Advent Calendar

Congratulations Room 7 on a wonderful year of learning in Year 2!

Thank you for being so amazing in Room 7 this year. I am going to miss you next year but you are ready for Year 3 and I know you will go on to do more great learning at EPS.

Keep using the EPS 3Rs in everything you do and you will go far.

Here is a advent calendar I have made for you to enjoy with your family at home:

Click here for Advent Calendar

Have a happy holiday with your family!

From Mrs Beach

I am learning to write a diamante poem

Have a go at writing another diamante poem on the website......email it to a friend or family member!

Click here to go to the diamante website

I am learning to read, write and understand fractions of shapes

I am learning to retell the main ideas and summarise what I have read

I am using a mind map to help me retell the main ideas from the non fiction text and summarise.


In my reading group we used the website Popplet to create this mind map. 



Have a go at home making your own mind maps on Popplet to help you retell the main ideas and summarise non fiction text. It's lots of fun!

Click here to go to Popplet website

I am learning to read with fluency and expression

I am learning to write a recount

My 100 Days of School Party

On Tuesday Room 7 had a 100 days party. We had it at school because we had done 100 days of great learning.

First Room 7 got their treasure boxes and put them into groups of ten. My favourite was the Monopoly money because I like money! The counting took a long time because we had to take a lot of pauses!

Next we iced 100 cupcakes and decorated them with M and Ms and sprinkles. I tried to eat a little bit of the icing because I knew it would taste yummy.

Finally we went outside to do 100 exercises to get fit and strong. I liked the jumping sack because Liam jumped into me and we both fell down!

I loved doing the 100 exercises at the party because it made me fit and strong!

By Rafi

I am learning to show the EPS values on a school trip

Last term we went to the Auckland Museum to celebrate Matariki, the Maori New Year.

We participated in the Education programme at the Museum and even got a ta moko on our face!

 I am learning to show respect by:

Using my manners

Listening to my teacher, my parent and Museum staff when they are speaking

Having a caring attitude to others in my group

I am learning to show resilience by:

Participating in new activities and learning experiences at the Museum

Making good choices

Asking for help if needed

I am learning to be responsible by:

Being prepared – wearing the correct school uniform and getting to school on time to catch the bus to the Muesum

Following instructions and rules from the staff at the Museum

Staying with my group and parent at the Museum

I am learning to tell the time

EPS Principal's Award Term 2 2017

Congratulations Rafi for winning the Principal's Award for Term 2 2017. You received this for best overall achievement in Room 7.

I am learning to count on from the larger number when adding

I know I will have been successful when I can:
Start counting on from the larger number in the equation

I am learning to retell a story in my own words

I know I will have been successful when I:

Look at the pictures when I am reading the story

Think about what is happening in the story as I am reading it

Retell the story in the right order from the beginning to the end

I am learning to show the 3Rs when participating in a celebration

This year is EPS’s Jubilee so we had a big 50^th birthday party at school.

For our inquiry on Celebrations we had to participate in the 50^thbirthday party celebration and describe the event.

I am learning to show respect at a celebration by:

Using my manners

Listening to the person who is speaking

Having a caring attitude to others

I am learning to show resilience at a celebration by:

Playing new games and activities for the first time

Making good choices

Asking for help if needed

I am learning to be responsible at a celebration by:

Being prepared - wearing my party outfit and party hat

Following instructions and rules at the celebration

Helping clean up after the celebration

Here I am in my party clothes and my party hat that I made for myself.

I had lots of fun participating in all the different party games!

I am learning to use interesting words in my writing

For Mother’s Day we made some special Mother’s Day cards using Word Art.

I.A.L.T. use interesting words in my writing

I will know I have been successful when:

I use some interesting words to describe my Mum

I.A.L.T publish my writing on Word Art

I will know I have been successful when:

I can open the website Word Art

I can type in my interesting words

I can change the type, size and colour of the font

I can choose a shape to put my words into

I can name my work and save my Word Art file

I am learning to use capital letters and full stops in my writing

I am learning to use capital letters and full stops in my writing

I know I have been successful when:
I use a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence.
I use a capital letter for the word 'I'
I use a full stop at the end of a sentence.
My punctuation helps my writing to make sense.

This is my writing sample I did all on my own. I had to write 2-3 sentences about our soccer lesson.

Rafi - Room 7 went to the field to play soccer. My favourite game was shark attack because nobody got me and I was the winner.

I am learning to read and talk about the results on a bar graph

For our Maths Strand this term we have been learning all about Statistics. We have used the Statistics activities on Mathletics to practice what we have been learning.

Rafi - Doris has the least books and Oliver has the most books. Oliver has 10 books and Doris has 3 books.