Party Day

 Party Day in Room 2 was heaps of fun. We played games, ate lots of yummy food, watched a video and had a refreshing swim before we went to final assembly.  Thanks to all our parents for providing the delicious food.

Merry Christmas everyone. We hope you all have  happy and safe holidays with family and friends.

Top Town Games

On Monday we went up the back to watch the Senior Syndicate participate in lots of fun team games. They had to work together.

Swimming Has Started

We have had three swims this week. Everybody remembered to bring their togs. 

Seth At Pets Day

On Friday I brought my birds and they had to have
two people to carry them. Their names are Ra an Manu. Mine is Manu and Hade's is Ra. Ra is yellow and green and has little black spots and  eats lots of  food and lots of water.  They are very loud and every day we put them outside     

Pets Day

Pets Day on PhotoPeach

Kete's

We have made kete's which is the maori name for bags. We used warp and weft, under and over to weave the card to make our bags. We dyed the bags the colour of flax to make them look real and then we decorated them with feathers and shells. We plaited the handle. We think they look fantastic. Kete's on PhotoPeach

Lines of Symmetry

Power Boat Visit

Brightwater School had a visit from two of the boats that will be racing up at Lake Rotoiti on 9-10 November this morning. 
They cost a lot of money and use a lot of petrol.

Story Settings

listen to ‘Nikita’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘Holly C’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘Kate’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘Breanna’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘Lucy’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘Abbie’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘Jordy’ on Audioboo

Brightwater School Library OPAC

More Holiday Adventures

Lochie

listen to ‘New House’ on Audioboo

Will

listen to ‘Horse Camp’ on Audioboo

Nikita

listen to ‘Nikita - Holidays’ on Audioboo

Breanna

listen to ‘Breanna - Christchurch Adventure’ on Audioboo

Kate

listen to ‘Kate - Sleepover’ on Audioboo

Samuel

listen to ‘Samuel - Holiday Fun’ on Audioboo

Holiday Adventures

James

listen to ‘Ben's Sleepover’ on Audioboo

Jet

listen to ‘Jet Goes Salmon Fishing’ on Audioboo

Kirra

listen to ‘Kirra's Holiday Fun’ on Audioboo

Jordy

listen to ‘Jordan Goes To Mapua’ on Audioboo

Eden

listen to ‘Eden goes to Junglerama’ on Audioboo

Jahcoby

listen to ‘Jahcoby's Milo’ on Audioboo

Halberg Disability Sport Donation

Today we could come to school dressed up as a sports person if we brought a gold coin donation to give to the Halberg Disability Foundation. We had people representing ten different sports.
We were going to watch the people doing the Australia v New Zealand Team Challenge go past but they biked past on the deviation before we were even at school. Some of the older children got up really early and went into the church steps to see them.

Jaxon's South Island Holiday

Jaxon's sister helped him make a poster about their trip around the South Island in their caravan.
He told us about Shantytown, the glaciers, Puzzle World in Wanaka, Cromwell and Hanmer.

Rugby Champions

These four Room 2 boys were part of the Wanderers Under 7 team that won their tournament at Greenmeadows.
Well done boys.

Pupils Of The Week

Samuel for descriptive writing and basic facts.

Lucy for super kid in Room 2 and always striving to improve her learning.

Seth got a reading and writing achievement award from Mrs Brooks.

Well done you guys.

Ben's New Calves

listen to ‘Ben's New Calves’ on Audioboo

More Weekend Happenings

listen to ‘Keira Feeding The Animals’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘Pippin's Sleepover’ on Audioboo

Spring Weekend Fun

listen to ‘Samuel's Goes To The Quarry’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘Tennis With Jet’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘Abbie's Weekend.’ on Audioboo

Pupils Of The Week

Nikita won the award this week for excellent effort and progress in all areas and for always striving to do even better.

Abbie's was for completing her reading activities by being well organised, on task and managing her time well.

Daffodil Day

Today we could come to school dressed in yellow because it was Daffodil Day. We brought coins to put on the coin trail as well. The school raised $341 which was awesome. Nearly everyone in our class knew someone who had been affected by cancer in some way.

Keeping Ourselves Safe

Today Constable McKitrick came to talk to us about touching we like and touching we don't like.

New Clothes

listen to ‘Jahcoby's New Clothes’ on Audioboo

Weekend News

listen to ‘Rabbit Island’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘Sleepover With Noah’ on Audioboo

Fireman Visit

Today we had a visit from Fireman Craig. We learnt lots of things so we can be fire-wise kids.

In a fire we need to  GET DOWN     GET LOW    GET OUT FAST  
Go to our safe meeting place.

Matches and lighters are not toys. Do not play with them.

In a fire or an emergency always dial 111.

Smoke alarms save lives. Are yours working?

Oliver'sBirthday Tea

listen to ‘Birthday Tea’ on Audioboo

New Dog

listen to ‘New Dog’ on Audioboo

James Goes Fishing

listen to ‘James Goes Fishing’ on Audioboo

Listen To Lucy

listen to ‘Lucy's Weekend’ on Audioboo

Nerf Gun

listen to ‘Nerve Gun Fun’ on Audioboo

Weekend News

Listen to Breanna

Listen to Callum

Wills New Shoes

ASB New Zealand Maths Challenge

Click on the picture. Children have their username and password in their notebooks. Have fun

Skipping With Holly

hollyskip from Sherryn LInes on Vimeo.

Kate:holly363 from Sherryn LInes on Vimeo.

Paper Planes

trialplane from Sherryn LInes on Vimeo.

Discovery Time

Today at Discovery Time we had the children from the Dolphins reading group teaching us some new activities from the books they had been reading during the week.

Harry was the Knuckle Bone  teacher.

Ben helped lots of people make paper planes.

Before school kunckle bone fun.

Lochie and RJ have fun flicking marbles.

Breanna was the mind game expert. We will do some of these next week as a class.

Jordy was the string games instructor.

MoreFM Kids Corner

Blair from MoreFM came to Room 2 to ask us some questions.
Listen to what we had to say.

A Big Sad Wolf

New Zealand Playhouse actors came to school today and performed "A Big Sad Wolf" before lunch.
It was hilarious and we had lots of laughs. Some of the characters were Snow White, Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks, Grandma, Three Little Pigs and The Wolf.

Kids Corner

This morning Blair from 
92.8 MORE FM Nelson 
came to Room 2 to ask us some questions.
Listen next week Monday-Friday at 3:20pm and 6:20pm to hear what we had to say.

New Boys

We have three new boys from Room 12 in our room. 
Welcome to Will, Callum and Jahcoby.
We now have 26 kids.

Welcome Kirra

Today we welcomed Kirra to Room 2. She has come from Australia. Her Mum used to go to Brightwater School. It was a great day to start because we spent the day at Natureland and the beach.

Letters From Room 17 at Russley

Today we got a very special envelope in the mail. It had fantastic pictures all over it. When we opened it up there were letters for every single person in our class and there were photos so we could see what our pen pals looked like. We were very excited reading our letters. We will write back next week because we are going to Natureland tomorrow and we are hosting assembly this week so we are rather busy.

Hangi Day on PhotoPeach

Listen to Eden

Listen to Holly B

We have made these fantastic fish with Mrs Inch.
Fish Fish Fish on PhotoPeach

I Wish I Were...

Slime

Breanna and Lucy made slime at discovery this morning.
They put 1 cup of Luxflakes in the bowl with 1 cup of boiling water and some red food colouring. Then they beat it with the electric beater until it was thick.
Lots of us had fun playing with it. It was gooey, sticky, slippery, slimy. It smelt nice and made our hands feel smooth when we washed them.

 

Milk in Room 2

Today was the first day we had milk in our classroom. We had it straight after play when we were "Reading To Self". We also learnt how to fold the cartons for recycling. We will get faster at folding with more practise and we need to remember to drink every last drop of milk. We need to make sure the straw is right down in the bottom and to tip the carton towards us. Thanks Fonterra.

New Mini IPad

Today we got our new mini iPad. RJ was the lucky one to try it out for the first time.

Weekend News

Listen to Lochie

Listen To Holly C

Listen to Abbie

Booster Rooster Visit

This morning we went to the library to see Booster Rooster and Vannessa from Plunket. We had to shout loud to wake Booster Rooster up. 

Booster Rooster told us it is safer to travel in the backseat.

The new law says we need to be in a car seat or a booster seat until we are seven years old.

Plunket recommends children travel in car seats or booster seats until they are 148cm tall.

There were no children in Rooms 1,2 or 4 who were more than 148cm tall.

Holly was only 132 cm tall so she should still use a booster seat to be really safe.

Baking on PhotoPeach

Friday Fun

RJ's mother bought in a frog 

that RJ's Dad had found on their 

lawn at night. It was hard to see amongst the brown leaves. Ms Lemon thinks it s a native NZ frog. RJ's Mum took it home to let it go.

Face Painting on PhotoPeach