Discovery time- Streets

Theanim, Ivysha and Darren moving their cars around the streets.

Tehoia, TeAriki, Tyler and Josh building houses around the street map.

Room 2 students making cars out of boxes.

Jade, Josh and Darren drawing streets using chalk to make streets for their cars.


On Monday 23rd May, Room 2 looked at the theme of STREETS for Discovery time. Some children made cars, some built houses on the street map, and some made their own streets using chalk... This was a lot of fun and it provoked a lot of talk about road rules!

Discovery time- Construction/Dwellings

This is Pepe Joshua constructing a house.

This is Tyler building a bird house. Tyler was waiting for the bird to arrive and when it did arrive, he had a lovely bed ready and a perch for the bird to sit on.

Forde became a builder for the afternoon and was very good at using a hammer.

Tayla created a house with the help of Tehoia. The house had bedrooms, a kitchen and even a toilet!

Manix is showing his patterning skills!

Sootie, TeAriki and Jade made a fabulous house and spaceships.

Today in discovery time room 2 looked at construction. We talked about what different houses look like and who would live in the different houses. The children were given boxes, paddle pop sticks, match sticks, timber, blocks, play hammers and saws, and lego. Here are some photos of the different dwellings the children made. The children were learning to share during this discovery time as this was an area of need due to new children starting and other children moving on to Room 4. They did a terrific job of sharing, especially on the blocks table where there were only two hammers and one saw to play with.

Room 15 goes to Chirstchurch

On Tuesday 5th April, New River Primary said goodbye to Room 15 as it was transported by truck to go to a new home in Christchurch. Although we were sad to see it go, we know it is going to where it is needed more.

Here are some of our stories:

I saw a truck. By Theanim.
I saw the big truck take away room 15. By Reuben.
I liked it when Room 15 got taken away. By Mila

Discovery time Games

Mila and Mahalia trying to work out how to play connect four.

Cooking with Mrs McKee

Room 2 were fortunate to be able to do some baking with Mrs McKee at the end of Term 2. The children had a lovely time making hot cross buns and there were all very patient during the cooking experience. Check out the photos above and see how the children were helping each other to hold the bowl and also taking turns to stir.

Discovery time Games

Children participating in games time!

Transition- Wednesdays 8:55-11:10

On Wednesday mornings, Room 2 hosts transitions classes. This is when 4 year olds who are turning 5 soon are able to come to school and do some fun activities with the current Room 2 children. We do an activity related to our letter of the week. In this photo the children created indian head pieces for the letter 'I'.