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Christmas Decorations Day

 Feeling festive today!

Water Cycles on Scratch

 In inquiry, we have been learning about the water cycle and the functions of each part. After imagining what would happen if some parts were missing from the cycle, the students used Scratch to create an interactive program to share their learning. To help create their programs, they learned how to create and animate their own sprites. Then they used the Broadcast and Receive blocks to create more interactivity. Take a look:

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Connecting with Chaucer School

 In Term 3 and 4, students have connected with a Year 5 and 6 class from Chaucer School through video conferencing. We enjoyed talking to a new group of students and seeing what  learning was like in another school. Here are some photos from our meetings:

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Kids For Kids

The choir have practiced all year learning to sing a range of classic Kiwi songs for the annual Kids For Kids show. On Thursday 5th November, they performed at the Bruce Mason Centre in Takapuna. They had an amazing time singing and dancing on stage. Well done to everyone and especially to Sanah who was one of the soloists in Don't Dream It's Over. Thank you to all the families who came to give their support. We hope you enjoyed it.

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Kiwisport Squash

 Highlights from our squash lessons during Kiwisport! 

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Earth's spheres

This term, we are exploring Natural Systems in our inquiry unit. Our introduction covered the four spheres that make up the Earth's systems: Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere and Biosphere.

We used Canva to create collages that represent each sphere.

Tanisha

Neelansh

Rayyan

Georgia

Pink Shirt Day

Today (16th October) is Pink Shirt day, a time to stand together and speak out against bullying. Room 2 students contributed by wearing pink outfits and donating money to support the Mental Health Foundation. We hope everyone remembers to be kind, be awesome and treat others with respect. 

He Waka Eke Noa!

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Market Day

This term's inquiry was all about money matters. To finish the unit, our class planned, crafted and managed a market day for years 1 to 4. All the students pitched in to help run the different stalls - from attracting customers, being cashiers and making deals - we had a fantastic insight into what it's like to be in business. It was a wild success and we were completely sold out by the end of the day. Here's a video about the event:

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Cook Island Language Week

For Cook Island Language Week, Room 2 practiced singing 'Aue Oki Koe Te Purotu' which talks missing the island paradise of Rarotonga. Thank you to Mr Somerville for helping with the music.

The students also created artwork based on tivaevae which are traditional Cook Island quilts.

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What is bartering?

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How to present your speech

Writing a speech conclusion

WALT Write an impression-leaving conclusion

SC: Restate your main point 
SC: Use personal pronouns: I, my, we, our, you
SC: End with a call to question, a call to action, or a quote 

Example one:
So the next time you find yourself trudging around the field or playground on two legs. Remember that you could be riding on two wheels instead, feeling the wind in your hair and steering yourself out of boredom. Now if only we could ride scooters at school? 

Example two:
Now you should see why the school was wrong to ban us from riding our scooters. Listen to me and you won’t go wrong. Riding scooters will make you fitter, smarter and happier. Remember my words and tell the school to let us ride our scooters!

Example three:
Now imagine a school where students could only play outside by running around. You would think it’s dull and a waste of the wide open spaces. Now imagine a school where everyone is encouraged to ride bikes or scooters with their mates. You would think it’s greatest school ever! Bringing back scooters will benefit everyone - us and the adults. Remember everybody, “life is a journey so let’s enjoy the ride”.

Writing a speech introduction

WALT Write an attention grabbing introduction

SC: State your topic (what your speech is about)
SC: Use personal pronouns: I, my, we, our, you
SC: Use a question, story or quote to start your introduction

Example one:
Are you keen to spend your break times having fun, improving your skills and staying active? Well imagine a school where students are allowed to bring their scooters everyday. This could be our school and I want to show you why that would be awesome.

Example two:

Everyday, I see students riding their scooters around the school and having fun during their break times. Now, the school wants to take this away from these students. I think this is unfair and you should too.

“Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of riding a bike.” That’s what John F. Kennedy once said. Yet the school does not believe this. They want to stop you from experiencing the pleasure of riding your bikes or scooters. In fact I am going to prove that the school should let you continue riding scooters during the day.

10 Step Sasa

During Samoan Language Week, we learned to perform the 10 step sasa, which is like a traditional sasa with lots of rhythmic hand actions like clapping, slapping, tapping and clicking. We hope you enjoy this video we made.

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Inquiry - WALT Analyse an experiment

by Georgia and Ashley

by Sanah, Mahika and Anoushka

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Final Fun Friday Challenges

Happy Friday, everyone!

One of the things I enjoyed during the last 5 weeks was getting a glimpse into your lives and families. I hope these Fridays have been a nice change of pace and that you had a go at the different challenges.

I want to use this post to highlight more awesome work students have done and shared with me throughout the lockdown:

Homemade butter by Ashley

Gardening and landscaping by Mahika

Banana loaf by Jack

Anzac biscuits by Caleb

...and another batch of Anzac biscuits by Tanisha

Tanisha also made dahl - a future Master Chef NZ competitor!

And more videos - A++ creativity!








Thanks again Room 2 and thank you to all the family members who helped, cheered from off-screen and especially joined in during the making of all these Friday videos!

Term 2 Week 5: Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday

Star Students Term 2 Week 4

This week's Star Student is also tied between three students: Georgia, Zoey and Advika.

The reasons these students won were:

• Personal Excellence: All three students worked diligently and showed that they can make smart choices to achieve their goals. 
• Respect for self and others: They always communicate in a polite and friendly manner, whether it's in an email, on Google Meet or in a blog comment. 
• Respect for their learning: They have terrific attitudes towards their learning and stay motivated to do their best in all the tasks.
• Contributing and participating: Remembering to check online for updates and new learning, asking questions and joining in during discussions online. 

Well done to all of you!

Week 5 Google Meet

Kia ora koutou Room 2,

At the moment, our meeting times will happen on Tuesday as normal. I will update this post to let you know if the Friday meetings will happen.

*Friday meetings are cancelled because of Teacher only days*

Please check your meeting time and create a reminder so you don't forget.

Group 1 will meet at 11.00AM on Tuesday
Students - Teo, Sanah, Aurel, Zara, Zoey, Jayna, Arina, Yashvi, Elliott, Karlos, Brent, Jason, Charlie, Jonathan and Rayyan.

Group 2 will meet at 11.30AM on Tuesday
Students - Arhan, Jack, Anoushka, Caleb, Neelansh, Lee, Matthew, Shlok, Georgia, Advika, Anika, Ashley, Caroline, Tanisha and Mahika.

Click here to learn how to see everybody on the screen at the same time.

I will email the link to your meeting on the day of the meeting.

Click Yes to let me know you can join or No if you have to be somewhere else.

Reminder
Don't use Google Meet on your school account for anything else. You can email me if you have any questions or concerns. I look forward to seeing you again soon!

More obstacle courses

Here are two more cool creations for this week's Fun Friday by Tanisha and Jack. Excellent work!
Which obstacle course would you like to try? Leave a comment and let us know!

Fun Friday Challenges

Here is Ashley's homemade obstacle course for this week's Fun Friday challenge. Great work!



Elliott also designed an awesome course and went to the extra effort of diving into 13ºC waters!



Caleb found some tyres while out on his walk and created a new version of hopscotch:



Well done everyone! Our class mascot CaDo even joined in and turned Miss Jiang's stairs into his personal slide:

Friday 8th May

Kia ora koutou Room 2,

A reminder that on Fridays you should:

1. Check your Google Meet time for today.
2. See which tasks needs finishing. Monday & Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday.
3. Post your writing to your blog: How it works? and My Invention
4. Post your inquiry to your blog: Soluble or Insoluble, Reversible or Irreversible, any Can Do tasks you have tried - making butter, exploring chemical and physical change while cooking, or another science experiment.
5. Find your Blog Buddies and leave a comment on a recent post - April or May.
6. Try the Can Do tasks and more: Te Reo, Music, Digital Technology, and the Fun Friday Challenge.

Have a great day!

How does it work?

How scissors are useful by Zoey
How do scissors work? A scissor is designed to split paper and the blades on the scissor help by cutting straight so the paper doesn't rip straight off.
Scissors are usually used for cutting something out and for art. Adults and kids both use this for similar reasons. Scissors are designed from different parts, most of the scissors are made out of steel, specifically carbon steel, while others are made out of stainless steel. Usually scissors are coated with nickel or chromium to prevent rusting.
Scissors work by two blades that are sharp like a sharpened knife. The blades are set up so when you squeeze the handles the pointy blades meet each other and cross very slow Scissors are useful because if we didn't have scissors we wouldn't be able to cut and it would be a mess

Pencil sharpeners guide by Arhan
A pencil sharpener is a pretty obvious tool because it says it in its name, in case you don't know what it is it’s a small contraption used to sharpen a pencil.

When to use a pencil sharpener
A scenario to use a pencil sharpener is when your drawing and your pencil snaps because you accidentally pressed it too hard but... You have a pencil sharpener so you can sharpen your pencil. Other scenarios are when the tip of your pencil goes blunt or you need to make sure your pencil is extra sharp so it doesn’t crack in a test.

Different parts of a pencil sharpener and what there used for 
There are different parts of a pencil sharpener the housing, mouth, blade and cylindric gears. The housing is the base of the sharpener it’s the part that holds all the pieces together so it doesn’t fall apart, the mouth is the hole in the sharpener which is used to insert the pencil so it’s ready to be sharpened. Next is the blade it is the part where the pencil is going to be sharpened this part is very important because without this part the pencil won’t be sharp and the final part of the pencil sharpener is the cylindric gears when the pencil is getting sharpened by the blade the cylindric gears make the pencil turn around in a cylindric shape so it doesn’t sharpen only once side making a pointy tip.

Who knew such a small contraption, the pencil sharpener, could be so complicated when you look into it with detail. Now that I have told you about pencil sharpeners I hope this guide has helped you learn more about pencil sharpeners and next time when someone asks you “I wonder how a pencil sharpener works” read this article and blow their socks off.

Term 2 Week 4: Wednesday and Thursday

WALT use linking words to show cause and effect

Your WALT for writing this week is to use linking words to show cause and effect in your explanations: Since, As, When, So, As a result, Consequently, Therefore

Here are some examples:

The cause - an event, action or reason 
The effect - the result or outcome

Staplers are very important since many schools and offices use paper for learning and work.

When you squeeze the handles, the pointy blades meet each other and cross very slow.

The blades on the scissor help by cutting straight so the paper doesn't rip straight off.

He watched tutorial videos and practiced solving the Rubiks Cube everyday. Consequently, after a week he could expertly solve this tricky puzzle in less than 2 minutes.

This marvelous new toy from HDS Toy Company will improve any child's mood and coordination. Therefore, don't delay in buying it for your family.

As you spend more time on training, playing and caring for your digital pet, it will develop into a creature that is resilient and agile during battles.

Last week, I was busy helping my family and didn't complete any Must Do tasks. As a result, I missed out on earning the Star Student award.

She will feel much better when she goes on her regular stroll around the charming, tranquil park.

Dissolving, Chemical vs Physical Changes

Hi everyone,

Here are the notes from our Google Meet sessions on Tuesday. Thanks to everyone who joined. You can use these slides to help you with your Inquiry tasks from Monday and Tuesday.

Term 2 Week 4: Monday and Tuesday

Star Students Term 2 Week 3

This week's Star Student is tied again between three students: Jack, Elliott and Anika. 

The reason I have chosen these students are:

• Managing self: They have settled into a good routine with their learning. All three of you organise your own timetable to ensure you achieve your goals on time. You approach online learning with a great attitude and treat each task as an opportunity to show personal excellence.
• Contributing and participating: You contribute to your learning by consistently checking work for feedback, commenting on your classmates' blogs and challenging yourselves through the Can Do tasks or Challenges.
• Thinking: You engage in tasks with curiosity and creativity. It's fantastic to see how you show off your personality through the different tasks and challenges.

Last week, I noticed a big improvement in the class - you all worked hard to be engaged in your learning. I also heard students talk about some of the things they have learned while isolating at home for the last 6 weeks. It was interesting to hear them speak about things like being organised, helping others, time management, and looking after one's health (mental and physical). As we begin another week of learning online, I hope you don't forget all the new skills you are developing and to be proud of the ways you have improved.

Week 4 Google Meets

Kia ora koutou Room 2,

Our meeting times will be Tuesday and Friday again. These meetings are optional and you can choose which day you want to meet.

I have moved some of you to a new group so please check your meeting time. If you do not see your name let me know immediately.

Group 1 will meet at 11.00AM on Tuesday and Friday
Students - Teo, Sanah, Aurel, Zara, Zoey, Jayna, Arina, Yashvi, Elliott, Karlos, Brent, Jason, Charlie, Jonathan and Rayyan.

Group 2 will meet at 11.30AM on Tuesday and Friday
Students - Arhan, Jack, Anoushka, Caleb, Neelansh, Lee, Matthew, Shlok, Georgia, Advika, Anika, Ashley, Caroline, Tanisha and Mahika.

Click here to learn how to see everybody on the screen at the same time.

I will email the link to your meeting 15-30 minutes before it starts.

Click Yes to let me know you can join or No if you have to be somewhere else.

Reminder
Don't use Google Meet on your school account for anything else. You can email me if you have any questions or concerns. I look forward to seeing you again soon!

Term 2 Week 3: Friday

Kia ora koutou Room 2,

Here are the Must Do tasks you need to finish today. All the links and instructions are on the original Google Slides here.

1. Sorting facts and pictures about solids, liquids and gases in Amazing Matter.
2. Writing about the Baking Soda & Vinegar experiment.
3. Going onto e-ako and finishing the M3.2 Measuring lengths using metres and centimetres module.
4. Using Adverbs to add detail and description to your writing.
5. Reading 2 Assigned Books on Epic, and updating your Digital Reading Log. If your Assigned Books have quizzes at the end, make sure you try to answer the questions.

To finish a task, you need to take a picture of it and email it to me or share it with me if you did it on Google Drive. If your task is on Epic and e-ako, the website will automatically let me know if you finish a task, so you don't need to do anything :-)

You also have several Warm Up and Can Do tasks you can work on when you finish your five Must Do tasks. There are also the two Fun Friday challenges - Build a word and Design a tile for the City Rail Link.

You will earn Banqer dollars for finishing each Must Do and Can Do task. I am carefully checking everyone's work and keeping track of who has finished their tasks, so do your best!

Remember to ask for help if you get stuck - we will have our Google Meet sessions today. This is the perfect time to check if your classmates also found something tricky - be bold!

Have a good day,
Miss J

Build A Word

This week's Whanau time challenge was brought to you by Anika, Caroline, Yashvi and Jack! These are definitely some resourceful and artfully arranged creations. Great work!

Term 2 Week 3: Wednesday and Thursday

Week 3 Google Meet

Kia ora koutou, Room 2.

I hope you had an enjoyable Anzac weekend and are ready for another week of online learning.

Our meeting times will be Tuesday and Friday again.

These are optional and you can choose which day you want to meet.

Group 1 will meet at 1.30PM on Tuesday and 11.00AM on Friday

Students - Tanisha, Mahika, Aurel, Zara, Zoey, Jayna, Anika, Yashvi, Arhan, Teo, Caleb, Jack, Charlie, Matthew and Rayyan.

Group 2 will meet at 2.00PM on Tuesday and 11.30AM on Friday

Group 2 - Elliott, Jason, Karlos, Brent, Neelansh, Lee, Jonathan, Shlok, Georgia, Advika, Arina, Ashley, Caroline, Anoushka and Sanah.

Click here to learn how to see everybody on the screen at the same time.

I will email the link to your meeting 15 minutes before it starts. Please don't use Google Meet on your school account for anything else. You can email me if you have any questions or concerns. I look forward to seeing you again soon!

Star Students Term 2, Week 2

It's great to see many Room 2 students continue to make a great effort in their schoolwork and persevering when they get stuck.

The Star Students this week are Anoushka, Zoey, and Tanisha. Congratulations! You will earn extra Banqer dollars.

These three students have stood out for the same reasons:

1. Managing self: They worked on their learning consistently throughout the week. They picked their tasks and worked towards completing it, without becoming distracted or losing interest. 
2. Contributing & participating: They persevered through challenging tasks. Persevering means being proactive and looking for different solutions to a problem on their own first. It can also involve speaking up during our online meetings or asking your family, classmates and teachers for help.
3. Relating to others: They used technology respectfully when communicating with everyone.

Since Term 2 started two weeks ago, many students around the country have had to get used to a new way of learning and doing their schoolwork. I know that it can be hard to find the motivation to do a task by yourself, especially with many games, websites and other distractions nearby.

Remember that managing self, contributing & participating, and relating to others are important skills that everyone can learn. I hope all of you will try to think of a way you can improve in these areas over the next few weeks.

Here is this week's Whanau Time challenge. Have fun!

Week 2 Round Up

What's Happened This Week?

Happy Friday, Room 2!

In this post, I will point out some reminders and shine the spotlight on the good work you have done this week.

Our second round of Google Meet chats is today. I have some surprises planned for those of you who can join!

If you have finished all your Must Do tasks in Reading, Writing, Maths and Inquiry from this week, you should work on your PE, Art and Music activities.

Then you can try the Balloon Challenge.

Take a look at the videos your classmates made for our Dance Challenge.

Make sure you find your Blog Buddies and go read their posts today! Write a comment and give them some feedback on their recent work. You need to be signed in to your school account to see this list (Room 2 only).

Tomorrow is Anzac Day - Try making an Anzac Poppy out of reusable shopping bags.

Wonderful Work

Here are some Anzac Day poems written by our class.

Test your understanding of coordinates with your classmates' Coded Messages.

Don't forget to check out the Passion Projects.

Finally, I will not be posting any learning tasks on Monday and Tuesday because of the long weekend and teacher only day. Please keep working on the tasks from the older slides I shared with you, and make sure to use Epic, StudyLadder, Prodigy and SumDog to practice your reading and maths. If you finish everything, you can work on your Passion Projects and Challenges.

I will hold more online meetings on Google Meet next Tuesday, so remember to check your emails for the link.

Take care, stay safe and have a great weekend!

A late entry for our Tik Tok dance challenge ;-)

Coordinate Code Breaker

As one of their maths tasks this week, students practiced reading and writing coordinates by writing Coded Messages.

Here is the Code Breaker you need to use. Each letter of the alphabet has its own unique coordinate. For example, the letter T is on E9

Can you use the Code Breaker to read these students' coded messages? Don't forget to post your own coded messages for other students to try!

Anzac Day Poems

A- a remembrance of the soldiers in Gallipoli remains in the heart of New Zealand and Australia

N -now  we pray on Anzac Day to those who died fighting for there  country

Z-Zimmerman remains a name on the Australian role of honour

A- To all the men and females that fought for us thank you

C-courageous soldiers that fought for us will always remain respected in  New Zealand  and Australia

By Anoushka

ANZAC Acrostic Poem

Australian and New Zealand stand together and fought for their countries 

Nervous and scared families at home, wondering what was happening

Zealous soldiers fighting to save their countries. 

Armies protecting their country

Crawling on their hands and knees they crawled through the murky, muddy grass

By Tanisha

Fun Friday: Let the dancing begin!!

Well done to everyone who took part in our first Fun Friday Challenge! It was awesome seeing your dance moves and creative costumes. The teachers hope you had lots of fun dancing and teaching your family! Take a look at our Tik Tok dancers and stay tuned :-D

The Balloon Challenge

Hi Room 2,

Here is your challenge for today, one that will seem deceptively easy! If you haven't got balloons, try using anything that's light and soft like stuffed toys, rolled up socks, scrunched up newspapers and more. Stay safe, have fun and tune in soon to see your classmates' dance videos!

Lego Campervan

Here is another cool project made by a student in our class. Wonderful work, Tanisha! Can you identify all the details she added to the campervan interior?

I am so impressed by the creativity that everyone has been proudly showing off lately.

Remember that Mrs Tomokino is collecting pictures of your lockdown building projects for this week's newsletter. If you have photos of your creations, send them in to your teacher or directly to Mrs Tomokino's email.

Term 2 Week 2: Wednesday and Thursday

Kia ora koutou, Room 2.

Here is your learning for Wednesday and Thursday.
I have changed the activities on some slides so anything on a purple background is new information. Please read the instructions carefully and remember to email me if you have any questions.



I have also shared some Art activities you can do this week. Enjoy!

Classical Music Description

One of your writing task this week is to write something inspired by one of the following audio tracks.







Take a look at some of your classmates' work. Can you identify which audio track their writing comes from? Can you identify any examples of descriptive language: adjectives, verbs, adverbs, similes, personification, etc?

The calm soothing beginning tells me that my team is on the right track. We are very strong and intelligent. As the music continues and the tempo goes faster I can tell that we are confused. I feel that we had made a wrong decision on the way and were thinking about what to do. We go on with the war anyway and end up losing badly. The entire team was stuck and were trying to get out. Once we get out it will be a guaranteed win because we discussed the plan. So how do we get out?

By Anika

The start of the music was loud and sounded like the army marching towards the tower. When the army lined up the King and Queen came through the gate towards the castle.

There were lots of trumpets, drums and violins and made it sound dramatic like something special was going to happen.

Then the music changed and sounded low, like there was someone trying to sneak into the castle. The secret agent for the bad guys followed the King and Queen. The king turned around and started to chase the secret agent the music sped up and when the King caught him he put him in the deep dark dungeon.

After the King caught the secret agent he felt dizzy and tired and fell in a daze, the music was slow and woke up in darkness.

By Elliott

By Brent