Week 2

WOW!  Our school days are flying by! Room 2 are very busy with narrative writing particularly with adding adjectives and interjections!  We are learning to edit our writing by improving our stories.  We are applying many reading strategies during literacy time and some reading groups are starting to carry out complex tasks for example, mini inquiries and learning to research for more information.

Our sport started this week with volleyball being the first focus. We are hoping to hold a volleyball competition with other classes but we need to improve our skills first!  Today, we had the wonderful opportunity to have two Japanese ladies join our class for an hour today.  We saw our names written in Japanese and we welcomed them in our volleyball tournament. 

This Thursday, electives began.  The children chose out of the following activities under the performing arts umbrella: creative art, glockenspeil, ukulele, kapa haka, gymnastics and Spanish.  What a fantastic opportunity to try new things!

Well done to Rebekah and Arrus for being the SuperKids last week and Ryan and Shayla-Lee this week.  Last week student of the week went to Arrus and this week it went to Leah.

One of the types of assessment Room 2 are using is the Bullseye.  You should be familiar with this in the homework book already.  When the children achieve 10 bullseyes in one book, they receive a prize from Senorita Clark's special prize tin!  We also have group points and this week, the Epic Warriors won with the most points!

We have completed spelling and numeracy assessment this week.  The students know where they are at and what they need to do to move onto the next stage/level.  With spelling, the students will be working on the words they got incorrect in their spelling assessment which is based off a programme called "Spelling for Success" which gives the children their spelling age which can be compared to their chronological age (current age).  Spelling will also come from the children's story writing.

The Basic Facts ladder is up and running with the children's names next to the level that they are at.  Get your child to explain how this works when you pop into the classroom.

We are using a lot of ICT in the classroom.  The programmes we are using can be accessed on our blog page and are safe.  Please talk to your child about using the internet safely.  Digi Awards have started so our classroom is a real hive of activity!  If there are any Room 2 parent/s out there who are creative with photography or with movie making software, please do get in touch with me (even write a note in your child's homework book). Many hands will make light work and the children are highly motivated with this activity.  It is the expectation that all of the students will submit a piece of work in the Digi Awards.  Some people are working in groups of 2 or 3 and some people have chosen to work individually.

The children have had a fantastic week of learning and we have another exciting week organised starting with a performance in the hall on Monday morning by a visitor to the school.  More about that in another post!

Have a lovely weekend.
Adios mes amigos!

Senorita Clark