Weeks 8/9 Term 1

 Room 2 has been working hard in the lead-up to the Easter holidays! 

Week eight: 

In week eight we researched the history of our school to add detail to our reports. We were lucky enough to interview Ms Daines who had a lot of knowledge about NBC and its history. 


We also took some time to read and explore the time capsule which was placed under the old school toilets in 1994. While we explored the time capsules, we took down notes in our books of important information to add to our reports. 
Here are some of Room two's thoughts: 

  • "I loved seeing all of the ways that NBC has changed" -Jacob 
  • "It was cool to know what happened when other people were here and finding interesting dates" -Quinn 
  • "It was cool seeing how NBC has changed and some of the connections we had to the people who wrote the time capsule" -Samuel 
  • "It was interesting seeing what people in 1994 thought the future would be like" -Paige 
  • "I enjoyed finding out the names of the old principals and teachers" -Lily 
  • "I really liked seeing how our school was back in those days" -Emilee 




Week nine: 

We started off week nine with a trip to the library. This was a great opportunity for us to enjoy the scenic reading spot that we have here in New Brighton. After the library visit we had some time enjoying the playground. 





As part of our Statistics unit Room 2 experimented with creating digital graphs this week. We were able to apply our graph making knowledge to create various graphs online. Check these out on the students individual blogs! Here is an example from Tai, Year 5. 



The week ended with a focus on Easter. The students learnt about the religious events that occurred during Holy Week. On Thursday we enjoyed an Easter egg hunt, mass, shared lunch and Easter activities (such as biscuit decorating!) 

Easter egg hunting in the domain: 



Shared lunch eating foods that Jesus might have: 

Easter biscuit decorating: 




I hope you had a restful Easter weekend. 

Haere rā, 

Helena Pownall 



Comments

  1. Anonymous3 May 2021 at 16:45

    I think this is amazing! I had so much fun and I hope everyone else had a whole heap of fun. Thank you Miss Pownall for giving us lots of opportunities for the Easter holidays!

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