Part 5: Ketsia's Digital Christmas Story

The Christmas story from the eyes of B2.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Slideshow: Our Class Breakup

On Friday the class came to my house and we went down the plain white waterslide. When I did a bomb into the water my legs got biten by an eel. It felt like a little nip on my heal except it hurt more. By William

It was funny when Mr Lietze had a ride on the waterslide. He jumped onto his bottom and slid down the slide. He landed in mud at the bottom. By Bianca

Canoing was my favourite because it was new to me. I also liked going down the waterslide. It was yucky when we landed in the mud at the bottom. When we were watching the people go down the waterslide, suddenly there was thunder and lighting. BOOM! Then the rain came down. It went twinky twinky. William said that the Mums' could go up to their house for coffee and tea. By Ketsia

On Friday night at William's house we went canoing. I had my first time in a canoe and I learnt how to row backwards. I also went down the waterslide and then I got a big scratch on my leg because there was a sharp bit on the end of the slide and you got scratches from the grass. By Caitlin

Slideshow: Junior Athletics

"On Friday we had a fun day because we did sprints and high jump. My favourite was the sprints because I just love running!" By Allie

"Athletics was fun. When I fell over on my back it hurt a lot but I still did the sprints!" By William

"On Friday we had a lot of fun at athletics. We went onto the field and we did sprints and ball shooting. We also did long jump. Ball shooting was my favourite because you got to throw the balls past people." By Ned

"On Friday our class went to athletics day. We did it with our syndicate and the 4,5 and 6 year olds." By Caleb

Voicethread: "How Things Move"

Lately we have been "Looking, Listening and Learning" as part of our inquiry topic on "How Things Move". It has been lots of fun.

Click on the little pictures below to see what the children have been learning. Use the big arrows to move to the next page.

Picture: The Toys Arrived Safely!

Wow B2! Look at the child's face - what do you think they are thinking? Who can spot their toy?

Our toys have arrived in the Philippians at the Ruel House.

Last term we were learning about Our Responsibility to the Pacific Islands. We decided to give up some of our toys to help the sick children in the Philippians (even though the Philippians are not in the Pacific). The toys helped make the children happy who were having operations and staying at the Ruel House. By Maddison

At our Show and Tell day Johnny came to collect our toys to take to the Ruel House so that all the little children could have a cuddle with the teddies.
Today we found a picture on our blog of a child with all our toys. The child is from the Philippians and is staying at the Ruel House. By Caitlin

Picture: Prayers

We are learning how to be more grateful for what our Heavenly Father has done for us. Here are a few of our prayers:

Thank you God for this wonderful world that I can play in.
By Caitlin

Thank you Lord for the power cut. I liked it because it was dark.
By Lucas

Welcome God to my thank you prayer. Thank you for my cool teacher.
By Kalista

Thank you God for letting me be in this world!
By Dior

Slideshow: Making Musical Instruments

We were given a project from our music Teacher Mrs Sweatman. It was to make a musical instrument.
Well didn't we put a smile on her face when we finally brought them to school!

Slideshow: Talent Quest Success!

Thursday nights Talent Quest turned out to be very successful for B2.
The Band who included Caitlin, Millie, Ethan, Isaac and Dior WON their age group performance! Also d'Artagnan performed a solo act on his piano and WON his age group!
Congratulations to them all. We are proud of you :+)

Photo: B2's New Band

B2 has a special band that auditioned for the Talent Quest on Friday last week. Today they found out that they GOT INTO THE FINALS! It will be held this Thursday night! Well done to the band!

"It is going to be exciting!" Said Isaac.

"I hope we win in the finals," said Ethan.

Slideshow: Poetry Reading

We have been reading and writing lots of poems in class. Here are some poems we have been reading.

We have been sick!

This term many of us have been sick. Over half the class has had the flu and had to be at home for at least 2 days.

Today we talked about how we can keep healthy. This is what we came up with:
1) "We need to cover our mouths when we cough or sneeze" said Caitlin.
2) "You need to wash your hands after you have been to the toilet and before you eat food" said Dior.
3) Ned said "You must always put your shoes on when you go outside".
4) "You should eat healthy food and don't go to school when your sick!" Said Maddison.

These are the rules we will follow in B2.

"The Goose And the Golden Eggs." We are learning to retell stories using adjectives (describing words).

The Goose And The Golden Eggs.
Retold by Caitlin
(My favourite part)

Once there was a farmer with hairy legs and a wife that smelt of perfume. They went to get a waddling goose. The next day the goose had laid a golden egg, then every day the goose laid a golden egg. The more eggs the more greedier they became.

The Goose And The Golden Eggs.
Retold by Ethan

Once there was a farmer with hairy legs and his mean wife. Together they bought a white goose. The next morning the farmer’s wife found a golden egg under the goose. Every morning the farmer's wife kept finding golden eggs and sold them. One day the farmer's wife said "We should kill the goose". So they killed the goose. "Oh silly me" said the wife.

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