by Simone AFFLECK | Mar 7, 2019 | Grade 2
This week we began our unit of Inquiry into Ecosystems. We looked closely at the central idea and found out the meaning of a couple of new words. At first we were unsure what ecosystems were but during the week as we learned more about ecosystems we began to realise...
by Simone AFFLECK | Feb 13, 2019 | Grade 2, Oman Week
Today Grade 2 enjoyed a beautiful day at Ms Khadija’s father’s farm. It was neat that so many of our Mums and some younger siblings were able to come too. Ms Khadija’s family made us so welcome. We had a tour of the farm; seeing banana plantations,...
by Simone AFFLECK | Feb 12, 2019 | Grade 2, Oman Week
Our Grade 2 students showed themselves to be great little hikers this morning. They had no trouble climbing to the top of hill and found lots of interesting rocks on the way. Viewing the old beehive tombs at the top of the hill raised lots of questions. We wondered...
by Simone AFFLECK | Feb 11, 2019 | Grade 2, Oman Week
Grade 2 travelled to Al Hazm fort today. It was fun exploring the fort and spotting some of the artefacts that we had seen in Mazoon on launch day. Although some of the mannequins were a bit creepy. There were lots of risk takers amongst us who bravely ventured into...
by Simone AFFLECK | Feb 11, 2019 | Grade 2, Oman Week
Launch day was a great day to learn about Oman. We learned a little about Islamic mosaic art, then took a walk to a mosque nearby to see the mosaic pattern on the outside of the dome. Then we came back to school to create our own mosaic artworks from colorful paper...
