Cacti by Larissa.

Cacti store water in their stems.

They grow in many places where there isn't much water.

They grow many different sizes and shapes.

Some have sharp spikes to protect them from enemies. 

Terific Tiger facts by Bridie

Did you  know that tiger fur is worth $20,000! There are less than 6000 tigers left in the world . Tigers eyes are sold as good luck charms.

An Amazing Fact About Tigers! By Lauren

Did you know that tigers can eat up to 45kg of meat in one go!
Tigers have a big appetite so it is good that they eat a big amount of food at every meal. They need this much food to stay alive.

Terrific Tiger Fact By George

Did you Know? That one tiger can eat up to forty five kg of meat at a time?
This means tigers that are kept in zoos need a special diet.

Terrific Tiger Fact by John

Did you know that tigers doggy paddle in the water even though they are a cat. So when you are in the water don't just be aware of crocodiles and other deadly water creatures. A big stripy tiger pouncing on you in the water would be a nasty shock!!!

Tiger facts by kayla

Three species of tigers are already extinct. The Bali, Caspian and the javan tigers. This is bad because there are eight species  and three are already extinct. People should stop

killing tigers. 

Tabloid Sports By Lauren P

On Monday we had tabloid sports! Though it was a house challenge. We have 4 houses, Miro , Kowhai, Rata and Tawa!!! Two ladies from the ASB came so we could thank them for giving money to the school so we could buy house t-shirts.
The first part of the competition was saying our house chants. Next we split up into two groups. One was year fours  and down and they had to play rob the nest. The year fives and up had to play bench ball. I am in Tawa and we won against Miro and Kowhai, but we lost to Rata. Rata ended up winning bench ball and I only know that Tawa lost in rob the nest.
The other activity was an obstacle course but Tawa lost in that too. 
The last activity was on the next day. It was tug of war. each house played each other and it turned out that Tawa won that!!! The points from that made a tie for first place. Rata and Kowhai had to do a best to three in tug of war. Kowhai won one and Rata won two putting Rata in first place! I like Tawa the best because I'm in it!!
    

Art with Andrea by Bridie

On Wednesday  Room 2 went out to the school house . We had a visitor.  Her name was Andrea. She was here to do water painting .  When we had settled down we did some warm ups . After the warm up we started painting. I did five!  We shared our paintings in assembly and got a big round of applause . I enjoyed painting!!!!

The Chinese Zodiac Animals By Bridie.

The Chinese zodiac calendar has 12 animals Tiger, Dragon , Snake , Pig , Horse, Goat, Ox, Rat, Rooster Monkey, Dog and the Rabbit. I am a ram ,Seth is a monkey John is a rooster, MS.Whitwell is a pig  and the Queen is a  fire tiger .

My Water Colour Painting by Keegan

Last Tuesday a lady called Andrea came to school. She brought water colour  to Fordell. I think my water colour painting is pretty well done, I like others too.
Our colours to use  were purple, blue, black, yellow, brown, green and red. I think everybody did well. We went through lots of process to do the painting, you had to do a practice, we had to use a square piece of paper with a big hole in it to see the view to paint and then we painted. It was very complicated. If you wanted to make a cloud you had to leave the paper white. We put some of the painting on our class wall. I had a great time!!!

Interesting Facts by John

Did You Know ?

You share your birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world!

Banging your head uses up 150 calories an hour!

On average people fear spiders more than they do death!

The strongest muscle in the body is the TONGUE!

"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language!

The longest word is 1909 letters and it refers to a distinct part of DNA!

Don't forget to visit my blog on John's Joyful Blog.

Swimming with Cecile By Lauren

One cold Friday morning we had to walk down to the pool and go swimming! We had a swimming instructor called Cecile, come down and teach us how to be safe in the pool. It was freezing cold and most people hopped out early, but not me! My favourite part was when we had to make a tail by holding each others waist and run to the other side of the pool. Then the person at the front had to try and catch the tail. It was lots of fun and I enjoyed making a whirl pool in the small pool.

Interesting Fact Of The Week By George

Did you know?

The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it?

A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair?

Women blink nearly twice as much as men?

Interesting facts this week!

My poem by Bridie

We wrote acrostic poems in poetry, this is mine.


Dashing through your head,
Reflections from the day,
Eating all you like in your dreams ,
A moment of peace,
Magical spaces,
Softly floating.

Swimming sports by Georgia

On Friday I went to see the swimming sports. I could not swim because I had broken leg. It  looked like every body had fun and it looked cold. Every body did their

best.

Wanganui pictures by Kayla and Rebekah

Our Wanganui pictures are of buildings in Wanganui, our favourite places to go. Firstly we drew our pictures of the buildings. It was hard for Rebekah. Next we had to go over the pencil lines in vivid. Then we coloured our pictures with dye. We let it dry. After it had dried, Miss Whitwell stapled them to the wall above the computers. Please come and see our amazing Wanganui pictures!!!

Swimming Sports by Keegan

On Friday I was very excited because swimming sports was on. I did one length and two widths and a display, it was very tiring. After everyone was done swimming we got a free swim. I didn't stay in for long but then I remembered it was Friday, I was very happy.  I went home with Mum, that was the best day  this year.     

Netball by Olivia.

On Monday affter school we played netball, it was really fun. We played Mosston, we won 2-0 .I played in w.d and .wa. It was the easiest  game so far  because they were not as big as the other teams.

The Skipathon:By Javan

Last week, on  Thursday, we had a house challenge. I'm in Rata ,Rata is green ,Kowhai is yellow ,Miro is red and Tawa is a purple and blue mixed.
We sang our chants, Rata started, Tawa went 2nd, Miro went 3rd and Kowhai went last. Once we finished our chants we all had to skip for 1 hour we all had fun !     

Poetry By Lauren

For poetry we read two acrostic poems. One was about ice-cream and the other one was about school. Acrostic poems are when you write the subject downwards and you write something across for each letter. It has to be about the subject. I did two. One about pink and the other about my house at school, Tawa. Here is one of mine.
Perfect colour for girls!
It's my favourite colour!
Never the worst!
K ids like me need Pink!

Skipathon By George

Last week we had a skip-a-thon  so we could raise money to get our school a trampoline. It was also a house challenge the challenge was to have some one to skip for an hour, the other part to the challenge was to see who had raised the most money. No one knows whose won but the main thing  was that everyone had fun I  sure did.    

Swimming by John

Every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday we go swimming in our pool. There are 3 groups seahorses, stingrays and dolphins. The dolphins are swimming lengths and playing fun games. The stingrays are practicing gliding and floating. The seahorses are learning how to float and glide and are trying to get used to the cold. The other day I swam a length. I enjoy swimming because it is fun and you learn at the same time!!!

Art By Lauren

This term we have drawn, painted, dyed and coloured lots already. We drew some continuous line drawings of our faces. They were supposed to look a bit weird so they were interesting. Next we coloured them in and dyed them. Another piece of art we did was our name monsters. We did them last year but this time we added eyes hands and feet. My favourite bit of art was our Wanganui pictures of things that are meaningful to us. We drew them, went over with sharpie and then dyed them. I can't wait to do some more art because now we're doing big pictures of the  Chinese myth Pangu.

Spelling On A Thursday

Every Thursday in Room 2, when we have finished learning our words for the week, we get to play spelling games. We can play Spelling Bingo, Scrabble, Word Yahtzee and Spell Down and Overturn. George really likes playing Bingo because he gets to shout! Larissa enjoys Word Yahtzee because it is challenging.

Netball by Anna

On Monday after school, we play netball, we play Mosston School. It was  pretty easy because they were new at it. I played GK,WD,WA. I like WA the most because it is fun. The score was 20/0, we won it was a great day to play netball.    

Netball by Gemma

On Monday after school we  played netball, we faced Mosston  School. There was some new people in their team so it was easy to get the goals. I played GD which is my favourite position to play. At the end the score was 20/0 we won. It was a good day to play netball.

What I Have Enjoyed So Far In Term 1 By Tineisha

Summer is a great season but so hot! Luckily we have the Fordell pool open because it is so refreshing and it is not too cold, it is just right.
We have learned about Iran and Japan and how they celebrate New Year. Japan celebrate New Year by  making fans and they would hang them on there door. Iran celebrated New Year by planting little gardens, instead of making gardens we planted grass in little containers. I have enjoyed growing our grass for our hair.We have done art like our name monsters and continuous line drawings .  We have had a great start to the term.

Welcome back

Room 2 are growing grass, we have made fans for you to look at. We have made name monsters, line drawings of faces. We are all having a fun time. Our walls will be covered like last year. We have a new pet, Furby.