Digital citizenship Week

Throughout this year we have learned lessons from Hectors world about how to stay safe online and the type of information we should and should not give out to people we don't know. 
During digital citizenship week we were learning to discern whether what we see on the internet is true or not and what are some of the ways we can work this out. We used the 2publish program to draw images of things we had found out were not true. 

Well done Adwoa and Aysiah ! A great effort

The Gingerbread man

Today while we were in the library Evander and his reading recovery friends read us the play of The Gingerbread man. They did an amazing job reading this play and took a well deserved bow.

We have been choosing books we think are exciting to take back to read in our class.

At the moment in Room 2 we are reading The 26 Storey tree-house
by Andy Griffiths
it is a very funny book with amazing pictures.

Sports day

What an amazing day for sports day on Monday,thank you to the parents who joined us for the day....

Room 1 and 2 you were amazing

Going backwards is harder than you think!

On your marks ! Get set ! Go!
Thanks Brian and Sifa we needed the extra strong hands our wheel barrows were very wriggly.

Someone catch that snake

Another 6 year old celebration in Rm 2

Happy 6th birthday Caitlin...

Asyiah's family

Aysiah drew a fantastic drawing of her family they are very special to her.

Our Ident-i-tree

We are all like trees 

Our roots - the things valuable to us ; family, language, values. roles and responsibilities

Our  trunk  - the main influences in our lives, the  people we mix with at school, church, sports groups etc

Our leaves  - outside influences; peers, neighbours, older cousins. 

Cooked vs Raw

This week we compared raw popping corn with cooked popcorn. We discovered not only did raw popcorn look, smell, and feel different to cooked popcorn it definitely tasted different. We all enjoyed the buttery crunchy popped corn!!!

First we melted the butter

Then we added the popping corn

After a few minutes it started to pop

 

The finished product

Yum !!!


Thank you Room 4 for the popping corn and Sifa for the frypan.

 

My family , My Cullture

This week we were visited by families who shared their culture and their special festivals

 Sally and Roman performed their White Sunday Items with Mum and Grandma.

 Best friends 

 Aysiah shared her Tongan and Samoan treasures

Stuti wearing her traditional Indian clothes

Thank you so much for sharing your cultures with us.

Term 4 - Identity

Well the holidays have raced by and I know that term 4 is going to be as exciting as 1,2, and 3 have been. This term we are going to learning all about 'Who we are, our family and culture'.
 Watch this space to find out the amazing learning that is going to take place in Room 2. 

Like branches on a tree we all grow in different directions but our roots keep us together

Duffy Assembly

Stuti received her duffy book in assembly today - Stuti is the newest member of Room 2 and she has made a great start to her time at Rosebank school . Well done Stuti.

Today's the day - Teddy bear's picnic

Miss Long started our day with a story about the "best dressed bear" in her polka dot onesie!

If you go out on the field today
You're sure of a big surprise.
If you go out on the field today
You'd better go in disguise!

For every bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain,
Because today's the day Room 2 have their picnic.

Picnic time for Teddy Bears
The little Teddy Bears are having
A lovely time today.

Watch them, catch them unawares,
And see them picnic on their holiday.

See them gaily gad about.
They love to play and shout,
They never have any care;

At 12 o’clock children
Will take them back to class
Because they're tired little Teddy Bears

Every Teddy Bear who's been good
Is sure of a treat today.
There's lots of marvelous things to eat
And wonderful games to play.

Beneath the trees where nobody sees
They'll hide and seek as long as they please
'Cause that's the way the
Teddy Bears have their picnic.

crucnchy snacks were lots fun

 Yummy cupcakes arrived just in time - thank you so much

The teddy bears and the children loved this amazing "hill cake" fitting for a teddy bears picnic

By the end of it all children and teddies needed a nap

Animal information reports by Caitlin and Ellahzade

Dr Seuss reading group

Drr Seuss reading group read the book Fantail fantail -  they make great fantails.

Reading bears

This week we have invited our teddy bears and special toys to school for a picnic we have been learning songs, and poems and we have been reading stories to our bears.

Teddy bear's picnic

On Thursday the 25th of September Room 2 will be having a teddy bear's picnic to finish off our week of celebrating our 'special bears'  and introducing our theme for Term four " Identity".

Esol adventures

Billy and Stuti went on an amazing adventure to Kelly Tarlton's with their Esol class and told us great stories about their adventures and what they saw.

First AId

In Week 8 we were visited by St John and learnt a lot about when you should call an ambulance and who can help you in an emergency.

Fun Songs

Music and songs are a great way for children to learn here are some songs we will be using in the coming weeks 

in room 2

Alphablocks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH0rToY6QM8&list=PL7QBhjs24ko-lQij0eV7H2JYPC0vWKUDE

I can count to 100
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=estMnWVEjrk

Mr R's double song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9YQ4phTB0E


If you find any other songs please let us know .....

Winners of Rm 2's Maths Art competition

These students worked extremely hard to complete their maths art with stunning results - Well done!

 Nima (1st)

Ceejay (2nd)

Malakai (3rd)

Maths art

We were also working hard at our maths art creations ....

Maths Week

It is Maths week at Rosebank school and there are some master code crackers and writers in Room 2

It 

Random acts of Kindness

“Wherever there is a human in need, there is an opportunity for kindness and to make a difference.”

—Kevin Heath

Ceo More4kids

For the rest of the term / year room 2 will be working hard to outdo each other in doing good, Random acts of kindess that will make our class room a wonderful place to be ! Why don't you join us and do something kind for someone else.

Adaptations when leaving your home country

We are the same but different...

Caitlin's dad came from Ireland when he was twenty years old.

 He missed his family - Raymond 

In Ireland they speak a different language as well as English - Adwoa 

 Some foods are the same as here - Sally 

 At Christmas they have snow - Marina 

 at night time in New Zealand it is morning in Ireland - Caitlin 


 Raymond's mum came from Ethiopia but spent most of her life in Sudan ( Africa)

She came to New Zealand when she was 12 -  Ellahzade

 She couldn't speak any English at all when she came - Evander 

 They have the same things we do like shops, food and drinks - Cee jay 

 Not everyone has as much money as New Zealand - Giavanni 

 People wear special clothes but now young people change what they wear - Raymond

 Room 2 had a great time hearing all about living in other countries and how it is different than living in New Zealand.

Our countries of origin

Some of our parents will  be sharing with us this week about the changes they had make when they moved to NZ. IN Room 2 we represent 12 different countries.