Newsletter for Term 2, Week 5

Good evening,

Here is the newsletter for Term 2, Week 5. Enjoy.

Mr Grant

Friday Here-But-Not Day

Good afternoon,

Another week down, seven more to go...

I was mostly out of the room today, catching up on stuff that other, more efficient teachers (yes, ok, read "women") have already done, but from what I saw, the children had another fun day at school.









Thanks Elliott and Eliza for some cool pics.

Bye for now,

Mr Grant

Funday Thursday

Good afternoon,

And a glorious afternoon it is. Just right for an afternoon outside playing games...


(3 1/2 minutes long at 2 seconds per photo = ((60x3)+30)/2) = 95 photos)

And that was really our day. Some reading, some writing, some maths, no fitness, and mostly games outside!

I'm out of the room tomorrow, got me some running records to catch up with. So I will be at school, but Mrs Wyn will be back in the room.

TTFN,

Mr Grant

No Handwriting Wednesday

Good afternoon,

Well, as the title of this post points out, we had no handwriting today. Instead, we did this...


...and then carried on with our learning about Moana Ngarimu.

We went over the his actions that won him his V.C., and then took notes/retold it in pictures.


Now, in theory, the children took home their inquiry books so that they can now use their own notes to tell you what happened. Hopefully.

Prior to that, in between reading groups, the J Team did some Jump Jam.



It was great to see Room 2 so very well represented on stage!

Right, on to tomorrow...hmmm, I'd better be quick, I let the boys out to explore the room and right now I'm not real sure where they are! Ah, there they are, just in front of my desk. Rats look funny when they run...

But I digress. Tomorrow we have some Kiwi Sport facilitators coming to school, and they will be taking the J Team in the afternoon. So, the children will be in their sports uniform all day. No need for dress uniform tomorrow.

Oh, and in case anyone is interested, we deconstructed this Ministry provided exemplar in writing this morning, to find that...well, you see if you can spot what is missing.

(Apologies for the scruffy handwriting, Foxit PDF allows you to write on PDFs, but it doesn't really like it that much!)

Tuesday Open Day

Good afternoon,

This morning kicked off with Room 1's official blessing and opening...



...before Mr Shae, Miss Rooney and Mr Jeffs planted a tree to commemorate the launch of our EnviroSchool journey.


We even had some time for maths, which was a little unexpected!

After writing (WALT write arguments - ask the children for the success criteria and to identify these bits here), reading and a spot of lunch the J Team got together for a sing-song...



...before heading outside for some big ball skills. Room 2 are learning to pass and catch a rugby ball. A very important skill for all New Zealanders!






The children will also be out in the field on Thursday afternoon. We have had confirmation that some KiwiSport tutors will be here on Thursday to take the children through their paces. So they will not need to bring their dress uniform on Thursday, as they will be staying in their P.E. uniform all day.

Good evening,

Mr Grant, Rat and Rattie

Moana Ngarimu Monday

Good evening,

It's good to be back!

In case you are wondering, those who come to R2 for reading did not get a reading text to take home today. I took the opportunity of not having enough time to organize the week since getting back at 8 o'clock Saturday night, and the fact that Sunday was Mother's Day, so I thought it would be bad form to skive off to work, to have the R2 Readers practice making photo books with the camera. I'll post the results once I've marked them up. Later.

So, on with the day. We had a plethora of adults in the room for writing, as I was being observed (part of our Professional Development as a staff), which threw out our usual morning routines. But at least we got to sing Bad Bold Pirates outside afterwards...


...before making our way back to the room.


This afternoon we learnt about Moana-Nui-A-Kiwi Ngarimu, V.C. and how and where he won his Victoria Cross.




Then we re-enacted the engagement.




Here are a couple of contemporary videos that commemorated his award.

We will be revisiting this again later in the week.

As for tomorrow, it's business as usual. The children will be in their fitness gear all day.

Bye for now,

Mr Grant

Oh yes, and feel free to come along to Room 1's official opening at 0915 tomorrow. It'll probably take about 20 or so minutes. You could stick around to help with writing afterwards, if you like! :-)

Newsletter for Term 2, Week 4...

Good afternoon,

We got back from the North Island safe and sound.

Here is the newsletter for Term 2, Week 4.

CU in the morning,

Mr Grant