Primary Students Connecting and Sharing
Recess and Lunch Activities in Leopold, Australia
It is Week Two of the “Our World, Our Stories” project!
The topic that we will be sharing this week is:
“Recess and Lunch Time Activities”
There are 45 students in 2KM and 2KJ and we are in Grade Two at Leopold Primary School. We live in Australia, in the state of Victoria.
Our teachers, Mrs Morris and Miss Jordan, team teach in a big open classroom and we complete all of our learning activities together. Leo is our special class mascot and he loves to blog as much as we do!
Our school year began in February and we only have eight weeks until the end of the year!
Check out our slideshow to find out what is in our school playground and what we enjoy doing at recess and lunch times.
Do you have any questions for us?
How is your recess or lunch time similar/different to ours?
What do you enjoy doing at recess and lunch times?
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about 1 year ago
@ 2km and 2kj,
Great post and video!
I am sure we will get
lots of comments soon.
Best wishes,
Dana.
about 1 year ago
Daer Danna,
I love your comment it is so great that you have left a commennt.
I love the video too.
Love from
Keira in 2KJ.
about 1 year ago
Dear Dana,♥♥
Wow, your comment is awesome!!
I`m sure we will get lots more comments soon as well.
Love your blogging pal,
Meg♥♥
about 1 year ago
Dear 2KM and 2KJ,
We are in Mrs. Yollis class, and we enjoyed your slide show.
There are many similarities and a a couple of differences between our schools. First of all, we have a sandbox, but it is only for the kindergarten, first, and second graders. Both our lower yard (for first and second grade) and our upper yard (for third, fourth, and fifth) have climbing equipment. The upper play area has a rock wall. However, it is very small compared to yours!
We have some questions for you.
What are the rules for climbing the rock wall?
How many kids can be on it at one time?
What is down ball?
Your friends in Mrs. Yollis’ class,
Ellie and Logan
about 1 year ago
@ Logan and Ellie,
There are no rules for the climbing wall at our school.
Downball is a game and you have to hit the ball to the person that you’re versing, If your partner doesn’t hit the ball back to you, then you get a point, whoever gets three points first wins.
thankyou for your comment.
Bye for now,
Amelie and Mikayla 2KM
about 1 year ago
Dear 2km and 2kj,
We really liked your slideshow!
Here are some differences, we don’t have chickens or a garden. We also don’t bring jump ropes to school, our p.e. teacher has them.
Here are some questions:
• Who tends the chickens?
• What are the chickens names?
• Do the chickens run out sometimes?
• Do many people go in the garden?
• How many people are allowed too pet the chickens at the same time?
We have some similarities, For example, we have a small rock wall and you have a big rock wall. We both have playgrounds. We both have a grassy area that we play games on.
Sincerely,
♥Sasha and Sarah♥
about 1 year ago
Dear 2KM and 2KJ,
I love your post you did Miss Jordan.
I love the video you made.
The Music is in my head I can not stop singing it.
At lunch time I like Playing with Charlotte, Conner, Sophie and Molly.
Love from
Keira in 2KJ and 2KM.
about 1 year ago
@ Keira,
I love your comment!
I love the video too.
At lunch time I like playing with all the girls in 2KM.
I love the music too.
Your pal,
Hannah
about 1 year ago
Dear Sasha and Sarah,
Hi my name is Eb, I am in 2KM and 2KJ.
I Iove your comment!
Thank you for saying that you liked our slideshow.I like it too.
The kids in the older grades look after the chickens. I’m not sure what all their names are but I think some of them are called Poppy, Bob, Crunchie and Purchy.
They are suppose to stay in their cage but sometimes they run out when the gate is open while they are getting fed
Best wishes
Eb
about 1 year ago
Dear 2KM and 2Kj,
We both loved your slide show! What a beautiful school!
We noticed that both of our schools have play equipment. Also, both of our schools love to play soccer.
There are quite a few differences. First of all, we do not have chickens at our school. Also, we don’t have a courtyard. We don’t have a garden. Although it does look beautiful! We only have two playgrounds on the upper yard but we have four in the whole school.
Here are some questions we have for you:
•What are the chickens’ names?
•Who feeds the chickens?
• Are all of the playgrounds on the same yard?
•Are you allowed to play on different playground or only your own grades?
• What is the most popular things to do on your playground?
Your blogging buddies,
Leila and Kelly
about 1 year ago
Dear Leila and kelly,
I love your comment it is great!
Well they get fed by the grade 5′s and grade 6′s.
No the playgrounds are in different fieilds.
We are only aloud on our grades and they are all differrent.
Well we uselly go on the slide alot of times and somtimes people stand on the slide and do scary things to make it like a scary coaster.
It is fun!
also yes they do like playng soccer but the boys always play it and somtimes girls.
Best wishes,
Georgia.
about 1 year ago
@ Leila and Kelly,
Great comment.
The grade 4s and 5s feed the chicends.
No all of the playgrounds are on difrent yards.
We are only alowd to play on our playground.
Our favourite aqouitmint is the slide.
The girls normaliy talk.
Bye for now,
Paris
about 1 year ago
Dear 2KM and 2KJ,
We loved your video! Recess and lunch at your school look like a lot of fun. We can’t believe how many different areas you have to play in and enjoy.
Here are some things that are the similar:
Gwen-We both play ball games
Ana-We both have a playground
Mia-We both go outside at recess and lunch
Sophie-We both stay inside if it is raining too hard. We go outside it pretty rainy weather because we get so much of it.
Kennedy-We both have basketball courts
Karin-We both have a field
Here are some things that are different:
Brooklynn- We don’t have a garden. We have a bed in a community garden a few blocks from school
Ana-You have a chessboard and we don’t
Lily-You have a climbing wall and we don’t
Karin-We only have one playground
Quang-We have a forest to play in and a big stump to climb on
We have some questions for you:
Sharon-Do you play chess on the chessboard? I really like it!
Karin-Do the chickens ever try to bite you? Do they lay eggs for the school?
Mia-How long is your entire school day? You get a longer recess and longer lunch than we do (we have 15 minutes for recess and 45minutes for lunch).
Sophie- What kind of games do you play on the computers? Some of us like Mini Clip games.
Lily-What type of ball games do you play? We’ve never played Downball before and would like to learn about it.
Ana-What kind of food does the canteen sell? Do you eat outside?
Trista-Why do you have different playgrounds for different grades? Is it because your school is so big? We can’t pick a favourite, but we’d all love to try the climbing wall!
Kennedy-What do you do in the garden other than relaxing? Do you look after the plants?
Today is Halloween and we are all dressed up so we won’t make a video of our recess and lunchtime today or it would look pretty funny. We can’t wait to share some pictures with you soon though!
Your friends,
Mrs. W and the 2/3s
Sointula, Canada
about 1 year ago
Dear Mrs Watson,
thank you for the big comment you left.
Hi I’m Hamish from 2KJ.
You can read books, play with toys and eat.
Yes we do look after our garden. But all the statures are all broken.
Well we play soccer and foootball (it is not like your football).
The canteen sells nachos,jjs, dino snacks and frozen jelly.
best wishes,
Hamish
about 1 year ago
Dear Hamish,
Wow What a fantastic comment.
Do you Have a tedy Beaer?
Do you liake Bob the billder?
From Jacob
about 1 year ago
Dear 2Km and 2KJ
We think your school looks great. We noticed some similarities and differences.
Similarities:
Nathan – we can order our lunch at the office BUT it comes from a shop
Jack – we noticed that you have tennis courts too and we do skipping too, but we can use school ropes
Kaeleb- we like to go on the computers at lunchtime – in the classroom!
Tyla-we have ‘out of bounds’ places too, like in the little bush area
Differences:
Liam – we have only got two playgrounds
Samantha – we have only one sandpit
Paige – we don’t have any chickens but we sure want too!
Nikki – there is a cat that hangs around our school and the neighbour feeds it for us
Jack -we noticed that your area hasn’t got many hills. We have a flat school and town but there are hills all around Reefton.
Liam – you’ve got a giant chess board and we don’t
jack – we don’t learn Indonesian, we learn Maori.
Questions:
Elizabeth – we have some hopscotch and other games painted on the concrete. Do you?
Ganda – How do you play downball?
Nathan – How come you call your field an oval?
Teagan-Is it an oval shape?
warm wishes
from B4 and Mrs Mckenzie
about 1 year ago
@ Mrs McKenzie,
Thank you for the lovely comment that you left on the 2km and 2KJ blog!
No, we don`t have hopscotch or other games panited on the concrete. Well with downball one person has the ball and with their hand they tap the ball to the other person. We call the oval an oval because it`s shaped like an oval.Yes the oval is an oval shape.
Wow that is a lot of similarities and differences you have in your comment.
Your blogging pal,
Meg
about 1 year ago
Dear Mrs McKenzie and B4,
To play downball you have to hit the ball to the other player and you keep on going until someone does not hit it.
It is very fun. You cannot grab the ball you have to hit it with your dan.
No we do not have anything painted on the concrete like hopscotch. But sometimes people draw on it if they have chalk.
Your blogging buddy,
Ella
about 1 year ago
Dear Mrs McKenzie and B4,
To play down Ball you have to hit the ball to the other player and you keep on going antill
someone does not hit it.
It is very fun. You cannot grab the ball you have to hit it.
No we do not have anything panted on the concrete. But sometimes people draw on it.
Your blogging buddy,
Ella
about 1 year ago
Dear 2km and 2kj,
I l♥ed your slideshow! I have some questions for you.
• How old are the chickens?
• How long have you had the chickens?
• How many people are allowed on the rock wall at the same time?
• How many people go to the garden at lunch and recess?
• Why do you have the garden?
I wish that my school had a giant rock wall, but we do have a very small one.
Best wishes,
♥Sasha♥
about 1 year ago
Dear Sasha,
Great comment!
.We have had the chickens for about 2 years.
.About 5 people at a time are aloud to go on the
climbing wall at a time.
.Well, not many,but thats what I can say.
.Because it looks pretty.
Well at least you have a rock wall.
Sincerly,
Dana.
about 1 year ago
Dear Sasha,
It was very nice to hear from you.
Well let’s start at the answers to your questions.
Our chickens are about 2/3 years old.
We have had them for about 2/3 years.
About 5/4 people on the rock climbing but no more people if there’s 5 on there.
Only a few usualy a few people if they want some piece and quiet.
We have the garden for people to rest, if they want some piece and quiet and if little girls want to play with Littles Pet Shops and Barbie Dolls.
Only grade 3, 4, 5 and 6s are allowed to play on the rock climbing wall.
I hope you liked my answers.
Best wishes,
Ava
about 1 year ago
Dear Sasha
Our chickens are 2 years old and we have had a chicken coup for about the same time (it was empty for a little while before the chickens moved in).
We are allowed 5 people on our rock wall at a time.
Lots and lots of people go to the garden. Some play hide and seek, others play chasey and others just walk around. It can be peaceful. We have the garden as we learn Indonesian and this was a project of the Indonesian teacher.
From your bogging pal,
Ryley.
about 1 year ago
Dear 2KM and 2KJ,
Your play area looks really cool!
We have a few questions for you:
• Why do you call it prep equipment?
• Are the uniforms mandatory?
• What are the chickens’ names?
• Do you know how old the chickens are?
• Can you go to the upper grade playgrounds?
• How often do you feed the chickens?
• Can You play with the chickens during lunch?
• Are the chickens the school’s or 2KM and 2KJ’s pets?
• Can you blog in the computer lab during lunch?
• Do you have P.E. (physical education?
Your blogging buddies,
Royce and Brenden
about 1 year ago
Dear Mrs McKenzie and B4,
The chickens are the schools not 2KM and 2KJ’s.
Do you have library at your school?
From your blogging buddy,
Logan.
about 1 year ago
@ Royce and Brenden,
Hi I am Sophie in 2km and 2kj.
We call or prep equipment the prep playground.
No we can’t go on the grade three,four,five and six playground.
No we can’t play with the chickens we haft to pat them.
The chicken are the school’s pets.
Yes we can go on the computer at lunch time.
Yes we do have P.E.
Now I have a question for you to do you have a Art teacher.
Best Wishes,
Sophie (Victoria Austalia)
about 1 year ago
@ Royce and Brenden,
Thanks for your questions. I am answering your question about uniforms. Uniforms ARE< /b> mandatory at our school. We must wear green pants or shorts and yellow or green tops. If you do not wear the correct uniform you get in trouble. Do you have rules for the clothes you wear to school?
Your blogging buddy,
Amelie 2KM.
about 1 year ago
Dear Royce and Brenden,
Thanks for the comment and thank you for the lovely complement.
When you get used to its not so cool. Prefer to sit on the grass and talk to my friends then to play on the playground.
We call it prep equipment because only the preps are able to go on it.
Yes, our uniform is mandatory if we don’t were our uniform we get in big big trouble.
Your blogging buddy,
Ella
about 1 year ago
Dear 2kj and 2km
We don’t have chickens at our school.
I am new at this school.
from Elizabeth
about 1 year ago
@ Elizabeth,
Thank you for your great comment.
I like the chickens at our school.
Have you ever pated a chickens?
From,
Liam
.
about 1 year ago
Dear 2kM and 2KJ
We like your video.
We have morning tea outside. Do you?
Why is the yellow line out of bounds?
Why do you have chickens at school?
from Yaksh and Kaeleb
about 1 year ago
Dear Yaksh and Kaeleb,
Thanks for your great questions!
Here are the answers:
.We eat inside first and then play outside. If its a nice day, we sometimes eat outside too.
.Our yellow lines are on steps for safety, but are also used to show areas that students can’t go beyond.
.Chickens are at our school for the students to enjoy.We like looking at them and patting them.
Now I have a question for you:
Do you have any animals at your school ?
Best wishes,
Dana. (2KM and 2KJ Australia)
about 1 year ago
Dear B4
Thanks for the comment.
yes the yellow line is out of bounds becuse it is ner the car park and teacher areas. We have chickens so we can make money from the eggs.
From,
Zac
about 1 year ago
Dear 2Km and 2KJ
We think your video is awesome. I have some similarities. We have an out of bounds and we are allowed on the computers at lunchtime.
We thingk you are lucky because you get chickens.
regards
Liam and Nathan
about 1 year ago
@ Nathan,
Thank you for your great comment.
The day I get my lunch order is on Friday.
Do you by lunch?
From your blogging buddy,
Liam
about 1 year ago
Dear 2KM and 2KJ
Your movie is GREAT.
Similarities:
We have a basketball court .
We also use our computers at lunchtime .
Differences:
We only have one sand pit and it is littler than yours.
We have a lot of mountains all around our town.
We don”t have any hens.
About our school.
We have two play grounds and 20 minutes of recess at our school. We have an hour for our lunch time .
We go home at 3:00.
your blogging buddy Dylan from B4.
about 1 year ago
@ Dylan,
Great comment!
We have lunch for a hour as well.
What do you like to do at snack and lunch?
from,
Harry
about 1 year ago
Dear 2KM and 2KJ
We have some similarities and differences for you.
Similarities:
We have P.E.
We have a netball court.
Differences
We don’t have any hens.
We don’t have an Indonesian garden.
Your blogging buddies
Sam and Paige
Reefton
New Zealand.
about 1 year ago
@ Nathan,
Great comment!
Wow, it’s cool that your lunch orders come from shops!
Thank you for saying that we are lucky because we have
chickens at out school.
Sincerly,
Hannah
about 1 year ago
@ Sam and Paige,
Thankyou for the great blog comment on this blog post.
That is ok that you do not have any hens or Indonesian garden at your school.
That is good that we have some similarities.
Your blogging pal,
Mikayla
(2KM and 2KJ Austalia)
about 1 year ago
Dear 2KM and 2KJ
We order our lunch too. We order it at the office but it comes from the shop.
I reckon you are lucky because you have chickens. We don’t have a pet chicken but some one might be bringing a chicken on Pets Day .
your blogging buddy
regards Nathan
about 1 year ago
Dear Nathan,
It was nice to hear from you.
My name is Ava I’m from 2KM and 2KJ.
The chickens are very cheeky because this morning one of our teachers was talking to our principal and said that a few of our chickens were running around our school. That’s what Miss Jordan told us.
Great to hear from you,
Ava
about 1 year ago
@ Nathan,
Do you have excursions or incursions? We had an incursion and it was a disco a couple of weeks ago. We walked from the school to have dinner at the sportsman club and then we had a disco at the school in our new building. It was the first time we had been in the new building and we were the second students to use it. It was great.
From your blogging pal,
Ryley
about 1 year ago
Dear 2kM and 2kJ
We like your video.
Are you allowed in bare feet?
Do you have a pool at your school?
Do you like playing inside games?
Some people order their lunch at the office which comes from the shop next door to my house. I like playing inside games with my friend they are…Tyla, Paige, Elizabeth, and Nikki. Sometimes I like playing outside, or going to the library
from G♔nda
about 1 year ago
Dear G♔nda,
Thanks for the great comment.
We are not allowed in bare feet, but we are allowed bare feet in class. We don’t have a pool at our school, but it would be fun to have one. Lot’s of us like to play inside games.
WOW! You have have a swimming pool.
From,
Jordi
about 1 year ago
Dear G♔nda,
I love your comment.
No we are not allowed to have bare feet.
No we do not have a pool but we want one.
We both like outside more than inside.
From Andrew and Eb
about 1 year ago
Dear 2KM and 2KJ,
What an interesting post!
I would of never thought of the idea “Recess and Lunch” for Our World, Our Stories.
Our whole class is very jealous of your swimming pool!
Are you allowed to go in the pool when it is winter?
Is it ever to hot or too cold?
If our school ever had a swimming pool, I think our school should have it on the lower yard because it has more room.
I myself, is EXTREMELY jealous of your tennis court! ∆ For lunch and recess, are you allowed to play tennis? ∆ After school or before school, does anybody come and have tennis practice?
Best Regards,
M♥a
about 1 year ago
Dear Mia,
Quinn and Logan: Great comment and you have got lots of talent on the computer.
Quinn: For school you are not allowed to play tennis and never probably will.
Logan: I think you are a good blogger
And might get your own blog here is a link to Liam’s life blog http://liamsblog.global2.vic.edu.au/ and it is very cool so as the anthers.
From,
Quinn and Logan.
about 1 year ago
@ Mia,
Great comment
Can you find mine spelling mistake?
We don’t have a swmming pool.
No we are not allwed to play tennis at lanch and snack.
From,
Molly.
about 1 year ago
@ 2km and 2kj,
great post.
I voted for relaxing and chating with friends.
I like playing ball games aswel.
I loved the slide show.
From Mia
about 1 year ago
@ 2km and 2kj,
great post.
I voted for relaxing and chating with friends.
I like playing ball games aswel.
I loved the slide show.
From Mia
about 1 year ago
Hi Mia
I think you might have noticed the tennis courts on the B4 post.
In the winter the nets are taken down so the tennis courts get used for other games, as there are hoops on the courts as well.
In the summer the nets are up and students can play tennis at recess and lunch time. Sometimes students might play tennis in PE.
Anyone can use the courts after school or at weekends.
Do you play a lot of tennis?
from Mrs McKenzie
about 1 year ago
@ Mrs Mckenzie,
great comment.
no, I don’t play alot of tennis.
We don’t playmuch tennis in P.E ether.
From Mia
about 1 year ago
Hi 2KM & 2KJ,
I love the post!
What is the most popular food to eat at snack and lunch?
At snack and lunch I like to play with all my friends.
Love
Chloe.
about 1 year ago
Dear 2KM and 2KJ,
I loved your slide show! Your school is very lucky to have so much play equipment and play areas. I have some questions for you.
~ What is the Prep building?
~ What is downball?
~ Do the chickens lay eggs?
~ How long is your lunch break?
~ Do you play tetherball at your school?
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From,
Rexon
about 1 year ago
Hi Rexon,
Our prep building is the new building just for prep. Preps are kid starting their first year at school.
Downball is a game played with a ball where you bounce it to each other and try not to miss. Whats your favorite game to play at school?
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Best wishes,
Chloe.
Yes our chickens lay eggs. Do you have any animals at your school?
Our lunch break goes for one hour. how long does yours go for?
No we don’t play tetherball, how do you play it?
about 1 year ago
Dear Chloe,
Thank you for commenting back to me. My favorite game to play at school is tetherball. Tetherball is a game where a ball is attached by a long rope to a tall pole. The object of the game is to hit the ball hard in order to have the rope wrap all the way around the pole. It is usually played with two people.
No, we do not have any animals at our school. What do you do with the eggs your hens lay?
Our lunch brea is 45 minutes.
What is your favorite activity at school?
From,
Rexon
about 1 year ago
Dear 2KM and 2KJ,
Your gardens looked beautiful and peaceful. We wish that we had a friendship garden. We also think you are very lucky to have a climbing wall and separate playgrounds for different grades.
The cubby houses looked very nice. What are in them? Are they empty, or do they have wooden furniture? We only have one small cubby house, and it is for the pre-schoolers so we can’t fit! What kind of activities do you do in the cubby houses?
What do you mean “junior bloggers”?
We like watching your slideshow and reading along. Mr. Salsich said it is helping our fluency.
Your friends,
Mr. Salsich’s Class
about 1 year ago
Dear 2KM 2KJ,
I loved that slideshow. It was cool how you got to feed those chickens.
How do you play down ball? We have a game called four square that might be like it.
From Brian
about 1 year ago
Dear 2KM and 2KJ,
You have a truly amazing playground. In my last school there was only one set of playground equipment. Children in different grades had their days to play so the bigger children wouldn’t be on the same day as Kindergarten (Prep) or Years 1 or 2.
What also impressed me is how new everything seemed to be. Has your school just had much new work done or is your school reasonably new?
The newest school I taught in was already 20 years old when I arrived and the oldest was over 80 years old.
Ross Mannell (teacher)
NSW, Australia