2KM @ Leopold Primary School!

The students in 2KM have had a fantastic week! They have all settled in very well and I’m sure we’ll have a great year together.

Some of the highlights of this week have been

• MAD (Multi Age Day) on Wednesday
• Doing some activities with 2KJ
• Using the interactive whiteboard
• Getting to know our new classmates
• Learning a bit about blogs!

Don’t forget to check the Dates and Notes Page at the top of our blog to find out what is coming up in 2KM.

Next week we’re looking forward to You Can Do It day on Monday and L.P.S. dress up day on Friday.

Today was the first day of the 2010 school year. We have 23 enthusiastic new Grade Two students in 2KM. We look forward to learning and growing together this year.

Our themes for 2010 are…

Here is the 2KM Newsletter and Parent Questionnaire that was sent home today.

2KM Newsletter 01.02.10

Start of Year 2KM Parent Questionnaire

Stay tuned to our blog as we plan to give you a regular look at what is happening inside our classroom!

Today was the last day of the school year for 2KM. We have had a fantastic year together! Thank you to everyone for their support! 

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Miss McGeady looks forward to continuing the 2KM blog with a new class of Grade Two students when they return to school on the 1st February. Watch this space! 

As we have blogged about here, 2KM has been involved in iEARN’s “Holiday Card Exchange Project” this year. This involved exchanging holiday cards with 7 other schools from around the world.

This week, we were excited to receive cards from 3 schools! Those schools were in Slovenia, Taiwan and New York (USA). We were very interested to read about St Nick’s day and other days in Slovenia, the Chinese New Year in Taiwan and Christmas, Hanukah and other celebrations in the USA! What a great way to learn about the world!

This morning we skyped with our friends in Mrs Yollis’ class in California. It was a fantastic experience!

*It was 9am Wednesday here in Leopold and 2pm Tuesday in California.*

 We got to talk to the class for about 20 minutes. We asked each other lots of questions and learnt a lot about life in the USA. Skype is a free program that you can download to video chat with people from anywhere in the world.

Here are some photos from this morning (click on them to see them larger)

We were so excited to be able to talk to our friends in Mrs Yollis’ class who have become our blogging buddies throughout 2009! Be sure to check out their blog and their post about this morning here!

Leave a comment to tell us what are some similarities and differences between Australia and the USA.

Today was Christmas Crafts morning in 2KM. We were all in groups and rotated around five activities. They were…

Magic reindeer food
Decorating calico bags
Making Christmas ornaments
Decorating 2010 calendars
Making Christmas card

Here are Maddy’s and Georgia’s crafts. Don’t they look great?

Georgia

Maddy

Thanks to our helpers Suzi, Karenne and Mrs Mullen!

Sunday 13th December was the Leopold Christmas Carols. It was run by the Lion’s Club and held at Leopold Primary School. All the students from the school sang on the stage.

Prep sang Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Grade 1/2 sang Silent Night
Grade 3-6 sang Jingle Bell Rock and Santa Claus is Coming to Town

It was a great night and fantastic to see so many members of the Leopold School Community get together!

Miss McGeady at the Carols

Leave a comment and tell us what your favourite Christmas Carol is!

We have made some fantastic connections from around the world on our blog this year. One of them has been Mrs Yollis’ Class in California, USA. We were very pleased to hear that their class blog has been nominated for the 2009 Edublog Awards! Vote for Mrs Yollis’ Class by clicking here! Voting closes December 16th.

Today 2KM discussed the importance of thinking about others at Christmas time rather than just ourselves. We all made a wish for another person which we wrote on an outline of our hand and made into our Christmas Wishing Tree.

Georgia wished that her brother could get a new guitar.

Phoebe wished that her friends could all have a wonderful Christmas.

Liam wished that his dad could have a relaxing holiday.

Emily wished for some presents for her baby cousin.

Olivia wished that all her family has a great Christmas and a happy 2010.

Leave a comment to tell us your Christmas wish!

Today in Guided Reading Kuda read a book called Skateboarding. It was about a boy who wanted to learn how to ride a skateboard. After we read the book we thought of some questions for Mr Crofts because he loves skateboarding. Tyerell and Cam asked Mr Crofts these questions.

Do you have a wide board or narrow board? I have a wide board.

Does your board have a kick-tail at the back? I do have a kick-tail.

Do you wear safety equipment? I sometimes wear safety equipment.

When did you first start skateboarding? When I was 14 years old.

Where is your favourite place to skate? The place is called 3lunt Mini ramp.

Leave a comment if you like to go skateboarding and tell us where you skate. If you haven’t tried skateboarding, would you like to?