Creating shelters for presentation - shoebox diorama

Each year 2 class have to do a mini presentation about shelter - either for a human or an animal.  During discovery time Room 10 learnt how to make shoebox dioramas.  We used paint, glue gun, sticks, string and paper to create a farm scene.  This was used as a teaching tool to show the children how to make a diorama which they may use in their presentation later this term. 

Making houses for shelter

One of our 'can do' activities during reading and writing time was to make a shelter of some sort for an animal or human.  It was a popular activity and motivated them to finish their 'must do's' in record time.  Here are a few of the mini projects the children made. 

Inquiry Learning - Shelter

The focus for the first 5 weeks of Term 3 is 'Do all living things need shelter?'  To start the topic off each day one table made a hut to work in the following day.  The children loved designing their huts, some even had chimneys!  They worked well as a group and all was quiet on the western front...  

Book Character Day

The school chose to farewell Mr Bremer by staff and students dressing up as their favourite book character for the day because we know he loves dressing up.

The children got into the spirit of things and enjoyed the opportunity to leave their uniforms at home for the day.

Peter Pan

Elsa

Spiderman

Can you guess which monster????

Witch of the West 

Elsa

Captain America 

Incredible Hulk

Anna

Elsa

Pegasus 

Princess in Black 

Tintin

Jump Rope for Heart

The children of Room 10 had great fun participating in the Jump Rope for Heart. We raised just over $220 and as a school we raised over $3,000 which is fantastic.

We took advantage of the good weather earlier in the term and tried to get as much practice as possible.  Our class goal was for each student to do 50 skips each, which they easily achieved. 

It was a lot of fun, and great to be outside enjoying the fresh air. 

Dirk the Police Dog comes to school

As an extra to our Keeping Ourselves Safe programme, we had a visit from a dog handler and his partner Dirk!  The students enjoyed the display and Mr Harris got to play the 'bad guy', which the children were very excited about.  

The Keeping Ourselves Safe programme has been a real success and we have covered a whole range of things, and the children have responded to it in a sensible manner. 

Quiet time in the library

Every Thursday morning we go to the Library so the children can choose their new book for the week.  The children really love this time and Mrs Bennett is always very helpful.