Room2@Brightwater School Nelson New Zealand 2012

Friday Free Swim

2012-02-10T16:28:00.004+13:00

On Fridays we get to have a free swim before we go to assembly. We don't have to stay in our groups and can go anywhere in the pool and play with all the new pool equipment. Today we swam with children from Room 1.

Discovery Time

2012-02-10T16:12:00.010+13:00

This morning we had our first discovery time in Room 2. We were discovering where things were in our room and how we could all work together to look after the equipment and pack up. The children in Room 2 this year have come from five different rooms so it was a good time to get to know some other people better. We had a great time.

2012-02-07T16:23:00.002+13:00

First Day Back on PhotoPeach

2012-02-06T16:21:00.004+13:00

Click on the picture to play this game to help learn where all the keys are.

Namepicker

2012-02-06T11:54:00.000+13:00

Click here for larger version

We use this to choose people for lots of activities.

2012-02-06T11:39:00.002+13:00

Click Here for a fun way to learn where all the keys are.

Water Water Everywhere

2011-12-14T16:11:00.000+13:00

Class of 2012

2011-12-14T15:22:00.000+13:00

This is the Room 2 class of 2012.
23 children, 11 girls and 12 boys.
We are going to have lots of fun learning and laughing together.

Rain, Rain, Go Away

2011-12-14T15:12:00.000+13:00

It has been raining all day at Brightwater. Our parents started to pick us up at morning tea time so we could make it home before the roads to our houses closed. When Mrs Robertson went home this afternoon the Room 1 children who were still here came into Room 2. All the classes from over the bridge had to come down to the hall as the creek was flooding.
Oliver read us a Santa story.

2011-12-13T14:50:00.000+13:00

Thanks Allanah K for this great idea.

Healthy Lunch Day

2011-12-09T16:30:00.000+13:00

We had a whole school shared healthy lunch day on Friday. We all brought something to share and had lunch with our buddy classes on the fron field. There were lots of yummy fillings for the rolls and crunchy apples to finish off with.

First Swim

2011-12-09T16:26:00.000+13:00

Room 2 had their first swim of the season in the school pool after lunch today. The ten people who had their togs all said it was warm. Remember to bring your togs on Monday.

Pack The Bus

2011-12-08T17:02:00.000+13:00

On Wednesday the More FM Pack The Bus came to Brightwater School. We all brought food, games, groceries and other things for people who do not have much at Christmas time.

2011-12-05T21:50:00.000+13:00

Have fun playing these Christmas games

2011-12-05T21:35:00.002+13:00

Christmas Countdowns

2011-12-02T15:31:00.002+13:00

Pets Day 2011 on PhotoPeach

2011-12-02T15:25:00.002+13:00

Mix and Make 2011 on PhotoPeach

Monday News 28 November

2011-11-28T09:40:00.000+13:00

Listen to Oliver, Sven, Hamish, Ashlee and Chloe

Listen to Nikita, Hades and Leah

Mail From The Other Side Of The World

2011-11-18T13:45:00.000+13:00

Charlie was excited to receive some mail at school today. It was a reply, to the letter he sent, from his Granny in England. It only took 4 days to come all the way around the world.

Monday News 14 November

2011-11-14T17:07:00.002+13:00

Listen to Chloe, Rebecca, Charlie, Sven, Bailey, Amber, Ashlee and Josh

Rock Stars

2011-11-11T15:57:00.000+13:00

This afternoon Hamish and Sven got to sing in front of assembly with Brooklyn and Ella. They were awesome. Thanks Mr Phillips

2011-11-07T16:09:00.002+13:00

Discovery 4 November - free slideshows

Monday News 7 November

2011-11-07T12:50:00.003+13:00

Listen to Oliver, Hamish, Corban, Torin and Nicholas

Listen to Hades, Aaron, Olivia, Amy and Leah

2011-11-01T09:02:00.000+13:00

We are happy to welcome Leah to Room 2. Leah came from Ngaio School in Wellington.

Monday News 31 October

2011-10-31T12:34:00.000+13:00

Listen to Charlie, Harrison, Jack, Josh, Bailey, Kane and Ashlee

Welcome Amber

2011-10-25T15:57:00.000+13:00

We are very happy to welcome Amber to Room 2 this term. She is visiting from Brisbane.

Holiday News 25 October

2011-10-25T10:10:00.002+13:00

Listen to Chloe, Helena, Sven, Josh, Rebecca, Claudia, Nikita and Amber

2011-10-07T08:31:00.000+13:00

Teddy Bears Picnic on PhotoPeach

Trent's Puppies Visit

2011-09-30T11:47:00.000+13:00

This morning Trent's mother brought three cute puppies to visit us in Room 2. They are four weeks old now. When they were born they had their eyes closed and not much fur. At home they sleep in a cupboard. They have just started to eat mushed up weetbix.

Three Little Pigs Art

2011-09-28T16:21:00.002+13:00

Three Little Pigs Collage on PhotoPeach

Monday News 26 September

2011-09-26T13:21:00.002+13:00

Listen to Oliver, Josh, Nicholas, Torin, Nikita, Hamish, Chloe and Helena

2011-09-25T16:49:00.000+13:00

Have some fun following the instructions.

Click here.

Rugby Reading

2011-09-22T14:46:00.000+12:00

Hamish and Harrison used Mrs Lines's iphone to update the Rugby World Cup scores.

World Cup Rugby Countries

2011-09-19T20:09:00.000+12:00

On Friday we put all the countries that are playing
in the World Cup on slips of paper upside down on
a table. We each chose one and had to find out three
things about our country over the weekend.

Guess what Harrison's country was?
He made a model of a player in uniform and made a booklet with lots of information.

2011-09-15T07:38:00.004+12:00

On Wednesday we were lucky to have Bronie Edwards in Room 2 for the day . She was taking part in Waimea College's Year 10 Work Watch Day. She helped us with our Three Little Pig collages, read us a story, came to our syndicate assembly, helped us with our work and played with us at lunchtime. We loved having her in Room 2.

Monday News 12 September

2011-09-12T13:09:00.000+12:00

Listen to Charlie, Sven, Bailey, Amy, Helena and Josh

All Blacks Do Your Best

2011-09-09T14:07:00.001+12:00

Go The All Blacks!!

Monday News 5 September

2011-09-05T15:38:00.002+12:00

Listen to Aaron, Oliver, Hamish, Kane, Corban, Claudia, Rebecca and Olivia.

2011-09-02T10:38:00.002+12:00

Happy Fathers Day on PhotoPeach

Daffodil Day

2011-08-26T10:02:00.000+12:00

Today some of us dressed up for Daffodil Day. We put our coins on the daffodil after we had counted the money in our room. We had $22.00 and some people had already put their money on the daffodil before school so we worked out we would of had more than $30.00. Lots of us know people who have cancer, have had cancer or who have died from cancer.
We hope the whole school has raised heaps of money to help the Cancer Society help families in the Nelson area.

Tennis

2011-08-23T14:50:00.000+12:00

On Tuesday afternoons we go to tennis coaching with Ngaire for 30 minutes. We do downers and uppers. We make a ball roll around the racquet. Today we had to get into groups of four to play a game called Chimps and Champs. We had to serve by throwing the ball over arm to the other side of the net. If the person caught it after one bounce they threw it back underarm. Sometimes we threw too hard and the ball went out. We also played a game with a partner. One person threw the ball underarm and the other person held the racquet with one hand, stood at the net and had to smash the ball back to the thrower.

Monday News 22 August

2011-08-22T12:59:00.000+12:00

Listen to Oliver, Amy, Rebecca, Olivia, Sven, Charlie, Bailey and Aaron

Monday News 15 August

2011-08-15T13:02:00.002+12:00

Listen to Hamish, Hades, Torin, Jack, Aaron, Trent and Olivia

Monday News 8 August

2011-08-08T16:35:00.000+12:00

Listen to Nikita, Bailey, Ashlee, Claudia, Helena, Harrison, Sven and Josh

2011-08-07T10:55:00.000+12:00

Rugby World Cup Fun

July Holiday News

2011-08-01T13:21:00.000+12:00

Listen to Rebecca, Oliver, Corban, Kane, Charlie, Viliami, Chloe and Amy

New Children

2011-07-06T14:38:00.000+12:00

Next term we are going to have new children in Room 2. Five children are coming from Room 4. Today they came for a visit. We hope Aaron, Jack, Helena, Bailey and Claudia are going to have lots of fun in Room 2. We are also getting two new boys from other schools. Viliami and Hades will both start in Room 2 before the end of term. We welcome all of these pupils and their families to Room 2.

You've Got the Power Show

2011-07-05T12:17:00.001+12:00

Today we went to the hall to see Elgregoe and Sue in the show. There were lots of magic tricks. Elgrgoe made birds appear and disappear. He took Mrs Brook's watch and destroyed it in a box and then it appeared inside a little box that was inside lots of other boxes. The message for us was to respect, accept, encourage, trust, be fair and care for others. We have to keep our
W alk away
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T alk
S top, put up your hand
about us

MOnday News 4 JUly

2011-07-04T10:33:00.002+12:00

Listen to Amy, Corban, Oliver, Kane, Torin, Nicholas, Josh and Olivia

Gooey Science

2011-07-01T10:08:00.000+12:00

At Discovery Time this morning we made goo with cornflour and water.

If you want to make it, this is how we did it.
We put 2 cups of cornflour in a big bowl and added some blue food colouring. One person added 1 cup of water very slowly and the other person mushed the mixture with their hands.
We had lots of fun.

Science Activities For You To Try

2011-06-28T15:36:00.002+12:00

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Monday News 27 JUne

2011-06-28T07:46:00.004+12:00

Listen to Chloe, Sven, Charlie, Nikita, Ashlee and Rebecca

Good-Bye

2011-06-24T15:16:00.000+12:00

Today was a sad day in Room 2 because we had to farewell two of our girls, Michaela and Bryer. Michaela has moved to Wakefield and Bryer is moving to Masterton. We will miss them both and we know they will quickly settle into their new schools.

Discovery Time

2011-06-24T10:28:00.002+12:00

Making Dough on PhotoPeach

Monday News 20 June

2011-06-20T13:36:00.000+12:00

Listen to Oliver, Hamish, Kane, Charlie, Chloe and Bryer

Farewell Party

2011-06-17T12:17:00.002+12:00

This morning we had a farewell party with Room 5 for Michaela and Max Sixtus who are leaving Brightwater School to go to Wakefield School. Michaela and Max's mother brought lots of yummy food for us and a great big enormous chocolate cake.

Thank you Rachel.

Going to the Zoo Performance

2011-06-16T08:41:00.000+12:00

Room 2 ran the whole school assembly on Friday. We performed 'Going to the Zoo', everyone thought we were fantastic!

Monday News 13 June

2011-06-13T12:54:00.000+12:00

Listen to Rebecca, Sven, Olivia, Nikita, Ashlee and Amy

Rocky Shore Trip

2011-06-10T07:41:00.000+12:00

Room 2 Singing

2011-06-03T12:45:00.000+12:00

Listen to us sing Walking Tall

Unsafe Places to Play

2011-06-02T13:24:00.000+12:00

Some children went outside with the camera today and took photos of places they think are unsafe to play.

Ripper Rugby

2011-06-01T15:02:00.000+12:00

This morning we went up the back field to do Ripper Rugby with Andrew Goodman. We learnt how to pass and catch. We played a game where we had to rip the tags off the other team and put them on our own belt. One team was the Crusaders and the other team was the Highlanders.

2011-05-30T16:21:00.000+12:00

Real Art Road Show on PhotoPeach

The Real Art Road Show was at Brightwater School today. We got to visit it with Room 1. We saw lots of different kinds of amazing art. The very large trailer is towed by a really big truck. Inside it was as big as our classroom.

Monday News 30 May 2011

2011-05-30T14:55:00.000+12:00

Listen to Harrison, Torin, Josh, Nicholas, Kane, Trent and Corban

We Love Our Mums

2011-05-29T08:07:00.010+12:00

Keeping Ourselves Safe

2011-05-26T13:55:00.000+12:00

Constable McKitrick came to talk to us about Keeping Safe. We have rules at home and school to keep ourselves safe.

Charlie Tells Us About Narnia

2011-05-23T16:35:00.000+12:00

Monday News 23 May

2011-05-23T16:30:00.000+12:00

Listen to Ashlee, Amy, Bryer, Oliver and Hamish

Monday News 16 May

2011-05-16T12:58:00.000+12:00

Listen to Corban, Trent, Kane, Rebecca, Chloe, Michaela, Sven and Bryer

Monday News

2011-05-09T09:28:00.000+12:00

Listen to Charlie, Josh, Torin, Chloe, Nikita, Olivia and Michaela

Sign Language

2011-05-06T10:10:00.000+12:00

This morning Corban read us a story while his Mum Melinda signed the story for us.The story was called Where is the Green Sheep. We thought Corban was very clever to read the whole story to the class and we thought Melinda was very clever to sign it. We all learnt how to sign - Here is a green sheep. Ask someone from Room 2 to show you.

Diaper Derby - Fun4theBrain Subtraction Game

2011-05-02T14:18:00.000+12:00

Diaper Derby - Fun4theBrain Subtraction Game

Holiday News

2011-05-02T09:33:00.000+12:00

Listen to Sven, Oliver, Harrison, Hamish, Nicholas and Chloe

2011-04-23T07:47:00.000+12:00

Found this great site, if you want to practise some Maths, click on the picture. Have fun.

2011-04-15T14:08:00.000+12:00

Today we had an Easter egg hunt in our classroom after lunch. It was fun and everyone found one. They were yummy.

We hope everyone has a great Easter and a fantastic holiday.

Reading Eggs Certificates

2011-04-14T15:43:00.000+12:00

Today we all printed off our certificates for our last map we completed on Reading eggs. Two people completed Map 10!! Our school won a subscription to Reading Eggs for a year for 90 children. We have all loved doing it. Thank you Reading Eggs.

Monday News 11 April

2011-04-11T17:15:00.003+12:00

Listen to Josh, Nikita, Trent, Ashlee, Michaela, Amy, Sven and Bryer

Monday News 4 April

2011-04-04T09:42:00.000+12:00

Listen to Harrison, Rebecca, Amy, Oliver, Chloe, Bryer, Kane and Charlie

2011-04-01T13:05:00.002+13:00

Mask Discovery on PhotoPeach

This morning at Discovery Time some of us made animal masks. We want to make some more next week.

School Gala

2011-03-25T08:57:00.000+13:00

Come to our School Gala on Sunday. Be sure to buy a ticket or two in the Room 2 Chocolate raffle. It looks scrummy.

Broken Arms

2011-03-24T11:03:00.000+13:00

Yesterday Hamish went to hospital to get his plaster taken off.

Olivia fell off the bars at morning interval and broke her wrist.

Goodbye Ruby

2011-03-18T13:04:00.002+13:00

Today Ruby leaves us to return to Christchurch. We have loved having her in Room 2 and will miss her lovely smiling face. Thanks for the yummy chocolate cake and pink biscuits.

Fruit Shoot

2011-03-16T14:38:00.004+13:00

Monday News 14 March

2011-03-14T12:06:00.000+13:00

Listen to Sven, Olivia, Hamish, harrison, Corban, Charlie and Nikta

2011-03-12T14:30:00.002+13:00

Pool Party on PhotoPeach

Learn Basic Facts

2011-03-11T17:58:00.003+13:00

We Support Christchurch

2011-03-04T09:30:00.002+13:00

Today our whole school has dressed up in red and black to show our support for all the people in Christchurch. We brought gold coins to help the people in Christchurch. We had to count the money. Room 2 brought $64.00.

Sam's Birthday

2011-03-01T10:14:00.000+13:00

Yesterday I went to a birthday at my house. It was fun and I had a piece of cake at Sams's birthday. It was yummy.
Harrison

Monday News 28 Febriary

2011-02-28T13:00:00.001+13:00

Listen to Michaela, Rebecca, Olivia, Bryer, Amy, Sven, Oliver, Nikita and Olivia

2011-02-24T12:33:00.001+13:00

Monday News

2011-02-21T19:32:00.002+13:00

Listen to Nikita, Michaela, Olivia, Sven, Chloe and Rebecca

New TV For Room 2

2011-02-21T13:30:00.000+13:00

We were very lucky on Friday. Mr Baldwin brought a new flat screen TV into our room. We have it on a table until we decide the best place for it. We can all see it easily. We know we will all have fun using it with the laptop to help us learn new things and share our learning with our friends.

Buddy Class

2011-02-21T13:29:00.000+13:00

Room 5 Buddy Class on PhotoPeach

Monarch Butterfly

2011-02-17T10:47:00.000+13:00

Today I found a butterfly and it was orange and I put it in the butterfly garden.

Valentine Day News

2011-02-14T09:31:00.000+13:00

Listen to Michaela, Ashlee, Sven, Oliver, Torin and Corban

2011-02-11T11:24:00.002+13:00

First Discovery Time on PhotoPeach

We had our very first Discovery Time in Room 2. Friday is toy day so we did things with our toys. We were learning to share and help other people. We were all very good helping to pack up at the end.

Playing

2011-02-10T12:25:00.001+13:00

I am playing with my lego in my bedroom.
Kane

Bush Walk

2011-02-09T10:30:00.000+13:00

I went for a bush walk and it was fun and I went with my Mum and Dad and my Ashton.
Harrison

Fishing

2011-02-09T10:22:00.000+13:00

In the weekend I went fishing. We caught ten fish. Then we ate them for dinner.
Hamish

2011-02-08T12:41:00.000+13:00

I went in the spa pool. It was fun. I swam all
by myself. Then my sister came in too.
Then we went inside.
Oliver