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Stationery List - Room 2 2016

TOKOMARU SCHOOL STATIONERY LIST - ROOM 2 2016

Below is a list of stationery needed for your child for the start of the 2016 school year on Monday 1st February. 

PLEASE ENSURE ALL ITEMS ARE CLEARLY LABELLED WITH YOUR CHILD'S NAME. 

We would appreciate all students having their new stationery on day one.

1U4 x3 (Year 1 only)

1F4 x3 (Year 2 only)

Mr Pencil Scrapbook (32 leaf) x3

How to Write (Handwriting book - Clever Kiwi Company) x1

HB Pencils - Steadtler or Faber Castell please as they sharpen without lead breaking x4

Pencil Sharpener x1

Blue Pens x2

Green Pens x1

Felts - 12 pack minimum

Colouring pencils 

Box of tissues

Gluesticks x2

Whiteboard markers x4 - blue and black only preferably 

Pencil case

Book bag x1 - only if new to Room 2

40 page clearfile - only if new to Room 2

Home Reading Journal - to be purchased from school for $6 - if you have one already that is not full, continue to use it.

See you all in 2016!

Ag Day 2015

Perfect weather for people and animals alike!  Room 2 did well with their inquiry ideas - the birdhouses, bird feeders, cupcake decorating, Minecraft QR codes, and pinata whacking were all big hits with the crowds.  

Inquiry - Questioning

As part of our Inquiry we are learning to ask questions. I gave the students an example statement and they had to think of questions they had in relation to the statement.

Here are the questions we had:

Statement: Every child in New Zealand should learn to swim.

What are some questions you would ask?

Peter Pan Production - 15th September

Zumba at Tokomaru!

Keeping active doing Zumba today - we loved the songs and the energy!  Thanks to Jess for the awesome leadership - we're looking forward to next week's session already.

Jump!

And slide!

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Happy Mother's Day

I hope that you are all enjoying your day with your families, Room 2.

What did your mum think of your special poems?  I know my mum loved hers:

??Question of the Week??

What is the nicest thing a friend has ever done for you?

Double click on the green blackboard and add your thoughts - ask someone at home for help if you get stuck. Please pop your first name in the top so I know who responded...

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Happy Easter!

I hope that you are all having a great start to your holiday.  I am looking forward to hiding some Easter eggs for Liam to find - he was too young last year to enjoy chocolate eggs so I might let him have one or two this year.

Here are some fun things to try out this weekend:

Easter Egg Hop Game

Easter Cupcakes

Looking forward to seeing you all back at school in a couple of weeks.

Hi Room 1!

I hope that you are all having a great holiday and having lots of fun!

I want to introduce you to a little one who has heard lots from you over the last 9 months, but hasn't met you yet! 

On the 28th December, Liam Scott Bismark was born at 11.30am exactly.  He was 9 pounds 11 ounces (see if you can change that into kilograms...) and quite tall at about 57cm.  At the moment he loves to have lots of cuddles and enjoys sleeping - I hope that lasts!

 

Have a relaxing holiday and I hope to introduce you to Liam sometime in Term 1!

 

Brain Food Break

Due to the bell times changing we have decided to have a 'brain food break' prior to morning tea so that our students will stay alert, on-task, and focused on their learning. 

Bell times are as follows:

8.55am - Start of the day

11am - Morning Tea

11.30am - Class time

12.50 - Lunch

1.40pm - Class time

3pm - Home time

Delicious fruit!

As this is a very quick break and we want to 'feed' their brains, please ensure that there is a healthy food option available in your child's lunchbox.  Food such as fruit and vegetables will need to be cut up as time will be limited.  Please see your child's Home Connection book for further details.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me at school.

Welcome Back Room 1!

A huge welcome back to everyone - I am so glad you kept yourselves safe over the holidays. 

As always we have a jam-packed term ahead to look forward to.  Please keep an eye on notices and homework bags to keep you informed about where and when things are happening.

I am always available - we have an open-door policy at Tokomaru School - so please come and see me if you have any questions about your child's learning and development.

Mel Bismark

EzCover-School Book Covers

Competition link - please click here and sign up for us to be in to win!

EzCover is a company that makes reusable, recyclable, and easy to put on covers for school books.  I would love to win a class set for Room 1, so please click on the link and sign up.  This does require Facebook access, so over 13 year olds only please.  You can also enter and nominate Room 1 to win the set - so spread the word!

EzCover

Interface Magazine Blog Competition

We have entered our class blog into the Interface Magazine Best Class Blog Competition.  We decided that this was a great way to show even more people our class blog ad there is the bonus of been in to win a 1TB Toshiba Canvio portable hard drive!

Why do you think our blog deserves to win? 

ICT Club

ICT Club starts Wednesday during lunchtime at 1pm.  I am looking forward to introducing you to lots of new ICT tools and ideas.

http://tokomaruictclub.blogspot.com/

Keep up with what we are learning about at our ICT Club Blog.  There will be lots of links and ideas for you to check out!

Due to the limited numbers of students I can take at once many students missed out this term, but please try signing up for next term.

Welcome Back to Term 2!

It is great to see everyone back, looking refreshed and ready for this term.  It sounds like there were some great holiday adventures and plenty of Easter eggs consumed!

Just a reminder to check your home/school scrapbooks for any activities to do at home or notes from me.  Spelling will be back up and running again as soon as I get my laptop back - hopefully by tomorrow. 

If you have any questions or need to speak with me about your child/ren, please don't hesitate to contact me at school.

Class Name and Logo Challenge

Just a reminder that tomorrow is the last day for entries, so make sure you hand your final designs into Mrs B.  Voting will start on Friday 11th February 2011.

4 days to go!

I hope that you have all had an enjoyable and relaxing holiday.  During my holiday I visited my family and friends in Auckland and spent lots of time with my sister and her family.  Did you go away these holidays?  Where did you go?  What did you do?  The photo below is of my two nieces, Kara and Mikaela.  Mikaela is turning 1 in just a few days time, and Kara is going to be 7 in 3 weeks.  

On Christmas Day I was taking lots of photos and I just had to take one of these delicious reindeer cupcakes that my auntie made.  What did you do on Christmas Day?



I am looking forward to seeing everyone back at school and hearing about what you did over the holidays. Only 4 days until we are back at school! 

Questions from our Travel Buddies: 2E

We got asked some questions about our school and our country by our travel buddies in Australia.  Check out the questions and our answers below:
Drew – Do you have cars in New Zealand? 
Tyler S:
Yes we do.  We have all sorts of cars like SUV’s. Landrovers, and trucks.
Clodagh – Are you having fun with Matilda?
Cameron:
Yes, we like Matilda.  She is cool.  We love her.  Thank you for Matilda.
Rhys – Where do you eat your lunch at school?
Tyler:
In Summer and Spring  we eat lunch in our shade area under the giant shade sail.  In Winter and Autumn we eat lunch inside on the lino.
Andrew – Do you have clocks in New Zealand?
Aymee:
Yes, we do have clocks in New Zealand.  We like to know what time it is.  If we don’t have a watch, we say it is ten past the freckle.
Jackson – Do you have a lot of land around your school?
Corey:
Yes we do.  We have dairy and sheep farms, and my Dad owns a sheep farm.  We have a whole lot of ranges around our school, and we can see windmills.  They are for power.
Zali - Why don’t you wear shoes and uniforms to school?
Meghana:
Room 1 sometimes don’t wear their shoes and sometimes we take our shoes off before we come into class.  We normally wear shoes, like when we have Athletics or PE.  We only wear uniforms for trips and school events.  We are wearing our school uniforms today, because we are going swimming to the pool at the army camp up the road.  I wear shoes to school sometimes too.
Cassidy – How old are you when you start school?
Domonic
When we are five.
Logan – Do you have PS2 and Wii games in New Zealand?
Lukaz:
Yes, we have PS2 and Wii games in NZ, and some of us have PS3 and X-Box.  Our favourite games are FX MX, Dirt Bike, Crash of the Titans, Real Mario, Summer Sports, Crash Bandicoot, and Burning Rubber 2.
Cory – Do you have an electronic whiteboard or a blackboard in your classroom?
Charlotte:
No, we have a projector, and a whiteboard. 
Baxter – Did you know your flag looks a bit like ours?
Jordan
Yes we do almost have the same flag because we’ve got four stars and a Union Jack and you have got six stars and a Union Jack.
Chelsea – Do you celebrate Easter in New Zealand?
Ryan
Yes we do celebrate Easter. 
Taylor – Do you have homework?
Meghana:
We normally have homework like Reading, Spelling, and Basic Facts.  It can be things we do on the weekend too, like a sport.
Abby – How do you get to school?
Mikah:

The ways we get to school in Room 1
Car	Bike	Bus	Walk
Meghana	Tyrone	Corey	Jordan
Tara	Gianlucca	Shayde	Aymee
Bailie	Lukaz	Archie	Charlotte
Mrs Bismark	Mikah	Tyler S	Domonic
		Annabelle	Tyler
		Cameron
		Ryan

Maddison – What are your native animals?
Tyrone:
We have quite a lot.  A good webiste to visit is http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/Alyssa – Do you have cities in New Zealand?
Archie:
We do have cities in New Zealand, like Auckland and Wellington.  We live by Palmerston North.
Olivia – Do you have your own desk at school, or do you have to share?
Shayde:
We do have desks.  Everyone has their own desk in Room 1.  We have drawers where we put our stuff.
Riley – Are there mammals and insects in New Zealand?
Ryan:
Yes.  I like centipedes, lizards, funnel web spiders, penguins, tuis, and that's about it.  
Thomas – Do you have computers in your classroom?
Jordan:
Yes we do have computers.  We have 5 in our classroom, and 5 in the library that we use lots because our class is right next to the library.
Georgia – Do you have dogs and cats in New Zealand?
Corey:
Yes we do have cats and dogs in New Zealand.  In our class about half of us have cats, and half of us have dogs.
Connor – Do you have to wear hats at school?
Domonic:
Yes we do wear hats.  We wear red hats with Tokomaru School on them.
Stuart – Do you ever wear shoes to school? See Meghana's answers above.
Sterling – Do you have a laptop in your classroom?
Charlotte:
We do.  We have one that Mrs Bismark uses for her work and we sometimes use it.
Kelsie – What kind of food do you eat in New Zealand?
Mikah:
Fruit: kiwifruit, tomato, strawberries, apples, pears, and bananas.
Meat: Lamb, pork, and beef.
Protein: Eggs, milk, cheese, and butter.
Vegetables: broccoli, carrots, potatoes, and kumara.