Mmmm Mini Pizzas!

We decided to tie our writing topic of Procedural Texts with our Integrated Studies topic of Healthy and Happy Me. First we got to make our own delicious mini pizza and then we recorded our procedure. We included the title, ingredients and all the steps we followed.

We used English muffins as the base and could choose from toppings of cheese, pineapple, ham, mushrooms and capsicum.

They certainly were a delicious snack!

Healthy and Happy Me Incursion

The students participated in an interactive and very entertaining incursion run by Pete. They learnt the importance of healthy food choices, parts of the body and about digestion.

Pretending to be food travelling down the oesphagus.

Food in the stomach.

Travelling from the small intestine to the large intestine.

Maths: Symmetry

In Maths we have been learning about symmetrical and asymmetrical shapes. We have had lots of fun drawing the other half to pictures and investigating symmetrical patterns.
















Three students using a mirror to check if the pattern they made was symmetrical.

Healthy and Happy Me- Term 3 Integrated Studies Topic

As we were learning about healthy food choices, the Grade Two's all made their own healthy sandwhich. Some students tried sandwich fillings they had not had before and everyone had either wholemeal or multigrain bread. The students could choose to have cheese, lettuce, tomato, carrot, cucumber or beetroot (with many deciding to have a sandwich with the lot!) They did a great job preparing all the food and most importantly enjoyed eating a healthy lunch.





















An example of a student preparing their sandwich and a finished product YUM!

Term 3 Writing: Procedural Text

In Term Three we wrote many different Procedural Texts. This type of writing includes a title, headings, a series of steps, list-like structure, bullets and ingredients/equipment/materials. The students got very good at writing procedures for others to follow and we even learnt how to do some new things from our peers.

Here one student is demonstrating all the steps involved in 'brushing our teeth.' We needed to include little things like turning the tap on and off and putting the toothpaste cap on and off.

Students working

hard on their

'Brushing Your

Teeth Procedure.'

Water Investigations

To finish our Term 2 Integrated Studies topic 'Water' we completed some water investigations, to celebrate what we had learnt during the term. The students had a lot of fun and were able to express their new knowledge of water saving creatively, through various ways.

The students were given many choices of how to present their knowledge including, dioramas, posters, plays, commercials, songs, poems, word searches, written activities or power-point presentations on the computer.

The finish products all looked fantastic and demonstrated that the students now have a deeper understanding of why we need to save water and how we can save water. It was wonderful to see how proud the students were of their creations and to hear them verbalising their thoughts, ideas and knowledge behind their creations.

Wash your vegetables in a bowl of water, rather than the running tap and water your garden in the morning or night- not in the middle of the day.

Use a water tank or buckets to collect rain water to water your garden.

Use water tanks to collect rain water. Use this

water to wash your car.

A bright and colourful poster, asking people to reuse water

from the washing machine to water their garden.

These girls acted out a fantastic play. Their message was to show people to use buckets to wash the car instead of using the hose.

Walkathon

What a tiring and very enjoyable day!
The grade 2 students made an excellent effort to complete 3 or even 4 laps at the Rowville Walkathon. The students were very determined to walk for as long as they could and get as many marks on their hands as possible! Thanks to the parents who came along and marshaled for the morning and to the parents who joined in and completed the laps as well. We couldn't have done it without you! The students had a great morning, improved their fitness and motivated them to improve their fitness further :)

This came at a great time as it links in with our "Happy, Healthy, Me" topic for next term. We will be learning about how important exercise if for us, as well as a healthy diet, rest and recreation.

On the final lap.