Matariki 2017

Next week we are celebrating Matariki, the Maori New Year. Our learning about Matariki began with an informative and fun visit to Stardome last week. We learnt about Matariki, a cluster of 7 stars, visible to us in New Zealand from June-April each year.

Then we had a play in the park afterwards....

Term 2

Art
Term 2 has got off to a great start! Today we were learning about colours in art. We learnt that there are 3 primary colours (red, blue and yellow) and that they can be mixed to make secondary colours (orange, green and purple). The really fun part was when we applied our new learning by painting a colour wheel. When we had finished, we practised drawing on our white boards. It was a great morning!

Evaporation

Following on from last week's post, we left our bowls of coloured water and waited for a few days to see what would happen. We noticed that some water had disappeared....and after a few more days it had disappeared completely, leaving just the food colouring behind! But where did the water go? Some of us thought the water went down. So we had to think like a scientist and talk about what we noticed with our eyes. We then did a bit of research and found out that the water had evaporated - it had turned into a gas and was in the air around us! 

No more water! Where did it go?

Science Time in Room 2

Room 2 has been learning how to be scientists by doing a water experiment. Hameed and Jesse said we added some food colouring to some water. Merion said we then poured the coloured water into a bowl. Kapi remembered that we left the water on a table, which was not in the sun. What will happen next?

Race Relations Day

Today May Road School celebrated Race Relations Day. Children came to school dressed in their cultural clothes and our school assembly was dedicated to the day. We are so lucky in Room 2 to have children and teachers from around the world - it makes our classroom an interesting place to be and it is wonderful to make friends with people from different cultures.

Look at our beautiful clothes!

Room 2 children and the teachers

EOTC Week

Last week was our EOTC week (Education Outside the Classroom). Room 2 did lots of fun outdoor activities to learn how to cooperate with a partner and improve fitness. We were all VERY tired by the 
end of the week!

A well deserved rest after walking up our local volcano, Puketapapa (Mt Roskill)

A walk at the bottom of Waikowhai Park

Inspecting a rock pool

Green Day and Mr Gibson

Last Friday, May Road School had a Green Day. The day had an environmental focus - making our school environment more attractive, thinking about why we should recycle and why we need to put our rubbish in the correct bin. For an extra bit of fun, we tried to wear something green - well done Room 2 children, nearly everyone wore something green!

We were also very fortunate to have our student teacher, Mr Gibson, volunteer to come in and help the children and teachers in Room 2. Thank-you Mr Gibson, your help was much appreciated!

Together, we finished our mural on the deck outside the classroom, visited our veggie garden and tidied up the front of the school. It was a fun and educational day! Thanks to everyone who took part 😀

Painting our mural

Visiting the edible garden which we share with our buddy class, Room 14