Shield Winners

Well done to our recent Room 5 shield winners Alex, Lucy and Selina.

Healthy Eating

We have been learning about healthy eating and a balanced diet. 

Shield Winner

Congratulations to this week's shield winner, Alex C. Well done.

Area Investigation

We imagined that Room 5 had been for a walk on a muddy day. How many pieces of newspaper would we need to be able to put all our shoes on them to dry?

We talked about how to make an estimate based on how many of us were in the class today and how big our shoes are. We decided that we needed to use the large sheets of newspaper and we would definitely need more than one. Then in our groups we tried to work it out.

"Should we have a girls sheet and a boys sheet?"

"Our shoes are big but we can fit on 8 pairs so we need to count in 8s"

We decided that we might need to have three sheets. So we tested it out with all our shoes to check.

Two sheets is enough!

Shield Winner

Congratulations to our latest shield winner, Simone. Well done.

Area

We are learning to use non-standard units to measure area. We drew around our hands and then used a variety of equipment to measure the area that our hands took up on the page.

 

 

Before we used each new item we had to estimate how many would fit on. We found it easier to estimate if we compared our hand to someone else who had already used the same thing or if we compared the answer for a similar sized object.

Calendar Art

Here is a picture of our wonderful calendar art. They look even better in real life. If you get chance come and check them out in the classroom.

Shield Winner

Congratulations to this week's shield winner, Michaela. Great job!

Awesome Assembly

Well done to Room 5. Your assembly was brilliant. You all spoke clearly and the puppets looked amazing. Great job!

Shield Winner

Congratulations to this week's shield winner, Kaleb. Well done.

Assembly next week

We have had a great start to Term 4. All of the children have been working very hard. Come and see our calendar art on the wall in the classroom. They all look amazing!

Next Tuesday 21st October we will be hosting the sharing assembly jointly with Room 1. If you are able to join us it would be fantastic to see you in the hall at 1.30pm.

Shield Winner

Congratulations to the shield winner for this week, James Smith. Well done.

Term 4

Welcome back to Term 4. We have lots of fun things happening this term starting with the Life Education Bus this week and next. We have had a wonderful start to the week with everyone being really enthusiastic. Keep it up Room 5!

Hand Puppets

We worked very hard on our hand puppets throughout Term 3. We followed a design process:

       Design a puppet ----> Make a mock up ----> Create the puppet ----> Evaluate the work

The puppets are fantastic and will be on display in the classroom next term. Here is a sneak peak!

 

   

 

 

 


                                           

Millennium Trip

We had a wonderful day at the Millennium Centre. I was amazed at how well all the children did with the variety of activities on offer.

Indoor rock climbing

                      

Team Building

Kayaking

Water Safety

Athletics

Shield Winners

Well done to all the shield winners from the last weeks of Term 3: Jake, Lincoln, Sione, Destini and Leoni.

Maths - Problem Solving

We have been working on problem solving in maths. It is really interesting to see all the different ways to tackle the same problem.

You can draw a picture or diagram.

You can use equipment or materials.

You can draw a chart or table.

These are all great ways to work out the answer. It is also interesting to hear the children explaining their thinking. 

We will be doing more of this in Term 4. Great work Room 5 Mathematicians! 

Year 2 Speech Final

Today we had our Year 2 speech final. It was great to listen to such interesting and very different speeches. Well done to everyone in year 2 as I know all the teachers had a hard job picking their finalists.

Well done to Bella from Room 12, who was placed first and to Cooper and Alex from Room 5 who were second and third. You did an amazing job of presenting your speeches and we are very proud of you.

Shield Winner

Congratulations to the shield winner for this week - Theo. Well done.

Shadow Puppets

Today we have been using our shadow puppets to put on short plays. We discovered that we had to hold them far enough away from the screen to create a shadow and we had to keep our heads down to stop them from blocking the light.