Room 2 rock stars

Check out South Hornby School's littlest rockers. We are learning a  new song to perform to the school at the end of the year. This year we have learnt to play the f chord and the c chord, we use the coloured dots to help us put our fingers in the correct places.

Collaborative Learning

We are very proud of our 5 year olds today. They showed us that collaborative teaching and learning can be done at any age. Room 2 and 3 are called Room 4 for the week. Check out our first day!

Ice cream sundaes

Room 2 and 3 made ice cream sundaes. First we scooped our ice cream, next we covered it in strawberry and chocolate sauce, then we added sprinkles. After that we ate them and we wrote some wonderful stories. These ice cream sundaes helped us use adjectives in our story writing. We wrote words like yummy, scrumptious and delicious to describe our ice creams.

The New Zealand Army

The NZ Army visits South Hornby School. They even cooked us a delicious breakfast! 

Story writing

Here is some story writing from Room 2 this morning. We hope you like it.

Orca whales and seals are different because seals have fur and whales have skin.

Tylah

Look at the tractor. I like tractors.

Alex

Look at the castle. I like castles.

Erin

Orca whales and seals are different because seals have whiskers and orca whales don't have whiskers.

Oscar

Orca whales and seals are similar because they both have sharp teeth.

Christina

Calendar Art

Hi Parents,

Here is the finished Abacus Art for 2014. The children have worked very hard to create their penguins. I am posting the photos here incase you are not able to come in and view your child's art. The penguins are on display in Room 2. There will be more information to follow about the fundraiser.

Book Character Day

Today is Book Character Day! We all put so much effort into our costumes. Thanks to our parents who got our children ready for today,  they look wonderful!

Penguin Acrostic Poem

As you all know, Room 2 have been looking closely at Antarctica over the past few weeks. On Tuesday and Wednesday some of the Room 2 children wrote acrostic poems about Penguins. The children did an amazing job with their writing. Here they are.

Penguins can swim in water

Eat fish

Not good at flying

Good at swimming

Under the ice

I know that penguins can get eaten

Never fly

By Arie

Penguins had two babies

Eat fish

Nest

Good swimmers

Under the water

Ice

No flying

By Christina

Penguins swim in water

Eat fish

Nests

Great at swimming

Under water

Is cold

Never throw rubbish

By Tylah

Penguins don't eat whales

Eggs

Not good at flying

Good at jumping off ice

Under the water

I like penguins

Not eat seals

By James

Penguins catch fish

Eat fish

Not good at flying

Going to the iceberg

Up on the ice

Is swimming in the water

No (know) that they swim

By Keah

Penguins catch fish

Eggs

Not flying

Great at swimming

Under the water

In the water

Never bang into the ice

By Oscar

Penguins swim

Eggs

Not good at flying

Good at swimming

Up on iceberg

I don't throw rubbish

Never catch seals

So cute

By Pyepper

Penguins swim in the water

Emperor penguins

Nice penguins

Good penguins

Under the water

I love penguins

Noisy penguins

By Hollie

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Antarctica cake

Room 2 was spoilt today! Josh' s lovely Mum made us an Antarctic cake as a special treat. Josh and his big brother helped decorate it. Yum!!!

The Emperor Penguin

Room 2 have been learning about the Emperor Penguin. We drew penguins and wrote stories about them. Here are Keah's and Hollie's work, enjoy!

Sam Smiler Badge

Congratulations to Arie! He was the first person to earn his Sam Smiler badge in Room 2. Arie earned his badge by consistently showing his South Hornby School Values. Keep working hard!

Antarctic Centre

The Junior syndicate was lucky enough to visit the International Antarctic Centre today. We learnt a lot about the Emperor Penguin, saw real penguins up close, watched a 4D movie and got to experience a snow storm. A big thank you to the Red Cross who sponsored the trip, our children took a lot away from the experience. I also want to thank our awesome parent helpers who came along, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.