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

Good afternoon,

Again,

Again,

Just got this proof through of our class photo to check the names are all right. Thought you might like to have a look see...

Mr Grant

Mrs O'Neil's Day

Good afternoon,

I wasn't in the room today, I was writing general report comments (and they all start with "Your child is a rat bag because..." Ha!), and she had an excellent day. Indeed, she was effusive with her praise for the good time she had today! And she's getting to grips with the IWB like a pro!





One of the reading activities that was apparently quite successful this morning was having Blue Reading Group design their own tryathlon course...



Thanks again Mrs O'Neil. Bye for now,

Mr Grant

Windy Tuesday

Good afternoon,

This afternoon, after the whole J Team packed into Room 2...





...we went outside for some T Ball.


The ball of which kept being blown off the Tee. Hence the title of this post!

CU tomorrow,

Mr Grant

Oh yeah, and don't forget - tomorrow is library day. Please send back the books.

P.P.S. I didn't read with Blue Reading Group this morning (did some Frogs testing instead), so they are to read through the play this evening, Eggs, Eggs, Eggs!, pp 23 to 31.

Another Monday

Good afternoon,

And welcome to the middle week of the term.

This morning we did some writing...



...some running...


...and some R.E.ing.

We discussed the values that Mary and Joseph would have taught Jesus when he was a boy...


(that the board was supposed to capture, but didn't. Just as well I took a photo of it then. 'Till I get it figured out, I'm better to stick to the Windows Tablet Edition Snipping Tool...)

...and then acted some of them out.



For our Commonwealth Inquiry, I introduced the task that they are now going to be spending their time on...



...and briefly introduced the format that they will be presenting their information. But not for a while yet, they've got to find the information first!

Bye for now,

Mr Grant

Smiling Thursday

Good afternoon,

A bit of a mucky day was had today, as we weren't quite sure when we were up for our photos. So, we stuck together for maths...




...we stuck together to try to teach some Maori to Mr Shae...


(he needs to work on it a bit)

...and then it was time to say...Rats! Honest!



During reading, White Group were given an article to read from a Journal about Frogs. Sea frogs to be specific. Their task was to read the text, and then write down two facts that they had learned on the blackboard.



And who says blackboards have no part to play in modern education?!

After lunch, Room 2 R.E. acted out a bit of Luke 2: 22-39









And then, after a touch of handwriting, it was time for the traveling library to visit. Mrs McFeat very kindly agreed to allow everyone to get out a book, even if they hadn't brought back their one from last week, but only on the condition that they bring last week's book back tomorrow.

So please, bring them back tomorrow.




Bye for now,

Mr Grant

I really need to cut down the time I spend on these posts!

Finally Friday!

Good afternoon,

And welcome to the Term 3 Holidays!

We had a bit of a busy morning this morning. Another assessment, this time the second half of the weather assessment that was done, what, 5 or 6 weeks back? Turns out I forgot to ask them some stuff that would allow them to get better marks, so I gave them that opportunity this morning. I was very pleased with the results.

After that it was outside for a quick run...


...and then back to work - if you can call something that didn't actually work very well at all work.

I grabbed hold of the NetBooks with the idea that the children could take snap shots of themselves with the web cam directly from Comic Life and then make some sort of message for home. Trouble is, only three or four of the 12 that we were using would actually open up the web cam from Comic Life...so...well...suffice it to say, 'twas not the best lesson on the planet!


During this afternoon's assembly a couple of Hoon Hay School Hip Hop teams came over the paddock to share a couple of routines with us. They were way cool!

And that's all there was.

Thanks for another great term, and have a fantastic holiday,

Mr Grant

Our Trip to Willowbank

Good afternoon,

Well, we had a fantastic visit to Willowbank this morning. The children were well behaved, were attentive to our guides, were keen to learn from them and were keen to share what they had learned. And thankfully, the rain held off 'till just before we left.

Thank you Bronwyn, Felicity, Jill and Treacy for your help today, I really appreciated your support.


Bye for now,

Room 2

Few Photos Wednesday

Good afternoon,

Not that it's a particularly 'good' afternoon. Mind you, Rattie seems to be having a good time squirreling away some multi link cubes that I scattered on the floor of the room. And now he's skiving off with some more paper. Or is that eating it? Funny wee chap!


But I digress.

Lots of the usual stuff went on today. Inside. All day. Even for lunch.




And that was about it.

I hope it stops raining tomorrow...

...'cause we've got a couple of tests! A Sacrament test, and a test on what you might see or do during the different seasons.

Mr Grant

Oh yes, and the install date for the interactive white board is next Wednesday morning. Yay!

Friday Feast Day...

...sans a feast!

Good afternoon,

This morning's Mass was lovely. Well done Room 2.

After morning tea, we split up Rooms 2 and 10, with half going to either room. Both rooms undertook a Mary mosaic...






Then, we did a bit of bird watching...



After singing the National Anthem...


...and some free time we went home. Sans the traditional Feast Day treat. A little birdie told me that that might turn up on Monday.

Have a good weekend,

Mr Grant