Room 2 Yaldhurst Model School

Miss Grant and Production

2011-09-12T17:07:00.000-07:00

We are very much into the term now and we have all been a little busy with production preparation to write a blog lately. Very naughty!

We had a lovely 5 weeks with Miss Clarke our last student teacher and now we have another fantastic student teacher called Miss Grant. She is doing a 15 month course and this is her second professional practise. Her last one was with a Year 7 & 8 class so this is a big change for her. We think she is settling in well and are enjoying having her help with our reading groups. Make sure you say hello to her when you see her in the class.

The school production is only two weeks away now and practises are happening franticly around the school. All the children where sized for there costumes today in Room 2. Thank you to the wonderful mums and dads who have been building, sewing, purchasing, twisting pipe cleaners, paining gumboots... the list goes on. We couldn't put this production together without all of you.

Tickets went on sale today so make sure you purchase some. We are all really looking forward to showing you how well we can sing and dance on Thursday 22nd September.

What a busy lot we've been

2011-07-13T19:55:00.000-07:00

Firstly we want to say welcome to our new member Grace. Grace started at the end of June and she is settling in really well. Grace has big sister Sophie in Room 4. Welcome Grace, we hope you love being part of Room 2.

We have been working on machines as part of our topic. Last week Mrs Meikle got us all to bring in boxes and bits and pieces and we spent Wednesday afternoon creating our robots. We had designed them on paper first so we had the very tricky job of creating our designs and turning them into 3D models. It was lots of fun and on Friday we got to show them to the school at assembly.

That same Friday we had the School Disco. We love the school disco. All of us dressed up in our shirts or dresses and danced the evening away. This year it was at the Scout Hall in Yaldhurst because the Yaldhurst Hall is a little earthquake broken. It was such a fun night. The PTA did a fantastic job and had brought lots of amazing glow things and flashing aliens, rings, necklaces ... We got to spend some money and buy these flashing things. The DJ put on lots of different songs and even though the boys spent lots of times running around together there was definitely lots of dancing done. Mrs Shead came along for a boogie and Toby came too, which was soooo special. Thanks to the PTA for putting this on.

Mrs Shead has worked really hard on all our Mid Year Assessments. We hope that all the parent's enjoyed seeing what hard work we have all been doing. Thanks Mrs Shead for doing all of them for us. We really apreciate it.

We are all really looking forward to having a holiday break. We have all worked so hard this Term and really deserve it. Room 2 want to say a special welcome to Jacinta Clark who is coming to help Mrs Shead in Term 3. She will spend five whole weeks with us. We hope you have fun Miss Clark. Also a big thank you to Hannah's Mum, Sharon for doing the school blog.

Have a great holiday everyone.
Love all of Room 2

Welcome Hunter and our Gymnastics

2011-06-15T19:53:00.000-07:00

We have a new student in our room. His name is Hunter. Hunter started on Monday 30th June. Hunter has been seen around the Yaldhurst School Playground for a while as he has a big brother in Room 3. We've often seen Hunter at school assemblies sitting with his big friends from Room 6 and now he is in our class. It is really exciting to have you Hunter. We hope you enjoy being in Room 2.

Something else that was very exciting for us in Room 2 was getting to go in a big bus with Room 3 to do Gymnastics at Olympia. We travelled there 2 days a week over a 3 week period and on the last day all our parents got to come and watch us. We had really improved. Lots of us learnt to do forward rolls, balancing, how to bounce high on a trampaline, swinging on the bars and doing forward rolls on the bars. It was really fun. Mrs Shead took some pictures of us doing some of the different things. A few of us are going along after school now to learn more. We really hope all our Mums and Dad's enjoyed watching us. We really loved having you all come.

Toby's Last Day

2011-06-08T19:50:00.000-07:00

On Friday 27th May our class had a special lunch to say goodbye to our good friend and classmate Toby. Toby and his family moved to Southbridge and because it is so far away he and his sister Twyla from Room 5 are going to go to Southbridge Primary School.

It was a fun lunch, a few of the mummies came in and brought some delicious food. And we had a visit from Miss Tasker too. She came in specially to say goodbye to Toby. We had cake, cup cakes, biscuits, fruit, cheerio's and lots of other things. There was even a giant cookie that said Farewell. Some of us ate a little bit and some of us, especially Cameron, ate a lot! It was really nice to have the special lunch but we are sad that Toby is leaving us. Toby started last year as one of only 3 children in Mrs Sheads class. Cameron is now the only one of the three left at Yaldhurst School.

After lunch we sat around in a circle and shared something special we all liked about Toby. Lots of people said he was a great friend, that he was kind, that he looked out for other class members and that he was funny.

Goodbye Toby!! We will really miss you and your family.

PS: Here are some photo's of the party

Our First Week Back in Term Two & Potatoes

2011-05-05T15:26:00.000-07:00

Today is the last day of our first week back at school. All of us were happy to be back in our classroom and seeing Mrs Shead. While it is sad when holiday's end it is nice to be back to a normal routine.

This week we have been learning about Mr Shead's Potatoes. Mrs Shead just told us that she looooves eating raw potato. Eweeee that's a little gross! Anyway today we are going to be making Potato People. Mrs Shead has shown us how to put the toothpicks in to hold the head on. How to put a pin in to hold the hair on and how to put on the eyes, nose and buttons. Here are some photo's of her showing us.

After she had shown us what to do we all got to have a go. Each of us had to work out how we were going to put the heads on, what colour eyes we were going to have, the kind of hair, the colour buttons, colour material for the skirts or lava lava's. Gosh what a lot of decisions to make. It's almost like being on Project Runway but this time we are Project Potato. We are all making it work!!! Here's a photo montage of us working on all of them.

Here are our finished products. We really hope you like them.

Last Day of Term - Easter Fun Day

2011-04-14T18:24:00.000-07:00

Today is the last day of Term 1. What an exciting day we have had. We have coloured in our easter boxes, finished watching our movie and had a visit from the Easter Bunny!!!! We didn't think he would come as it isn't easter yet but when we came in from Morning Tea there where Bunny foot prints all over the carpet and our easter baskets where full. What a fun time we had looking for more eggs and the Easter Bunny. Check out the photo's, there is a lovely one of Sophie checking out the door for him.

This afternoon we are going to have the Easter Fun Parade and Egg Jarping Competition. It is going to be so much fun.

Our Co-operative Drawings

2011-03-31T13:41:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday we got to draw a picture together. It was a picture of an animal. Each group had one person draw and when the little bell rung it was the next person's turn. Here are some pictures of us sharing our pictures with the class.

Toby, Hannah, Prudence and Casey
with their picture.

Laura, Corban and Sophie with their picture

Cyrus, Samuel and Cameron with their picture

Welcome Miss Tasker

2011-03-16T13:23:00.000-07:00

We in Room 2 are very excited to have a new person in our class. Her name is Miss Tasker. She is going to be our student teacher till the end of term. It is lovely to have a new teacher in our room. She will be helping Mrs Shead with teaching us and we are sure she is going to learn a lot while she is here.

Today we are doing our oral expression. We are sharing special stories with each other.

Yesterday we learned about shiny, normal and jagged stones. These stand for the way we can feel. Shiny stones are happy things like hugs and special treats. Jagged stones are things that makes us feel unhappy or uncomfortable. We are learning what to do about feeling better. This is part of our citizenship topic work.

We also are excited to have another new person in our class. Her name is Sophie Clapham. She has just turned five. Her brother Jesse is in Room 3.

Writing in Room 2

2011-03-09T18:12:00.000-08:00

Today we did some writing as a class. One group learnt to write question sentences using words like how, why and what. Another group learnt about writing sentences using Capital letters at the start and ending them with full stops. Here are some photo's of us working really hard at it.

First Day Back after the 6.3 Shake

2011-03-06T18:03:00.000-08:00

Today was our first day back at school after almost two weeks off. Some of us where excited to be back and some of us were a bit nervous. But as Cameron so nicely put it "We got to see Mrs Shead" and that is the best thing.

We have done lots of special things. We had a party and got given party hats, party blowers and party poppers. Jacob brought in some birthday cake and we all got to have a piece. It was yummy!!! Thanks Jacob for turning 6.

Another special thing that happened today was some Reporters from New Zealand Herald came to talk to us. The story is going to be online so make sure you check it out Mums and Dads.

As a class we wrote a whole class story about the earthquake. It was really great to be able to write about our experience. It was especially great to say how we all got to go to the staff room for a milo. We then got to do our favourite thing - READING!

Gosh we have had such a special first day back. The teachers gave us all an ice block for being so brave on Tuesday 22nd of February. We all are remembering to put our bottoms to the windows and that it's ok to be brave and scared at the same time.

Shared Book Time

2011-02-21T14:35:00.000-08:00

Listening to the story

Today we got to sit and listen to a wonderful story read by our favourite teacher Mrs Shead. It was about a dragon and a girl called Elizabeth. Olly had a good observation that dragons have small ears so need big door knockers so they hear the people knocking at the door. We really enjoyed listening to the story. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we had a dragon come and visit us at school.

We love reading!!

First Day of The Term 1 2011

2011-02-01T23:38:00.000-08:00

Welcome Back! It is so exciting to be starting a new year of learning.

Notice the nifty change from Room 1 Blog to Room 2 Blog.

Welcome to Samuel Moreton who joins our class. His photo did not turn out so I will try again tomorrow.

Today we learnt about Swimsafe. We are looking forward to our swimming lessons.

Welcome to Term 4

2010-10-11T15:02:00.000-07:00

Welcome Oliver

It is wonderful to see everyone back today.

A very special 'Hi' to Oliver (Oli) who started with us today.

We also welcome Miss Richards to Room. Miss Richards is a teacher trainee from the University of Canterbury and will be with us for the next 4 weeks.

We begun folk dancing today and everyone listened very carefully to the instructions. It was great fun. We just need to check that we know our left and right hands.

Welcome Miss Richards

We also started looking at what happens in Spring. These are our ideas so far...

Spring is beautiful
Play outside
Everyone is happy
Leaves come out
Everything grows
Blossom on trees

Tell me about Spring

Gets warmer
Flowers grow
The sun is up
Baby animals are born

Run, Jump and Throw Athletics Practice

2010-09-22T14:31:00.000-07:00

Full Speed Ahead!

Go For It!

Room 1 and the rest of the Junior Syndicate are putting in the practice time to make sure we give our personal best performances on athletics day.

Knowing the right techniques mean that we will all be ready to compete and have lots of fun.

Pirates and Princesses

2010-09-17T12:36:00.000-07:00

A Great Crew

What wonderful imaginations have been used for our costumes.

Mrs Meikle was our reliever today and she is a fantastic pirate.

Thank you to everyone who has supported our Deaf Awareness and Earthquake Relief Fund. It is great that we can make contributions to these important causes.

Room 1 has been reading "The Wicked Pirates" and they have been part of a dramatisation this morning. After all everyone was dressed for the part.

Ho, ho and a bottle of water!

Great Reading

2010-09-16T14:17:00.000-07:00

Here are a trio of boys who have been working very hard with their reading. The best way to learn to read is to read and then read some more and then read some more and then read some more.....

A trio of superb readers!

The boys are learning to read with expression. They watch carefully for emboldened text and for exclamation marks. Cameron, Jamie and Toby do not read with robot voices - they read with interesting expressive voices.

Well done boys!

Writing about the earthquake

2010-09-14T10:14:00.000-07:00

At the earthquake I had a three coloured torch. At home I got to sleep in my dad’s bed. At morning I went to see if people were ok. After the earthquake I felt an aftershock. I went under the table. I have a blanket under the table. - Jamie

I was scared. My dad came to pick me up. The ground shook. - Hannah

When the earthquake shakes we have to go under the table. - Prudence

Today there was an earthquake at school. I had to go under my table. It was scary. - Toby

We have to go under the table. We are afraid. The earthquake moved from side to side. - Jacob

The earthquake made cracks in my house. I slept though it. We had a welcome back party. I was scared when it hit New Zealand. The earthquake made cracks in the road. We felt an aftershock. - Cameron.

My dad’s truck is smashed. We are all safe. No-one got hurt. My dad’s car got smashed. - Corban

The earthquake was really scary in my house. So I got under the table. Then I got out from under the table. - Laura

I was asleep. I heard the rumble. Me and Shaniqua were in Hamner Springs. I have 2 cracks in my house. - Cyriss

I like earthquakes. They shake. - Casey

Welcome Back

2010-09-13T14:14:00.000-07:00

It is great to see everyone back after the earthquake. We have practiced our "Earthquake Drop" sensibly and calmly.

Hard at work!

We have worked very hard in Room 1 today.

Toby said "it was fun to learn what we do about earthquakes."

Corban said, "I had a good time playing soccer."

Jamie said, "I had a good time playing jail with Jacob and Toby."

Hannah said, "I liked having story writing because I wrote about the earthquake."

Drop, Cover and Hold!

Laura said, "Mrs Shead said I did really well at my story writing."

Cameron said, "I liked doing printing."

Prudence said, "the best thing about coming to school is seeing all my friends."

Casey said, "I liked seeing Mrs Shead."

Cyriss said, "I liked to see the horses when I was coming to school."

Jacob said, "If there is an earthquake in our school we get under the table and stay safe."

Maths for Super Hereos!

2010-09-02T10:31:00.000-07:00

Smiling Superheros

Estimating using teddy bears.

What a wonderful group of superheroes we have today!

Maths is such an important skill for the superheroes of today. Counting backwards and estimations are great skills to learn. Then we will know how many tall buildings we have leapt over and how many more we still have to go.

The Spidermen League

No villains are safe.

Welcome to our Blog!

2010-09-02T08:24:00.000-07:00

What a wonderful world we live in! We are learning to use this technology so that we can keep you informed of the happenings in Room 1. This will give parents/caregivers the chance to see what is happening in class and then you will be able to talk about it with your child.

I look forward to any comments as we learn to use our blog.