Mermaids

This week in our Fantasy Fun Unit 2V have been learning about Mermaids. Did you know that Mermaids are imaginary sea creatures that have a tail like a fish and the body of a woman. We played a game on the computer where we cleaned up the ocean for a mermaid, we put on a tail like a mermaid and jumped around in a jumping sack, we painted a picture of a mermaid and we did a science experiment where we watched mermaids (raisins) float to the surface and sink to the bottom of an ocean. WOW!!!!

Maths, Snakes and Monsters

What a busy week in 2V it has been. We have been hard at work in Maths Groups learning to add two digit numbers. Here's an addition problem to solve - 76 + 22 = ?

In our Poetry Unit this week Mrs B read us a poem about a Taipan in a Frypan and we had to illustrate the poem using the information we had heard in the poem. What great illustrators we have in 2V!

We have been busy talking about monsters all week! We have written a poem about a monster, coloured in a monster for display in the classroom and made a monster out of playdough.

Fantasy Fun

Welcome back everyone to Term 3. This term in our Unit work we are learning about Creatures of Fantasy like monsters, giants, witches, dragons and mermaids. Yesterday we talked about what we already know and what we would like to know more about. Did you know that dragons can breath fire, mermaids can swim under water, witches can be pretty, giants are very tall and monsters can look weird.

Big Feet and Orange Day

It has been so busy in 2V this week. We have been busy working on a maths investigation about how big Year 2 feet are. We used blocks to measure the area of a tracing of our right foot and then we collected the data into a graph to discover some amazing things. Matthew had the biggest foot, Cooper had the smallest foot and the difference between them was 20 blocks. Most children had a foot area of 28 blocks and Mrs B's foot measured 41 blocks.

Yesterday 2V presented their written persuasions on Moreton Bay to their Year 4 buddies. They did a wonderful job persuading their buddies to do the right thing and look after Moreton Bay.

Wednesday was Orange Day where we wore orange clothes to school and made a gold coin donation to help save the endangered orangutans.

Have a great winter holiday 2V!

News Time and Bee Bots

On Wednesday 2V had some great items for News Time. Mathew had a wonderful helicopter that he had made and Ruby bought in a bear that she found on her recent holiday to Los Angeles.

Today in Maths groups we practised our directions - left, right, forward and backwards - using Bee Bots. These are small, robot bees who can be programmed to move in any direction. We even set up a course for the Bots to move along.