellow paper.

Another problem:
A pirate crew found some treasure. They found 24 pieces of gold. There were 4 pirates in the crew. They need to share out the gold. How many does each pirate get? There are some examples of our thinking on the orange paper.

Term 3 - Inquiry: Encore

This term for Inquiry we have been investigating what it takes to put on a performance. We designed characters for our performance. Some of us were superheroes and some of us were villans. We designed capes and masks for our costumes. We watched some Michael Jackson music videos for some help with our dances. We also wrote our own scripts for a short drama. We had to practice, practice, practice. We then got to film our performances. We learned that it takes a lot of effort to put on a performance!

Pop Art

Do you know which student from room two the picture is? We created these by doing line drawings of ourselves. Ms Steers then did some "magic" photocopying for us and we had 6 pictures of our face. We had to dye our Art using only four colours. You had to make sure you did a different colour for your face and your background.

Paper Mosaic Art

We used lots of little pieces of coloured paper to make a picture. They are called mosaics. Can you guess what shape is in the middle of the picture?

Building Reflection Art

We dyed our background. Then we had to cut out shapes that looked like buildings. We created a reflection!

We enjoyed making pirate hats.

Here is Vidhya making a special pasta necklace.

We also made some snakes.

Discovery time on Fridays

At discovery time we do a lot of different activities. They are usually related to the sound of the week in room 1 and room 4. Last week we made some popcorn necklaces.

P.E. - Rakau Sticks

In room two this week we have been learning some movements with Rakau Sticks. We have been learning to move in time with the music and a partner. We have been doing our movements to the song E Papa Waiari. If we have done enough practice we might perform at assembly on Friday!

Gecko Art

This week for Art we made some scratch paintings using crayon, black paint and paperclips. We had to try to make our crayon look really bold and bright. We had to wait overnight for our paint to dry before we did the scratching. Then we scratched our geckos!

Ms Steers

Hi there,
I am the new teacher in room two. I thought I would introduce myself to those of you that I haven't yet met. I come from Dunedin, which is where I completed my university degree in English. I have lived overseas in England and Japan (where I taught English). I did my teacher training right here in Wellington. In my spare time I enjoy snowboarding, bodyboarding, reading, listening to music, travelling, scrapbooking and cooking. I look forward to seeing you around the school.
Ms Christy Steers.

Paper Mache Masks

3D Black and White Masks

We have been making masks for Art this term. We had to use a lot of different folding, cutting and curling techniques with black paper to create facial features like hair and eyelashes. We had a lot of fun surprising the junior syndicate by wearing our masks to assembly.

3D Black and White Masks

Th words

This week for spelling we have been learning the blend th. Here are some words we could think of that start with th or have th in them.

Our playground trip

As part of our Inquiry we went on a trip to three playgrounds in
Tawa. We played on lots of different equipment. We had to think
about what we liked and how we could improve our playground.
We had a fantastic time!

Our Inquiry

We have started our class inquiry. Our starting words were "Earth, Water and Fire"
As a class we talked about all of these words and what we thought of when these words were said. Here are some of our fantastic ideas:

• They are elements
• Earth is a rock
• Lots of water can cause a flood
• Earthquakes happen on Earth

And much much more...

From our brainstorm we started to talk about our world. Yolanda asked "why do people do bad things to our world?" This amazing question started a discussion in our class. We talked about what people are doing to our world. We really enjoyed this discussion and decided as a class that this would become our main inquiry question! To get us thinking more about our world we looked at video clips on you tube. We then used our coloured thinking hats to discuss how we felt and what we could do to stop the things that are happening in our world...

Come into our class and look at our inquiry wall to see our 'thinking hat' thinking.

Room 2

Term One

Welcome to Room 2's blog!

Term 1 is already well underway and in our class we have been doing lots of co-operative games. These games have been encouraging us to work together as a class.

One of the games we played was hoop hop! As a team we had to use our hoops to get from one point to the other... we were not allowed to set outside the hoop or we would have been eaten by sharks ek!

The other game we played was bucket race. As a class we had to pass cups down the line and fill up the empty bucket. We had do much fun!

When we are playing games as a class we need to:

Work together

Encourage each other

Talk nicely to each other
Help others

Have a look at our cool photos. Keep checking our blog as we will keep updating new things every week!