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.

Making Rocks!

This week 2BP made a Sedimentary rock using sand, water and epsom salts. We had to do lots of stirring, dissolving and pouring and our rocks are now baking on the window sill in our classroom. It will take a few weeks for the water to evaporate from the solution and our Sedimentary rock will be ready!

Crossing the Red Sea and Sorting Rocks

This week we followed the story of Moses as he lead God's people out of Egypt to find a land of their own. We heard how the people crossed the Red Sea safely after the waters were separted into two parts. 2BP played a board game called "Crossing the Red Sea". If you were travelling well at night because of the light God had given you took an extra turn. But if the Pharaoh's chariots came too close you had to miss a turn.

We also learnt how to sort a large group of things into smaller groups this week. 2BP practiced with coloured straws, rice crackers, popcorn and finally rocks from our class Rock Collection. We discovered that rocks can be sorted by colour, shape, size, weight, surface, hardness and type.