Calendars

We finished our Lorax calendars today.

Daffodil Day

Friday 31 August was Daffodil Day. We had a coin trail and some of us wore yellow at Brightwater School. We raised over $400 for the Cancer Society.

First Aid

 On Monday Room 2 went to First Aid in the library with Catherine. There was a toy ambulance. She explained about  Policemen, Firemen and Ambulance. 

 Some children got to try on the vests and  two kids had to get into a jacket together. Catherine showed us the oxygen  cylinder. The nebuliser made a mist cloud.

We practised bandaging a buddy then we got into three teams and had a bandage race.  One team member got both their arms and legs bandaged.

Netball Skills

For four weeks we have been doing netball skills  with Tracey. We learnt how to hold our hands to catch the ball and how to do a chest pass. we also learnt how to shoot. We played Numbers Netball. 

Jump Jam

On Monday Brett Fairweather came to Brightwater School to do a demonstration of Jump Jam for the whole school. We lined up outside Rooms 6 and 7.

Museum Visit

On Wednesday Room 2 went to visit the Museum. We went to see the National Geographic best 50 photos. We had a sheet with 9 of the photos on. We had to look carefully and write  what the photos were about. At the end we had to sketch our favourite photo. 

Velodrome Visit

On Wednesday Room 2 went to the Saxton Velodrome. We took our scooters. Constable Charlotte and Constable Susan were there. Constable Charlotte checked our helmets fitted us properly. There is a two finger rule. 
We walked around the roads and looked at the signs. We had to scoot on the left. There were traffic lights, a roundabout, a give way sign, a stop sign, a no right turn sign and  a pedestrian crossing. We also scootered right around the footpath around the base of the velodrome track.

Cross Country

On Friday we had our school Cross Country on the back field. Year one and two children had to do two laps. There were hay bales to jump over and we had to run up and down the hill. 

Jonty came first, Max came second and Mason came third in the Year 2 boys race. A great result for Room 2. Madison came first in the Year 2 girls race.  Brody came first in the Year 1 boys race.

Hockey

On Tuesday morning we went to hockey skills. First of all we had to choose a stick that came up to our belly button. 
Some rules are: don't swing your stick up high
We learnt how to hold our sticks with our left hand on the top.
We learnt three kinds of dribbling, close, open and indian. Then we had a game of Rob The Nest in two teams.
We have another session on Thursay.

Oat The Goat

Read Oat The Goat

New Playground

 We have been waiting patiently for the new playground to be finished.

 This week the truck bought 7 big truckloads of bark.
We all had a turn at spreading the bark.

On Thursday morning Room 2 got to play on the playground for the very first time.

Sign Language

Every Wednesday morning Cathy comes to Room 2 to teach us NZ sign language. Most of us learnt last year as well.

Fun in The Sun

Room 2 have been swimming every day. Everybody has had their togs. We even brought our togs to school when it was pouring with rain.