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.

                  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!

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?  

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!

Kobe's Anzac treasures

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