A Visit From Fire Fighters

Today our Panmure Fire Fighters came to school to teach us about fire safety and what fire fighters do to help the community.

We have been doing lots of learning about fire wise so it was a great opportunity to ask the fire fighters questions.

What is your whanau's safety plan in the event of a fire?

What are the escape routes?

Will your whanau meet at the mail box? Where would be a good meeting place?

Remember... if there is a fire... get down, get out and stay out!

Welcome To Medical School

Our topic this week is jobs.

To learn about jobs and how to do them we have been going to Tamaki University.
Today we went to Medical School to learn how to be doctors.

We learned the names of our bones and found out why bones are important. 

We made two bodies out of play dough, one with bones (straws) and one without. The one with bones was much stronger and could sit up. The one without bones was floppy and couldn't sit up.

Making Kites To Celebrate Matariki

We have been celebrating Matariki with Te Puna Wairua.
Here is a movie showing the process of kite making. We had to problem solve, work collaboratively and think about what we knew about kites and other things that fly.

Cyber Smart Learners

Krypton and Rakeena Share Their Amazing Mathematical Thinking

We have been learning to use skip counting and repeated addition to solve multiplication and division problems.
Krypton and Rakeena would like to share their thinking with you.

The Crow Tales;

Today we read Clever Crow from the book Crow Tales.
Miss Gormly re-enacted the story using our friend Skippy Frog. He was thirsty and needed to have a drink but couldn't reach the water. How did he solve the problem?

Then we wrote about it.

We love reading with each other.

This week we have been reading Tricky Rat. We read the story with our friends. We help each other.

Tricky Rat

The Faces In Room 2

As part of our Oral Language Programme we had to follow instructions on how to create a face using different kinds of lines, patterns and shapes. We discovered what vertical, horizontal and parallel lines were. We had to draw curved lines and connect lines together. 
It was hard following instructions but we did it and the results were amazing. Each of our pictures is unique, special in their own ways...just like us.

Sharing Our Learning So You Can Create Art Like Us

Cohen's 'How To' Video

Writing About Our Art

Teaching My Friend

Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa

This week we have been celebrating Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa, Samoan language week.

William, Toko and Puanesi learned how to great each other in Samoan. This is the video they made.

Back to school!

Back to school!
What fun!!!!

This week we have been reading the book Grandma's Vase.

First we read the story. Then we sequenced the parts of the story, matching the text to the pictures.

In the story the little girl makes a vase for her Nana using things from the recycling bin.
We decided to also create something from objects in the recycling bin.

Look at our wonderful creations.

Ani and Rakeena's sea bird after a discussion about seabirds and the fact that they eat fish not worms.

This is Elijah and Cohens water tank after talking about the drought that we are having and how Miss Gormly drinks rain water from her water tank.

Opharas's Message To Her Mum For Mothers Day.

Amazing mom, 
How sweet you are. 
You’ve raised us kids, To be good. 
No words can explain, How great you are. 
So thank you mom, For your love. 
 I want to say, I love you mom. 
And thank you for, Loving me. 
You wipe my tears, And make me Laugh. 
So thank you lord, For my mom.

This Weeks School Certificates Go To ...

Ani's Happy Mother's Day Card To Mum and Pukana Her Dog

Ani would like to wish her Mum and her dog Pukana a very Happy Mothers Day!

Elijah The Super Mathematician!

Elijah is a super mathematician. This is the work he did showing the greater than and less than symbol. He even taught Janine how to do it.

 Elijah's brothers help him to learn basic facts using flash cards. 

Great Ako! 

Greater Than and Less Than

Today we have been learning about 'greater than' and 'less than'.

Here is Puanesi showing you how to do it.

Cohen's Lever

 Cohen, Leanne and their Dad made this fantastic level. They put a bolt through the middle to make a fulcrum. It moves up and down like a seesaw. 
Cohen showed us how it can also become a ramp for his car to go down.
Awesome home learning about simple machines team!

Toko's Hut

Our topic this week is construction.

Toko made a video to show us his hut. He used positioning words like front, back, inside and outside to describe what his hut is like.

Great work Toko!

Some Of Today's Learning At Home

How many people have looked at your wonderful learning?

This Year .....

295,660 people

Have looked at your learning on our Blog!!!!

People from all over the world love to see your work.

Keep up the great learning from home Room 2.

Ani and Elijah Going On A Scavenger Hunt While In Their School Bubble

This week some very special certificates go to.....