Buddy Time

The SUPER K9's joined Two Awesome to do some amazing weaving.

We had to cut carefully, then really concentrate on creating a pattern to create these amazing artwork of our faces!

The two class's worked so well in unity.  They were enthusiastic and persevered to complete this activity.

Congratulations SUPER K9's and Two Awesome!

Buddy Weaving on PhotoPeach

Posted by Mrs Audier

ya play time ya

One day a little polar bear was playing on the snow. Then he fell in the water and he drowned in a second.  He magically came to life.

This is Anneliese on Ice News.

Posted by Anneliese

This writing was written as part of a 'free writing' exercise. Student's are presented with an image or wording, and given five minutes to write whatever comes into their minds.

Mrs A.

It's time to play

YA IT'S TIME TO PLAY












Oh no I fell over again someone needs to put some carpet down
so I don't slip over. Now I've got a bobo on my beautiful white fluffy
leg, from that stupid slippery ice. Why is there no signs saying watch
for the ice!

POSTED BY Hannah

This writing was written as part of a 'free writing' exercise. Student's are presented with an image or wording, and given five minutes to write whatever comes into their minds.

Mrs A.

WALT identify the main idea

               
                                   How a foal is born




  When a mother horse  pushes the baby out the baby must not be touched.  After a week you can touch the baby and the baby will be walking .   The vet will come to see if  the foal is ok and give it some food. 


            by Priya

WALT identify the main idea

                                                                   How a foal is born


After the mother has pushed the baby out.The baby must not be touched for a hole week after a hole week the baby will be walking and you can touch the baby it will need to be check by a vet to check if it is not sick give it same nice food and it will be fine.

                                         by Inara

WALT identify the main idea

                                                 How a  foal  is born .

                                               
               After the mother has pushed the baby f oal  out of  her special thing called a sac that the baby foal comes out of the sac. The baby foal must not be touched  for a week or two. After that you have to call a vet to know the new  growth of the baby foal.


                                                           By Tess.

WALT identify the main idea

                               How a foal is born



First the mother most push the Baby out.When he our she is out you must not touch the foal for a few hours so that the mother horse can get use to her baby being around.  After the few hours you must go out and touch the foal so he can get used to being touched by a human and then feed the baby and then it will be really safe.

Posted by Tiernan

WALT: identify the main idea

Me too       

The main idea behind this story is that we communicate in different ways.

If my grandparents came to school they would do art and craft.

Posted by Rico

WALT: identify the main idea

Me too!

The main idea was to communicate with her grandparents. If my grandparents came to school they will do some  cooking  with  the class.

Posted by Anneliese

WALT...identify the main idea

Me Too!  By Beverley Wood

The  main  idea  behind  this  story  is that  we  can  communicate  in  different  ways.
I  learnt that you  can communicate with an instrument  like  a  cello  and  a  violin.    


                        posted by Austin

WALT: identify the main idea

Me Too!  By Beverley Wood

I have learned that you can communicate in different way's. And I would feel scared if my grandparents came to school because they cannot speak English.

by Teodoro

WALT... identify the main idea.

Me Too!  By Beverley Wood

The  main   idea  in  the  story  was  you  can  communicate in all sorts of  different  ways.I  learnt  about a  Chinese instrument   called  an  erhu,  it is similar  to a  violin and a cello.  If  my grandparents  came to   school  they would   talk   about  their farm.                         

Posted by Livvy.                           

Tuning In to Te Marae

As part of Tuning in we are developing our knowledge of Deep Understanding 1.  We did this through looking at pictures and discussing definitions before working in Unity completing a ‘silent jigsaw’.

Deep Understanding 1: Understand that a marae is a  focal point. 

This is important because a marae enables us to carry out our

traditions and customs and express our values fully and with dignity.

silent jigsaw on PhotoPeach

WALT ... find adjectives

Reading response to:  Night is a blanket

Posted by Neha

Homework Sharing

As part of the Middle team's homework this term, we created posters advising people to take care of our native New Zealand birds.  This ties in with our Connected Curriculum learning of how we can attract more native birds to our school grounds.

Here are some of the posters which were created by Two Awesome.

WALT...understand a process.

                                                              

                                                     Trees for Birds

                                              

The main idea behind the story is to plant six hundred trees for native birds.        

posted by Jack

Walt:understand a process.

Trees for birds

The main idea behind the story is to plant trees to make some native birds come and live in the trees.

Posted by Emma S

WALT ... use language ,symbols and text to inform an audience.

Our Digi Award entry ...

WALT ... add detail

Rugby  

                                                     

Since I'm leaving, my WHOLE rugby team signed a rugby ball. "Thank you," I said as they gave it to me. Then I looked down at it,
even Brian and Bruce had signed it. A smile built upon my face.

Written by Jack

WALT:be able to add detail to our story.

                                                       AUSTRALIA

As I splashed head first into the ample metallic aqua pool, I felt the glacial vibration as my brother jumped in after me so that it was almost synchronised. There was barely anyone there, because they were all lying in bed, when they should be soaking up the sunlight! When I hopped out of the pool it was almost identical to a sauna, but then again, so is Australia!

Written by
Dominic

WALA ... initiation

In Two Awesome we had an interesting discussion about how we get initiated into different groups.  Following are a few snippets of what we talked about using the R.E. digital resource to record our findings.

Posted by Mrs A.

WALT:write an alternative ending.

                                                                   Caterpillars

Always make sure that there are some swan plants for the tiny little Caterpillars to eat from.So the beautiful monarch butterflys can lay their eggs on so  that the eggs will bring more Caterpillars alive and turn them into a chrysaolise and then into a dazzling butterfly.

Retold by Emma s

WALT:create an alternative ending

                           CATERPILLARS

I'll have to plant some more swan plants for the butterfly's I said as I opened the window and let the butterfly fly away. Those caterpillars are a real treasure!

Retold by Dom

WALT write an alternative ending

                                              Caterpillars.

As I opened the beautiful, slide window. Off in a dash went the amazing Monarch butterfly with a lot of speed, out of the window and out of the garden in a flash of light. Soon it will go into anotther house to restart the fantstic Monarch life cycle.

Posted by Jeremy.

WALT... write an alternative ending.

                                                                  Caterpillars

Koro says to the butterfly fly out the window and the butterflys fly out the window.


                                            By William
                               

WALT...find imformtion

posted by Rico

WALT:find information

Posted by Livvy

WALT... use new adjectives to describe.

                                                        The dare
                                                                   
I slowly opened the deadly old graveyard gate .I wanted to dissapear and run home but I did'nt I did my dangourus dear my friend told me to do.

posted by Jack

Gymnastics

WALT ... Use a wide range of spring and landing skills and balancing and rotation skills in gymnastics

Spring/  landing 

●        W.A.L.T -  have body control

●        W.A.L.T – explore and understand different types of spring

●        W.A.L.T – land safely in different ways

Balance

●        W.A.L.T: Maintain balance while moving in a variety of ways, using static and dynamic balance

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WALT Make inferences

The Dare.
Dark and dreadful,the graveyard is as big as the moon,shadows were skulking around. Right now i would rather die than be in this spooky situation,that is how freaky and scary this graveyard is. 


 Posted by Jeremy.

WALT Make inferences

The Dare
It was a cold icy nightdown in the spooky grave yard,I was sooo frightened.I started getting scared of my own body parts,My heart almost fell out of my body because my teeth were rattling because I thought someone was creeping up behind me.
Posted by Emma S

WALT...Make Inferences

 The Dare
This place is a really freezing dangerous,and lethal place.I would feel really freaked out being in a creepy frosty graveyard! 
                                                                                            By Gene

WALT...use new adjectives to describe.

The Dare
It was a dark and gloomy day, and the moon veiled behind the misty clouds.
I was extremely nervous because I could hear noises coming from every direction.

By Dom

WALT:write an alternative ending

Caterpillars
'I don't want the precious butterfly to go away' Said Koro , 'well it has to go and find a mate and do the life cycle all over again' said Apu Kai.


Posted by Charlotte

walt write an alternative ending

                                                     Caterpillars

Koros dream was to be a butterfly and fly into the sunset with lots more butterfly's.then the butterfly that Koro found broke out of his little house and then it fly over to koro the he turnd into a butterfly and fly into the sunset.      

                                                          the end.

Posted by Tiernan

Matariki

To celebrate Matariki, Two Awesome came together with their Buddy Class ... the SUPER K9's!
These wonderful learning buddies shared and discussed the Maori Legend ...

The Star Fishes

retold by Annie Wilkinson.
They then worked in Unity and had to persevere to create a fabulous mural which is now on display in the corridor outside Room 2.

Each of the smaller stars represent each student who took part in this activity. When they choose, their star can be the seventh star to form Matariki.

Term 2 Sharing afternoon

Towards the end of Term 2 Two Awesome proudly shared their Connected Curriculum learning with their families.

Thank you to all those who supported this initiative, it was a wonderful experience for the students to share their learning space with you.


Sharing afternoon on PhotoPeach

WALT ... understand how God speak to us through the Bible

As part of Two Awesome's learning in the God strand, we looked at the Bible and identified how it is actually telling us things, and speaking to us.


In Connected Curriculum we have been learning to skim and scan to find the important words, the ones that send the message.
These are the Key Words we found in Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

In the reading from Romans 12:9-16

Two Awesome have unpacked this reading using the Unity Value they have been learning about in class.

Love must be completely sincere. It has meaning.  Hate what is evil, hold on to what is good. Help other people instead of leaving people to fend for themselves. Love one another warmly as Christians, and be eager to show respect for one another. Treat everybody fairly. Work hard and do not be lazy. Always be positive and persevere. Serve the Lord with a heart full of devotion. Do what Jesus would have done. Let your hope keep you joyful, be patient in your troubles, and pray at all times. Be patient and pray everyday, always be happy. Share your belongings with your needy fellow Christians, and open your home to strangers. Don’t turn people in need away.

Ask God to bless those who persecute you - yes, ask him to bless, not curse. Show your faith through your actions. Be happy with those that are happy, weep with those who weep. Sharing others feelings or emotions. Have the same concern for everyone. Be nice to everyone. Do not be proud, but accept humble duties. Helping out even when it isn’t your job. Do not think of yourselves as wise. Don’t see yourself as being better than others.

Romans 12:9-16

dinosaurs

made by Tiernan and William

dinosaurs

By Jack

Dinosaurs

Posted by Jeremy and Emma

WALT; make connections to the text

Thursday 24 may 2012

1.       If we had a pet day I would bring along my cat Millie. I would look after Millie by feeding her. My favourite story about cats is Hairy mcheary.    

posted by Hannah

Drawing Dinosaurs

How to measure a dinosaur

Use a variety of learning areas to understand the actual size of a dinosaur.
Firstly read the Journal article 'How do you measure a dinosaur?' written by a class from Island Bay School.
Then use you maths skills to draw a proportional grid over a picture of a dinosaur. This part is very tricky, you need to read your ruler carefully, draw straight lines and label it accurately.
Next use metre rulers and chalk outside on a suitable surface to draw the actual size of a dinosaur following your grid you created in class.
Finally step back and look at the size of the creature you have re-created!
This activity allows you to form an understanding of real dinosaur size while you are using reading, maths and problem solving techniques.


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This is what Two Awesome created! 
Posted by the very proud Mrs A.

Who can tell me what writing genre this is written in?

How do you measure a dinosaur?

'How do you measure a dinosaur?' by Room C1, Island Bay School has been used by Two Awesome for a reading response. The following Dustbin game uses Blooms Remembering, Understanding and Analysing in relation to this story and the activities the students participated in.


Give it a go Two Awesome!

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Posted by Mrs A

Gardner's Multiple Intellegencies

Two Awesome spent a day using the multiple intelligence to participate in a range of activities that develop the skill of critical thinking as we learn about "How do fossils give us clues about the past?" We used a variety of activities that include decision making, planning, communication and creativity. Sometimes we work alone and at other times we work cooperatively.


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WALT ... sort our dinosaurs

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Posted by Mrs A

Use Dust Bin for Maths

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Posted by Mrs A

WALT... identify key words

Two Awesome you are welcome to continue loading keywords for our Big Question: How do fossils give us clues about life in the past? from the information we have learnt so far.  
I look forward to watching this grow! (Remember to check your spelling.
Posted by Mrs A

Tuning In - Term 2

As part of our Tuning In to our Big Question 'How do Fossils give us clues about life from the past' Two Awesome visited Te Manawa.

Te Manawa on PhotoPeach
 Posted by Mrs A

ANZAC: Writers Notebook

These pieces of writing have been published from some of the students Free Writing books.

Free Writing is based on an image or text which is visible on the whiteboard first thing on the school morning.  Each student has five minutes to write about whatever comes into their head using the information as inspiration.

This was the image on Tuesday morning ...

Hello?   Anyone in here?  Of course there is because it is a cemetery, but I actually know who is here.  I know it is a soldier from a war because it is a poppy.  I do not know which war it could be, war 1 or war 2?  What war could it be I wonder?                                                               Charlotte

Poppies are pretty.

Poppies are red.

The flower is an ANZAC flower.             

Anneliese

No, I don’t want you to die.  Wha, wha.  Oh why did this happen?  This is so sad.  I want you back, please come back to life.  I don’t even know why they did it.

Here you go, here are some poppies for you.                   

Ajae

Why, why did you have to die, all those people that I don’t know.  Stop with the violence.

ANZAC Day is reported on the news.  Someone is going grave to grave and crying and he doesn’t even know these people.

Tess

ANZAC Day.

Red poppies by a stone.

That person was probably in the war.                                  

Austin

ANZAC Day, not a really good day.  The day we remember that the people in the war died, not cool.  My Granddad was in the trenches too, it’s a good thing he didn’t die.

I wonder why the war started?  I wonder what it would have felt like for the people in the war?                              

William

Posted by Mrs A

ANZAC Day

Two Awesome created a wreath made from newspaper and branches, the poppies were cut from red paper and had the centre drawn on with a Sharpie.

Austin marched alongside his Policeman father during Dawn Parade, Palmerston North proudly holding Two Awesome’s wreath.

This wreath was later placed by Austin at the base of the cenotaph.

Thank you to all those from Room 2 which attended ANZAC Day in remembrance of those that have fallen.

Posted by Mrs A

Clay yourself

Check out this awesome website and create your own clay profile!
http://www.clayyourself.com/

Posted by Mrs A

Gymnastics!

Gymnastics

I felt absolutely nervous as I walked through the doors of the gymnastics arena in Wanganui. I did some stretches which we call, conditioning, (not the stuff you put in your hair though!)I felt achy, sore, tired, and hungry.

I felt like passing out and flopping over on the ground!

As I started my first apparatus, I had forgotten my routine! I had to go back and ask I felt so embarrassed! Finally, I think I’m ready now I mumbled to myself in my head. And before I knew it, I had finished with a score of 13.500 out of 15.500! Well done I heard my coach say enthusiastically. I felt proud, I felt like I was on top of the world! I still had 7 more apparatus but I tried not to think about that. By 9

o'clock I had finished. I felt nervous until the lady called me first! Victory was mine! ( for once.)

Posted by Dominic

WALA ... the meaning of the Olive Tree

We shared Jesus bread with Olive oil and Olives with our buddy class the Super K9's.

Thank you for making the bread Mrs K!
Photo's by Ajae.


Posted by Mrs A

Survival Day

The scenario ...

You and your friends have just washed up on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after your cruise ship sank.

So which one of you built a raft that can take you off your island?


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WALA ... the Last Supper

This activity was a Silent Jigsaw ... you guessed it, we had to work together in complete silence!



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WALT ... control a soccer ball

Check out the skills we are learning with
Shane Rufer!

Soccer with Shane on PhotoPeach
Posted by Mrs A

Boring

Posted by Jack

Boring!!!

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Posted by Jeremy

BORING!

                                                      

Posted By Dominic

boring

Posted by Tiernan and Emma.

Compare two rafts.

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Post by Tiernan and Gray

Compare two rafts

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Post created by Jeremy and Charlotte.

Compare two Rafts

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Posted by Jacko and William

swampy paddocks

Posted by livvy

Paul and the pukeko

posted by Tess

Paul the Pukeko

Posted by Hannah

zero waste

Created by Tia and Rico

zero waste

posted by Hannah Priya

zero waste

posted by emma and livvy

zero wast

post creatred by Tiernan and Anneliese

zero waste

posted by Inara and Teodoro