Grandparent's Day and Art Show!

2BP had an exciting week with Grandparent's Day on Thursday here at school. There were "wonderful Grandparent's" everywhere enjoying classroom visits, a liturgy in the Church and a fantastic morning tea.

This week we have also been busy making a boat sculpture for our school Art Show. Everyone has been having a go at weaving with different coloured fabric and the boat is really starting to take shape.

Drums and GAS!

Welcome back 2BP for Term 3. When we arrived back after our holidays we discovered that our Unit work this term is 'Love My Planet'. There have been a number of clues left in our classroom this week about 'GAS!' and we think this has something to do with our excursion to Pullenvale Environmental Education Centre in a couple of weeks time. We have met Billie Baker-Smith and her Mum, listened to the GAS! song and learnt a little about climate change and how we can look after our Planet. We are keeping our eyes peeled for more clues next week!

Our first week back at school ended with a visit from an African Drumming group. WOW! were they fantastic. Everybody got to have a go at drumming and singing and our teachers even danced!

The Holidays Are Here!

After a very, very busy Term 2 we started to celebrate the winter holidays which start tomorrow. 2BP started the day with a wonderful Sacred Time and some lovely prayers for a safe holiday. Mrs B made us a 'Winter Fun Booklet' with lots of fun pages in it to complete, we watched a movie - 'The BFG', ate some popcorn and cleaned out our desks. We are now ready for a relaxing holiday!

Mining for Minerals and Paper Person

This week 2BP went 'mining for minerals' in a choc chip cookie. It's amazing how many choc chips you will find in one chocolate chip cookie! We used a very special digging tool to help separate the choc chip minerals from the cookie - a tooth pick!

Students completed a Paper Person in Religion. This paper person was used to illustrate how the attributes of the Holy Spirit are present in someone. Things like love, patience, peace and joy were illustrated on the paper person using words and drawings.

Volcanoes and Trees!

This week in 2BP we made a volcano that erupted lava. First of all we worked in pairs to build a volcano in the sandpit. We then put a plastic cup of bicarb soda on the top of the volcano and added some red coloured vinegar. The volcano ERUPTED red lava!!! In nature this lava would harden and become igneous rock.

Today we celebrated National Tree Planting Day. We worked in small groups to dig a small hole, plant the tree and water it well. Our class trees were planted outside of the Principal's Office at our school and we will continue to care for them so they grow big and strong.