Ronald McDonald comes to Hauraki School

On Tuesday Ronald McDonald came to school. We went to the library and met him. He told us about road safety! Ronald McDonald showed us a seat belt, but he didn't know how to get it on and off. Caitlin showed him what to do. Next Ronald did his washing but the wind blew one of his socks away! He was funny when he was trying to find it. Then he practised walking to our school safely. He walked on the footpath. "STOP, LOOK & LISTEN, before you cross the street....use your EYES, use your EARS, before you use your feet". He said always click your seatbelt when you are in the car.
By Room 2

More readers reach an important milestone!

Well done to...

J, Tessa, Tatenda and Samuel for achieving 75 nights of home reading! We are very proud of you, and it's no wonder you are doing so well with your reading...all that practice at home! Keep it up! Next comes 100.

Super Learners this week...

3 certificates were awarded at School Assembly this week to Harrison - independent writing, Kody - , and Tatenda - effort at Cross Country running. Well done to all 3 of you!

And 3 at Junior Assembly last Thursday...Benjamin - , Avan - , and Tatenda - . You are all trying really hard - keep up the great work!

Cross Country...

Well done to all the children that participated and tried their best! A special congratulation to J who received a medal for placing 2nd in the 5 year old boys event. Well done J!

What is a Community?

We have discovered that the bees in the beehive are a community because:

• all the bees work together to help the hive
• all the bees have a job
• every job is important
• bees would be missed by the community if they weren't there - there wouldn't be anyone to do their job

That made us think that we are also a community in Room 2!!!

To learn more about communities of people we watched a DVD that explained more about what a community is. We found out a lot of things! Our voice thread shares some of the things we learned.....

Relational thinkers!

To help us move towards being more relational thinkers (click for explanation) we've thought about the bee community in new ways.

We've tried sorting and grouping facts...
a part/whole map - looking at the function of each part of the hive, and what would happen if that part wasn't there...
and compare/contrasts between members of the bee community...

AMAZING!!!!

It's amazing...Brooklyn has received his '75 night' certificate - for reading at home for 75 nights this year! A big effort Brooklyn...keep it up.
Onwards to 100........

We welcome 2 new friends to Room 2!

A big welcome to Matthew and Reihana...and their families!
We are very happy to have you in our Room 2 community!

Well Done you two!

Well done Jamie and Juliana for receiving certificates at our Junior Open Morning Assembly on Friday! Jamie for reading and Juliana for speeding up with her work...keep up the great work.

Two masterful Musicians...

Room 2 were doubly happy after Music with Miss James this week......Avan and Samuel received certificates for their singing - well done boys.