Team 2 - Term 2 2011

Disaster ArtDisaster Art
In term 2 Team 2 have been studying natural disasters. Natural disasters include tornados, hurricanes, floods and earthquakes. We have been using art to illustrate natural disasters. For example, we used plaster of Paris, cardboard and paint to make a 3-D picture of a tsunami and we made volcano pictures with 3-D lava made out of tissues and paint.
Author: Kees
 
Cross Country TrainingCross Country Training
Team 2 are training for the 2011 Northland School Cross Country. The Year 3’s have the shortest track because they are the youngest. I enjoy the training. We run around Northland Park and around the roads near school. The Cross Country is on next Tuesday.
Author: Kees
 
Report WritingReport Writing
Team 2 are starting to write reports. First we gathered some notes. Then we thought of some headings based on the notes. Then we started writing the report. Once we have done the reports we start adding pictures and diagrams.
Author: Mackenzie
 
Planting HyacinthPlanting Hyacinth
Team 2 planted these lovely smelling flowers for Matariki. Matariki is the Maori New Year. To celebrate this time Maori people also cook kai (food) underground. They cook things such as kumara.
Author: Kees
 
Swimming LessonsSwimming Lessons
Northland School has done swimming lessons. There were 3 swimming lessons a week. Team 2 are doing them on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Northland school finished the swimming lessons at the end of term 2. We learnt caterpillar, freestyle and breaststroke.
Author: Mackenzie
 
Matariki BreakfastMatariki Breakfast
To celebrate Matariki the school had a shared breakfast amongst out teams. We sang a waiata before we ate and celebrated being together.
 
Matariki PlantingMatariki Planting
During our week of Matarki celebrations we planted many different plants over at Northland Park. We also put mulch around the plants to keep down the weeds and keep the plants warm. It was lots of hard work but lots of fun too. We worked really well together in groups to get the job done. Northland Park is looking more and more attractive with our planting each year. We also planted some flax down the big bank so in the future balls will not roll all the way down military track!
 
Mid-Winter Christmas CelebrationMid-Winter Christmas Celebration
To celebrate the middle of winter and cheer ourselves up from the dark and rainy days we are having the school celebrated mid-winter. We dressed up in clothes of the season (either winter or Christmas). We did a winter themed activity with our buddies on Friday.
 
Fire GuestsFire Guests
In Team Two we are doing a disaster unit. On Wednesday, the fire service came to talk to Team Two about fire and earthquakes to help us in our unit. One of the activities we did was to build a shelter to last the night from what you could find from around the school. We had 2 tarpaulins, some wood, rope and chairs. It was tricky at first and we had to work in a team.
Author: Isabelle
 
Sausage Sizzle for CharitySausage Sizzle for Charity
On Thursday the 9 of June the student council ran a sausage sizzle. We raised money for the Red Cross. Sausages were $2.00 and drinks were $1.50.
Author: Mackenzie
 
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