Crazy Dress Up Day 28th Nov

We are raising money for the Phillipines and we brought in $57.10! That's almost $2 per child. 

Powerboats

These are some pictures from the powerboat people that came to our school. They will be racing at Lake Rotoiti.

Venturs

We have been having fun with our jobs I am on caps. By

Caleb is soooooooooooooooooooo sweet

Finished puzzle

Today me and Dante finished timmy's wasgij with 100pieces.

Back 2 School!

We are back 2 school and it's now term 4. We are going to start SWIMMING soon.  We do not have to wear shoes but we MUST wear hats. (1/TimmyPeter/1)

Hip hop dances

We are very lucky to have these very talented hip hop dances in our class. They are all girls.

New Maths Links

There are new links to telling the time as that will be our focus for a couple of weeks in class. One thing you can do at home is time yourself at how long it takes you to complete certain tasks (brushing your teeth, walking to the letter box, kicking the ball 20 times in the air) and then multiply that by the amount of times you would do that a week. You might be surprised at the results!!

Walking to the letter box=4mins
4mins x 7 days=????
Sleeping=9 and a half hours per night
9.5 x 7=????

Last day of term

It's the last day of term

Masks making

This is us making masks

Masks

Room 2 are making masks for the masks parade.

Country bazaar

Fun fun fun. It's all fun at the country bazaar. So come to the country bazaar on 21 sept 10 to 2pm.

Pillow pets

We are now allowed  to sit on pillow pets in class. These are some of the pillow pets in the class.

Discovery Time 02/09/13

Goal: Perserverance with a task

The children commented on ways in which they were able to think through situations and circumstances, showing perserverance. I felt like a very proud teacher!!

Context: Explorers

The four activities were able to give different platforms for the children to explore and learn about explorers. Rock Art was given the purpose of creating memories when you had finished your adventurous journey or exploration, building gave the children a chance to design equipment that a climber might use when scaling mountainous terrain, marble and tracks explored the concept of crossing large caverns and what you might need to think about, and the use of blocks looked at what you might build for the people who let you scale their local mountain.

Next weeks goal: Managing Ourselves to tidy up on time to get out to morning tea!

Sir Edmund Hillary

These are some questions that room 2 came up with for our Inquiry topics!                        

Why did you choose to be an explorer?

How did sir Edmond Hillary influence the Tibetan people with his generosity?

How did Mount Everest change your life?

Who influenced sir Edmond Hillary's life?

What equipment is needed to climb Mount Everest?

What food requirements were needed to climb Mount Everest?

What are the ten most important things to remember when climbing? 

By AG

Discovery Time 19th Aug

Goal=Taking risks/Attempting new things

Making a frog car out of egg cartons
Making shapes of glue with egg cartons
Making paper darts
Making pizza bases 
Using yeast to make the pizza rise
Winning a pizza base competition

Tasks for next time
Puzzles
Make your own puzzles
More baking
Peg guns
Sacks
Pens and pencils
Flax
Dress ups/Costumes
Water Tray
Wood and Nails
Plastic containers/Making boats
Architecture and design

Discovery Time 12th Aug

Goal=Sharing

Lesson to be learnt=Treat people how you want to treated

For Discovery Time we had musical instruments, make a maga, cups, and weaving with flax and paper. People shared instruments with other people and the one we shared the most with was make a 'maga'. We had to make votes out of ten with our hands and some people voted harshly and others voted nicely. Make a maga was making magazines out of magazines. The internet was annoying so Mr C was helping us come up with good weaving ideas. It was easier just splitting them and using them as a ninja sword. Some of us played on musical instruments and we sat down on the cardboard and Hamish and Ben slipped into the cardboard crack. Drum kits were made by some of the boys and Laura and others made marching bands.
Our ideas for next time:

1. Wood
2. Wool
3. Baking
4. Beads and string
5. Sacks
6. Model planes
7. Cans
8. Ropes
9. Flax
10. Paper mache/Paper plates
11. Sewing
12. Paper planes

Discovery TIme 05/08/13

Goal=Perserverance

Some statements that we were telling ourselves when we were perservering:

• "try and finish it off"
• "keep doing it even though it becomes frustrating"
• "keep on trying and when I mess up I won't make a big fuss about it"
• "I had a pattern stuck in my head and I told myself to keep doing it"
• "If I keep trying and learn now I could be a great knitter in the future"

These sorts of statements can be used in lots of other areas of our lives and learning!!

Room 2 Term 3

A huge welcome back to you all from your holidays and it was great to see all the children after a couple of weeks break. Remember there is still time to post your Holiday Experience up on the Holiday Experience page of the blog. Well done to LW, LZ, TY, and HP for their contributions already. Every Monday we are going to be completing Discovery Time as a class and this provides a great starter to to week as it is a student-led learning environment that our school is implementing this term. Next Monday there are some resources we need to collect so we can complete Discovery Time and the proposed activities. If you have any sections of ropes or long ropes that the children could borrow, then could it be sent to class in a plastic bag or something similar to with your name on so it can be returned to you when we are finished using it. I also need an expert finger knitter or expert needle knitter to take an activity next Monday from 9-10:30. Please contact me at school if you have the time and are keen. Reading and Spelling books will arrive home on Tuesday! We are focusing on Managing Self for the term and it would be great to have a conversation with your child about how well they do this and what they could do to improve their management of themselves at school and at home.

Mr C

Discovery Time 29th July

Our focus for this mornings session was based on the concept of 'Journey's'. There were three different activities the children could choose from and they were: Sponges/Paint, Lego, and Wood/Tools. Our Key Competency this term is Managing Self and the children completed this really well. Lots of smiles and great conversation!

Mission Menu T2

Today room 2 and the year 3's of room 4 did Mission menu. I did the survival kit and the make believe animal. Mine was the spearapetergunner and we had to write a story about the make believe animal. Mission Menu was fun! TPC

The Ducks have been nemed!!!

The children went through a relentless voting process and have come up with:

BOY=Sparky
GIRL=Marley

The next adventure is to go for a walk down to see Hunter's ducks (something exciting for next Term).

The DUCK names have been selected for voting!!!

Here are your choices Room 2.........don't choose lightly! They have to live with the name forever!

Boys names: Sparky/Maurice/Spice
Girls names: Taurice/Sugar/Marley

Nature land Monkeys

We saw monkey's at nature land and there is a boss that gets to eat first and there's a little black one.

Duck Names and Voting

This week Hunter has set up a challenge to name his new Muscovy Ducks that he has acquired. He has one female and one male. Our challenge is to name these beautiful specimens. Put your suggestions below in the comment box with your initials beside it.

Print making.

Room2 have been working on these creations  apart from the faces. We used pva glue for the raised parts.EB:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Weekly Reflection Week 3 Term 2

White Hat Information
What have we done or learned this week at school?

1. Hockey with Craig Brett
2. Cross Country
3. Remix with Dan and Dani
4. New Boom Box for the class
5. Kidpix car design
6. BBQ/Fundraising for Natureland
7. Sign Language
8. Trolley design and create
9. Printmaking with our cardboard trees
10. New headphones for use with our technology
11. Learnt more sight words in spelling
12. NZ Falcon facts
13. Multiplication strategies
14. Basic facts and some people progressed in their group
15. Library

Natureland trip set for the Friday 31st May

The votes are in and the four options for the children to gather information about are:
Meerkats
Monkeys
Keas
Guinea Pigs
A note has gone out in the newsletter to organise transport so get your slips back to Mr C by Friday 24th May.

Natureland Animal Options Voting

Monkey
Kea
Owl
Meerkat
Blue ducks
Tuatara
Guinea pig
These are the options you can choose from. VOTE NOW!

Natureland won the vote!!!

Things we need to think about to organise our trip:
Fundraise money for the trip (we could sell feijoas, apple juice) How much does it cost to go?
How do we get there? How do we choose who goes (parents)?
Figure out what we are going to find information about. Research what programmes and animals Natureland has that we could look into. Create a voting system on the blog once we have researched the possibilities.
What we need to take with us when we go?

Some children didn't vote for Natureland so they are suggesting we could watch a movie a school. Maybe we could watch a movie about the animal we look into at Natureland.
SO MANY THINGS TO GET READY!

Hand art

In room 2 we did very cool 3d hand art. We traced around our left hand then we put lines over the top to show contours.
Lz.

Class Reward Voting

Today the children discussed what they were going to do for their class reward that they earned last term. The class has to achieve 50 marbles that are given out for various tasks (mainly for them working together really well). We discussed what we could do if there were no limits to our experience and here are their responses:
Hunting and Fishing Week/Movies at Disneyland/Go to the moon/Travel the whole world/Paintball fight/Buy a house and private jet/Go to Disneyland forever/Play Station party where you get to be part of the game/Laser tag on Pluto/Travel to the sun/Everyone gets a pet.
These next ones are going to be the options the kids can vote on. They should be able to leave a comment as an anonymous user with their initials at the end of the comment to show what they are voting for:
Trip to Natureland to study an animal
Forest walk to study insects
Pyjama/Dress up party
Game of Capture the Flag
Shared lunch to see everyone's cooking talents
Go to the movies (this would include fundraising for the event and complete organisation by the children, which means it may not happen for a while)
Get voting!!

Wet Day Board Games/Games

I have talked to the children about bringing in one wet day game or board game to keep themselves occupied. These need to be cleared by you as the parents before they bring the games in and once the game is here it is their responsibility to make sure all the equipment has been collected up and taken home. I hope this post clarifies what the children might be struggling to explain to you. I will be trying to use this type of communication in the future so please check the blog regularly for notes and notices. MR C

Secretary Wk 10

Timmy was the secretary. PH

Weekly Reflection Week 10 Term 1

This week we are reflecting on our appropriate use of technology (Ipad/Desktop) in the classroom.

Here are 5 of our students responses:

1. We have been 9% better at going on the Ipad and desktop and using the correct games and links. CD
2. We are probably ahhhhh, 8 out of 10 on the computer and on the Ipad, 10 out of 10. HiP
3. We haven't been doing very good because we are going onto 'Cool Maths Games' which isn't an option for using the Ipad or desktop. EB
4. We have been at about 6 out of 10 for going onto things that we shouldn't be on when we are doing our learning. AS
5. We are good on the Ipad because it shows us clearly where what we can use. We aren't so good on the desktop. LW

Possible consequences for people who don't go into the correct areas of the Ipad or computer:

1. Doing catch up rather than going on the computer.
2. Don't get to use the Ipad or desktop for the rest of the day.
3. For two activities sessions you will have to complete practice.

The band

This is the band that we went to.
It was all drums and my favourite was the wall drums. TPC

Tinga tinga

In room 2 we did tinga tinga art. We did tinga tinga because of purplecake day.

PE with lee

We love Lee. He is a person that come's to Hope school and he teachers us PE every Monday and Thursday. We learn to jump. Lee pretends that the hoop's are on fire and where not allowed to touch them. Its's so fun!!!!! AG