Ms Courtney's Class

Students used their knowledge of the elements of music from their last unit and applied them to movement.  They chose a song and style of dance that they liked and tried to show a variety of movements that fit the music.

Scratch Day (14th May) is a global network of events that celebrates Scratch — and the young people who code and create with it. During Scratch Day, children and adults gather to share projects and learn from one another. Our class is signed up to be part of this event. Our class have used Scratch this year to write stories, learn about co-ordinates and angles AND learn to code to make some fun games. Check out our posts, play the games and please leave us a comment. Nicole's Pong Game Who doesn't like to play with a ball and water?? And who doesn't want fish to play with a ball?? Alicia's Pong Game Hailey's Pong Game Eliza's Pong Game You should play my game because it is in a bedroom and who doesn't like playing in a bedroom!? So you should also play my game because it can make you feel relaxed. George's Pong Game Taylor's Pong Game Mollymoon's Pong Game Yi Lei's Pong G...

Student explored the elements of music, such as tempo, pitch, dynamics and duration, to create a piece of music that would allow the audience to have an idea, feeling or story.  They started to work on this individually and later some students chose to work collaboratively.  Here is their final composition.

G2 Art-Unit 2- Nature and Architecture We observed shapes in architecture and shapes in nature.  We investigated the functions (purposes) of nature and architecture.  We used our imaginations and feedback from friends or family to draw and build architecture inspired by nature.  Here is my artwork: G2 Art- Unit 3- Finding and Making Meaning in Abstract Art We found shapes, colors and lines in abstract artworks.  We discussed our experiences and emotions connected to the colors, lines and shapes.  We used this to guess the meaning of abstract artworks.  We sorted abstract artworks to explore how some are “a little abstract, very abstract or not abstract”.  We also made abstract artworks about ourselves for others to interpret.

Today students spent time using craft sticks to create groups of numbers. This is part of developing their understanding of the concept of multiplication. 3 groups of 10 is 30 15 groups of 2 is 30 5 groups of 5 is 25 5 groups of 5 is 25 9 groups of 3 is 27 5 groups of 6 is 30 6 groups of 4 is 24 10 groups of 5 is 50 7 groups of 4 is 28 5 groups of 10 is 50 2 groups of 6 is 12 5 groups of 3 is 15 4 groups of 8 is 32 24 groups of 4 is 96 3 groups of 9 is 27 16 groups of 2 is 32 4 groups of 11 is 44 20 groups of 4 is 80 4 groups of 100 is 400 100 groups of 1 is 100 15 groups of 2 is 30

나는 피터팬 인디언 (여자)옷을 좋아합니다. 왜냐하면 나는 인디언 옷을 좋아하기 때문입니다. I like Lily dressed Peter Pan Indian clothes. Because I like wear to Indian clothes.

Here are a few photos with our buddies from this morning. The students are learning valuable teaching skills and becoming excellent role models for the younger students.

Welcome back! I hope you all had an enjoyable break. The students were very happy to be back at school today and told some fabulous holiday stories. We welcomed two new students to our class, Tashi and Hailey. They were made very welcome and settled in well. Please find some important information and dates for this semester below. Homework: The ISPP homework policy states that in Grade 2 students will complete 20-30 minutes of homework 4 nights a week. This includes reading time. All Grade 2 classes send the same homework out each week and we really encourage nightly reading. We try to make the homework unit of inquiry focused. If you have any difficulties with completing homework please let me know. Timetable: The timetable is still the same as first semester and can be found here . Unit of Inquiry:  We are at the completion of our third unit of inquiry. Next week we will begin Where we are in Place and Time. This unit is focusing on artifacts and how we can lear...