A snail by Nick

NIck has shared some facts about snails. Listen to him reading his work.

A snail by Terina

Terina has shared some interesting facts about snails. Listen to her reading her work.

A snail by Simaima

Listen to Simaima shared an interesting fact about a snail.

Minibeasts by Jayden

What interesting facts does Jayden know about minibeasts? Listen to him reading his work.

A snail by Taylor

Taylor knows a very important fact about a snail. Listen to him sharing this fact.

The very hungry caterpillar retold by Terina

Below is a photo of Terina as we recorded her as she retold the story of The very hungry caterpillar. We have put this together with the pictures she drew at home. Fantastic work Terina.

Swimming by Deborah

Over the term Deborah has gained confidence in the water and can put her head under the water. We are all very proud of her. Listen to her read the story she wrote earlier in the term.

Touch rugby session

This week we had a touch rugby session with Issi and Willie from North Harbour sport. It was an action packed and fun filled session. They talked to us about
- holding the ball with two hands, making sure we made the letter L with our hand
- how to score a try
- how to touch our partner, saying in a very loud voice 'touch' and then run backwards.

Here we are saying 'touch' and then running backwards.



Here we are trying to score a try

Snails by Finlay

We have learnt some very interesting facts about snails. Listen to Finlay reading his information report about a snail. He took the photo of the snail and put labels on it using KidPix. Well done Finlay

Weekly update

It's been another busy week in room 2. Mrs David our student teacher worked with us to create a describe map about the monarch caterpillar. We now know quite a lot about the monarch caterpillar and have begun to write about them.
We enjoyed watching this video from utube.



We have also been watching the caterpillar that Finlay brought into school a few weeks ago - growing bigger and bigger - all day every day he seems to do nothing else but eat and eat and eat. Watch this video of Finlay's caterpillar doing what it does best - EATING




We have been using KidPix this week to start drawing the life cycle of the butterfly. We started by drawing a leaf and an egg. Next week we will add the caterpillar and chrysalis.



We have continued to paint paper ready to construct our caterpillars - using collage just like Eric Carle did when he illustrated The very hungry caterpillar. We have tried to use different shades of green and different textures.





Terina drew some pictures of the very hungry caterpillar at home. Well done Terina.

Minibeasts by Pia

Listen to Pia reading her definition of a minibeast.

Living and not living things by Gabriel

Gabriel wrote about the difference between things that are living and not living. Listen to him reading his work. He drew the image using KidPix.

Catching butterflies by Anthony

Anthony likes catching butterflies and wrote this story at the beginning of the term.

Minibeasts by Terina

Listen to Terina read her definition of a minibeast.

I am Aesop by Aesop

Aesop is new to our class and new to speaking English. He was keen to be videoed speaking English. Well done Aesop.