The Great Outdoors Campout

There is only one thing that 2BP can blog about this week and it would be our excursion to Bayside Park for the Great Outdoors Campout. We had five parent helpers who walked down with our class to the park where we had to put up our tents and collect our Great Outdoors Passport. For every activity we participated in we got a stamp in our Passport. Activities included nature craft, mapping, shapes in nature, reading camping books in a tent, seashore exploring, fishing and camp games like bocce, frisbee and snakes and ladders. Our lunch was a sausage sizzle and because we were camping we even got to toast marshmallows at the end of the day. 2BP had a fabulous excursion in the Great Outdoors!

Under 8's Day and Hexagons

Wednesday was a very big day for 2BP. The morning session was spent moving around and participating in different activities which was all a part of Under 8's day celebrations here at our school. 2BP made balancing birds, planted sunflower seeds, sat in a police car and visited animals from the RSPCA. Everyone took home a big bag full of things that they had collected during the morning. It was so much fun!

This week in Maths we explored hexagons and discovered that they are a very interesting 2D shape. They only need to have six sides and come in lots of different shapes. We had fun as a class making hexagons using geoboards and rubber bands.

Reading People and Dice Rolls

We have had another very busy week here in the 2BP classroom. This week in Religion we found out about some different groups that help others. We took a look at websites for World Vision, Australian Red Cross and Caritas. After reading information and watching video clips the class talked about what these groups did to help others around the world and here in Australia and perhaps how we can help when people are in trouble. From this activity the class then looked at photographs of people and in small groups talked about the feelings and spirit shown in the images. We then had a go at 'reading' each other from just the expression on our face and how we held our body.

In Maths this week we learnt a lot of different things but the most fun we had as a class was when we investigated dice rolls. We each had 10 minutes to roll a dice and keep tally marks of how many of each number we rolled. From there we sorted the data (made sense of the information we had collected) and placed the numbers onto a class table. The winner was 6 with 294 rolls. The least number of rolls with a score of 205 was 3. We then added up all the data and discovered that the class had rolled the dice 1504 times! Wow!

Nature and Length

On Wednesday 2BP looked at some pictures from nature and talked about how places like beaches, forests and mountains can help us feel connected to God. We had to select a picture of either a beach, sunset or forest and write in ten words or less how that picture made us feel. Here are two sentences....

I like the beach because it makes me feel calm.

The forest helps me to be close to God.

This week in Maths Groups we investigated length. 2BP used a chain of 20 paperclips to measure parts of their body like a hand, wrist to elbow and knee to ankle. We also had a chance to measure things like a book, desk and skipping rope using blocks or paddle pop sticks. This was so much fun counting and sharing our measurements.

Milly, Mothers Day and Quarters

This week in 2BP we had lots of interesting things happening in our classroom. First, Milly the dog visited with Hannah for News Time. She was very well behaved except when she tried to chew Mrs B's leg!

In Maths we learnt about finding Quarters. Did you know that 2 quarters is the same as 1 half? We had to make fairy bread and cut our piece of bread into quarters. There is more than one way to do this - WOW! The best part was eating our quarters.

Mothers Day is this Sunday and 2BP have been busy making Mothers Day presents and cards. Have a look at the beautiful fridge magnets we made in class. Thanks to all those parents who came to help with the painting and decorating.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!