Year 2 Folk Dance Festival

Yesterday, Tuesday the 24th of August, all the Year 2 students and teachers travelled to the La Bouree Folk Dance Festival at the ASB Stadium. The students were there to perform 14 dances that they have learned and practiced several times a week over the last couple of months. The Royal Oak Year 2's performed alongside many other schools and they were just fantastic!! They represented Royal Oak in such a positive manner and a great day was had by all who attended!

BOOK PARADE

A snapshot from our annual Book Parade- I think the teachers had just as much fun dressing up as the students! For more photos visit the school website www.royaloak.school.nz and select 'photo galleries' and 'Book Parade 2010'

BOOK WEEK:

Welcome to Book Week at Royal Oak Primary School!

We have got lots of great things happening this week to celebrate our annual 'Book Week'. This morning we have all enjoyed a great visit from author Tim Tipene who talked to us all about 'taming our taniwha' (photo attached). We will also have teachers reading to a range of different classes over book week. Then of course we have our great Book Parade on Friday!! Don't forget to dress up as your favourite book character!!

Hope to see you all there!

Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori

This week is Maori Language Week.

Staff and students will be encouraged to use Maori words and phrases and greetings as much as possible over the week. We will also be enjoying Maori dance, song and activities as well as a concert from our Culture Club on Friday. Join in with us!

Kia Ora!

TERM THREE- 2010

What is happening for this Term???

Our school wide concept is- EMPOWERMENT

Our Big Picture will be- 'Green is Mean''
with the Big Question- 'How can we share and care for our Planet?'

MAJOR FOCUS: Science MINOR FOCUS: Social Sciences
Contexts: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Oceans and Rain forests, Water Cycle

Our Writing Focus will be- Personal Recounts/ Picture Plans/ Cameo Writing/ Recrafting/ Publishing and a particular focus on Transactional Writing: Writing Instructions

We will also continue participating in the 'Kids Rich in Character' Programme.

Our mathematics programme will be- Numeracy (Weeks 1-5) ---> Money (Weeks 6) ---> Fractions (Weeks 7&8) ---> Measurement- volume, capacity and weight (Weeks 9&10) **approx.**


SPECIAL EVENTS:
-Maori Language Week (Week 2)

-Book Week (Week 3)

-Year 2 Folk Dance Festival- Tuesday 24th August (Week 6)
-Daffodil Day- Friday 27th August (Week 6)

-Kricathon- Friday 3rd September (Week 7)

-3 way Conferences Tuesday 7th September 3:00-8:00pm (Week 8)

-3 way Conferences Thursday 9th September 1:00pm- 6:30pm (Week 8)

-LAST DAY OF TERM Friday 24th September (Week 10)

Any questions don't hesitate to contact your classroom teacher or call the office on 09 624 2800

Singing in the rain

Hurrah!

The heavy rain was such fun this afternoon. The playground had turned into a lake and the water was threatening to come into Room 4. It was so exciting that we had to stop learning about fractions and hide under the verandah trying not to dip our toes into the lake outside.

Luckily two of our well prepared boys had gumboots and they waded out to the deepest part just checking there were no whales to be found. Then we made an origami boat and watched it float off on the waves gently fanned by the wind.

We couldn't stop giggling and making lots of noise! School is so much fun!

It was wonderful to see everyone 'heart jamming' this afternoon. We certainly looked very bright and happy.

I wonder how much money we will raise for the Heart Foundation?

Thanks to everyone that made such an effort to dress up in red!

Heart Jam!!

We are very excited as we have arrived this morning to see a sea of red!!

WHY? Because it's HEART JAM time! Come and join us at 2:15 in the playground and see us jump around to raise money for the Heart Foundation.

Stardome Trip- Year 2

Reminder that the Year 2 classes are visiting the Stardome and your child should have brought a permission slip today, outlining the fee and dates etc.

Rooms 10 and 11 - Wednesday 26th May

Rooms 8 and 9 - Monday 31st May

Cost - $7.00 per child

Preschoolers are not able to come along on this trip but parents are invited to, also at a cost of $7.00

Any further questions, dont hesitate to speak to a Year 2 teacher :-)

TERM TWO- 2010

What is happening for this Term???

Our school wide concept is- CREATIVITY

Our Big Picture will be- 'Cycle of Life'
with the Big Question- 'How can we interpret our ever-changing world?'

MAJOR FOCUS: The Arts MINOR FOCUS: Science
Contexts: Seasons, Day and Night, the Earths Cycles.

Our Writing Focus will be- Personal Recounts/ Picture Plans/ Cameo Writing/ Recrafting/ Publishing and a particular focus on Transactional Writing: Report

We will also be participating in the 'Keeping Ourselves Safe' Programme.

Our mathematics programme will be- Numeracy (Weeks 1-5) ---> Assessment (Weeks 6&7) ---> Fractions (Weeks 7&8) ---> Geometry (Weeks 9&10) **approx.**


SPECIAL EVENTS:
-Parent Teacher Conferences- Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th May (Week 4)
-Student Teacher's start Monday 17th May in Rooms 8 and 10 (Week 5)
-Trip to Stardome Rooms 10 & 11 (YEAR 2) - Wednesday 26th May 12:00- 1:30pm (Week 6)
-Heart Jam - Friday 28th May (Week 6)
-Queens B'Day (School Closed) Monday 7th June (Week 8)

MEET THE TEAM!

Introducing the Junior Team:
Back Row (Left to Right) Geraldine Conway, Helen Fisher,Lorelle Headland, Sarah Brinkley, Kirsty Hardie-Boys, Glenys Sellar, Kimberley Nieborak.
Front Row (Left to Right) Rebecca Harrison, Kathryn Bisphan, Jenny Mahar, Beulah Paul, Christine Hopkins, Aylene FitzGerald, Carolyn Haines, Carol Scott.

Junior School Blog

Welcome to the Junior School Blog at ROPS. We hope to use this Blog to share what we are doing in our team over the year. Stop by and visit when you can!:)