Monday, 21 May 2012

Room 2 class photo


Chicken and children pictures






Chicken Farm - Room 2 students write about this


I woke up early in the morning and got ready for school and the chicken farm visit.  When we all got there it was fun.   “Bok, bok!” said the chickens.  There were small, scared chickens and there were tall chickens.  Some fat roosters were as fat as a lamb.  We went on Wednesday, we were going to go on Thursday but it was raining, the rain was as hard as hail stones. Jivarn
“Prak, prak! - what’s that?”  I think that’s a chicken in the chicken farm.  The chicken is as fat as a monster.  A chicken is brown, why is the chicken brown?    Solomon
“Wowee!.... we’re at the bok bok farm.”   “Look at all the different chickens” said Arabella.  “There are big hens too, don’t forget” said Samantha and I said “I am going to play ‘follow the leader’ so we did.
I laughed at the big fat rooster, it was fat like an elephant.  “Where are we?” I asked  We’re at the chicken farm” said Samantha. “Oh, that’s interesting.  “Look at all the chickens” I said. “Look at that big fat one”  “I know, it’s big hey..”  “Ha ha, look at that one”   Amber
“Bock, bock, bock! - what was that?”  That was a chicken, so that means we are at the chicken farm - yay!  At the chicken farm there was poo that was squishy like squashed banana.. The chickens were going “bock”  There was a fat chicken that was as fat as a pig.  There was a small pigeon that had really fluffy tail feathers and it looked really funny, like a peacock       showing off. 
At John’s house there were ducks and chickens in his garden.  We found two lots of duck eggs and some were warm like sheet mat in someones house and one lot of duck eggs were cold like water in the pool.   Ruby
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We went to the stinky bok bok farm! - it was so exciting.  When we got there, there were small hens and big chickens.  One black one was as black as midnight and as fat as my labrador.  There was one chicken that was all colours, it was white, orange and cuddly.  In the background there was a quacky black duck. 
Arabella
“Yippee!” it is chicken farm day, we are going to the noisy chicken farm.  At the chicken farm there was a white spotty chick, it was as spotty as a poka dot pillow and its feet were as black as the midnight sky.  There were free ranged chickens and some of the roosters and chickens were in cages.  It was so muddy there, it was as muddy as a yucky water race.  There were pigeons and wood pigeons and the ducks were as cool as peacocks.  The pigeons were as funny as a clown juggling and the wood pigeons were as colourful as a rainbow.  Islay
We went to the stinky muddy chicken farm.   There was icky sticky smelly mud, I shouted “ it’s stinky!” There were some multi coloured chickens.   There were big fat chickens as big as elephants.  We saw eggs that were tiny.  One of the roosters had fluffy feathers. Katelynn
“Bokort!” “Wow! - what was that?”  We did go to the chicken farm so it would have been a chicken.  There were small hens and big roosters.  One pecked me, and I said “ow!” then I got to pat one and it was as soft as some sheep fur.  I said “It’s too muddy here” I laughed when Angus fell in the mud.  I said “ha ha” to Angus and he just frowned at me... I didn’t appreciate it but I got used to it in a couple of minutes.
Sophie.
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“Yay”  I said when I woke up in the morning, “we are going to the chicken farm”  It’s as fun as going to the park and the chickens went “cock a doodle doo”  They were as fat as an elephant and they were eating heaps of yucky food.  We were playing ‘follow the leader’ with the chickens.  Daniel
An amazing chicken farm. “Cock a doodle do!” the giant rooster said.  The giant rooster’s tail feathers were as black as night time.  Hayden
“Bok, bok, bok” “Yikes Room 2 are at the chicken farm.  the chickens are as humungus as giants.  Amber is holding one. There are skinny chickens, fat chickens, fluffy ones, tall ones, ugly ones and one chicken fat like a fat lady. Satevah
“Bok” said the chicken.  We laughed because the chicken looked funny.  I got to hold a chicken.  I let go and it ran away.  There was slippery mud everywhere.  We were stuck by mud.  I found a nest of Paradise Duck eggs.  They are like snow eggs.  Grady.
“Yay! we are going to the stinky chicken farm” I was a fat chicken, as fat as an elephant. Some chickens were as little as Ruby’s guinea pig.  There were chickens that were fluffy and they were funny.  Samantha
“Yay we are going to the chicken farm” The chickens have red combs; it looks like plastic.  There were giant roosters at the chicken farm.  There was yucky brown mud and it was slippery. Jayden
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“Bok, bok, bok!” “Yikes, what was that?”  “That’s right” said mum, Di and me.  “It’s probably a chicken, because we are at the chicken farm” “Hey, you guys! I found some eggs, but I don’t know what kind they are”  They are as white as a cloud.  They are paradise duck eggs. “Look that’s ginormous” I said.  Angus
“Beep, beep, beep!”  I got ready for school.  When we got to the chicken farm I looked at all the different  chickens.  There were fat chickens as fat as a whale.   The chickens made this noise “bork, bork, bork!” they yelled.  I held a chicken and it felt soft and smooth.  George.
Many thanks to John for allowing us to visit his fascinating chicken farm.  Also thank you to all the wonderful parents who helped with transporting muddy children to and from the chicken farm with good grace and humour.  Special thanks to Angus and Kelly who did gate opening for us!
Mrs Rayner
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Sunday, 13 May 2012

Pizza problems

Room 2 fractions - (help us work out our factions and win a chocolate fish!)


We decided to make pizza - but how many do we need?  


We have 16 children in Room 2 class.  


Jivarn said "we should have 8 pizzas  and cut them in half, so that every person could have 1/2 a pizza each."


Some students said we should have 4 pizza and cut it into 4 pieces so that every person could have 1/4 of a pizza each.


Samantha said "we should have 3 pizzas and divide it into 6 pieces, so that we can have 18 pieces so we have some left over for Mrs Keenan and Mrs Rayner"


Mrs Rayner said "we should have 2 pizzas,  because we don't want to be greedy!"


So we had 2 pizzas for 16 people, what fraction of a pizza did everyone get?

Fraction Pizzas













Tuesday, 8 May 2012

Anzac Biscuits - baking and eating


















Room 2 have been learning about similes in our writing.  Here are samples of our simile work.



Room 2 Similes


As fantastic as a teacher (Mrs Rayner!) Arabella
As funny as a joke – Jayden
As brainy as Hayden in maths – Angus
As hungry as an elephant – Katelynn
As intelligent as a fox – Islay
As brainy as Brainy Smurf - Sophie
As devious as an alien - Daniel
As cheeky as a monkey setting bombs - Grady
As sneaky as an angry tiger
As devious as a thief robbing a bank at night – Hayden
As fantastic as a climbing monkey - George
As brainy as Jivarn in maths – Ruby

Katelynn and Solomon
As happy as a holiday
A tiger is as fury as a wild cat
My friend Arabella is as nice as a sister

George and Samantha
As happy as eating ice cream
As dark as a ghost
A tiger is as growly as a crazy grizzly bear

Satevah and Grady
Sophie is as funny as a clown
Strawberries are as sweet as lollies
A leopard is as fast as a racing car

Arabella and Jayden
As happy as children looking at a digger
As dark as the midnight sky
My friends Samantha and Katelynn are as nice as Labrador puppies

Ruby and Daniel
As dark as a haunted house
As smart as an army person
My dog is as funny as a monkey singing

Angus and Amber
As happy as mum tickling me on the bed
As smart as a scientist
My teacher, Mrs Rayner is as nice as a birthday party - Thanks ;)
My friend, Amber is as strong as an elephant at Franklin Zoo.

Hayden and Sophie
As happy as a fish getting fed at the salmon farm
As dark as night time
My teacher, Mrs Rayner is as funny as a clown
My friend, Jivarn is as fast as a leopard

Jivarn and Islay
As happy as a fantail flying in the wind
My dog is as brown as dark chocolate
My teacher, Mrs Rayner is as happy as a bluebird singing in a coconut tree.

Term 2 2012

Room 2 Term 2 - a rainy day inside!