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.

Wild Wet Wellington Wednesday

Good afternoon,

The boys started their day in the manner in which they intended to carry on...


...relaxed!

For Reading Red Group shared a Joy Cowley classic, the Wild Wet Wellington Wind.


(A ministry audio clip of the story can be found here.)

The day ended with a bit of a rush...on books! It was pretty cool to see the children so excited to grab a new book.



And a good time was had by all.

For those of you who are taking a day off to enjoy the show...enjoy the show!

Mr Grant

P.S. R2 R.E. (and R3 R.E.) are having an R.E. assessment tomorrow about Mary. Specifically, why was she Tapu/special/precious to God? Think she had great mana, she was chosen and she said yes!

The children will also be asked about the attributes of a saint. So we discussed that this afternoon as well...

Newsletter for Term 3, Week 9

Good afternoon,

Here is the newsletter for Term 3, Week 9.

I hope everyone is safe and well.

CU Monday,

Mr Grant

P.S. I have just heard that the Boys are fine and dandy!

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!

Overcast Friday

Whether the weather,
We'll weather the weather,
Whether we like it or not!

Good afternoon,

We kicked off this morning by filling out our weather charts according to our scientific observations...we looked outside to see what the weather was doing!


Then it was back onto the NetBooks for a bit of Comic Life (which I can't share with you 'till I've got a registered copy on my tablet!), and off to Assembly.



...before walking back in the rain!


After being shut outside...


...those who weren't going to Kapa Haka (which included Rattie) had a bit of free time.


Have a nice weekend, and...watch the sky!

Mr Grant

(Oh, and by the way, I've added the slideshow from the web cam photos taken during writing yesterday.)

Wednesday

Good afternoon,

Another busy day gone, another one coming tomorrow, it's no wonder that the children are becoming ke ti nge nge.

We did a bit of writing...


...and the other usual stuff, before R.E., where the children were learning to relate the concept of God being three persons and yet one God to the shamrock and the three legged milking stool by, well, pulling together shamrocks and milking stools using the digital R.E. resource that we base our teaching on...







...before learning this poem.


After R.E. we tried our first rotation of the inquiry stations.

1. Teacher


2. Word Find


3. Battleships


4. Virtual Frigate


5. Force Nine


6. Colour in


7. Soldiers


8. Make a tank

Some of these activities were more successful than others. Hmmm...we'll try again on Friday morning.

(And it turns out the boys really like cheese - flogged some from the staff room this morning and they were very excited about it all!)

Best I try to get some work done.

Mr Grant

Tuesday Catch-up Day

Good afternoon,

It's nice to not see the rain.

Today the Year 2's spent one more than usual block in Room 3...sorry, I got distracted by Rattie trying to pull a piece of newspaper into his bedroom from the bottom of the cage. Perhaps he want's some light reading before bed? Trouble is, it's much bigger than the doorway...all very amusing!

But I digress, the Year 2s went for their R.E. lesson early today (1145) due to Mrs McDowell's observation by one of the visiting Special Character Educational Review Officers (S.C.E.R.O., if you please), and then back again at 1330 while the Year 1s in R2 were observed.

Up until then the day was carrying on fairly routinely. A bit of maths (whe children are all progressing quite nicely. Triangles, practice adding and subtracting to 10 until you can do it without thinking. It'll make stuff like 25 + 15 just that much quicker to work out), writing...



...and some Reading.


We finished the day with a little catchup for their portfolios (the children had to write down their big questions (again), just like they had already done in their Inquiry books).

Right, to try to find my desk. I'm sure it's under all these papers somewhere...

Mr Grant

Monday Tuesday

Good evening,

And welcome to the beginning of the week, half way through the week. Almost.

We managed a little writing...



...and maths, with the literacy interchange children - games being the order of the day...




...some Reading and R.E....




...and a bit of revision of how to break our Big Question down in to a couple of Little Questions.



For which we will Locate some infor mation tomorrow.

Bye for now, I think I have to have words with the boys about playing nicely. How can you tell if a rat is play fighting, or getting aggressive? I guess it's whether or not they're using their teeth. At the moment they're both sitting up on their hind legs 'boxing' each other!

Mr Grant

Please feed the rats

Whealy Wednesday

That is, concerning wheels.

Good afternoon,

And what a lovely afternoon it is too. So much so that...


...outside. With the Resurrection Eggs.

Now, for 100 House Points...


Funnily enough, we started today's learning outside as well.

We first decided what questions our statistical investigations would answer...


...and then...


...went outside to answer them!



Later in the morning also saw some outside activity with our daily fitness lessons.


Tomorrow will be a fairly relaxed one.

We're starting and finishing the day with an Easter Liturgy (practice @ 0900, Liturgy @ 1430 - that's 2:30 p.m. for you non military types). In between will be filled with Easter type activities and, well, some free time to boot! It's been a short but very busy term.

As for the rats, thanks for the offers of accommodation over the break, between those on the roster I'm sure the boys will be well looked after!

I think that's it. CU in the morning,

Mr Grant

Wednesday Wednesday

Good afternoon,

Another good day was had here in Room 2. A bit of maths...


...and the other usual stuff.

After lunch the Year 1s came into Room 2 for a bit of R.E. to talk about Angels.


Turns out that the first part of the Hail Mary is what the angels told Mary.

Hail Mary, full of grace,
The lord is with you.
Blessed art thee among women,
And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Tena koe. Ma Te Atua koe e manaaki

Bye for now,

Mr Grant,

And the rats!

Absent Assessment Monday

Good afternoon,

Well we, the staff, have had a busy day learning about the writing proficiency indicators for each curriculum level, which was pretty cool, and I've read some pretty clever ways of teaching persuasive arguments next term.

In the meantime, Room 2, and the Room 2 children in Room 3 for that matter, carried on with their normal learning routines...






Jolly good!

CU in the morning,

Mr Grant

By the way, Rat and Rattie had a great time at Lucy's house in the weekend. Indeed, they seem all tuckered out!