Tron

Good evening,

Again,

Just back from Tron Legacy. It was cool! Shades of the original Tron with not a little Star Wars thrown in - there's Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker and the Emperor. There's even the Millennium Falcon being chased by Tie Fighters. Plus way cool light cycles!

Cheers,

Nick

Last Day Thursday

Good evening,

And that was the 2010 school year!

We started today with our Leavers' Mass, then, after an extended morning tea, we went outside for a litter patrol.




Then 'twas time for a quick Christmas message and a quick game of Rob the Nest.



The day ended with a bit of Muscle Bob Buff Pants.

Thank you for a fantastic year, have a happy and safe Christmas break and God bless you.

Mr Grant

Fun Day Wednesday

Good afternoon,

We've had a bit of a busy day here today.

A few more maths activities...






...and some writing...




...the sharing of which I have taped...




Then, after morning tea, and a bit of singing practice, we went over to Room 8 to share a couple of songs.


After lunch we had a special assembly to honour Vicki's birthday. She was such a good sport about it all!










And a good time was had by all.

Pity about the picnic, but we can't help the weather!

Bye for now,

Mr Grant

Tuesday Spongepants

Good afternoon,

After a bit of maths this morning...




...the J Team piled into Room 2...




...for a bit of Sponge Bob Squarepants!


After lunch we struggled with some ICT. Specifically making a virtual card for...someone...in Comic Life. Seemed like such a good idea at the time...

I'll try to post the results thereof later.

Bye for now, and enjoy those portfolios,

Mr Grant

Oh yes, and I have decided to keep this blog live for next year for when ERO visit (!), so the address for the Room 2 Blog for next year is most likely to be 2011room2ola.blogspot.com. Or would you (not that any of you current parents will have children in Room 2 next year!) prefer room2ola2011.blogspot.com ?

Fun Day Friday

Good afternoon,

We had a rather laid back day here today.

A bit of R.E., where we looked at Jesus' birth...






...and then, well, another Christmas craft, an assembly, and some free time, during which some took the opportunity to, well, sing!


And that was our last Friday together.

Bye, and have a good weekend,

Mr Grant

Quaky Cat Tuesday

Good afternoon,

This morning kicked off with us lighting Mr Atherton's Christmas Wreath that I haven't got round to giving back to him yet (sorry Mr A!), before continuing with learning to give and follow direction and distance co-ordinates, first with one child of a pair giving their partner directions of how to trace a route through an easy maze onto this paper here, and then the pairs swapped roles to that the other pair directed the first member through another easy maze. Fast finishers then tried again, this time directing their parner through a harder maze the path through which they were to draw onto this paper here.



For reading Red Group read the perenial favourite by Joy Cowley Number One.


It's kind of a rite of passage for all Room 2 readers!

After lunch we had singing practice for our J Team Mass on Friday - which has just been cancelled! We will not be going to Mass on Friday as there will be a funeral happening - we went outside to play scatterball with Room 3.




I am happy to report that we completely trounced them! :-)

Oh yes, and at the end of the day each child was gifted Quaky Cat. It's a lovely wee book, and every Year 1 and 2 child in Canterbury has been given one. Cameron, I've got yours here, along with your class photo.

Bye for now,

Mr Grant

Good afternoon,

Welcome to Week 9. Today we started a new maths unit all about giving and following positional directions. So the Room 2 Mathematicians took turns being a robot or a robot director.




"Face north, take 5 steps south..."

After lunch we discussed the meanings behind the Advent Wreath...


...before making Christmas cards...



And that was our day.

Oh, by the way, I have just learnt that portfolios go out tomorrow week - like, Tuesday next week. Argghh!

Mr Grant

Water Safety Friday

Good afternoon,

This morning ended our two weeks of swimming instruction with a bit of water safety in boats and life jackets.






...before finishing up our inquiry...



...and watching Charlotte's Web with Room 11.




And that was the end of a very busy week. Well, a very energy expending week anyway.

Back to the normal programme next week...except for Thursday, our J Team Fun Day. Start praying for fair weather now, Mrs Johnson is organizing a water slide for the day!

Have a great weekend,

Mr Grant

Man, our new fibre internet connection makes uploading these images and clips much quicker!

Ranfurly Thursday

Good afternoon.

At the end of this day we had a visitor...



...the Ranfurly Shield!

Prior to that the children had their last learn-to-swim instructional lesson at Kings Pool. Tomorrow is all about water safety. Remember - no goggles!







We also managed to fit in some maths...


...and inquiry.


Thanks ladies, and gentleman, for helping out this afternoon. Last inquiry session will be tomorrow morning. Any further assistance would be greatly appreciated!

Oh yes, and the message that I sent out about the Room 2 picnic should have read that it's on Wednesday of Week 10, not next week. Sorry.

Bye for now,

Mr Grant