Thursday 2 July 2015

We will Miss You Mrs Pollard!



Today is a bit of a sad day in Room 2, it is our last day with the lovely Mrs Pollard!  Mrs Pollard is going to be doing some exciting new things around Middle School for the next two terms and we are lucky to have Whaea Gena teaching us from next term.

Heres what we love and will miss about Mrs Pollard:
She is always happy and never growls me. Erina
I love how she helps me read. Isaac
She is a stunning teacher. Maika
I love her because she teaches me and helps me get my work done.  Falcon
I love how she teaches me and I love it when we blow her socks off! Benji
She is such a lovely teacher and always stickers our work. Pixel
I love her teaching us and I love the stories that she writes. Kobe
I love how she teaches me and work hard every day. Phuong Nhi
I love how we can talk to her about anything, she is awesome. Alyssa
I love how she makes little rhymes like, do it well not any old how! Rico

We will miss you Mrs Pollard, thank you for teaching us and inspiring us everyday!  From Room 2 and Mrs Seymour!


Tuesday 23 June 2015

Today we say a sad goodbye to Ranya! 
Ranya is moving to Auckland.
Today she brought us in some delicious cheesecake!
Here's what a few things we said to her at our class meeting.
I will miss, good luck for your new school.
You are responsible.
Good luck at your new school.
I like how neat you are.
I'm sure you will do so well.
You are so friendly.
I will miss you helping me.
I like your writing.
You are a good friend.

The whole of Room 2, Mrs Pollard and Mrs Seymour will miss you Ranya, but we know you will love Auckland and your new school!

Ranya and her friend Nesdahi

Friday 12 June 2015

Superheroes!!!
Wow all of Room 2 are superheroes!
Check out our superhero pictures next time you are in
This week we are going to do basic fact speed checks. There are some pretty speedy mathematicians in Room 2!

Thursday 11 June 2015

This week we have been reading a book called Tane Steals the Show!


We have been talking about what it means to steal the show!

Check this little ballerina out, she really Steals the Show!!


Follow the link below to watch the super clip!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9vto-eWPaY

Tuesday 2 June 2015

This week we have been writing about our favourite
 All Black Richie McCaw!

Heres what Room 2 know about Richie McCaw
He is an All Black
He plays rugby
He is tough
He is fit
He is strong
He wears the number 7 
He is a Kiwi
He is a good guy
He is on T.V
He does the Haka
He scores lots of goals
He is the best rugby player

Keep posted for some cool Richie Stories!







Thank You to all those who have already bought in new stationery! We are super learners here in Room 2 so we are using up our books fast!  
Here is a few photos of our preferred books, they just last longer.
If you haven't seen the SBKA4 before, it is a great writing book with lots of room at the bottom for our super stories.




Thursday 21 May 2015

                  Writing Superhero's!
We have been doing some amazing writing this week! 
Today we wrote a letter to someone we really want to come and check out our writing...Can you guess who it is????



Room 2 welcomes Rahaf to our cool classroom!
Rahaf is from Sudan.


Here is a picture of where she comes from..

If you see Rahaf around school say Hi!

Tuesday 12 May 2015



Speeches are coming up, our topic is SUPERHEROS! talk to your child about who their favourite superhero is and why? What makes a superhero? What does their costume look like? What are their powers?  



Monday 11 May 2015

What are we learning about this week?

WEEK 4
Basic facts
Here  are the 2 sets of facts we are working on knowing instantly over the next week.
Can you answer them in 3 seconds?
 For everyone
Set one 
 2 + 1 = ?              
 2 + 2 = ?
 3 + 2 =  ?
 2 + 0 =?


3- 2 = ?
2 - 0 = ?
5 - 2 = ?
4 - 2 = ?

 For the Squares and Diamonds Maths groups
Set two
 4 + 3 =
5 + 3 =
6 + 3 =
1 + 3 =
2 + 3 =
3 + 3 =

7 - 3 =
8 - 3 =
9 - 3 =
4 - 3 =
5 - 3 =
6 - 3 = 

If you haven't had new cards this week, bear with us because lovely Mrs Seymour has been needed in another part of the school.
Work on the facts above. See how fast you can get!!!

Our letter this week is M.
Here are some words to practice reading and writing
Set 1 (  If you are reading level 1-5)
my  me  Mum
Set 2 (If you are on level 6,7,8 9 . )
met meet  Mr Miss Mrs make made making
Set 3( If you are reading level 10 or more.)
mother mouse  much must mush  
 middle    most  
might midnight  

Our shared book is 
"Leopold the Wondercat."

Can you tell you parents about Leopold?

In the afterrnoons we will be talking about heroes.
What makes someone a hero?
What do you think?

Some fantastic writing is happening in Room 2 . Check it out on Friday when we add some stories from this week!



Thursday 30 April 2015

Kobe's Anzac treasures


Kobe bought in some real Anzac Treasures to show us today, The medals were Kobe's Mum's Great Grandads!


Term 2 already!

Welcome back everyone!
We have a busy Term planned!
Please make sure you are ready to learn with pencils, glue sticks and any books you may need.





























Check us out!



 The Hits came to Room 2 to play heads down,thumbs up!
We were nominated by Kobe and his lovely Mum.
They bought us a scrumptious morning tea!

Thursday 23 April 2015

Description

 Timothy
By Rico

Kind Timothy . He is as strong as Rico.
He is muscly. He is as fast as a red Ferrari.












Persuasive Writing

Ballet Nightie
By Pixel

I think I need a ballet nightie.
I want flower buttons.
The flowers are the same as my earrings.
The colour is pink.
The end.








Description

My Pyjamas
By Jessiah

Let me tell you about my pyjamas.
They are onesies.
They are stripy.
They are warm .
They are cool.










My Super Pyjamas
By the Kowhai group
(Ranya)

Let me tell you . I think I need super pyjamas.
This is why.
If you made me some PJs with snow coming out of them like Elsa we could play and make our own super snowman.
Some pjs with wheels.
I could zoom to the supermarket.






Description

Timothy the Rat
By Benji

Let me tell you about Timothy.
He is strong and Timothy looks like a superhero and he is a rat.










Persuasive writing

Super  Pyjamas
By Thisum

I need some super pyjamas. This is why. If you made me some PJs with wheels I zoom to the supermarket.












Persuasive Writing
By Eden

I think I need super pyjamas
Because so I can snuggle in them.
On the back of my cat woman pyjamas there’s a black cape.











Persuasion
Underman Pyjamas
By Ethan

I think I need Underman pyjamas because I’m like underman.
On the back there’s a cape. The words are yellow and the rest is red. He has a super mask.
The end.







Persuasive Writing
Spiderman Pyjamas
By Baxter

I think I need amazing spiderman pyjamas with web slammings and gloves and boots. On the back it picks up the messages and a spider on the front and I can web a way
“fssssh”.
I can go and get the bad guys. The suit is as red as blood.
Do you like my story?










Description

Timothy the Super Rat
By Maika

Do you know about Timothy?
Well I do. So he is strong like a 1000 pounds and he runs like Flash. He is cool and manly.
Also I hope you like my story.










Persuasive Writing

Kung Fu Panda Onesie
By Sam

Please Mum, buy me a Kung Fu Panda onesie.
 I promise I will be good and help around the home.
I will be the best boy ever!!!










Persuasive Writing

By Alyssa

I think I should have flower buttons because they are pretty.
Next I think I should have lovely hats.
Next I should have









Persuasive Writing

Super     Pyjamas
By Bailey

I think I need super pyjamas. This is why. If you made me super pjs with super jet packs because then I could zoom around the room with buttons and make them metal so they won’t rip.
And I can zoom outside too.
And I can save people when they are clinging off a cliff. I can save a     ___________ when it  falling off a cliff with my jet pack.









Description

Timothy
By Erina
Let me tell you about  Timothy.
He is a boy.
He has a monkey.
He is helping.
I hope you like my story about Timothy.

















Description

Timothy
By Phuong Nhi
Do you know about Timothy?
He is stronger and very very stronger. He can help.














 Description
Timothy
By Keita

Let me tell you about Timothy.
He is trying to get fit and he saves  a fat elephant too. And he jumps and he got and I thought he broke his jaw and I hope you like my story about Timothy.








Description

Timothy
By Lane

Do you know about Timothy. He is a boy. Timothy is strong as the Hulk and as fast as the Flash. He likes to help and save people.
He can hold a thousand things like  Hulk and he can hold a million pounds like Hulk is the same.
I hope you like the story about the boy called Timothy.












 Description
 Timothy
By Isaac

Let me tell  you about Timothy.
He is powerful.
He has magic pyjamas.












Persuasive writing

 Super Pyjamas
By  Kobe

I think I need super pyjamas, a jet pack to fly because Ironman needs to fly so then I can get the baddies .
The iron man is actually me.









Description
Timothy
By Falcon

Let me tell you about Timothy.
He is strong as a house. He is a boy.
He is strong.


 WEEK  one Term 2
This week we have been reading about ANZAC ted. Ask someone from Room 2 to tell you about it.
There has been some sensational writing in room 2 this week.
It is going on the wall this week. Hope you can have a look sometime.
Next week museum trip and launching into our heroes topic.










An Opportunity For Parents

Room two is going on a trip to the museum this coming Thursday(following ANZAC day.
We would love some parent help.
Let me know if you can help. We leave school at 1.00 and return by 3. We are walking.