Discovery Time Stars - Evie and Jasmine

Evie and Jasmine got the Discovery Stars today. They showed our value of respect to others. Room 2 is proud of them.
 

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The last two weeks in Room 2

Although we haven't blogged, we have been very busy!
Here are some highlights of the things we have enjoyed learning about in the last two weeks.

We went to Riccarton Bush.  We learnt not to pick leaves off the trees because the trees might die.  We learnt that there are lots of leaves that we can pick up from the ground.  Some of us saw a piwakawaka.

We went to the Museum.  We learnt about spiders and honey bees.  Girl bees are hard workers.  Boy bees are lazy.  Girl bees kick boy bees out of the hives.

We have been learning to do leap frog in fitness time.  We have learnt to leave spaces so that the next person has space to jump into.  This keeps us safe.  We have also been learning how to work together in a group to move our leap frog line back to the classroom.








We have been learning about the life cycle of a butterfly.  It was tricky to stick all the bits on the page.    Some of us found it difficult because we had to work together in a group.  We only had one part of the life cycle to make and we had to sort out with each other who was doing which part.  We have also been learning to be good speakers and have videoed ourselves talking about the life cycle.

  

We have been learning to show respect at Discovery Time.  We have to work together.  We have to greet others, include others, ask to join in and use a quiet voice to show respect to each other.  We have been having fun making caterpillars, chicks, cards, using the laptops and using the blocks and the bugs in the tray outside.

        

      

  

We have also made chocolate Easter Eggs.  We melted the chocolate and put them into special moulds. When they had set, we pushed them out and joined 2 together with chocolate to make one whole Easter Egg.  We wrapped them in foil and took them home to enjoy.  They were yummy!

   

We have had a busy time in Room 2 and are now getting ready for the Cross Country.  Phew, it is a long way, running twice around the field to practice but we are sure it will be fun. :-)

Discovery Time

Today we began Discovery Time.  This is time where the children are able to choose from a variety of activities put out in Rooms 1, 2 as well as the outside space and our shared space between the classrooms.  We have a focus which is 'being respectful to others'.  This focus will change and will be matching our school values.   We are developing some specific skills in the children of greeting others, introducing ourselves, asking to be included in activities, and using our quiet voices to show respect to other learners.  There is a poster up in our classroom that shows the rubric for our learning in this time.

A key component of the programme is reflection time.  In this time we discuss our learning using some reflection prompts and also finding out who was chosen as the Discovery Time stars.  The children that receive the badge stand up in front of everybody and explain what they did to receive the badge.  The children from both rooms did really well today but unfortunately nobody from Room 2 was chosen as the Discovery Time stars this week.  We are going to try really hard to be caught showing respect next week!

I have attached some photos of the children from Room 2 to show some of the activities we chose to participate in today.  This also includes our writing time at the end where we work by ourselves to say what we liked about Discovery Time or what we learnt during Discovery Time.