This term we have been learning about geometry with a focus on naming and describing 2 and 3D shapes. We have been using the words vertex/vertices, edges and faces when talking about the properties of shapes. We made shapes using tooth pics and plastercine, we explored the prefixes of shapes such as deca, penta, octa and what they mean and we spent some time researching unusual shapes we had never heard of before.
We took our learning about shapes, combined it with our own creativity and created Geo City!
We spent time discussing and planning the types of things a city might have. We all chose a building then set to work planing what shapes we would need and what other features we would need to include. We also voted to agree on a name for our city.
This was a fun project that required lots of problem solving. Check us out hard at work...
We were very proud of our creations! We joined our squares together, added some more roads and road signs to create our final product.
Check out our video for a full tour of Geo City...
We have been having so much fun with science in Kahu 2.
We have explored fair testing, the scientific process and how to record it. We have also seen first hand the importance of a growth mindset and the bravery to ask questions and take risks. As we found out - new discoveries and learning wouldn't happen if scientists were afraid of getting things wrong!
Here we are learning about density and observing what happened when we poured food colouring and oil onto water.
We also explored chemical reactions when we observed what happened to an egg when we left it in different liquids for 3 days. We learnt that vinegar and orange juice have acid which reacts to the calcium carbonate in the egg shell dissolving in. The vinegar made the egg bouncy!
We learnt more about solvents, solutes and solutions when we made strawberry milk. Who knew science could be so delicious?!
Wow! What an unusual few months it has been! Term one was ticking along nicely until suddenly everything changed. On the 24th of March New Zealand schools closed as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic.
At 11.59 on the 25th of March New Zealand went into level 4 lock down in an attempt to break the chain of transmission of Covid 19 and save lives.
While we had a feeling this was going to happen, it still was a shock when it did.
So for Kahu 2 and the other children of BMPS, this meant learning looked quite different over the next few months!
Children had home learning packs provided by school and also from the government to work on and some children took part in online learning via Google Classroom.
This was an exciting new challenge for us all. As well as completing online assignments, we met on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for Zoom sessions and also on Thursday where Sistema children would practise their music.
I am so super proud of the self motivation, hard work and dedication to learning shown by many Kahu 2 children during what was an unusual and often stressful time. I think you are amazing. A big thank you to your whanau at home for their support also.
In Kahu 2 we have been having a bit of fun with googly eyes around the school. Putting googly eyes on objects to turn them into faces with expression is called 'Eyebombing' The purpose of eyebombing is to spread a little cheer and put a smile on people's faces.
You can learn more about eyebombing in the video below.
The wind was cold like ice cubes as it blew the leaves into a miniature tornado. The bell rang so super loud that I almost turned deaf for a second. I then realised... “Oh no, NOT THE CHILDREN!”There was a ringing in my ears as the children bolted out of their classrooms with hats on their heads and food in their hands.
I looked around to see children making their way to me while having a wicked stare. I blinked for a split second and then detected that a girl’s mouth was coming straight to my lips and then… “Ouch!” My head felt dizzy as I vomited out a disgusting liquid (AKA water). After that I thought“Did he just drink my VOMIT?!?!”
As I tried to recover I could smell a bad odor that smelt EXACTLY like a boy that just came out of the bathrooms. “I hope he has washed his hands with soap and dried them properly.” I thought to myself.
He walked towards me while having a thirsty glare on his face, he suddenly started sprinting towards me and at this moment I feel like it is a slow motion stare off, but wild west style.
After another gross moment of lips all over me, I begged to thy dear Lord “Please let this hour of pain be over, PLEASE!” I didn’t know if he was gonna answer or not but...HE DID! The bell rang and all the children went inside.
By Lola
“Oooooh can you get your filthy hands off my glass? You’re making me dirty!” I thought to myself as these wretched kids were smudging my glass. I really wish that the inside of my glass was as hot as the outside so they can keep their hands of it. I was alright with the children coming inside my sphere but some kids came in with muddy hands from playing on the field or sand from the sandpit. Don't mind my whining, I am just so mad right now.
I wish I had legs to run away because of how sick I am. I hate how the kids scream and squeal. The noise gives me a headache and I always think that someday I will truly be deaf.
Anyway, hi my name is Jefree and I am a bit of a loner but i'm happy with that. I like to hum songs to myself so I can be entertained but the annoying thing is...I have to face the the hot sun without any shade or water.
Heeeey, oh no the bell just rang...and...ohhh no, those kids...they’re comingggg!
By Teylah
The playground was a desert, hot, silent and lonely. The merciless sun stared me down. And like this day couldn't get any worse...“BRRRRRRRRRRRING!”
As soon as the morning tea bell rang the children shot out of their classes, caps on their heads and lunches in their hands. “Oh no! Not Those grubby children! They're going to dirty me with their filthy shoes!” The little children flew straight past me and darted toward the slide, their grins stretching from ear to ear.
I felt relieved that no one wanted to play with me.
Out of the blue a little kid stomped his way towards the climbing wall. “Oh no! Oh no!” I thought to myself as the child gripped onto the rope with his snotty fingers. One by one the shoes stuck onto the wall. Closer and and closer the toe jams inches towards me. “SQUELCH! SQUELCH! SQUELCH!” teases the smeared, soiled shoes.
Then… “SQUELCH!” and suddenly I have a mud facial. What made it even worse was the sun. It beamed down on me drying the mud. I moved as much as I could, hoping to crack the dry dirt. I prayed to the lord to get this smelly stuff off me.
Suddenly I saw a boy dripping in so much sweat that the moisture even met his shoes. I called him over to me hoping that he’ll stomp on me and wash away all the dirt with a sweat shower. As he walked past me he gave me a glare of disgust and jogged away. Who knew that in one day I could go from shooing to begging the nasty children to climb on me?
