Play Dough

This weeks poem

 

Matariki fun

On Wednesday 1 July the whole school celebrated Matariki.  Each of the teachers had activities for the students.  Here are a couple of the creations; a Marae recreation complete with maunga, awa, whare, waka, tangata, marama and kiwi.  Below are Maori masks where a lot of the children cleverly made up their own designs..  We all had fun creating and mixing with different students/teachers. Following was a feast of sausages and iceblocks.  Happy Matariki everyone!

Rocket making

In the last two weeks of term we have been learning about how a rocket works.  The class have all created their own rockets using recycled materials.

Dialogue writing

The class have been writing short dialogues and illustrating them.  They have been learning that their story has to have a problem and clear writing so it can be read easily.

Maui and the sun

We have been reading Maui and the Sun as our shared book. The students had to choose the part of the book they liked. Using Explain everything they created part of the story and wrote what happened. 

                                                       

Dan

                                                           

I am a Star Poem

This weeks Poem

I am a star

I am a star and I will dream big 

I will reach for the clouds

And touch the moon along the way

I will push off the ground 

and into the earth my heels will dig

I will aim for the sky 

and won’t come down ‘till the bright of day

Space Rockets

We have been learning about how a rocket works.  The class watched a video that showed the Dragon spacecraft being launched into space to then attach to a space station.  Here is some of the children's writing and a photo of our own example of how a rocket needs the right amount of fuel to get liftoff.

Bee Bots writing

 The students wrote to explain how they made their Bee-Bot adventures.

                                   

Bee Bot the Robot Poem

Bee Bot the robot

Bee Bot the robot has come to our room

Tap in the code and watch him zoom

From our house to the shop, Bee Bot will go

Remembering lockdown is what I know

With the children programming a code 

We can get him out and down the road

Being safe in our bubbles has got us through

Bee Bot the robot can’t visit the zoo

I hope Bee Bot can stay two metres away

As he’s going past the school on this level 2 day

Left, right, one, two, three, forward, back

We are clever and will get Bee Bot on track.

Space Walking Poem

This is our poem for this week. It relates to our writing about the launching of the SpaceX rocket.

Space Walking

I can walk out in space 

In this still and starry place

I can roll round and round

I can dance without a sound

I can dive, I can swoop

I can twist round in a loop

I can float, I can swirl

I can spin, I can twirl

I can rise, I can fall

I can bounce like a ball

I can zoom back to base

In my rocket out in space

By Brenda Williams

Bee Bot Action

Over the last week we have been creating towns that replicate "Lockdown".  Some things we have included are: our houses, grassy paddocks, the supermarket, the school that is closed, the closed toy shops, closed playgrounds and of course the empty roads.  Now we are busy programming our Bee Bots so they can head out on an adventure.

Pepeha art

Kia ora koutou
Here is a selection of our pepeha art.  The class are using this to practise their own pepeha.

Lockdown Poem

This weeks poem.

LOCKDOWN

Live in your bubble with close family 

Online class learning

Covid 19 is why we are in lockdown

Keep social distancing

Didn’t go anywhere in the car

Only stay in your bubble

Waiting for school opening

No breaking the rules, stay safe!

Back to School poems

It's been awesome to be back at school with Level 2.  The class all wrote an acrostic poem with the words Back to School.

Ben's worm farm

Making a mini 

worm farm

Ben's Maths

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Learning to add 2 numbers up to 20

Susanna's writing 13/5

Susanna has written about what she has learnt about Covid19.

Susanna's Maths 12/5

Find the missing number to make numbers up to 20

                                                             Numbers before and after

Advait's Lockdown poem

Advait has written an acrostic poem for Lockdown.

Jemima's lockdown poem

Jemima has written an acrostic poem for Lockdown.