Messed Up Sport

This is Hub 2's 2014 entry for the Manaiakalani Film Festival. 

This film is about a magician who keeps changing the sport his friends are playing. The sports players start playing netball. Netball then turns into basketball. Basketball then turns into soccer and soccer turns into rugby. Finally rugby turns into handball. The magician then puts a spell on the players, making them go to sleep. They wake up very confused as they all remember playing a different sport.

The sneaky magician almost gets away with his plan until he is spotted running away. 

Stonefields School's first Triathlon!

It was great to see so many learners for LH2 participating in the triathlon today. After biking, swimming and running the long course it is not surprising our learners were very tired by the end of the day!

Our First Week in the Pool!

Aquatic Safety

This week we were able to enjoy and explore the pool.  We also took some time to talk about pool rules to make sure we are all safe when we are in the water.

Next week we will begin learning about aquatic safety both on land and in the pool, such as what the differences are between floating with and without a life jacket, what a current feels like and what to do if we are caught in one to name a few.

Here is what some of the learners had to say about the pool:

"It was warmer than I thought it would be" - Euan

"I liked how there were things to help us float" - Flynn

"I liked the size because it wasn't to big" - Maddy

"I liked doing dolphin wiggles!" - George


Also special thanks to Liz (Maddy's mum) for her swimming cap expertise!

Stepping Out Today!

WALHT travel safely in a car.

Today we...

 Learnt how to put our seat belts on correctly. The seat belt needs to sit on our shoulders to keep us safe. 

Leant that it is safest to travel in a booster seat if we are not 148cm tall. 

Dressed up in police uniforms. 

Heard the police siren across the school.

Got a chance to ride in the police car! We also got to speak in to the speakers while we were in the car. 

Cyber Smart

Cyber Smart Quiz!

This afternoon for elearning we completed the Cyber Safety Quiz.  This was a great opportunity for us to discuss what we knew about being safe online with a buddy.

Then we came together to discuss and reflect on what we had learned and what we need to become more aware of when using the internet.  

Click the link below and see how cyber smart you are!

Cyber Smart with Sam

This week for our concept "What makes a successful learner?" we had a challenge....

To collaborate to create a way of getting our toy animal across the DANGEROUS RIVER!!

We were given:

x10 sheets of paper / x1 piece of string / x1 yoghurt container / x2 straws / x8 rubber bands / x1 animal

We had only 20 minutes.  Here are some of the things we constructed...

Watch this space to see whose construction reached the other side of the river safely!

Today we got a chance to explore spelling city! 

This is going to be part of our rotation of weekly activities to help us improve our literacy learning.  It's going to be used when we learn spelling rules, practice handwriting and dance mat typing.

If you would like to use spelling city at home, click on the 'Literacy' tab on the LH2 site and you'll see the link.  EASY!

Here are some photos of the Year 3s teaching the Year 2s how to use the site