Wednesday 27 February 2013

Alan Gibbs' farm

Marshall gave a presentation on his trip to Alan Gibbs' Auckland farm. Click farm for Alan Gibbs' link - highly recommended for a visit.

Room 24, great work with all your news and presentations.

Friday 22 February 2013

Making a boat

Ahoi there me mateys,


We are going to learn to make boats in class for our art project.


For our home-school connection, we would like you to help your child make a boat at home that can be sailed in the water—we will have a mock race of the children’s boats on our trip to Cornwallis Beach in Week 7 (trip notice to come shortly).

Please bring your boat to class in Week 6 (11—15 March). You may like to click on the following sites for ideas:
 

Wednesday 20 February 2013

Thursdays

  • Fruju Thursdays. Bring along $2 if you want one.
  • Junior lunchtime swimming (teacher on swimming duty)
  • Library books

If you go for a Thursday swim, please remember to bring your togs the next day for our Friday lesson.

Experimenting

Room 24 have been predicting what things will float, and what won't. We have been explaining why it happens. We discussed weight, size and air. Have a look in "Photos" for more pictures.

Who is this?

Who is this on a horse? Can you guess kids?

Sunday 17 February 2013

Sink or Float

Annika brought in a wetsuit for her news when she was Star of the Day. We felt the spongy material - it had air pockets in it to keep it afloat.



Celestia brought in her dad's sinkers from fishing. There were all sorts of sizes. Celestia's dad caught a stingray the other day.

Have a look at the Sink or Float websites on the 'Website' page. The Cookie Monster floating experiment is hilarious!

Saturday 16 February 2013

Room 24, 2013

Welcome to Room 24's blog for 2013!


What a lovely start to the year for our new Year 2s. So far we have been sharing our holiday stories and interests, learned our classroom routines and have started our new topic unit, "Some things float, some things don't" - a science unit on buoyancy and boats. Our other units will revolve around this theme: Maori (the waka), maths (the language of measurement) and art (making boats).

 In Week 3 (18 - 22 February), reading, spelling, maths homework will start. Two books will be sent home every Monday - Thursday. On Fridays, a poetry book will be sent home for weekend reading. You will find your spelling and maths homework on this website.

Kia ora koe, I am Mrs Fleur Tuck and I welcome you to Room 24's website. Our blog is all to do with what we are learning, right now. Here, you will find Room 24 newsletters, photos of Room 24, weekly homework information and educational games. We will be using our blog in class and it will be most beneficial to use at home to continue practising the learning goals from school.

Warmest regards
Your teacher
Fleur Tuck