Memorable Moments

Golden Anniversary by Dani
A few years ago my grandma and grandpa had a golden anniversary..First we waited for everyone to arrive, then we ate Chinese food. Next we played a game where you had to guess the name of a song. The person who got it right got little easter eggs. Finally it was time to go home. It was such a cool day.

My Birthday by Carley
On the 12th of May it was my birthday. I had party games like; pin the tail on the donkey, treasure hunt, find the teddy, and lots more. They were really fun. I had an Avatar cake and Avatar cards with blue and red balloons. We even watched the movie Avatar! When my friends arrived they were so amazed when they walked through the door. When they saw the food they could not decide what to eat because there was so much to choose from. After the birthday cake, presents and games were finished we were all really tired. We had a great time.

Ead by Majenta
One Friday, a long time ago, I looked out my window and saw that the full moon had risen.. At that moment I knew it was EAD. The next morning we went to my Nans house and I got dressed into my Muslim dress. Then we were off to visit other Muslim people at their houses. When we got there we had to say Ead Mobark', because you have to when it is Ead. Everytime we go we know which houses to go to because they hang a picture of a flag on their doors. When you get inside they give you some juice and traditional yummy food like Kory Rote Dates and heaps more. By the end of the day I was really tired. Ead was such a cool experience and I hope I get to go next year.

Christmas Day by Ben
One Christmas Day my Mum, Dad, brother and our friends all had a Christmas party. First I jumped on the trampoline, then we had some B.B.Q food. After that we played softball and it was really fun. Later that afternoon when we were playing outside, I got a bee-sting and it really really hurt. I was okay though and I had a really awesome Christmas that day.

Halloween by Paora
On Sunday the 31st of October Atawhai, Kaya, Asics, Pharaoh, , Mum, Dad and I went to celebrate Halloween. We went trick or treating and Pharaoh dressed up as Batma, Asics was spiderman, I was a wolf, Kaya was a princess and Atawhai was a vampire. We went to lots of peoples houses and we knocked on their doors and said 'trick or treat'. We got heaps of lollies. Finally it was time to go home to eat our lollies before gtetting ready to go to bed. Halloween was really cool this year.

Celebration Report

Chinese New Year Traditions & Superstitions by Seffie

The colour Chinese believe to be lucky during
Chinese New Year is red.The name of an animal
used in the dance performances is a lion.The patrons give the dancing animals lettuce as they
parade through the street.The name of the candle holder Chinese use,during the light
festival is a lantern.The children are given on
the first day of Chinese New Year,a red envolope
with money inside.Foods the Chinese enjoy are
co co nuts,noodles,plums,nuts,peanuts.They
leave their doors and windows open to let bad
spirits out.Chinese do not cut their noodles because it means short life.Chinese dont use knives
or scissors because it brings death to the year.It is bad luck to clean the house on the 1st day of the new year because you sweep away good spirits.

Assembly Item

On Friday the 3rd of December, Room 2 performed an awesome assembly item about Chinese New Year. Way to go Room 2, all your hard work paid off!!! We have all really enjoyed learning about Celebrations this term, especially Chinese New Year!

Halloween in Waiuku

On the 31st of October I went trick or treating in Waiuku with my friend Chanel and her two best friends. I got dressed up as Chucky and I had stitches on my face and a black eye. I went to lots and lots of houses and got thousands of lollies. When I knocked on peoples doors they said 'hello' to me and I said "trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat". It was really funny. By the time I got home I was exhausted, so I sat back and enjoyed my lollies. I had alot of fun this Halloween and it was so awesome. .........................by Jaison

Certificates!

Congratulations to the following Room 2 certificate holders for Term 4;

Wk 1: Jamie and Molly
For demonstrating respect and maturity when sitting on the mat quietly ........

Wk 2: Benjamin and Sage;
For demonstrating excellent leadership skills when taking their reading groups and shared circle.

Wk 3: Majenta; For using exceptional questioning skills during reading ...... and
Yosef (Seffie); For taking risks and trying something new when speaking Te Reo
Maori.

Wk 4: Opps....sorry no certificates awarded.

Wk 5: Athletics.....no assembly/no certificates

Wk 6: ???????????????????????????????????

Athletics Training

Room 2 giving 110% during athletics training with Mrs Remington on Monday. How lucky to be outside having fun in this beautiful sunshine.

So come along on this Friday and enjoy a wonderful funfilled day of Athletics with Rm 2 and the rest of W.P.S

Quoits

Paora & Theo prepare for their Quoit throw as Jaison & Jamie look on. I wonder who threw the furtherest............?

Syndicate Sports

Syndicate Sport has now begun, and will take place on Thursday afternooons. Rm 2 were fortunate enough last Thursday to get some relay practise in, and here we see Benjamin taking the lead, with Caleb on his tail, & Dannielle a close third.

Miss McCauslands in Rm 2

Kia ora koutou,

My name is Natasha McCausland and my first three weeks at Waiuku Primary have been awesome. The children in room 2 are just adorable, the staff have been wonderful and I have been fortunate enough to meet many of the parents from within and outside of my classroom.

100%

Well done to Majenta, Theo, Ben, Dani and Seffie. They achieved 100% in this term's basic facts test.

New World Visit

We went to the New World Supermarket on Monday to learn more about nutritions.

Daffodil Day

Thank you everyone for your generous donation and great effort for dressing up. Well done!

Assembly Awards Week 6 Term 3

This week's awards went to Paora and Katie. Aren't they look proud? We are proud of you too.

Our Artwork - Animal Prints

Assembly Awards Week 5 Term 3

This week's awards went to Zara and Caleb. Well done!

We Made Jelly

We are learning to write procedures. Here is Neve's writing to go with the slide show.

Sweet Juicy Jelly

Goal:

To make jelly.

Materials:

* 1 pkt of jelly crystals
* a spoon to stir
* a jug of hot water
* a messuring jug

Steps:

1. Put the packet of jelly crystal in the messuring jug.
2. Pour 2 cups of hot water into the messuring jug.
3. Stir it until dissolved.
4. Wait for it to cool down.
5. Put it in the fridge and wait till it sets.

Now enjoy. Yum!

Assembly Awards Week 4 Term 3

This week, the awards went to Faye for being a good listener and Benjamin for being super at learning his times tables.

Assembly Awards for Week 3 Term 3

The awards went to Majenta and Edrian this week. Well done!

Assembly Awards for Week 2 Term 3

The awards went to Molly Buchan and Neve Buchan. Congratulations!

Self Portraits

Mrs Bradshaw went to an art course in Auckland University during the school holidays. She shared what she had learnt with Room 2's children yesterday. Look what they produced! Mrs Bradshaw is so proud of them!

Privilege - Chinese Culture

Poem Recital

This week all the children in Room 2 have recited their poems in front of the class. Most of them wrote their own poems! We chose Faye, Caleb, Sage and Paora to represent our class for the cyndicate performance. Caleb and Paora were chosen by our syndicate to recite their poems at the school speech competition night next week. Congratulations boys!

Click to watch their performance.

GOOD NEWS!

At the beginning of the year, we had 5 children read below their chronological age. Now we have none!!!

For this term's 5 minutes Basic Facts Speedy Test, Seffie, Ben and Eli achieved 100%.
Ben and Eli took 3 minutes to finish; Seffie took only 1 minute! A big WOW from Mrs Bradshaw!

Introducing our new addition to our Poem Pad - Freckle

 

Here are some of the poems Room 2 children wrote about Freckle

Freckle the frog
On a log
Playing with a dog
In the fog
Wants a jog
In a blog.

By Dani
________________________

If I were a frog,
I'd jump all day,
I'd eat the flies and
Have a good day!

By Edrian
________________________

Funky frog Freckle
Really cool Freckle
Eating and drinking
Calling friends
Killing flies
Lying in pond
Eating flies.

By Brieana
__________________________

Swimming in the water
come out to play.

Swimming in the water
nobody's there.

Swimming in the water
it's so so fun.

The sun's so bright
come out to run.

By Paora

Assembly Awards Week 8 Term 2 2010

At the assembly on Friday, Kathleen received an award for her great progress in Math. Nakita also got an award for keeping on task and producing good quality work although she was not here to receive it on Friday. Well done girls!

Mathletics Certificates Week 8 Term 2

This week Kimberley got a Silver Certificate; Nadine, Theo, Elin and Seffie got bronze certificates. Well done!

Assembly Awards Week 7 Term 2 2010

This week Liam and Theo got assembly awards. Liam is very enthusiastic in Poem Writing. Theo is more focused on his learning. Well done boys!

Mathletics Certificates Week 7 Term 2 2010

This week Theo, Paora and Nadine got Bronze certificates; Ben and Katie got Silver certificates. Seffie is the first person in our class to get a gold certificate. Congratulations!

Poem with a Twist

Room 2 children enjoyed writing Poem with a Twist this week. Here are some of their poems for you to share:

Wind

Ready for rain,
Blowing hard,
Wrecking houses,
No sky!

By Dani
______________________________

Clown

Putting his make up on,
Getting his costume,
Putting his red nose on,
No crowd!

By Majenta
______________________________

Mouse

Ready to eat,
Licking his lips,
Being sneaky,
No cheese!

By Elin
______________________________

Cow

Ready to milk,
Suckers out,
Cow's scared,
No udder!

By Jamie

K4S Award

This week's K4S award went to Edrian for using detailed symbols in his artwork.

Assembly Awards

Today Dani and Ashlyn got the awards at the assembly. Dani's poem writing is very creative. Ashlyn is very fluent with her times tables. Well done girls!

Mathletics Certificates

This week Room 2 has 4 girls received Silver Certificates. Nadine had 2307 points and Sage had 1850 points. Come on boys!

Room 2's paper collage

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