Yoga with Koka Wendy

Writing by Ataahua and Kowhai

Yoga with Koka Wendy

Today we did yoga with our new yoga teacher. Her name is Koka Wendy. She was fun to learn from. I liked laying back and relaxing. We had to close our eyes and focus on our breathing. She was really nice and she showed manaaki.By Ataahua Williams (Year 2)

In the afternoon  Koka Wendy came to show us some yoga. She taught us some things like the mouse pose and the rolling panda. She showed us how to be calm and relaxed. We sang Putiputi to Koka Wendy and all the Elgin kids said “Bye Koka Wendy!” By Kowhai Moa - Wharehinga (Year 3)

Numeracy: New Learning

Position and Orientation: 

Room 2 have been learning to how to describe (or talk about) the position of an object. We have been learning to use the correct words when talking about where something is. Check out our mahi and our videos!

Buddy Writing

Buddy Writing: 

Last week Room 2 worked with a Buddy to complete their stories, one person was the author, and the other was the illustrator. Check out some our mahi. 

Author: Fairlane and Illustrator: Jah

Today my mum went on a double Decker bus from Gisborne to Auckland. I am  happy because she is getting a new car. We had some pies for breakfast. My auntie and uncle came with me to have breakfast. By Fairlane

Author: Phoenyx    Illustrator: Swyft 

I made a dinosaur at school and I built it on my own. I was happy and I liked my
dinosaur. And I made the claws and I made the head. I made the tail and I
made the spikes. I made the mouth all by myself. 

Story By Phoenyx

Animation

This week Koka Amie taught us how to make our own animations using Google Slides. We picked it up super fast, experimented with different shapes and colours and even had a go at grouping and ungrouping our creations. Here are a few of our animations. The awesome dinosaur above was created by Phoenyx (Year 3)

Writing

Writing
Last week Room 2 had  a Mystery Kai Challenge. We were blindfolded and had to taste than guess the food. Some of our kai was yummy - like the chippies and chocolate sprinkles. Some of the food was yucky - like the Greek yogurt.  

Museum Visit

Museum Visit

Yesterday Room 2 visited the Museum. We were learning about the land before people arrived in Gisborne. We had to put birds, and creatures like bugs and insects in the right place on the landscape board. I had a brown moth. I liked searching for the taonga around the museum too. By Bruce

Yesterday we went to the museum. We had to wait outside because we were too early. We got to climb the trees, and I watched the water fountain. We also played tag. We went out the back and had oranges and a drink of water. My favourite part of our visit was searching for the taonga around the museum because I like exploring. By Dre

Winter Poems

Winter Poems

This week we created Winter Poems with Koka Amie. We had to think about the words we wanted to use, then drag and drop them into our poem. It was a little tricky. Next we had to use Loom to record ourselves reading our poems.