Monday, September 27, 2010
100 Days at School Party
On Thursday 23 Spetember we celebrated our 100th day at school in Room 2. What a fun day we had! We started by sharing our bags of 100 items for News. We had a great selection of items which included 100 pieces of Lego, 100 spaghetti noodles, 100 stickers, 100 leaves... the list goes on!
We wrote in our '100 Days Book' for Writing. We had to write about the best thing we had done at school in the last 100 days, as well as what we could do now that we had been at school for 100 days. While we were writing, Louise came and took groups out to do some baking. They managed to make 100 chocolate chip biscuits! They were delicious! Thanks Louise.
For Reading we had to read 100 books - we did this as a class with each child having to read at least 5 books. Mrs Brownlie added to the total by reading books to the class.
For Maths we practiced counting to 100 in ones, tens and fives and then we did some Statistics work. We counted out 100 Smarties and made a tally chart of the different colours. Then we turned this into a picture graph. The children then got their own box of Smarties and made a tally chart and graph of their own Smarties.
Mrs N came in to join us for the party with Ben. She came with some bags of lollies! We had to count out 100 lollies which we then used in a lolly scramble. We made a bar graph of how many lollies each child collected from the lolly scramble. We also counted out 100 steps to see how far we could get. We used wool to measure the distance.
We then enjoyed an amazing lunch which included our 10o biscuits, fruit, sushi, sandwiches, cupcakes that were decorated with the number 100, mousetraps, quiche etc. We drank 100 mls of lemonade which the children helped to measure with Hayley's Mum, Mila. Thank you Mila. Thanks also to Zoey's mum Annette who helped to set up the food table and cleaned up after the children had finished. At the end of our shared lunch we put candles in the '100 shaped' lolly-cake cake that Georgiana had brought to school. We lit the candles and sang 'Happy 100 days to us!' All of the children then blew out the candles. We got to take this home at the end of the day, along with our lollies in our 100 day goodies bags!
Just before 3:00 PM, Mrs Davids brought the children over to Mrs Brownlie who was rehearsing with the Middle Choir. The Middle Choir surprised Team 2 by singing 'Happy 100 Days To You!' It was a lovely way to end a fantastic day! Thank you to all the children for being such great sports and to the parents who supported us by helping behind the scenes (counting out 100 items, providing food for the lunch etc). You are all amazing and you all deserve a great holiday! Mrs N and I look forward to seeing you all again next term.
From Mrs Brownlie
We wrote in our '100 Days Book' for Writing. We had to write about the best thing we had done at school in the last 100 days, as well as what we could do now that we had been at school for 100 days. While we were writing, Louise came and took groups out to do some baking. They managed to make 100 chocolate chip biscuits! They were delicious! Thanks Louise.
For Reading we had to read 100 books - we did this as a class with each child having to read at least 5 books. Mrs Brownlie added to the total by reading books to the class.
For Maths we practiced counting to 100 in ones, tens and fives and then we did some Statistics work. We counted out 100 Smarties and made a tally chart of the different colours. Then we turned this into a picture graph. The children then got their own box of Smarties and made a tally chart and graph of their own Smarties.
Mrs N came in to join us for the party with Ben. She came with some bags of lollies! We had to count out 100 lollies which we then used in a lolly scramble. We made a bar graph of how many lollies each child collected from the lolly scramble. We also counted out 100 steps to see how far we could get. We used wool to measure the distance.
We then enjoyed an amazing lunch which included our 10o biscuits, fruit, sushi, sandwiches, cupcakes that were decorated with the number 100, mousetraps, quiche etc. We drank 100 mls of lemonade which the children helped to measure with Hayley's Mum, Mila. Thank you Mila. Thanks also to Zoey's mum Annette who helped to set up the food table and cleaned up after the children had finished. At the end of our shared lunch we put candles in the '100 shaped' lolly-cake cake that Georgiana had brought to school. We lit the candles and sang 'Happy 100 days to us!' All of the children then blew out the candles. We got to take this home at the end of the day, along with our lollies in our 100 day goodies bags!
Just before 3:00 PM, Mrs Davids brought the children over to Mrs Brownlie who was rehearsing with the Middle Choir. The Middle Choir surprised Team 2 by singing 'Happy 100 Days To You!' It was a lovely way to end a fantastic day! Thank you to all the children for being such great sports and to the parents who supported us by helping behind the scenes (counting out 100 items, providing food for the lunch etc). You are all amazing and you all deserve a great holiday! Mrs N and I look forward to seeing you all again next term.
From Mrs Brownlie
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Benjamin's story
PUBLISHING
I saw a monster. It was sleeping. I went on it. I got a sword and I put it in the monster's tummy.
I saw a monster. It was sleeping. I went on it. I got a sword and I put it in the monster's tummy.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Ideas for our 100 days at school
We discussed ways that we could celebrate 100 days at school. Here are some of our thoughts. Feel free to add you ideas too!!
We could....
Make 100 cakes or biscuits.
Make 100 goodies.
Play duck duck goose with 100 people.
Play 'Pop the balloons' using 100 balloons.
Make 100 flags.
Make 100 goodie bags.
Count up to 100.
Count 100 animals.
Thread 100 beads onto a string.
Read 100 books.
Write 100 words.
Skip 100 times.
Walk 100 steps.
Run for 100 seconds.
We could....
Make 100 cakes or biscuits.
Make 100 goodies.
Play duck duck goose with 100 people.
Play 'Pop the balloons' using 100 balloons.
Make 100 flags.
Make 100 goodie bags.
Count up to 100.
Count 100 animals.
Thread 100 beads onto a string.
Read 100 books.
Write 100 words.
Skip 100 times.
Walk 100 steps.
Run for 100 seconds.
Publishing on our blog
We are learning to publish and share our writing on the blog. We have written independently today and sounded out our words. We chose what we wanted to write about.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Cricket Coaching
Today we had some coaching tips from Canterbury Cricket. They came out to teach us how to play cricket. We had to warm up our bodies first then we were shown how to catch and hit a ball. We enjoyed going out and learning some cricket skills.
We decided that we might get some of the cricket gear our from the Sport Shed and play games at lunch times.
Black Hat Thinking
It was hard to catch the ball when it went up high.
The bat was quite big to use.
It was hard to run fast with the bat.
White Hat Thinking
We went out on the field and did some running.
We had to throw the ball up in the air.
We had to hit the ball off the cones.
There were two coaches.
We had to warm up.
We had to get the balls and put them on the cones.
Have a look at us in action. There are some helpful tips on how to catch a ball and hit a ball with a cricket bat.
We decided that we might get some of the cricket gear our from the Sport Shed and play games at lunch times.
Black Hat Thinking
It was hard to catch the ball when it went up high.
The bat was quite big to use.
It was hard to run fast with the bat.
White Hat Thinking
We went out on the field and did some running.
We had to throw the ball up in the air.
We had to hit the ball off the cones.
There were two coaches.
We had to warm up.
We had to get the balls and put them on the cones.
Have a look at us in action. There are some helpful tips on how to catch a ball and hit a ball with a cricket bat.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
African Drumming
Today we had two African visitors from Team Beat come to play the drums for us. They were from Ghanya which is in west Africa. We found out that they play the drums to keep them fit, to send messages, to talk to each other and to entertain themselves.
We joined in and played the drums too. When we played the drums they were really loud and we had to hit the drums with our hands. We had to copy the people and do the same rhythm. We also had to do some African dancing too. To do African dancing, we had to shake our whole bodies from to side, we had to wobble and bend our knees and roll our hands underneath our legs.
When we get home we are going to show our families how to do African dancing too! Check out the video to see some of the action from today!
We joined in and played the drums too. When we played the drums they were really loud and we had to hit the drums with our hands. We had to copy the people and do the same rhythm. We also had to do some African dancing too. To do African dancing, we had to shake our whole bodies from to side, we had to wobble and bend our knees and roll our hands underneath our legs.
When we get home we are going to show our families how to do African dancing too! Check out the video to see some of the action from today!
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Earthquake
Hi everyone. Most of you have felt an earthquake for the first time now. It was a bit scary wasn't it? We have spoken to your parents on the phone and they have told us about how brave you have been since the earthquake last Saturday. Well done everyone. We thought it might be good for you to write down how you felt about the earthquake on the blog. This is what it was like for me...
I woke up and knew straight away that there was an earthquake, because I've felt one before. I leaped out of bed and told Mr Brownlie to get up too, but he was still half asleep and didn't believe that there was really an earthquake! After a couple of seconds, he realised I was right and he jumped out of bed to help with our children! Oscar and Elliot, my 2 big boys who sleep upstairs came down the stairs and met us in the hall. I had to wake up Michael, my 5 year old, because amazingly he was sleeping through the earthquake! My family then all gathered together in the dining room after the earthquake. We waited for a while under our dining table until we felt safe again. We talked about how important it was to 'drop, cover and hold' if we felt another shake.
We all slept together in the same room for a couple of nights after the earthquake but now my boys are happy to be back in their own rooms - and we are all getting a lot more sleep!!
I hope that you are all looking forward to going back to school tomorrow. We can't wait to see you all again.
Take care,
From Mrs Brownlie
I woke up and knew straight away that there was an earthquake, because I've felt one before. I leaped out of bed and told Mr Brownlie to get up too, but he was still half asleep and didn't believe that there was really an earthquake! After a couple of seconds, he realised I was right and he jumped out of bed to help with our children! Oscar and Elliot, my 2 big boys who sleep upstairs came down the stairs and met us in the hall. I had to wake up Michael, my 5 year old, because amazingly he was sleeping through the earthquake! My family then all gathered together in the dining room after the earthquake. We waited for a while under our dining table until we felt safe again. We talked about how important it was to 'drop, cover and hold' if we felt another shake.
We all slept together in the same room for a couple of nights after the earthquake but now my boys are happy to be back in their own rooms - and we are all getting a lot more sleep!!
I hope that you are all looking forward to going back to school tomorrow. We can't wait to see you all again.
Take care,
From Mrs Brownlie
Thursday, September 9, 2010
EARTHQUAKE
Wow! What an amazing few days!
I (Paulette) was very pleased to hear that everyone was safe and there wasn't much damage to your houses. Like you, we have been very shaken by the earthquake and the large aftershocks which Ben has nicely called 'The Wobbles'. Our house is all o.k just minor cracks but just across the road from us there are enormous cracks in the roads and our local bridge has been totally twisted around. As you are most likely aware that Avonside was quite badly hit. I am just pleased that the aftershocks have become much smaller!
I LOVE the poems and thoughts that Liam and Alex have posted. Kirsty and I would love to hear your stories or thoughts too. So feel free to blog any of your stories. This will be a nice ways to share the experience.
Keep an eye on the school website too as there are some really useful tips to help with any anxious children.
We (the staff) will be meeting tomorrow to discuss the transition back to school for the children and will ensure they feel as safe and as happy as possible. Please feel free to let Kirsty or I know if any of your children have been particularly 'shaken' by the past few days so we can cater to their needs at school.
Keep safe
Paulette and Kirsty
I (Paulette) was very pleased to hear that everyone was safe and there wasn't much damage to your houses. Like you, we have been very shaken by the earthquake and the large aftershocks which Ben has nicely called 'The Wobbles'. Our house is all o.k just minor cracks but just across the road from us there are enormous cracks in the roads and our local bridge has been totally twisted around. As you are most likely aware that Avonside was quite badly hit. I am just pleased that the aftershocks have become much smaller!
I LOVE the poems and thoughts that Liam and Alex have posted. Kirsty and I would love to hear your stories or thoughts too. So feel free to blog any of your stories. This will be a nice ways to share the experience.
Keep an eye on the school website too as there are some really useful tips to help with any anxious children.
We (the staff) will be meeting tomorrow to discuss the transition back to school for the children and will ensure they feel as safe and as happy as possible. Please feel free to let Kirsty or I know if any of your children have been particularly 'shaken' by the past few days so we can cater to their needs at school.
Keep safe
Paulette and Kirsty
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Earthquake
I didn't like the earthquake.
I cried.
I was scared.
I felt sad.
I am happy when the shaking stops.
By Liam Barrett
I cried.
I was scared.
I felt sad.
I am happy when the shaking stops.
By Liam Barrett
Earthquake
In the weekend there was some tremors but there was a HUGE EARTHQUAKE but none of our house was damaged. My friend's chimney fell down.I knew i was safe with my mum and dad. By Alex
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