POPPY'S CHRISTMAS VISIT

Miss B's dog Poppy came to spend the day with us yesterday. She loved hanging out with all the kids in Model 2B and Model 2A.

BOTANICAL GARDENS VISIT

On Thursday we walked to the Dunedin Botantic Gardens to help gathered Sycamore seedlings. It was a lovely sunny day and we enjoyed our morning tea picnic.

PRODUCTION TIME

I was so proud of all the Model 2B children performing in the Glee Production last night. What an amazing show!

SPECIAL DELIVERY

Today a special parcel was delivered to Model 2B. We looked inside the parcel and found that Santa had written back to us! It was very exciting. We can't wait til Christmas!

MODELS' GLEE CONCERT

Tomorrow night (Thursday 6th December) is the Models' Glee Concert. We have been working very hard to get ready to perform our show to all of our friends and family. We would love it if you could come and watch at 7pm in the School Hall. Please note that all Models' children need to be at school at 6.20pm on Thursday night to get into their costumes in preparation for the concert. Thanks for support our show. I am sure you will love it!

LETTERS TO SANTA

This week we all wrote letters to Santa. We asked Santa what we would like for Christmas and we thanked him for being kind to us. We hope Santa will write back to us soon!

SENIOR PRODUCTION

Today we got to watch the Senior Team's Production. The Senior's production was split into two halves. In the first half they travelled around the South Island and in the second half they travelled around the North Island. They will be performing in the School Hall this Thursday night, that means it is now only one week until the Model's Production. Yay!

HAPPY NEWS & SAD NEWS

Today we found out some both sad and happy news. Miss B has got a promotion at George Street Normal School. Next year she will be the Middle Team Leader teaching Year 3&4 children in Room 11. This is happy news as Miss B will still be at school but we also felt a bit sad that Miss B will not be in the Models next year. Miss B has told us that we can come and visit her in Room 11 at anytime. Mr Galloway has sent home a letter to all of the Year 1 and 2 children to inform parents of the changes next year. Model 2B will be getting a lovely teacher called Mrs Joanne Henderson. Mrs Henderson currently teaches in Room 5 on the Junior side of our school. She will come and visit our classroom soon.

LEAH'S BLOG

Clever Leah has made her own blog called "Leah's Blog of Awesomeness". You can look at her blog by clicking on "Leah's Blog" under the "Useful Links" menu or by clicking here . Awesome work Leah!!!

SUNHAT TIME!

This term sunhats are compulsory in the playground. Unfortunately only 14 Model 2B children are wearing their sunhats each day. Parents, can you please help us to keep sunsafe by providing your child with a sunhat to wear at school. Thank you!

SPORTS SUCCESS

Well done to Naomi and Grayson who were chosen to participate in the Otago Primary School Athletics Sports. Both Naomi and Grayson ran in a relay team at the sports event.

JUNIOR PRODUCTION

Today we got to watch the dress rehearsal of the Junior Team's (Kindles 1,2 and Rooms 3,4,5,22) production. 'Birds of a Feather' told the story of some lost little birds looking for their mother. On their travels the little birds met Kiwis, Kea, Pukekos, Fantails, Penguins and Chickens. Well done to all the children of the Junior Team for looking fantastic in their costumes and entertaining us with their wonderful singing and dancing. We loved watching your show!

MIDDLE TEAM PRODUCTION

Today we got to watch the Middle Team Production 'Medal Mayhem'. We thought the show was cool and fantastic! The kids from the Middle Team were great at singing and dancing and we can't wait until it is our turn on stage!

PRODUCTION TIME

This week we have started to have daily practices for our Models Production. We are learning lots of great songs and fun dances.

SHAPE PEOPLE

We have been learning about shapes in maths. Last week we made some amazing shape people. Check them out... CLOUD CIRCLE - By Naomi and Alexandria

PEPPER PENTAGON - By Grayson & Nova

DINO DIAMOND - By Jessica, Charlie & Imogen

SEEKER SQUARE - By Kiri & Leah

ROCKY RECTANGLE - By Ethan V & Domonic

HOLLY HEXAGON - By Jack & Maia

TONY TRIANGLE - By Phoebe & Arissa

OCTY OCTAGON - By Liam & Flynn

OLIVE OVAL - By Joseph & Ethan D

BUDDY READING

Every Friday we do 'Budding Reading' with Model 2A. We love reading to each other each week!

MRS O'S NEW PUPPY

Hi M2B,
I was just looking at the blog and seeing how cute Jessica's new puppy is and I thought I'd share a picture of my new puppy Monty. He is a chocolate labrador (like my other dog Poppy) and is 3 months old. He is lots of fun and he enjoyed his first trip to the beach today. He gets on really well with Poppy and they like to snuggle up together on their bed.

I hope everyone is working hard in M2B and keeping up the great writing! I miss your smiley faces!
Love Mrs O

WELCOME TO MR FORD

Welcome to Mr Tim Ford who is a second year Dunedin College of Education student. Mr Ford will be joining our class for the next three weeks. He is a keen sportman and is looking forward to sharing his skills and enthusiasm with Model 2B.

CHARACTER COUNTS IN M2B!

This week is 'Character Counts Week'. The theme of the week is that 'your choices are your responsibility' (To Kowhiritanga - To kawenga). In Model 2B we have been talking about why having a strong character is important. Have a read of our great ideas: Character is important because... * it helps you learn * if you didn't have character, you would be naughty * it helps you be good at school * it is who you are * it let's our school shine * it make you nice and helpful * it can make you happy * it makes you proud * it helps people learn to do the right thing * once you know it you can always use it * it helps you not annoy anyone

COCOA VISITS MODEL 2B

Jessica's new puppy Cocoa came to visit us at school on Friday.  Check out how cute her puppy is... COCOA VISITS SCHOOL on PhotoPeach

SOCCER SKILLS

Every Wednesday afternoon this term we are going to learn soccer skills with the guys from Football South.  We had lots of fun learning how to dribble the ball this week.

TERM 4 FUN

We started Term 4 with a fun celebration.  Phoebe had her birthday in the holidays and kindly brought a cake along on the first day of term for us to share.  Thanks Phoebe!

SPORTS DAY

After having to postpone our Athletics Sports twice in the last few weeks we were fortunate to strike a beautiful sunny day for the last day of term 3. We all travelled by bus to the Caledonian Sports Ground and participated in a range of sporting activities. The Year 1 and 2 children enjoyed obstacle races, gumboot throws, spud and spoon races and many more fun games. The Year 3 students participated in traditional athletic sports such as high jump, discus, hurdles, long jump, relays and sprints. Thank you to all the parents/caregivers who came along to support us!

JESSICA'S SPECIAL VISITORS

Today Jessica's three lambs came to visit our classroom. It was very exciting. Check out the movie to see how much fun we had patting and feeding the lambs.

POOR OLD LIAM!

Poor Liam twisted his ankle on the way back to the classroom to get a drink. He had to keep an ice pack on for 10 minutes. He found out later that it was broken!

THE BIG SHAKE OUT in Model 2B

Today we pretended there was an earthquake in our classroom. We remembered to DROP, COVER and HOLD. We stayed under our desks until Miss B said it was safe to come out. Then we had to go and line up on the tennis courts. We made special posters to help us remember what to do.

A FARM IN SPRING

A Farm in Spring on PhotoPeach

SHAKE OUT

Today we practiced for the big 'Shake Out' tomorrow at 9.26am. We know that if there is an earthquake you have to DROP COVER and HOLD. We will show you in this video how to do it.

SPORTS DAY ON FRIDAY

Don't forget that our Athletics Sports Day is on this Friday 28th of September. Remember to bring your packed lunch, warm clothing and your running shoes!

YEAR 1 & 2 POETRY FINALS

--> Today three lucky children from Model 2B were chosen to read their poem in the Junior Poetry Finals.  All the children shared their poems with confidence and we were very proud of them.  You can listen to their poems on the videos below.

TWO TIMES TABLES FUN

We have been learning how to skip count in groups of two and how to do our two times table. Watch this great You Tube clip and sing along!

MODELS SPEECH FINALS

Congratulations to our Year 3 children, Ethan, Nova and Alexandria who were chosen to share their speech in the Models Speech Finals.  Check out how clever they are below!

SPELLER OF THE WEEK

Congratulations to Naomi who was this week's Speller of the Week! Well done to Naomi and all the other Model 2B children who got all their words correct this week.

FIVE TIMES TABLE & SKIP COUNTING BY FIVE

We have been learning how to skip count in fives and do our five times table. You can practice along with this cool You Tube clip.

A SPECIAL THANK YOU FROM DOG RESCUE!

Today, Michelle from Dog Rescue came to drop off a special surprise to the kids in Model 2B. She had a goodie bag for everyone to say thank you for supporting Dog Rescue and raising so much money for their charity. Inside the bag there was a frisbee, lollies, chocolates, a gingerbread dog and an activity book. Everyone was very excited!

SCIENCE FUN FOR LIAM AND ETHAN

On Tuesday afternoons Liam and Ethan D work with Mrs Maw and complete many interesting science activities. They have been busy making sugar crystals and checking their growth. Today they were making rainbow colours using sugar water and food colouring.

RED NOSE DAY CLOWN ART

Have a look at our amazing Red Nose Day Clown Art!

SPELLER OF THE WEEK

Congratulations to Faris who was the lucky person chosen as our Speller of the Week. It was great to see so many children in the prize draw this week - keep up the great practise at home!

LOLOMA IS A SPY!

Lucky Loloma has been going to Reading Recovery with Mrs Loretan. He got to dress up as a Spy and he read a really cool book to us. Keep up the great reading Loloma!

CRICKET FUN

Today Model 2B was very fortunate to meet sporting hero Suzie Bates. Suzie is currently the captain of the Otago Sparks and plays for the New Zealand White Ferns. Suzie is an accomplished athlete and not only plays cricket at an international level, she also plays basketball for New Zealand as well. Suzie and her assistant Sheldon, helped us to practice our cricket skills and introduced us to a fun game called "One Ball Smash".

TEN TIMES TABLE

Do you want to find a fun way to practice your ten times tables? Try this fun song:

MULTIPLICATION

In Model 2B we are learning how to multiply. First we are learning to skip count and make groups of objects. Once we are really good at that we use our fingers to skip count and work out multiplication equations. We are getting pretty clever. See the different ways we showed 10 x 3 using maths equipment.