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

Wednesday Movie Day

Good evening,

This morning started with another trip to the pool...




...and then back for a play...


...and some maths...


...and a visit by the traveling library.



Please note that today was the last day that we will be issuing books. Next week's visit will all be about getting the books returned to school.

Oh, and speaking of next week, our J Team Fun Day will be on Thursday, not Wednesday.

Bye for now,

Got to go down to the Old Vic to meet the boys,

Mr Grant

Last Minute CRT Tuesday

Oh, but Rattie does like his Rashuns!

But I digress.

Good afternoon,

I decided last night that I really needed another CRT day today to get through all the report bits and pieces (and I'm glad I was able to take it, let me tell you!).

Thankfully, Mrs O'Neill was able to step up to the plate and take over. And a wonderful job she did too!

After a bit of writing...




...it was off on the bus...




...to the pool.




Back to school for some reading and maths after lunch, estimating and measuring area...



...a bit more Inquiry and the children were done for the day.

Thanks Coleen for jumping in so readily.

Tomorrow is Library day, so please remember to return your library books.

CU tomorrow,

Mr Grant

Oh yeah, and boys, don't forget about drinks at the Old Vicarage tomorrow evening, 'bout 7 ish.

Another Monday...Again...

Good evening,

More swimming...


...more singing (though this was reading - honest!)...


...and a touch of maths.


Hey, finding the area of something is just like using arrays!

Bit more of the same tomorrow. Literally - tomorrow's timetable is just like todays!

Mr Grant

Revelation Thursday

Good afternoon,

The boys and I have just had an epiphany. The 2010 School Year ends in three weeks today! And there's still so much to do...

Well, lets start with something I can cope with. Today.

A bit like Monday really. Handwriting, lots of swimming, a bit of reading, maths, even some topic. Thanks Emma, sorry it was so chaotic! It all happened pretty much as a blur, so all I got 'digital evidence' of was swimming.


As for tomorrow, well, much like today, 'cept no reading (topic? Can't remember if I've booked the netbooks), and perhaps (perhaps) some developmental time at the end of the day. I'm pretty sure Kapa Haka is still a go in the afternoon.

Bye for now,

Mr Grant

Counting The Beat Wednesday

Good afternoon,

As if the children aren't expending enough energy during the day, we ended today with a bit of Kiwiana...


100 points to the children who can tell me who sung it originally.

Prior to that we sang...


...and swam...


...and read.



By for now,

(Another 100 points for those who can tell me what's wrong with that...)

Mr Grant

Active Tuesday

Good afternoon,

Well, as the title above suggests, we've had a very active day today. Indeed, the only time we were inside for lessons was at reading.


The rest of the day was spent either swimming...


(sorry, no audio - You Tube stripped it. Mustn't be fans of Twisting by the Pool by Dire Straits...)

...racing wheelchairs (some folks came round to promote/generate awareness of the Para Olympics that will be held here at QE2 in January)...


...or playing Tee Ball outside.



CU bright eyed and bushy tailed in the morning,

Mr Grant

Swimday Monday

Good afternoon,

Welcome to Week 1, Day 1 of our two swim weeks.










On the way back we even slowed down for a family that was new to the neighborhood to cross the road...


And a good time was had by all.

When we got back we had time for some reading...


...and then some maths and topic.

Tomorrow we've got some folks coming in the afternoon to lead us in some cool sporting activities...something outside, I think...so that'll be fun too.

Oh, and please check your children's jersies. We're already missing two!

CU in the morning,

Mr Grant

A Forgotten Notice

Just a quick update, more later. Last night I was supposed to give a swimming notice to all the children, but only gave it to the oldest and onlys.

If I didn't manage to catch up with your child today (and chances are, I didn't!), here is a copy of the notice that you can print out at home and bring back to school.

Bye for now,

Mr Grant

Thingame Thursday

Good afternoon,

So good in fact that we ditched topic...

It's a lovely day for a swim!

Come in, the water's lovely!

Prior to this the Year 1's had their R.E. lesson. If you recall, yesterday we collected natural bits and pieces with which to make pictures. Well, today we made pictures out of God's creation...




All things considered, another good day was had by all.

I'm on CRT tomorrow, so I'll be here, but I won't be here. Mrs Stringer will be running the show in my stead.

CU tomorrow, don't forget the togs, just in case!

Mr Grant

Fun Day Friday

Good afternoon,

Well, apart from news about the rats (see the previous post), Friday came and went much like they do.

A little R.E.


...some free time...




...Assembly and a swim...



...with a game there...


...and a dance back.


Next week we will be settling into, well, the fitness/uniform routines for the rest of the year. The children are to come to school each morning in their fitness gear, and to bring their uniform to change back into on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. They will be staying in their fitness gear all day on Tuesdays.

Also, please continue to send their togs to school each day for the next week, possibly even the week after as well. We will still swim in the afternoons, if the weather is fine enough. And so long as we can fit it in. Which we can't, but I may just have to make it fit. Water confidence is a good thing to have.

And that's about it for today. All things being equal, Pinky and the Brain (or whatever we'll call them) will be here on Monday.



Mr Grant

Hot Stuff Monday

Good afternoon,

And...

What a lovely day!

We took the advantage of the hot weather to get our Triathlon training out of the way for an extra couple of minutes back in the pool.



Earlier in the day, after reading...


(well done boys!)
...we started our new Social Studies topic Me in my environment. Our first learning intention was WALT talk about our school environment and how we feel about it. To that end, we went outside to two different parts of the school - the playground, and the back of the field.

In both we saw some rubbish. So...


We talked about how each area was different, had a different use and made us feel a little differently about.

We decided that the playground was noisy and exciting...



...and the back of the field was peaceful and quiet.


After the pool we had our first R.E. interchange, where the Year 1 children all popped into Room 2 to discuss what God is like...


...learn/re-learn/practice a good morning prayer.


I think that's it.

Oh, and one other thing. Remember to bring your bikes to school in the morning!

Right, on with the next meeting...

Mr Grant