Happy Holidays!

Have a lovely time with your family Rm 24 and stay safe during the Christmas break. Take care, best wishes for a Happy New Year from Mrs Carter.

Junior Prize giving 2021!

Yesterday morning we had our Junior Prizegiving at school under Te Kapua! Congratulations to all of our Team 2 award winners for being acknowleged for their hard work this year, especially throughout the extended lockdown. Our Rm 24 superstars were Isla-May, Daniel, Tevita and Ashleigh!

Wild Wednesday!

Team 2 had the privlige of learning about different animals and birds found at the Auckland Zoo with Kat via a Zoom call! Hope you enjoyed guessing all the bird calls? Then we listened to the story about Elmer the elephant which has a good moral teaching that we were asked to write about...

Fun Friday introduction...

Fun Friday!

Have a go at some of these fun activities that Mrs Carter created for you to do at home today. You can find them in our Team 2 site...Can't wait to see you on Monday!

Team 2's movie: Daylight - The Lockdown Project

This movie was made as a combined effort during Level 3 and 4 of Auckland's lockdown during the Covid pandemic! We have some shining examples of learning from home and Bubble school throughout this period and children reflecting on this time in their lives. We hope you enjoy this movie with the theme song called Daylight by Maroon 5. Please leave a positive comment.

Rm 24 game!

Rm 24 enjoy playing the game "I spy with my little eye" on our afternoon Google Meet. Everyone has a turn at guessing the word. Ashleigh's letter was "g" and it was her toy genie with blue hair! We had lots of fun playing this game...

Celebrating Diwali!

This week Auckland's landmarks are lit up at night time to acknowledge Diwali - the festival of lights that some Indian famlies celebrate as part of their new year festivities. Can you name all of them?

Wonderful Wednesday!

Welcome to "Wonderful Wednesday" with Mrs Carter. Today you are going to learn about Diwali - the Indian festival of lights. Listen to the story about Deepal's Diwali, write a story about your favourite Indian animal, or try some new maths problems. Small clay lamps are lit at night time and put outside Indian families homes as part of this ceremony and fireworks are lit on the last day of this celebration. I hope you enjoy doing some of these activities on your iPad. Namaste Team 2!

Fishing fun!

On the weekend Mrs Carter and her family took their boat out near Waiheke Island and caught some snapper for dinner! We also got to see the sunrise which was so beautiful. Then we were lucky enough to get some fresh strawberries from our neighbours who went to Clevedon Strawberry farm near the airport. Like I always say Team 2, sharing is caring...It is lucky that we're able to do a few more things while keeping safe, even though we are still in lockdown.

Tokelauan Language Week

This week we learnt the Tokelau greeting for hello is "Malo Ni". We learnt about Taulima which are made and worn on their wrists by men and women during Tokelauan dance performances. Here are some story books written in the Tokelauan langauge as well and we also listened to this popular song taught in thier culture.

Wacky Wednesday!

Today's learning was based on the book called Wacky Wednesday about a girl who woke up finding weird goings on in her bedroom and where lots of strange and funny things happened in this story. In our afternoon Google Meet, Rm 24 children listened to the read aloud version and guessed the wacky things!

Niuean Language Week

Faakalofa lahi atu! To celebrate the Niuean culture Ms Teleso taught us some new words and greetings in Niuean in our Team assembly. We enjoyed her presentation which taught us about some facts about the Niuean culture. In our afternoon Google Meet we listened to the story about Spotted Butterfly in Niuean and then Jacob made his own butterfly using paper and scissors. How creative!

Mrs Carter's online learning

Welcome to Wai Wednesday and Team 2's learning is all about water safety and stories about going to the beach! Please find this on our Team 2 site. Remember to write a story using a beginning, middle and an end and share it to your teacher via email or post it on your blog. Some nice pictures or photos would be great too. Don't forget to make a new EE using (Explain Everything) and write a sentence using a capital letter for the first word, someone's name or place and end with a full stop. Have fun everyone! Ka kite ano

Lockdown holidays...

In the October school holidays our Prime Minister Jacinda Adern said we were allowed to go boating again. So Mrs Carter and her family took their boat out into the Hauraki Gulf and went fishing! We left the boat ramp at Half Moon Bay marina at 7.30 am and returned at 3pm in the afternoon. It was such a lovely day out on the ocean, we went to 3 different fishing spots. Her youngest son caught the only legal sized snapper. Everyone else caught under sized fish that had to go back into the moana. It actually felt like we were on holiday! Kapai mahi whanau

Mrs Carter learns a new skill in lockdown...

During the October school holidays Mrs Carter looked up on YouTube "how to make facemasks" and then she got to work on her sewing machine. So now she has some masks to wear outside to keep her safe during lockdown.

Team 2 Immersion Assembly item!

Term 4 Inquiry topic is...

Fun Friday!

On the last day of Term 3, all the Team 2 teachers dressed up to surprise the children! Mrs Carter was Marshmallow fairy and we played some fun games together such as "The Magic Blanket" and guess the lollies in the jar. Congratulations to all the prize winners for doing their best online learning throighout this lockdown, attending Google Meets and blogging their work! We hope you have a safe holiday break with your family. Remember to be kind and be a great helper around the house. Take care and stay in your Bubbles...

Rm 24's Google Meet

At our afternoon Google Meet PJ showed us his RC cars, Khaing-May climbed her bedroom doorway like Spider girl and Ashleigh was enjoying her chicken nuggets. We played "I Spy with my little eye..." and "Around the world" maths equations and had a lot of fun together!

Making Rewana bread

At the end of Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori Mrs Carter decided to try this new recipe for the first time at home in lockdown. Rewana bread is so tasty, it was very popular with her whanau and they enjoyed eating this kai!

Learning a new skill with Miss West

This week Miss West joined our class Google Meet and showed the children how to make a "Stop Motion" animation video using their iPads at home! Tevita filmed his Lego semi truck and trailer and used a remote control to make it move backwards, hook up to the trailer and then it moved forwards...how amazing! Well done from Mrs Carter.

Best turnout!

Yesterday we had the best turnout for our Rm 24 Google Meet, with 12 tamariki and 2 support staff joining in our afternoon korero. We had a discussion about who owns a "Pop It" and there were lots of you who do! Do they float or sink in the bath? There are rainbow ones, heart ones, unicorn ones and many more...Mrs Carter has a teddy bear one. You might like to take a photo of your one too?

Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori!

Nau mai, haere mai welcome to Maori Language week. Have you tried this new game which encourages you to learn new words in Te Reo Maori? It is really fun and can be found on our Team 2 site in the Creative Writing folder. We are singing a new Waiata every morning at our Team Rua Assembly! Does your whanau have something to share this week? Can your Nanni make Rewana bread and do you know the recipe? Ka kite, from Mrs Carter.

Fun Friday!

On Friday 10th September Rm 24 dressed in their pyjamas for our 2pm Google Meet! We also brought our favorurite teddy bear or soft toy to share...Then Mrs Carter held a spelling competition of "Bedtime" words, the first person to write the correct answer in the chat was the winner. We had so much fun and enjoyed hearing everyone introduce their teddy friends...

Tongan Language Week

In our Team 2 Assemblies this week we have been learning how to sing the Tongan national anthem and some new words and their meanings. Thanks so much to all the children for sharing and some parents for the translations that were used.

Celebrating Tongan Language Week!

There are lots of Tongan speaking children in our class and this afternoon Tevita, Marriane, PJ, Ezekiel and Akanesi shared some of their language with us! We got to learn and practice saying so many new words in Tongan. We could write a mini dictionary! Thank you for sharing your ideas about Fiafia, Lu Sipi, White Sunday and cultural dress. Malo 'aupito from Mrs Carter.

Team 2 Assemblies

Team 2 have been meeting online at 10 am from Monday to Thursday to listen to one teacher present Team 2 Assembly. They talk about schoolwork planned for the week in Reading, Writing, Maths and Inquiry whilst in Level 4 lockdown. One child is chosen to lead our karakia and then we sing the National Anthem together. There are also achievement certificates for XtraMaths and birthday celebrations. Remember to listen to our team messages for the day. What topic of learning are you going to start with today? Welcome to our new friends and teachers who joined us this morning, it was so nice to see you again!

Rm 24 Google Meet

This week we are meeting with our own classes at 2 o'clock in the afternoon as our morning Team 2 Google Meets were getting busy and now everyone can have a turn to talk when they raise their hand and use GM4GM! Well done everyone for sharing. Mrs Carter loves seeing your happy smiley faces everyday while we are all staying safe in our Bubbles at home...

Arm extension!

Have you ever wished that your arm was longer and stronger? Well now you can make your own arm extension using some card or paper and wooden skewers. See if you can make one of these at home with the help of an adult? Mrs Carter had fun with this one as she is vertically challenged! Check out "Nanogirls" other throwing machines on her website: https://www.nanogirl.co/the-superpower-of-throwing-0?hsLang=en

Catapult City!

Have a look in your kitchen for a wooden spoon and some other bits and pieces from around your house...then make your own catapult from the lever to project your ball, ready, aim, fire! Learn about the effects of a see-saw from "Nanogirl" on her website: https://www.nanogirl.co/the-superpower-of-throwing-0?hsLang=en

Create a tune!

Can you make a pretend guitar using an old tissue box? Join Mrs Carter as she shows you how and you can learn about different sounds and tensions that elastic bands make! Thanks to "Nanogirl" for this clever musical idea.

Hoop throw game!

Mrs Carter made this game from Nanogirl's Hoop throwing video! How are your accuracy skills when it comes to throwing from a distance? Check out some more ideas on her website: https://www.nanogirl.co/the-superpower-of-throwing-0?hsLang=en

Making music!

Why don't you try doing one of Mrs Carter's Creative Crafts during lockdown at home with your Mum, Dad, big brother or sister's help? I would love to hear the tunes you have made! Check out some other supercool science ideas from "Nanogirl" on her website...https://www.nanogirl.co/nanogirls-lab?hsLang=en

New faces join our Google Meet!

It was so nice to see new children joining in our Team 2 Google Meets on Friday afternoon! Remember to use "Good Manners for Google Meets". Thank you to Miss West and Mrs Fester for joining us too. Remember to keep your iPads in a safe place and charge them up at night while you are sleeping. Have a lovely weekend and stay safe everyone, from Mrs Carter.

Team 2 Google Meet

This afternoon I popped in to say "hi" to some new children who have joined our GM4GM as they have now got their school iPads at home! Remember to use "Kawa of Care" everyone and stay safe from Mrs Carter.