Calendar Art

Here is a slideshow to give you the general idea of what the calendar art looks like. Order forms have gone home in reading packets, there are more in the classroom if you need them. Orders are to go to the box in the office. You can still order the calendars next term (there is a date on the bottom of the form but this has been extended so don't panic if you haven't ordered by the end of Term 3).

Classifying Animals

We have been learning about classifying animals. First we have to sort animals into two big groups, vertebrates (with a backbone) and invertebrates (without). The pictures below are the groups we sorted them into. We migth change our minds the more we learn. We learnt that animals without a backbone have the protection on the outside of their body from a shell or hard case (exoskeleton).

We have been sorting vertebrates and learnt how to classify animals into fish, bird, mammal, reptile and amphibian. Test us out at home- we are really good at working out tricky ones like bats and whales.

  This video was a real favourite in Room 2. Everyone wanted it on the blog so here it is.

Glow Worms

We had a visit from Miriam (Flora's Aunty) she is a scientist who stuides a protein in the glow worm which makes it glow. She showed us lots of pictures of glow worms and explained their lifecycle. It was fasinating and made us all appreciate the wonder and beauty of glow worms.

We also found out the glow worms are hiding around Ross Creek. If you feel like a family adventure click here for the directions. We watched this video about the glow worms in Britain and wrote our own report style response to what we had learnt. We are learning to pass on information to the people who read our writing by ordering our ideas, including details and ending our report by telling people about how we feel about or connect to our report topic. Here are some of our reports, you can read the rest on our writing frames in the classroom.

The video we watched about British glow worms.


The cave has glow worms on the roof. The glow worms have a light on its bottom. The light attracts flies for its breakfast. The glow worm has a big mouth. It’s a good fly eating mouth. I like the light. Ryan

 A glow worm came to school. Glow worms catch insects with fishing ropes. The glow worm can catch an ant in two seconds. It fools the ant into its home on worm fishing rods. The glow worm is special because no one is allowed to touch it.
Joe

 The life cycle goes around in a circle. On their bottom they have a light that glows. Mummy glow worms lay eggs. I love glow worms.
Shahad

 The egg will hatch into a glow worm and it will turn into a grown up. The life cycle will go round and around. Sometimes glow worms eat other glow worms. Grown up glow worms have no mouth so they live for three days. Glow worms are awesome and I love glow worms.
 Andrew

Glow worms are beautiful because they have lights. The eggs hatch, glow worms make slimy fishing lines to catch insects. When it is an adult it stays for three days, then it will die. I love the light, it glows in the dark.
 Leena

The glow worm has a yellow light on its bottom. It lives in dark caves. The worm is special to me because it turns into a dragonfly type insect.
 Hira

The glow worm glows. The glow worm is special to me because it is pretty and it lights up the dark. Angelique

A glow worm has a light on its tail. It eats other glow worms. The glow worm is special to me because it is shiny in the dark caves. It is like a lightbulb.
Jake

The glow worm eats other insects. It turns into a grown-up. They look cute but they only live for three days.
William G

Honey Bees Life Cycle