Gala

What a Fun Day Out!

Wow we had so much fun on Saturday at the Gala. The weather was kind to us and the children had so much fun on all the activities. Thank you to all our wonderful parents who kindly helped out before, during and after the gala day, as we couldn't have done it without you.

Birds

We love learning about birds.

Here are some great stories written by a couple of our writers in room one.  The children have been so keen to learn about birds and I was delighted to see two of them sitting down before school on Thursday with books open doing their own research! Keep up the fabulous work room one!

All About Birds

Birds, Birds, Birds.

Room 1 and 2 are learning about birds.  In Room 1 we have been finding out " What makes an animal a bird?" We have been reading books on birds to help us answer this question. On Thursday we were lucky to have a fabulous talk all about birds from Alannah's mum where we learnt about the different beaks and feet.  We handled birds bones and learnt that bird bones are hollow so they can fly.

Junior Swimming Sports

What a fabulous day for our Junior Swimming Sports.  The sun shone and the children had a great time demonstrating their skills. Thank you for all the Parents and Caregivers that came to support our juniors. All the children did so well and have all made improvements during our lessons.  It is a good idea to keep the swimming lessons going during the year, so they can build on these skills. 
Great swimming room one!

This marks the end of the swimming programme as we will now be heading into athletics.

Buddy class

Friendship Bracelets

Room 1 had fun yesterday afternoon with our buddy class, making friendship bracelets.  We had to work together to plait and knot the colourful cotton.  Great teamwork!

Rainbow Fish

Fostering Relationships

We have been focusing on building positive relationships in and outside the classroom.  We read the Rainbow Fish  and afterwards the children wrote some stories and produced some wonderful art.  Here  is their art and a few stories to read...

WALT capital letters and full stops and spaces

Rainbow Fish

I was sad until I thought about sharing my shiny scales.  When I shared my shiny scales the fish liked me. By Thomas

WALT capital letters and full stops and spaces

Rainbow Fish

I was sad because nobody would play with me.  I shared my scales. By Cooper

Learning about Statistics

Statistics

Here in room 1 we have been gathering data about our favourite things and about ourselves.  We have been plotting this information on different graphs.  We are looking at tally charts, bar graphs and pictograms.  Our colourful graphs are displayed in our classroom, so if you get a chance come on in and take a look.

Life education

Harold Comes To Halcombe!

This week we have had Harold visit us to talk about how we can be a good friend.  We learnt that friends...

• care for each other
• say nice things
• help each other 
• listen and show respect
• are honest with each other

We are practicing these things daily inside and outside our classroom.

Having a blast with our buddy class!

Buddy class swim

On Friday we had a fun swim with our buddy class (room 5).  Our big buddies helped us float on our backs, then we dove for objects and played racing games.  Thanks room 5 you are awesome!

What a lovely bunch!

Class of 2017... we are a fun bunch and we are going to have a fabulous year. Make sure you check the blog once a week to see what we have been up to.

Welcome Back

Welcome to Room 1's blog. 
We are a class of year 2's and we love to learn! Follow our blog to see what we are up to in 2017. We have a really exciting first term, I look forward to seeing you all soon.

Mrs Buckley

Slip and slide

Slip and Slide

This afternoon the children had fun out on the field slipping and sliding.  The children had to run across the slippery track whilst the seniors whacked them with noodles and squirted hoses.  The children had a great time.  Check out the photos below.

Athletics day

Athletics fun day

We had such a fun day and luckily the weather was fantastic.  We did hurdles, 3 legged races, obstacle courses, the fitness track and many more fun activities. Here are some pictures of us in training at the long jump.

Buddy Class

Making decorations with our buddy class

On Friday we had fun making Christmas decorations.  We made the salt dough and cut out the shapes in the morning.  Thankfully the weather was fantastic and they dried out, ready to paint in the afternoon. Afterwards we had a delicious shared lunch.  Thanks room 5 we have really enjoyed being your buddy class this year.

Technology

Musical Instruments

We had a lot of fun designing, building, painting and playing our musical instruments.  We made guitars,drums, shakers, flutes, a harp, oboe and banjo! Great instruments room one.

music

Christmas songs

Technology

Room 1 have been learning about sound.  For technology we are making our own instruments using recycled materials.  We have drawn our designs and we will be building them over the next week.  We plan to put together our own class orchestra.  Watch this space for updated pictures!
This video is all about making sound using our bodies.  We hope you enjoy it.

Fun at Te Manawa

Dinosaur Day Out

Room 1 and 7 had a fantastic time at Te Manawa today.  The children enjoyed seeing the replica fossils and skeletons and meeting the robotic dinosaurs.  A big thank you to our parent helpers who gave up their time to be with us today.  We couldn't have done this trip without your help.

Here are a few pictures. 

 

Gingerbread Man

Writing

After reading the wonderful  story of the Gingerbread Man, we rewrote the part when the Gingerbread man crosses the river on the fox.  I hope you enjoy reading our stories.

Dinosaur dance

Learning About Patterns

Patterns

In maths we have been learning all about patterns.  We have looked at repeating patterns and growing patterns.  We have made patterns out of shapes, colours and numbers. We even made pattern art with Mrs Shannon!

Here are a few pictures of our fabulous pattern activities.  Great learning room 1.

Pet day Fun

Pet Day

The rain held off for a wonderful Pet Day morning.  The children enjoyed demonstrating their leading and calling skills in the lamb , calf and goat rings.  There were also pigs, chickens , dogs and cats on display.  It was an awesome day! Here are a few pictures.

Preparing For Pet Day

Part Day Art

Room 1 has been getting ready for Pet Day.  Here we are hard at work painting and decorating.  Make sure you come and check out our wonderful art and crafts in the hall on Wednesday.

Halcombe School cross country video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSyNafEnTdE



Click on the link above to view the cross country video.

Getting Fit For Cross Country

Training for Cross Country

We have begun our training for Cross Country.  We go outside every afternoon and do laps around the field.  We are given a coloured stick for every time we go past the teacher.  We try to bet our lap record every day.  Awesome running Room 1, Mrs Buckley is going to get fit too!

Disco Friday 21st October

Cross Country

Get Fit For Cross Country

Cross Country is at the end of Week 2 next term so we will be running every afternoon for the first 2 weeks!

Make sure you go for a few runs during the holidays. It's a good thing to do as a family.

If you don't do much running here's a few tips to get you started:

• interval training is a fast way to get you fit.
• jog lightly to warm up for 2 mins then walk 1 minute.  Repeat the intervals 2-3 times (run 2 mins, walk 1 min). Don't forget to stretch your calves,quads and hamstrings during the workout.
• If you live in town you can use the lamp posts to mark out distances, e.g. run to one then walk to the next.
• Gradually increase the amount of time you run for and reduce the walk time so you are  eventually running for 15 -20mins.
• keep hydrated and stretch your muscles after they are warmed up.
• have fun.

Pet day craft making

Pet Day

Please save any 1.5 L fizzy bottles and small yogurt pot containers (i.e fresh and fruity pots) over the holidays, ready for our Pet day art. Please bring these the first day back.

Thank you.

  

Science

Science Can Be Tasty!

This week for part of our fizzing and foaming topic, we tasted the ingredients in sherbet. The children tasted each of the separate ingredients and wrote about its texture, smell and taste. Here's what they said

"it's disgusting"

"it bubbles"

"it's gritty"

"it tastes sour" 

"it fizzes"

"it feels like sand"

 The next day we combined the ingredients to make sherbet fizz and their reactions were quite different!