Maths Challenge

We have been learning to solve maths word problems.  First, we worked as a class then in pairs and today we were ready to work by ourselves.  We then got back in pairs to share our ideas and then we worked as a class.

We are getting more confident in talking about our understanding and are enjoying our maths lessons.

Our New Year 2 Class

This term we welcomed room 4, year 2 students in our class and farewelled our year 3 students.  We are going to have a great time learning together.

Making Daisy Chains

Look who was found making daisy chains during the playtime.  Kaulave was sitting on the field, busy making the daisy chains.

Olympic Games

There was Rio Olympic and there was Ruapotaka Mini Olympic Games.  We had an opening ceremony, the march of the 'countries' with their flag, the medal presentations for the Best Sporting Ability and Sportsmanship.

There were straw javelins, gumboot throws, badminton, long jumps, soccer and targets.  

Solomon won the gold medal for Best Sporting Ability.

Chicken and Egg at Get, Set, Go

Shannon had challenged us that if we got tagged, we had to sit like a chicken in the 'nest' and pretend to lay an egg.  We tried not to get tagged but we also enjoyed being the chicken.

We are learning to move in different ways at Get, Set, Go.  We wonder what challenge she would have for us next week!

We are Going to the Zoo

We went to the zoo in a bus!  It was so exciting to learn about all the animals.  We went to the exotic part of the zoo first with the zoo teacher and then we went to the native area by ourselves.  We really wanted to see the big animals and were lucky to find most of them outside.  There were big animals, tall animals, busy animals, not so busy animals, small animals and fat animals.

Some of our favourites were giraffes, tigers and tortoises.