Weaving for the art show.

2JD have spent the past few weeks preparing for the Hampden Park Public School art show. This is an annual event where each class gets to showcase the amazing, creative talents of the students. This year 2JD decided to try their hand at weaving.

First of all we practised weaving using paper and string.

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Next we gathered some leaves from the school playground.

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We made a loom using cardboard boxes and string.

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We carefully weaved the leaves onto the cardboard loom making sure there was no spaces between the leaves.

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Eventually we ended up with some excellent examples of weaving using natural products.

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Here’s our finished display for the art show.

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3D Space

PictureIn the first week of term two we have been learning about 3D space.  Most of the work the class did was around the features of 3 dimensional shapes.  A first step for my year 2 class has been learning to identify flat and curved faces and also learning the names of some simple 3D shapes.

3D spaceThe students had the opportunity to build and manipulate flat interconnecting tiles and experiment with making simple 3D shapes. 

Lots of fun was had by all and even a few ‘new’ shapes were invented.

 

 

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Multiplication and Making Equal Groups

One skill which students need to learn in order to fully understand multiplication and division is     making equal groups. Earlier this term 2JD did lots of learning around making equal groups. 
 We used the interactive whiteboard to manipulate shapes and numbers and also used small white boards which the students could wipe clean.
This student has made 4 equal groups of 2 with counters and has also shown what the number     sentence looks like (4x2=8). 
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Healthy eating picnic

Today we had a healthy picnic!  We have been learning about healthy food and eating as part of our PDHPE program during term 1.

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Most of our food was healthy although a stray packet of Doritos was foundimage among the fruit and vegetables!  After eating we went to the hall and exercised with a game of dodge ball.