Today we were set a challenge... to rid our class of Nasty Cold BUGS!

We learnt how germs spread through the air when we sneeze and when we cough into our hands, we can spread our germs to others. We learnt how to use a tissue. If a sneeze or cough came on suddenly we learnt to use our elbow. We should always bin our tissue after use and wash our hands with soap. A reporter from the Marlborough Express came and took photos of us. Look out for us in the paper.

Ask us about what we have learnt. Hopefully it will help us keep healthy at school.

Today was Global Wind Day. Mrs Robinson gave us some little wind mills and it was so windy that some of them blew away. It was hard to work out which way the wind was blowing as it kept changing direction.

Our big friends from Room 10 make lovely books for all the Room 2 children to help them remember their first few months at Riverlands School. Today Hayden received his special book.
I hope you will enjoy looking back at your special book in years to come Hayden.

Yesterday we let go a beautiful monarch butterfly that had hatched in our classroom. We were really surprised to find another butterfly had hatched during the day. Because it has been so cold, the butterflies took a lot longer to hatch than normal so we were very excited.

Today we had fun learning basketball skills with Mike Fitchett. Mike is a player in the Nelson Giants. We had lots of fun learning all sorts of things we can do with a basketball. Some of us were really good.

We had a wonderful Harvest Festival today to celebrate Arbor Day which is early next week. We made 2 different types of muffins using things harvested from our orchard. We made Feijoa, walnut and sultana muffins and Feijoa muffins. They all sold out quickly. Thanks to Mrs Boon for helping us make and bake our delicious muffins. There were lots of fun things to do and different things to taste. We raised over $300 to go towards new plants for our Edible Garden. Well done everyone.

Today Rylie, Emire and Blake came for their first school visit. They were lucky that Friday is PuMP day. We had lots of fun.

Room 2's Healthy Eating Assembly on PhotoPeach

Food for Energy with Harold on PhotoPeach

Making Gingerbread Men on PhotoPeach

Yummy Healthy Lunches on PhotoPeach

Our wonderful self portraits.

We have finally finished our scarecrow. Thanks Hayden for letting us have your scarecrow dress up. I hope the birds stay away from our newly planted vegetables.

We have had such a busy few weeks. Last week Room 1 harvested some more vegetables from the garden. We got to cook our own roasties. Mrs Hepburn had cut the veges up and we put them all in a roasting pan. We even cooked some of the radishes that we grew. When they were all cooked we eat them all. They were delicious.

Watch this great movie as many times as you can. The more times we watch it, the more votes we can get for our school. Imagine what we could do with $10,000!!! Well done guys, you look and sound fantastic. You should win just for that.

This is a great website to go to to make healthy lunch choices. The children had fun seeing how healthy they could make their lunchbox. How well can you do?

http://www.goforyourlife.vic.gov.au/hav/articles.nsf/html/index.html
http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/flash/a_healthy_lunchbox_intro.swf

"Ten Apples Up On Top" an Animated Reading!

Yesterday we were very lucky to learn some hockey skills. We were very good at dribbling.

Paige jumping in to the pool with Mike.

Group 2 learning arm action with Nicky.

Go Jonty.

Paige jumping in with a life jacket and flipping to her back.

Fundamental Skills Fun on PhotoPeach

Cate jumping in all on her own.

Sophie and Sidney showing how to jump into the water wearing a life jacket.

Group 2 with Mrs Robinson and Ricky at Futsal

How to make Pocket Plots on PhotoPeach

Last week we had time learning football skills with Paul. We learnt lots of ways to move the football. We used the inside and outside of our feet. We used our toes, knees, foreheads,top of our foot to control the ball. We know we need space around us to stop other people taking our ball away. It was lots of fun.

Jump Jam

On Friday at House meetings, the theme was "Being Active". All of the Juniors took part in a "Jump Jam" session. The teachers assessed their house groups against the key competency " Participation".
I was really proud of all the children for giving it a go, especially as many had never done it before.
Well done.

Skate Day for Ronald McDonald House.
On Friday we had a mufti and skate day to raise money for Ronald McDonald House. Parents of sick children can stay there to be close to their children. We raised just over $300. Well done Riverlands Kids.

Harvesting, replanting and eating! on PhotoPeach

The Amazing El Gregoe : What we liked best?

I liked the mask when he did the funny talk and he danced to Michael Jackson and also the dog that sang. Jonty
I liked the parrots that disappeared and 1 came back. Sophie
I liked the whole show because it was very cool. Sidney
I liked the dog when he used his WITS and ignored El Gregoe. Tegan
I liked the part when the dog said, "Get out of here" and when he ignored him. Seb

Basketball Skills with Tall Black-Mike Fitchett on PhotoPeach

Learning to use the laptops on PhotoPeach

Yesterday we mixed up all the pictures that start with "s", "a", and "t". Then we had to put them under the letter that made the correct sound. We were all very quick and accurate. Mrs Paterson was very pleased with how clever we were.

We made long snakes out of playdough and then made them into our names. Didn't we do well.

We had very busy second day of the term. We are learning to use "pages" on the laptops. We opened a page and wrote our names lots of times. We can change the font, the size and the colour.Come and have a look at what we did.

Then we had our very first reading book called "The birthday cake". We painted different coloured cakes and put them together to make a big cake. Then we added captions. They looked good enough to eat.

Eating from our Edible gardens on PhotoPeach

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Enjoy your family time and I look forward to seeing you all next year when you pop in to Room 2 to say hello.

Well it is hard to believe there is only one day to go until school finishes for the year. We have been very busy making Christmas gifts for our parents, hope you like them. Today we finished our special advent calendars for our Mums. I told the children they could have 2 days off and then on December 18 you can start opening your own calendar and enjoy having your children help you out leading up to Christmas. ENJOY!

Teddy Bears Picnic on PhotoPeach

Room 2's Assembly on PhotoPeach

The Grand Finale after a fun Book Week. Don't they all look fantastic.