Athletics Day, Swimming & Kittens

Another very busy week in Room 19. Early in the week, Ruby brought her kittens in to see us. They are very cute and playful.

We also started swimming in our pool. It was wonderful to see how confident the children are in the water now. I was also impressed at how they are able to organise themselves and manage their gear.

 Some wonderful children also received certificates at our assemblies in week 7 and week 8. Noah and Neo were awarded the Heart of Achievement certificates, Aakifah, Matthias, Brooke M and Hasini received the Values and Achievment certificates, and Coco, Holly, Noah and Riley earned stickers in their reading books.

 On Athletics Day, both our relay teams put in a great effort. They had all worked hard on their fitness and on the all important baton changes. It was great to see their determination in the race. The girls finished second and the boys finished first. The boys then had the opportunity to compete against the parents who had to work very hard for their win. I wonder what the result will be next year?

Term 3 Week 5

Poetry Competition
Congratulations to Holly, Noah and Brooke M who will be representing our class at the Year 1 and 2 Poetry competition next week. Riley and Thomas also received Highly Commended certificates.

Great Readers
Well done Thomas and Alannah who received stickers in their reading logs this week. Keep up the great reading.

Book Week

Thank you to Mrs Pelham for organising this. The children have enjoyed visiting the book fair and listening to stories from other teachers this week. We also had a surprise visit from Clifford the Big Red Dog on Friday.

On Monday we came to school dressed as our favourite book characters. Everyone looked fantastic! Lily and Coco represented us in the Year 2 finals and Lily won first prize for her Mary Poppins outfit. 

Amelia as Thing 1 from The Cat in the Hat

Neo as Harry Potter

Nick as a character from Ninjago

Ruby as Little Red Riding Hood

Neo - Motorway Madness

T3W4 update

The highlight of our week has to have been making sock puppets to practise our fabric & fibre skills and to use in the class puppet theatre. Thank you to all the parent helpers who came along on Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday to help with the stitching and gluing - we couldn't have done it without you.
Everyone is very excited and the puppets look amazing. Noah was our papparazi this week and took some great photos of our sessions.

Congratulations to Neo, Lexie and Amelia who were awarded certificates at Assembly on Thursday and to Neo and Niamh who have earned their next stickers in their reading logs.

Special Visitors in Room 19

There was a lot of excitement in Room 19 this afternoon when we were visited by two of the Canterbury Rugby Team - Marcel Cummings-Toone and Belgium Tuatagaloa. Nick did a great job of welcoming them to the classroom and Riley, Brooke N, Neo and Brooke M had the opportunity to play a game of touch with the guys.

Certificates T2W10

Congratulations to Thomas K, Niamh and Lily who received certificates at the Year 2 Assembly. We are proud of you.

Congratulations to all these great readers in Room 19; Ella, Neo, Rosa, Thomas R, Riley, Coco, Brooke M, Noah and Amelia. Keep it up.

Mondrian Inspired Art

Last week we learnt about the artist Piet Mondrian (1872 - 1944). We looked at images of his paintings and then created our own in a similar style.

Piet Mondrian

Piet Mondrian

We think our geometric art looks fabulous, come and see for yourself. Thank you to Ruby, our Paparazzi, for the great photos.

If you want to try one yourself, click on the link below.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/paint/artists/mondrian/coloring/matrix.shtml