Going to the Dump, VERY EXCITING! 😮

 WALT: Reflect on our Waste and how we use it.

On Friday the 21st of October Room 2 went to the Bromely Dump. We went there because our virtue for these 2 weeks is Stewardship and taking care of the environment. 3 parents came to help us:  Shelly, Sarah and Jackie. Our first activity was learning everything a proper compost needs

• Green foods (they don't actually have to be green, it means to be fresh food scraps

• Brown foods (They are dried up grass, or hay)

• Micro Organisms (it is just dirt that helps with the compost and worms)

• Water (to help everything come together)

We all got to hold a worm at one point, and a fun fact about them, they actually spell letters on you hand! But you should ALWAYS WET YOUR HAND because our hands are hot, and it could kill the worm because they breathe through their skin. 

We all had a turn at different rotations, the first one was where you tore newspaper into streamers, and you had to dip them into a bucket and fluff them up for the worms. The next one was where you used a shovel or your hands too pick up some worms from dirt, or worm castings. If there were no worms you would put it to the side.

The last one was where you got into buddies and filled up your watering can. Your friend would put worm tea into and you would give it to the plants it was very fun.

Here is a photo!

 

Problems in our Environment, the new Covid!

 WALT: The world is speaking to us

In Room 2 we have been talking about problems in our Environment, and Pope Benedict's quote, "The World is talking to us. Me and Dakota made a google drawing about 2 Environmental problems and what the world would be saying about it.

KWL On the Issue of our Environment

 WALT: Identify prior knowledge

We are learning about all the problem in our world, e.g: Wildfires and pollution. We are also learning about why it is happening, e.g: Deforestation is happening because we are cutting down tree's and lots of problems could happen if we don' stop soon. 

We made a KWL {What I Know, What I think I know, and What I want to learn} 

Understand the Beatitudes

 WALT: Understand the Beatitudes

For our R.E we are learning about the Beatitudes. We had to rewrite them in our own words. I did it with Dakota and it helped me and Dakota understand them. 

Do, Re, Mi NZSL

 WALT: Understand Music Notes

Today I made a video showing you the NZSL hand signs for Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So,l, La, Ti, Do

Watch the video and follow along. We have been learning how to read Music Notes and this is why I am doing it.

Māori Days of the week

 WALT: Say the days of the week

In Room 2 we have been learning about our 2nd language, Māori. It is Māori week this week and one of out activities on our Māori  slides were to find out the days of the week in Māori and how to pronounce them properly. A way that helps me pronounce the Māori days of the week properly is to listen to the last 2 letters of the Māori days of the week. They are all different. 

Monday = Rāhina - Pronunciation Rā - Hi - Na 

Tuesday = Rātu   - Pronunciation  Rā - Tu 

Wednesday = Rāapa - Pronunciation  Rāa - Pa.

 Thursday =  Rāpare - Pronunciation   Rā - pa - re

Friday = Rāmare - Pronunciation  Rā - ma - ere

Saturday = Rāhoroi - Pronunciation Rā - ho - roi

Sunday =  Rātapu - Pronunciation Rā - ta - pu

The Good Samaritan and the Beatitudes

W.A.L.T Identify the Beatitudes

In Room 2 we have started to learn about the Beatitudes for RE. He watched a short animated movie about the Good Samaritan and after that we had to make a Digital Learning Object (D.L.O) About what Beatitudes he showed. I worked with Dakota and we choose 3 Beatitudes. We explained why he showed them and then put a picture representing each Beatitude.