Science Workshop – Balloon Hovercraft Today in the Year 2 Neighbourhood students repurposed a CD and a bottle top in the name of science. After predicting what they might be using the CD and the bottle top for, the students were informed that they would each be building a hovercraft. After going through the steps […]
The year 2 neighbourhood had a great discussion this morning, and started to develop our “super groups” for the Global Goals. We looked at each of the goals and worked out what they had in common and gave them general categories. Have a look at what we came up with! This week, the students
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Our inquiry direction for the term is -What do we need to do now to make positive changes in the future? Students have spent three weeks developing ideas on what issues and problems do we face in the world and what can we do to go about changing them. Below is a provocation that
The year 2 neighbourhood has been amazingly busy over the last few weeks! We jumped straight back into the term with our Inquiry taking the focus to the future- “What do we need to do now to make positive changes in the future?”. The students have been working hard to begin to develop general understandings
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As we finish up another week, here is a snapshot of some of the learning that we did in the Year 2 Neighbourhood! Thank you to all of the parents who have volunteered over the past few weeks to help students with their Timeline Project research. Maths Using the mathematical terms edge, vertex and face
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Last Friday, as part of our Wellbeing focus, we discussed different strategies we could use to calm ourselves down, when we are feeling strong emotions such as being angry, sad, nervous, worries, frustrated, stressed, embarrassed, and disappointed. In a whole group discussion, students reflected upon and shared their strategies. What great suggestions everyone had! Sit
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We’re a number of weeks into our Timeline research projects and have started to think about the benefit that different inventions have had on our lives. This afternoon, students reflected on the inventions that have had a significant impact on their lives. Below are a few examples of what students came up with during our
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Yesterday we embarked on our biggest project yet – Loom Making! Our Inquiry has led us to develop understandings about how people would acquire things in the past – and we came to the understanding that if you wanted something (and you weren’t super rich), you had to make it for yourself! The students have
Year 2 Friday Assembly Congratulations to all the Year 2 students for their fantastic performance at Friday’s assembly! The Year 2 Team
This week, the students investigated the concept of change, and what they thought it meant. They shared their thoughts and ideas with the neighbourhood and we were able to narrow down some general understandings of ‘what does change mean’ and ‘what things change. Sudents were then then asked to write down some sentences about