We made paper spinners!

Today in Room 2 we made paper spinners. First we had to colour in the circle on both sides, then Miss Nua put cut holes and help us to thread and tie the string. Then we had to practice making it spin fast. We the used the app Explain everything to take a picture of our paper spinner and write a sentence about it all by ourselves. We all worked really hard and found words on the word card and around the room to use it our writing. 

Orlando

Elijah 

Ana

Cheldyn 

Ema

Zion and Fereti

Ngere

Punua

It's My Bread by Diana Noonan

In Room 2 we have been reading lots of books, here is our retelling of It's My Bread by Diana Noonan.

We even made cardboard puppets of the animals in the story.

Maui and the Sun

Last term our inquiry topic was Myths and Legends. We looked at lots of different myths and legends. We really enjoyed learning about Maui and we drew the sun from Maui and the Sun.
We practised first by drawing them in our inquiry books. We practised drawing the half sun and then a full circle to see which one we liked best.

 Savannah and Jordis's practise sun

 Cheldyn and Vaka's Practise sun 

 Mariah and Jairus's practise sun 

 Fereti's practise Sun

 Chance and Lino's practice sun 

 Orlando's practise sun 

Jah and Dane got to take Mariana's sun home.

Then we did them on a big piece of paper

If you went to the Matariki light festival at Te Oro you might have seen some of our artwork because it was on display at an exhibition! 

Buddy time with Room 7

Maui and the Sun, by Vaka and Matthew.

How the tiger got his stripes, by Curtys and Fereti.


How the tiger got its stripes, by Dane and Alo


How the tiger got his stripes, by Falakiko and Christine


How the elephant got its trunk, by Aja, Jordis and Kupri


How the tiger got his stripes, by Paris and Savannah


How the tiger got its stripes, by Kira and Matthias


How the tiger got his stripes, by Faith and Ana Fifita


How the tiger got its stripes, by Demetrius and Michael



Maui and the sun, by Azaleigha and Diziah

Room 2's Zoo

In Room 2 we made posters of animals we would love to see at the zoo! 

Artwork

How we made this artwork:

1- Put pieces of masking tape on a piece of paper.

2- Paint different colours over our paper, trying not to leave any white spaces.

3- Very carefully pull off the masking tape once the paint has dried. 

And there you have it! Here are a few pictures of the ones we did. 

Room 2's alphabet book

This term in Room 2 we have been practising our letter sounds. We know all of our letters and letter sounds now and we are starting to learn blends. We made a book to share our learning about letters and letter sounds.
Check, check, check it out!

Writing in Room 2!

Today we went to the sandpit to make sandcastles. We found out that patting wet sand was the best way to build a big sandcastle. Some of us worked with buddies and some of us worked by ourselves. Look at these pictures and let us know who you think has made the biggest sandcastle.

 Ana Fifita and Savannah 

 Lino, Ana and Elijah 

 Michael 

 Chance and Vaka

 Jah 

 Ocean 

 Christine and Chelydn 

Mariah, Matthias, Orlando and Fereti