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! 

Reading log completed!

Congratulations Mariah!  She completed a whole page on her reading log!

Room 2's Zoo

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

We can write- By room 2

This week in Room 2 we have been reading the big book I can write. The book is about a boy who shows us all the places he can write, so we decided we would make a book of the places that we write in our classroom.

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!

Fun Friday in Room 2

On Thursday we wrote about Fun Friday. We have been learning to use the words yesterday, Today and tomorrow in our writing this week. Have a look at our writing about Fun Friday and then some pictures about what we do for Fun Friday in our class.

 Lino worked really hard on his story and kept rereading and editing his work until it was perfect! 

Ocean remembered all his writing goals, and found the words by himself. Look at the cool picture he drew about what he wants to do on Fun Friday. 

Cheldyn was learning to write the word is today. He wrote it all by himself!  

We made a zoo for the animals. By Zion 
Me, Vaka and Zion made a zoo for the animals. By Dane

 I made this because I like playing with it. By Mariah 

 The puzzles pieces were hard to get out, we had to hit them with a stick. By Lino 

 Miss Nua took a photo of our marble run tower. By Chance 

Christine bought her doll in to show us today. 

Star of the week

Congratulations Mariah on receiving the star of the week award last week for doing some amazing writing! She wrote a sentence all by herself! I am very proud of you Mariah.

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