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.
But I digress. Today Room 2 did a spot of fitness...
...a touch of Topic (yay, we've managed to squeeze out a bit more time to finish our inquiry proper next week, and possibly the week after) where we discussed how to find information on the web...
...before using the 'net to find information from this page here to answer questions on this sheet here. It was really nice to see the children helping each other.
Then it was onto the whole point of this post. We did a spot of Maori and then drew our own Taniwha. I think the children did a much better job than I did!
I'd like to get them hung up in the weekend...we'll see how it goes. I can only come in on Saturday, as Sunday I've got a wee wargaming event. I'm quite keen to try out my dragons!
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!
Good evening. Or I should say, good night. Sorry for the delay in today's update, I rushed off to a meeting about what can be done with our IWB (it's pretty cool), and then I came home...and fell asleep on the couch!
But I digress.
This fine day, and it was indeed a lovely day, we did our usual stuff. Bit of maths (I'm really enjoying maths at the moment), bit of writing - Fairy Tales...
We are learning to write fairy tales.
A fairy tale has an Orientation with a Goody and a Baddie, and what they were doing, a Problem, some Action, a Resolution with "And they all lived happily after", and then a Title.
as well as a bit of reading, some fitness...
...some R.E. where the children blessed each other with the blessing that they took home this afternoon.
We continued our usual Tuesday routines - a bit of fitness...
...a bit of singing...
...before some more ball skills at the end of the day.
As mentioned in the title of this post, tomorrow is school photos day, as well as our Room 2 library day. Please bring your best smiles, and your library books.
(And send your children to school in their full uniform, as we don't know when we'll have our photos taken)
I had a lot more children in the room today than I was expecting. In fact, everyone turned up - I was thinking half would be sleeping in after last night's efforts!
As for tomorrow, I'll be hear, but I won't be. Mrs O'Neil will be looking after the show while I take running record...after running record...after running record...
This morning the Room 2 Readers moved onto the fourth activity in our new fitness rotation - relays.
We also finally wrapped up our Art Attack Week with a wee survey of if the children enjoyed doing art all day, all week...
...and whether they enjoyed having different teachers each day!
Oh, and speaking of Art, earlier in the week the children chose the piece of their art that they were the most proud of and they will be on display for all to see from tomorrow morning.
Well, that was interesting. We had a bit of a shake at 11:32, but all is well. No damage, though the shelves in the back room fell down. Again.
Right after that, we popped outside for another fitness rotation. This time the Room 2 Readers were jumping rope...
Following that, White Reading Group shared today's book with us Countdown.
We were outside because I thought they could do with a little more room than they could get in the room. I hope the wind blowing on the microphone is not too distracting.
After lunch and a bit of singing (I really must learn another way of playing Eb - barring it and then moving down to F is too cumbersome...suffice it to say, we sang our school values song acapella!) we hopped outside for some small ball skills. (Sorry about the delay at the end of the day caused by getting them back inside so late!)
The children will have received some Scholastic book order forms. Those who are interested need to have their orders back at school by Friday the 29th of October.
We were back to our normal routines this week, which meant starting a new fitness routine - fitness stations. Room 2 readers began with a bit of running, climbing and stuff on the playground.
After lunch, Room 2 R.E. started a new R.E. unit - The Communion of Saints. So, after a quick discussion about the identity of Mary, we had a look at this picture...
...which prompted the break out of the Rosary Beads.
(And I learnt the Glory Be from the Room 3 children!)
We'll start proper on Wednesday with a Pre Test to see what the children already know.
Speaking of things people already know, I sent out another email this morning to rectify an error that I wrote in the Room 2 newsletter for this week. The J Team Mass is not on the 24th, as I had stated, but rather is on the 31st.
