Diwali Diya Lamps

We made our own Diya lamps out of clay. First we rolled the clay into a ball, then we pushed our thumbs into it and then we shaped the clay with our fingers. Finally we painted the lamps and added the candles. We finished them in time to take home on Diwali.

Book week

Here we are dressed as our favourite book characters. Can you guess who we are?

Christmas show

For the Christmas show Room 2 will be learning these songs

Our 100 day party!

We have been counting the days we have been at school. When we got to 100 we decided to have a 100 day party!
We started by counting to 100 and placing 100 objects on our tables. We followed this up by making a special 100 day crown and then had a picnic of yummy fruit.

Elections in Room 2

We have been learning about The New Zealand elections.

We learned about the beehive and Parliament.

We have been noticing all the signs in our neighbourhood.

We decided to hold our own election in Room 2.
We voted and chose 7 people to be our 'Members of Parliament' or decision makers.

Our decision makers decided we would go on the scooters in the afternoon. 

The following week we chose 7 new 'Members of Parliament'. Here we are giving our decision makers or MP's some ideas about what we can do.

The 'MP's' chose i-pads in the afternoon. I wonder what it will be next week?

Fireman visit

The firemen came to visit the school with their truck. It was awesome!

Making music

We have been making music in Room 2. We have been learning about keeping the beat and now we tried out the xylophones. We are playing "Hot Cross Buns".

We also wrote our own song called Milk Bottle

Milk Bottle
Milk Bottle
The milk is healthy
Yummy, Yummy in our tummy
Yummy, Yummy in our tummy
Chocolate, Strawberry, Vanilla!

Blend song

We are learning our blends. We really like this song!

Guinea Pigs, Milo and Nutmeg spend a day in Room 2

Timothy and Tamneet

Tamneet, Jacob and Athan

Athan, Elain and Genesis

Elain, Genesis and Penelope

Nishtha and Aryan

Penelope, Anvi and Gunreet

Sonia, Braydon and Timothy

Gurkirat, Sonia, Braydon and Timothy

Police visit Room 2

Constable Dimitri visited Room 2 and taught us some road safety rules.

We know we have to watch out for "sneaky driveways".

We learnt:

"Stop, look and listen
Before we cross the street.
Use your eyes, use your ears,
Before you use your feet."

Some ideas to support maths learning in Year 1

Casey the caterpillar for Handwriting

In Room 2 we are using the "Casey the Caterpillar" programme for handwriting. We learn a set of shapes, such as "tall stick" or "short stick" or "tunnel" and then use these shapes to form the letters. This helps the children to develop the correct letter formation. For a description of the shapes and the letters see the document below.

Learning the letters

This is an excellent video to learn the letter names and the sounds. We sing it every day!

Learning about Fiji

Room 2 has been learning about Fiji. Mrs Singh told us about life in Fiji and we broke open a coconut to see what was inside. Then we had a taste of the coconut flesh.

Welcome to Room 2 in 2017!