Making Shadows

What is as big as an elephant but weighs nothing?

The elephant's shadow!

                                             

As part of our Science this term we have been learning about light and dark and what makes shadows. On a recent sunny day, we went outside and figured out how to make the biggest shadow we could...

And the smallest shadows we could.

And then we had a lot of fun trying to get away from our shadows...but we couldn't!

Ti Point Reptile Park

The whole school had a brilliant outing recently when we all visited Ti Point Reptile Park.
The sun was shining which encouraged all the reptiles to put themselves on display as they basked in the warmth.
We were lucky enough to pat a tortoise, get up close with tuatara and see baby turtles and lizards!

Maths Sheep

The Kea Class have been learning our basic facts - with help from our classroom sheep!

Art - Self portraits.

We have been painting pictures of our lovely selves.

 We started off by drawing our oval faces.

 We looked very carefully at where our eyes, noses and mouths were...

We had a look at our hair and drew it how we thought it looked.

 We had to go back and remember that we needed a neck in our picture so that our faces weren't floating!

We painted our skin...

 Then our hair...

Then our lips...

 And our eyes...

Once they are dry, we will add backgrounds and finishing touches.

Our paintings are looking very beautiful...just like us!

Welcome to Year 2!

Hi, and welcome to Year 2!

We have had a lovely start to the year. After a lot of discussion we have decided to be the Year 2 Kea Class.
Our mascot is Katie the Kea, who will go home with a different child each week. Katie brings with her a book which you can add to with writing and photos.

Volcano at school...

Sophie brought in her Volcano Eruption kit, so we shared all the exciting things we know about volcanoes.
We learnt the difference between Active, Dormant, and Extinct volcanoes and talked about what comes out of them, and how volcanic rock happens.

Then we headed outside and made our own volcano using citric acid and sodium bicarbonate with a bit of red dye. It was a really easy, fun experiment that would be fun to try at home!

Invisible Ink

During Term 3, we read a book about invisible ink...

Then we decided to make some.

Here are some photos of our neat experiment.

Symmetrical Shapes

We have moved onto Symmetry - and we have been making our own symmetrical shapes and patterns on geo boards.

As you can see, this activity has been a lot of fun for everyone!

2D and 3D Shapes

We have been having a lot of fun in Maths this week!

We have been revisiting 2D and 3D shapes in class, as well as remembering all about Symmetry.

We made pictures of 2D shapes....

And symmetrical patterns on our desks....