We Are Learning To write a diamante poem.

We have been learning about Diamante poem's this term. We can:

• use interesting (adjectives) words
• compare two topics
• use verbs (doing) words

"I am learning to write diamante poem. I find it easy to think of the nouns. I find it tricky to think of the describing words."

William

We Are Learning To use Reading Eggs independently.

"I am learning to get on a higher level. I find it tricky to read the books. I find it do the games and log in.  My goal is to finish reading eggs and start Reading Eggspress."

William

We Are Learning To skip count in 2's, 5's and 10's

I Am Learning To create a wearable piece of art

Wearable Art Showcase 

For the past 2 terms, Room 10 and 11 have been learning about Space. We have been exploring the different planets and the galaxy. We decided for our wearable art piece that we would make galaxy skirts and capes with the planets on it. 

We learnt many different art techniques such as water colouring, flicking of paint, dabbing of paint and blending colours together. It was a long process but are all very proud of the final product!

We Are Learning To find specific information in the story.

"We are learning to find the answers in the book. It is easy to answer questions where the answer is in the book. It is sometimes hard to answer questions where the answer isn’t in the book (Inference Questions) "

Wheel-a-thon Fun!

This term, the Year 2’s had a Wheels Day. It was exciting to bring our own wheels as well as see our friends wheels. We were able to show the 3R’s by:

Respect: Have a caring attitude to others 

- Sharing our wheels with our friends.

- Being careful and taking our time when wheeling on the track.

Responsibility: Be prepared for the day

- Remembering what day Wheels Day was. 

- Bringing our wheels as well as our safety gear. 

Resilience: Participate in a new experience at EPS

- Ask for help from a teacher or friend if we had trouble with our wheels. 

- Try our best by wheeling safely around others. 

I Am Learning About 2D and 3D shapes.

Room 10 and 11 have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes.

We made our shape with toothpicks and marshmallows, yum! After we made our shape we got to eat it. 

"I am learning to make 2D and 3D shapes. I found it easy to make 2D shapes. I found it tricky to make the 3D shapes"

I Am Learning To write a recount

I Am Learning To write a recount about blowing bubbles. 

I will be successful when I have:

• A title 
• An introduction
• Sequence words to begin my sentences
• Used the 5 W's (who, what, when, where, why)

"I am learning to write a recount about bubbles. I found it easy to write 'then.' I found it tricky to draw the pictures."

We Are Learning to find the clues in the text.

We Are Learning To solve addition and subtraction problems with the number 10

"I am learning to solve problems with 10. I find it easy to do addition because I can use my fingers. I find it tricky to write some numbers. "

I Am Learning To use describing words

For Mother’s Day we did some special Mother’s Day writing using Word Art.

We are learning to use describing words in our writing

I will know I have been successful when:

I use some interesting words to describe my Mum

"I am writing describing words. I found it easy to choose words to describe Mum. I found it tricky to pick the shape for my words."

I Am Learning To kick a ball.

On Friday, we were lucky enough to go on the field and learn some football skills. We had so much fun playing football and learning new games.

We Are Learning To read with fluency and expression.

Every week we learn a new poem that we take home to share with our families. We worked with our group to pick our favourite and practised reading it.

"I am learning to read the poem. I am proud of myself for knowing the words. It can be tricky to read the poem."

We Are Learning To add details to our writing.

"I am learning to write all about me. I found it easy write what my favourite things were. I found it tricky to spell some words."

We Are Learning How to read the graph and talk about the results.

For Maths we have been learning all about Statistics in Room 11. We have been learning about bar graphs, pie graphs and pictographs. Here is an activity I can do on Mathletics to help me.

"I am learning about pictographs. I found it easy to count the pictures. I found it tricky to read the words. "

Self-portrait 2018

Check out our AMAZING Self Portraits!

We have been learning to sketch our faces using a sketch pencil.

We used our different types of lines (whispering lines, loop the loop lines and skinny lines). Then we went over it in pastels to make them stand out. Lastly, we added some funky glasses to our faces!

Welcome to my 2018 Learning Journey.

This year I am in Room 11 and my teacher is Miss Moston.