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This year I am in Room 28 and my teacher is Miss Cunningham.

A Puppet Show

WALT create and perform a puppet show.

Room 10/11 had a great opportunity to create and perform a puppet show from scratch! They had to write the script, make the stage and props such as a butterfly, a cocoon, a caterpillar and different types of foods. They practised for a few weeks and developed their acting and understanding of stage performance. Take a look at Hadi's group’s performance. (Please click the title above the picture)

The very fat caterpillar 

Setting description: the colourful flowers are growing and it’s very sunny. The wind is blowing. The hill is so high and there are three trees. There is a beautiful pond next to a tree. 

Narrator: there was a garden with a little white, small egg that fell down from a leaf. Then it cracked and out came a little hungry caterpillar. 

Caterpillar: I’m so hungry. (caterpillar looks for food)

Narrator: on Monday it found one pear and ate it.

Narrator: on Tuesday it found two strawberries and ate both of them.

Narrator: on Wednesday it ate three salamies.

Narrator: on Thursday the caterpillar ate four watermelons. 

Narrator: on Friday it ate five lemons and on Saturday it ate six cotton candies. 

Narrator: the caterpillar felt so sick so it tried eating a leaf.

Narrator: the next day it turned into a cocoon and after two weeks it came out as a beautiful butterfly! The End. 

By. Keilah, Penny, Ina, Elly, Emily and Hadi 

The very fat caterpillar 

Book Character Dress Up Day!

On Thursday 21 November, Room 10/11 had a fun day dressed up as their favourite book characters. There were princesses, witches, wizards, Hairy Maclary and many other characters from different books! It was great to see the love of reading and making a connection to those characters. Well done Room 10/11 for your amazing effort and costumes! 

Bonds to 20

WALT know bonds to 20

In maths, we have been learning to find the bonds to 20, looking for the sets of two numbers that make 20. It was tricky at the beginning to know the numbers straight away but it got easier as we used different materials like connecting cubes and counters to figure the problem out. 

We are learning to draw a sea lion

Room 10/11 have made the Sea Lion artwork for the Art Show that is taking place in Term 3 Week 9. We observed different features and postures of the sea lion and learned to draw it step by step to make our own sea lions. Then we made our background by blending different shades and tints of blue. We also made rocks by scrunching up some brown paper.

Poetry Recital

I am learning to read and recite a poem of my choice. 

In Year 2, we have been learning many different poems. We had to choose a poem that we liked and had time to practise it in class and at home. 

We had to work on the following:

- Body Language and Eye contact - Standing still and looking at the audience. 

- Fluency - Speaking at a medium pace. 

- Clarity - Making sure we are speaking clearly. 

- Preparation - Knowing my poem when reading it. 

- Volume - Making sure I am talking so that everyone can hear me. 

Sea Creature Inquiry

We are learning about our local environment and how it effects the Sea Creatures 

This Term, we have been learning about Sea Creatures in our oceans and seas. 

We have learnt a lot of things such as: 

- The difference between animals that are endangered and extinct.

- Reasons why animals become either endangered and/or extinct. 

- What we can do to help take care of our animals and sea creatures in NZ. 

We were excited to go on our trip to Eastern Beach to explore our local environment. We got to walk along the beach, looking around to see what is happening in our sea. We found things like Seaweed, Shells and even rubbish! While we were walking, we stopped at did some sketching of our environment.