Water stories from Room One

After our really hot days we got a few rainy days! Room One was asking "where does the water go?
so we found out about the water cycle. The Room One children were such good listeners and here are some of their understandings of the Water Cycle.

On Thursday morning I went to school and Mrs Smith read my story. We talked about it. I was proud of me. We talked about the Sun soaks some of the sea water and the water in the clouds gets bigger and bigger until the clouds burst with water. Some people have barrels ( to catch the rainwwtaer)
By Olive

Once I went outside and I went to the ocean and I saw water evaporating and the water was going up and it went into the clouds and it got so full it started to spit and after it made puddles.
By Maia

Do you know that rain came from the ocean? I know it evaporates to a dark cloud.
By Rico

The water evaporates in the air and water evaporates into clouds.
By Alexandria

Did you know that the ocean evaporates into the sky because the sun is drying it up?
By Sam

I watch the water evaporates. It goes up into the sky. It makes water for us to drink. We can survive with no food but we can survive with water.
By Parker

This week we studied the book about The Very Hungry Caterpillar, we painted these beautiful monarch butterflies

Room 1's "Hot days" stories.

On a hot day it was 34 degrees I went to a big pool.Where was it? It was in Rotorua. I cannonballed in it. I splashed everywhere. They gave us cocktails. I have strawberry cocktails.
By Olive

I went to Sam's house. I played in his pool. We did bombs Sam did a manoo. We had fun. When we finished we watched a movie. Sam's french bull dog did a stinky fart. When I went home I played on my motorbike.
By Parker

I went in the water in the sprinkler that was fun. It was really hot.
By Alayna

I had a pet bird and I took it for a walk down the forest because it needed exercise.
By Rico

I like lying on my couch reading my book. I like reading about dogs.
By Bonnie-Mae

I went to the beach and I did a sandcastle.
By Bella

I went riding on a horse at the zoo. It was fun because it was bumpy.
By Alexandria

I am in the pool. I am in the shallow end.
By Jayden

I was fishing at the wharf. I got a big mackerel. It fought hard.
By Sam

I like going in the school pool. I can jump into the pool.
By Harry

I like going to the school's pool because it is cold but I like going with my friend's better. I like doing freestyle because when I look at the bottom I can see everything.
By Maia 

Room One on Art Deco Day

 We learnt that the Napier earthquake on the 3rd February 1931 knocked down lots of buildings so when they were rebuilt they were all done in the same decorative style. Lots of people come from all over the world to see our beautiful buildings and we dress up to remember those days.
Check out how great we look all dressed up like in the Art Deco days.

We have been enjoying the sunny weather, our pool and our swimming lessons!

Briar brought her new puppy into Room 2 for a visit!

All Dressed Up For Art Deco in Room 2!

Room 2's Napier Earthquake and Art Deco Stories

In the olden days there was a big earthquake and all the buildings fell down and they built it again in Art Deco style.  We dress up in Art Deco.

By Graysen

One day in the 1931 in Napier there was an earthquake.  All the power lines fell down and everybody evacuated.

By Briar

There was an earthquake and all the power lines fell down.  They built them back up again.

By Fox

A long time ago there was a big earthquake.  All the buildings and power lines and the roads cracked.  They built it back up again.

By Koby

In 1931 an earthquake happened in Napier and all of the buildings and the power lines fell down.

By Beau

In the 1931 in Napier there was a big earthquake.  Roads cracked and car fell in.  The power lines fell down and made fire.  They built the houses back up in Art Deco style.

By Erin

One day there was an earthquake in Napier in 1931.  The cars were smashed and the power lines were on fire.

By Ashley

A long time ago there was an earthquake.  Everyone had to evacuate.  The power lines fell down.

By Pippa

In 1931 there was an earthquake in Napier.  Some people died in the earthquake because the power lines fell down and the roads had big cracks in it.  The power lines mad a big fire.  My Nana and Poppa was alive in the olden days.  Now in Napier we celebrate by dressing up.

By Makaia

There was an earthquake and buildings were on fire when the power lines fell down.

By Bella

There was an earthquake in 1931.  The lights fell down and the buildings fell down.

By Amelia

A long time ago there was an earthquake.  The power lines fell down and made a huge fire.  Some people died.

By Eden

In 1931 buildings fell down and the roads broke.  Some people died.

By Caleb

In the 1931 there was an enormous earthquake.  The power lines shook and the roads cracked.  There were fires and some people died!

By Zaria

A long time ago in Napier there was an earthquake and the buildings collapsed and the power lines fell and some people died and the roads broke.

By Ruby

There was an earthquake.  All the buildings fell down in Napier in1931.  The roads cracked.

By Dexy

Year 2!

Your child is now in Year 2.  We have two classrooms of Year 2 students.  Room 1 has 18 children and the teacher in Room 1 is Jane Smith.  Room 2 has 20 children and the teacher in Room 2 is Mrs Cornelius.  Room 1 also has a regular teacher aide to offer extra supervision for Cameron’s physical needs.

Blogs

We have a Year 2 blog.  This is a snapshot of some of the daily learning that is taking place in Rooms One and Two.  https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7589102742969327123#allposts.

Other snapshots of your child’s learning will come home in their Learning Journey’s.

Workshopping and Grouping

The children work in groups, according to stages and levels and their varying needs.  These needs often change throughout the Term/Year so groupings are flexible.  Your child may at times work with Mrs Cornelius, Mrs Smith or Mr Bryant for Reading, Writing, Maths and swimming.  Children will therefore also be working and interacting with the other children from the next door class.

Homework Expectations

Your child needs to regularly practice the essential Reading, Spelling and Maths skills.  Please ensure that you sign the BACK of the homework book to indicate that your child has completed this necessary practice each night.  On the occasional night that doing homework is difficult please spend 5 – 10 minutes reading TO your child as this models good language.  The homework book is also a good way to communicate any messages to have for the teachers as they are checked every day e.g Sue is going to be picked up at 10am to go to the dentist or Sue was really tired tonight so didn’t complete her homework.

Swimming

Swimming has started and is a curriculum subject like Maths and Reading so it is expected that we swim daily.  Please ensure that togs are brought to school EVERY morning.  Teachers will assess the weather at lunchtimes.  A note is required if for some reason your child can’t swim on a particular day.

Independence

INDEPENDENCE is a focus in Year 2.  As teachers we (with your support) hope to build your child’s ability to solve problems, self-manage, build confidence and take risks.  For example

·         Carry, park and unpack their own school bag.

·         Make an effort to find their own lost property.

·         Solve their own social problems in the playground by using the SMARTS.

·         Accept and respond to making mistakes.

And so becoming resilient CLIVE KIDS!