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A visitor from Canada

May 7, 2012 by · No Comments · Flat Friends, Global Classroom

Recently we were very excited to receive a parcel in the post.  In the post was Flat Mike! He was sent to us from a Year 2 class in Chatham, Ontario which is in a country called Canada. He came to learn about life in Australia. The children in Year 2 sent us lots of great ‘I wonder’ questions which we have answered for them.  We took Flat Mike to lunch and to chapel with us.  We are sending him back home this week with our letters, an Australian flag and lots of love. Here is a short movie about his visit with us.

Flat Mike in Sydney on PhotoPeach

Here are the letters we wrote to send to Canada.

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More or less?

April 24, 2012 by · 1 Comment · Maths

We have been working out how much a container holds. We learned that this is called capacity. We had two different shaped containers and used a cup to count how many cups of water would fit in each one.  We made sure to fill the cup to the same level each time.  The first time one container held 8 cups and the other 6. We used a tally to keep count. The second time we had a glass vase and a plastic container.  The vase was taller but not as wide.  We were surprised to see that both containers could hold 4 cups. They had the same capacity. We thought of all these words to describe “the same”; tie, even, draw, equal.  You could try to measure the capacity of some containers at home.

 

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A parcel for us

April 20, 2012 by · 3 Comments · Flat Friends, Global Classroom, K-2, Student work

Welcome back to a new term of learning in Year Two Can.
Everyone loves to receive a parcel in the post.
Just before the holidays we received a parcel in the mail from Canada. It is from a school in Ontario who had asked me earlier in the year if 2T would be happy to receive a flat friend from them and on your behalf I had said yes.

What do you think was in the parcel?
I wonder if you have any idea what a flat friend might be?
Why did they send one to us?
What do we need to do now?

There are so many questions and I hope that you will be able to help me with them when I see you next week. I am looking forward to it and I hope you are to.

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Not just one hour….

March 30, 2012 by · 5 Comments · Science

At school today we didn’t turn on our lights, computers. fans, projector or interactive whiteboard for the whole morning.  We didn’t use any electricity from 8:30am when we began the day until almost 11:30am when our teacher turned on the projector. Why did we stay in the dark? We were participating in Earth Hour which is really meant to be Saturday night but because we are not at school then we did it today.

We learned that thinking about using electricity carefully will help us look after our planet. We didn’t even need to turn the lights on at all because our classroom gets a lot of natural light. Should we think about this every day?

Will you join in Earth Hour at your house?

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Vivaldi at the Sydney Opera House

March 21, 2012 by · 17 Comments · Excursion, Music, year2rc

K-2 went to the Opera House to see the orchestra on Wednesday. The music was called The Four Seasons and the person who wrote it was Vivaldi. We went there to learn more about music and the different instruments.

First we ate morning tea on the steps of the Opera House. Some people thought they saw a dolphin or a shark but I don’t think that’s true.  We did see the Harbour Bridge, Luna Park and lots of boats.

We went into the theatre with lots of other schools. A man called Michael told the story of The Four Seasons. He was a great storyteller and actor. My favourite part was Autumn because when he hung his washing up in the wind he danced with the dress! The order of the music was Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and then Spring again.

The instruments we heard were violin, viola, cello and keyboard. A girl called Tara asked us questions about what we had heard and seen.

We were sad to leave. It was so much fun that I want to go to the Opera House again.

By Kayley, Annabelle, & Georgia T

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Learning about shapes

March 19, 2012 by · 4 Comments · Maths, Quadblogging

Here are a couple of links I found on the blog of our Quadblogging buddies from London.

They must have done some learning about shapes too.

I am sure that you know the names of more 2D and 3D shapes. Which ones do you know?

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Great thinking Georgia!

March 19, 2012 by · 7 Comments · Maths, Student work

Have a look at the great maths that Georgia B has been doing after school! In class we were talking about doubles and near doubles last week. They are really important maths facts to learn. I love the way Georgia has organised her thinking so clearly.  She told me that she could see lots of patterns in the numbers. Can you see them?  Do you know these important maths facts yet?

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Meet the Orchestra

March 15, 2012 by · 9 Comments · K-2, Music

We had such a treat today when the girls from our Senior School Orchestra invited us to an event called Meet the Orchestra.  They played beautiful music and we learned about the different sections in the orchestra and heard each instrument. We also learned about being a conductor and some girls even had a turn! Chianyun’s big sister did a great job with the baton. One of the pieces of music was about a lion and to our surprise a lion came on stage and almost ate Jada! We had so much fun. Does anyone know the names of the different sections? What instruments belong in each section? Which instrument would you like to learn to play?

 

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Connecting with others through Quadblogging

March 6, 2012 by · 11 Comments · Quadblogging, year2rc

This week sees the beginning of our Quadblogging adventure.  Quadblogging means we are one of 4 schools in a group who are going to visit each others blogs and leave good comments. Our quad is made up of 2 schools from England and one from Canada plus us! All the schools are about the same age as us. This week the focus school for blogging is Mrs Wideen’s class in Ontario, Canada.  Theirs is a Year 1 class.  We are looking at their blog and together we are writing a comment to post on their blog.  You will see links to our Quad Blogging buddies on the left of our own blog.  Why not take a look and see what they have been doing. In our class we have already talked about quad meaning 4 in words like quadrangle (an area with 4 sides). Do you know any other ‘quad’ words? Do they have a meaning of 4?

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Behold the wonders of the mighty deep…

March 6, 2012 by · 10 Comments · HSIE

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