Rats and T-Shirts

Good morning,

Still got to write the newsletter, but - some updates...

• Yes, we lost the initial auction for the rats 'n cage package, but I may have sourced another cage (subject to some repairs), so we may still be on track for having a couple of new classmates, who just happen to live around the road from my house...


• I'm planning the reading programme for this coming week, and Green Group will be listening to T-Shirts to accompany their book on Tuesday.


• And White Group will be listening to The Ant and the Grasshoppers, before performing it themselves on Tuesday morning.

That's it for now.

Mr Grant

Rats! We lost the auction...

...for the cage. Bother. That'll teach me for staying at school late when there's an auction due to close.

Anyone got a portable mouse/rat/bunny/whatever cage to transport a couple of rats from school to home and back? I guess its not urgently urgent - but we will need one for the holidays...

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

Rats! Part Duex...

(500 House Points to the first three children who can tell me what movie title that reference (Part Duex) is from. Think Charlie Sheen...and chicken nun-chucks!)

Good afternoon,

It is with some trepidation that I announce that we have been given the go ahead to get a couple of rats for the classroom. (Trepidation because I haven't kept class room animals before, and this is definitely on a 'we'll see how it goes' basis...)

So, I'll put a bid in for the auction for the rats, cage 'n gear, and we'll see how it goes!

Each child will be on a roster to look after the rats during the school day (that is, two children will be responsible to make sure they have food, water and, yep, even cuddles - they're social animals and I want to keep them that way), and for those who want there will also be a roster to take them home in the weekends/holidays.

To that end, I need to know who is willing to take them home in the weekends. I will leave a sign up sheet on the board on Monday. Or you could let me know your interest by leaving a comment in the comment field of this post.

Bye for now, got to get ready for assembly,

Mr Grant

Rats!

Good evening,

Got me an eye on some ratties, and then Tracy (my wife) brought up the question of holidays - staying at school over the weekend should be fine, but what about the holidays?

Oh, and what about a smaller cage to transport them thither and yon...

Oh, and some toys and a water bottle, and some food...hmmm...I'm not sure I've thought all this through...

Anyway, if we do get some, do we have any volunteers to to look after them during long weekends (or even normal weekends...on a roster, like Galoop, but only of those who would actually like to bring them home...hmmm, we're going to need another cage...that first auction is looking quite good...) and holidays?

Please feel free to leave some comments to let us all know what you think.

Mr Grant

Triathlon Thursday

Good afternoon,

And what a good afternoon it is. I was a bit worried that the day would be rained out, given the forecast at the beginning of the week.

Well, didn't your children do well?!

We started the day our usual way...


...and their best they did!

Room 2 came first in the Year 1 Boys race...



...first in the Year 1 Girls race...



...first in the Year 2 Girls race...



...and Second and Third in the Year 2 Boys race.



Well done all of you, it was wonderful seeing you giving your all, and smiling away while you raced!

After lunch we all popped into the hall to chill out with Monsters Inc.



So a good day was had by all.

Further excitement was added when Amelie's Mum and Dad dropped off their old rabbit cage so's we can have some rats (or should that be 'can have some more rats...) in the room. If Mrs Earl is OK with having them in the room...she seems ok with the other 20! :-)


CU in the morning,

Mr Grant

Please bring your house colours!

Good evening,

Just heard from Mr Atherton that the children are to bring their sports shorts and a shirt in their house colours for tomorrow's triathlon.

CU tomorrow,

Mr Grant

Absent Wednesday

Good afternoon,

Sorry I wasn't able to turn up to school this morning. Got me a migraine. Feeling better now, so I should be back tomorrow - Triathlon Day.

Don't forget...

• A shirt in your house colours


• Hats


• Drink Bottles


• Sun Screen


• Enthusiasm!

It'll be great. The J Team kicks off at just after 11:00.

And just to prove that I haven't been twiddling my thumbs all day, I found a very cool sight word page and have used bits of it to form our very own Room 2 Sight Word Practice Page. The link is on the right, just under our Room 2 Listening Post Page.

Bye for now,

Mr Grant

Fabulous Tuesday

Good afternoon,

The weather is Glorious! We took full advantage of the hot temperature this afternoon and jumped back into the pool after Triathlon training - our first time for a genuine bike transition 'n all.






Earlier in the day we also went outside...

We are listening for God made sounds

...which was an activity to...

...stimulate auditory and visual awaremess, and to heighten sensitivity through connecting with nature in the school surroundings.

The children lay on silently their backs and held up one finger for every natural sound they heard. I've even got a recording of it!




Right, tomorrow.

Lucy, don't forget to bring your bike back to school in the morning, the rest of the class' bikes have stayed here at school over night.

And, well, that's pretty much it. See you tonight at the Family Fun Night,

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

Newsletter for Term 1, Week 4

Good evening,

Here, fresh off the press, so to speak, is the newsletter for Term 1 Week 4. I'll send out copies by email in the morning from school.

Have a good weekend,

Mr Grant