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?

How to turn your teacher into a dragon

This week we have been writing some instructions on how to turn Mrs D into a dragon ... and it worked!!!!

We used adjectives and bossy verbs to create our recipes. Check out this wonderful writing.

Term 4 Week 3 Update

This week the class room has had a spooky flavour to it. Below is a picture of Alannah, Amelia, Brooke, Coco, Lexie, Niamh, and Ruby dressed for Trick or Treating on Thursday. The disco on Friday also had a Halloween theme and there are some great pictures up on the school Facebook page.

Click on the picture below to read and listen to a poem called "The Spider and the Fly" and then check out our spider poems and glitter webs in the classroom.

Congratulations to Amelia, Lily and Nick who were awarded certificates at the Year 2 assembly on Friday. Keep up the great work. Hasini and Vianca performed a dance for Diwali at assembly and the video clip of this will be on the blog shortly.

Great readers this week were Noah and Ruby. Well done on attaining your 175 nights stickers.

Term 4 Week 2 update

Congratulations to Ella and Niamh who received certificates at assembly on Friday. We are proud of you girls.

Vianca also received a sticker in her reading log this week - keep up the great reading Vianca.

Ruby and Holly both did some great writing this week and you can read this by clicking on the writing tab at the top of this page. I loved the way they used interesting words, included lots of details and you could hear their personality in their work. Well done girls - we are very impressed.

For homework last week the children wrote math stories about mythical creatures. You can find these on the math tab at the top of this page. Can you work out the answers?

Our paparazzi Riley has been very busy this week and has taken some great photos for our blog. Well done Riley.

T3 W7 Certificates

Our class presented the Year 2 assembly on Friday. We shared our finished sock puppets and Holly, James, Matthias, Noah, Rosa and Ruby shared the character description for their puppets. Our presenters did a great job and we sang two new songs "Never Hitch a Ride with a Martian" and "Proud" for the audience. Congratulations to Brooke N, Ruby and Niamh who received certificates at assembly this week.

Super Readers in Room 19  this week were Brooke N, Ella, Lily, Lexie and Thomas. Keep up the great work everyone.

Term 3 Week 6

Another busy week in Room 19 and lots to celebrate.

At the Celebration Assembly on Monday we were treated to a performance by the kapa haka team - what an outstanding group we have at St Albans. Thomas received a certificate and prize for being one of the top fund raisers in the recent Maths-a-thon. Great work Thomas. Thank you to everyone who helped the children practise and get sponsors, we are looking forward to getting some more math equipment in the classrooms. If your sheet is still outstanding or you have lost it, please let the office know.

On Tuesday we listened to some great poetry. Well done to Holly, Noah and Brooke M who represented our class in the Year One and Two Poetry competition. We were very proud of you and think you did an awesome job. Congratulations to Eve, Riley B (Room 16) and Isabelle (Room 18) who came 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

Congratulations to Rosa, Ruby, Shiako, Riley, Vianca, Amelia, Noah, Holly and Matthias for their wonderful reading and gaining stickers in their log books.

Shiako was our paparazzi this week and he took these terrific photos for our blog.

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

Ruby - Smells

T3W3 News

Congratulations to Ruby and James who were awarded certificates at assembly on Thursday. Well done, we are proud of you.

Congratulations to Amelia, Lexie, Coco and Lily who received stickers in their Reading logs this week. Keep up the great reading.

T3W2 Round up

It was wonderful to see everyone for getting involved in Wacky Hair Wednesday. You looked really WACKY! The school raised just over $619 for the Child Cancer Foundation which is a great result.

Congratulations to Brooke M, Riley and Noah who received certificates at the Year 2 Assembly on Thursday. We are proud of you.

Well done to Ella and Noah who have received stickers in their reading logs for great reading.

Ruby brought along a skirt she made out of plastic supermarket bags - we loved the way you recycled materials to create an interesting looking and sounding art work. Nick also shared some interesting headgear he got in Bali that used fur and feathers.

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