What room 2 would have looked like...

What room 2 would have looked like... We had a great couple of days dressed up like they did in the past. We had to line up outside before school and stand behind our desks until we were told to sit down.

Dress up days for the 150th reunion

Bay Schools Athletics Day

The sports day was lots of fun. We did lots of different events over the day including this one which was called 'toss the noodle'.We found out that if you grunt when you let go it goes further. Our favourite events were the high jump, long jump, sprints and the team relays.
Liam & Sam

This is AWESOME!

The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling with the crowed going nuts.

A Happy Class

Room 2 are all smiles and thumbs up.
What a happy class.

Art Gallery

At the art gallery we had the opportunity to have a go on small blackboards to practice our handwriting.
Then we used dye and pastel to draw a classroom with a grumpy teacher in it. This was lots of fun and they look great.
A BIG thank you to all the parent helpers who made this day a great learning experience.

Mr Stern taking the class

We are acting out what school was like in the olden days.
We had to wait our turn and when Mr Stern (Mr Mitchell) called our name we were allowed to read. We had to speak clearly and with good volume, otherwise we had to start again..... or get the STRAP!
Sam Spiers

The boat voyage...

Here we are getting a taste of what the early settlers experienced on their voyage to New Zealand from Scotland. There is not much room to play, the beds are hard, it was cold and you can hear others being sick. Not a fun time considering it takes 6 months to get there.
Liam H and Eden

Early Settlers Museum

Our topic for term 3 is called 'Footprints from the past'. We are researching and finding out what school life was like 150 years ago. (We will be celebrating the schools 150th birthday later this term and term 4).
Our visit to the Early Settlers Museum was a great insight into how the early families arrived from Scotland to Dunedin on a boat. Spending roughly 6 months at sea in close quarters would have been hard work.

Learning some fun activities with the rakau.

Kate and Zoe T are practicing throwing the rakau.

Keep your eyes on the rakau...

Jesse and George concentrating very hard.

Amber and Olivia have mastered throwing the rakau. We really enjoy this activity, thanks Miss Rose.

Stars On Stage

Here we are practicing for our Stars On Stage dance performance. We all had to learn new dance moves from Janet which was fun. We are all excited about performing on Wednesday 24th.

Player of the day...

In room 2 we have some super stars who have been named 'Player of the day' for their sporting efforts. Great work!!!

Train Station Dance... This is AWESOME!

Kiwi Golf

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Room 2 having some golf lessons from Mel Harper. This was a great opportunity to learn a new skill or practice a hobby. We might have the next Tiger Woods in room 2...

Holes by Louis Sachar

Room 2 have really enjoyed reading Holes. It is a story about a boy called Stanley and his run of bad luck. He is sent to Camp Green Lake for something he did not do.... You will have to read it to see if he had fun at Camp...
It is really exciting- Liam A. Best book I have read -Samantha. Great adventure of a boy with bad luck - Samuel. Fantastic adventure story- George. Exciting read- Katie N.
An interesting book I wanted to read all day- Olivia

Room 2 Self-portraits

Term 2... already!

Welcome back.... hope you all enjoyed the holidays. Its good to be back and ready for an exciting Term. Our Inquiry topic this term is 'Heroes'. We will be researching Super Heroes and New Zealand Heroes. With a particular focus on What makes a Hero?
We also have Stars On Stage in week 9..... very exciting!

If I were a....

If I were a colour,
I'd be yellow,
because it is the sign of happiness.

If I were a season,
I'd be spring,
because I could watch the flowers bloom slowly and pleasantly.

If I were a animal,
I'd be a tiger,
because nothing could beat the strength of my pounces and jumps.

If I were a hope,
I'd be tear on your face,
so I could slide down your cheek like a slide.

If I were a character,
I'd be a funny one,
so I could watch the children laugh until their heart breaks.

If I were a time of day,
I'd be dawn,
so i could crack frost into tiny little pieces.

If I were a city,
I'd be a busy one,
so I could watch cars zoom past me with power and energy.

By Olivia Burgess

Nikki Pattin

Nikki is over visiting from America for the fringe festival. She came to Room 2 and shared some of her poetry with us. She is very good at tongue twisters.
Try saying 'toy boat' 5 times, fast, and 'red leather yellow leather' 5 times fast. Its harder than you think.

Otago Swimming Champs

On Saturday the 28th March Samantha, Emma and Jody represented Macandrew Bay School at the Otago Swimming champs. We were both really nervous before we raced. (I had bats in my stomach-Emma) And once we finish we were shaking with excitement. There were so many children there from lots of different schools. Nearly 400 children compeated in the freestyle race. We had fun and look forward to it next year.
By Emma and Samantha

Charlie bit me...

Young talent...Connie age 6!!!!

Buddy Reading

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Every Friday Room 2 and 6 get together and share what we have been doing for the week. It is a great time for the Room 2 children to role-model positive work habits and behaviours, and a great time for the Room 6 children to share there awesome stories and work with us.

This big BRIGHT sun is keeping an eye on Room 2.

The sun looks down on us all day. He makes the room nice and bright. We are very proud to have this sun in our room. If you want to see it come visit Room 2.

MAUI AND THE SUN PAINTING

Everyone in Room 2 helped paint this BIG sun. It looks awesome!

Lucy enjoying painting her wonderful picture.

Jacob and Zoe C working hard to produce their Maui artwork.

Americas Cup Contenders...

A mixture of Rm 1 and 2 children enjoying a 'Learn to sail' day. Everyone had a great day and learnt some new skills.