Term 3

Term 3 : Week 1

Room 2 tamariki were super excited to be back at school. Here we are getting into our learning, and showing manaaki by being our best. 

Manaaki Pockets

We work hard to show Manaaki all the time.

When we show Manaaki we get a ticket and put it in our pocket.
When we get 5 tickets we can choose from 
the Manaaki box in the office.

The Manaaki box has got all sorts of things in it like pyjamas, beanies, socks writing things and lotos and lots of books.

What would you choose?

Our Manaaki pockets

Here is a Manaaki ticket ready to put in the back of the pocket

The Manaaki box

Manaaki

We work really hard at showing Manaaki at our school and in our class.

Here's how we do it.

What do you do that is like us?

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)

Winter Slippers

Winter Slippers

My Oma (nan) knitted our class slippers so we can have warm feet when we're at school. She made 50 pairs, so my class got half and my sisters class got the other half. She has knitted slippers for other schools in Whakatane and Napier as well. I think my Oma is very kind because she makes slippers for other kids and wants them to be happy. By Nahkeishar Franklyn - Johns

New learning, new tools

Cyber Smart Lessons: Week 9

Practicing our new skills...

This week during our Cyber Smart Lesson, Room 2 learnt how to use the "Voice Typing"  tool in a Google Docs, as well as inserting a picture using the "Explore" tool. We practiced making copies and renaming our mahi. 

We are super lucky, and received 10 new Chromebooks - now everyone gets to work on a device at the same time. So for manaaki today, we used the Chromebooks and used voice typing to record "how we show manaaki".  We also found pictures of the beach (using the explore tool) and talked about ourselves and the beach. Check out some of our mahi. 

Our first Cybersmart Lesson

Cybersmart Lessons: The Forklift Hold 

Te Reo Lessons

Te Reo: Week 5 - 6

Room 2 and Room 1 have been having Te Reo lessons together for the past few weeks. We have been practicing using simple greetings and saying goodbye. Some of the Room 2 tamariki thought it would be neat to show their new learning by creating short video clips. 

First Post 2019

First Post 2019

Kia ora and welcome to Room 2's first blog post for the year! This year Room 2 is made up of year 2's, 3's and 4's. Altogether there are 25 of  us! Yesterday was the first time this year that we were all at school before the bell - Miss Poi was super happy.

For our manaaki lesson we talked about the importance of being at school every day.   

A day in Room 2

A day in Room 2

Week 2:Term 4

This week Room 2 have decided that they'd like to show everyone - what a "normal day" in our class looks like. Zyrah and Ataahua will explain what we do in the morning. Brooklyn will explain out middle and Kyro will explain our afternoons. 

Morning Block

We start the morning with a Karakia and then we do the roll, after that we go off to fitness.
         
                        

Middle Block

                         

Afternoon Block