...and after Mass, a touch of Buddy Reading with Room 4.
And so ended Week 9. Only one week to go before, well, another couple of weeks off.
Next week will be our last week for our Animal Inquiry. We're up to finding answers to our big questions...and, well...umm...if anyone can spare some time from, say 2ish on Monday afternoon, it would be appreciated. Please!
This afternoon, as part of our Church/Belonging R.E. unit, the Year 1s went over to OLA church to identify various bits and pieces.
(And at the same time, the rest of the school piled out in response to an aftershock! Mr A had to come to look for us!)
We then came back to look at the digital resource we use to teach R.E., and low and behold, we found this...
Which caused a bit of confusion, as I thought you crossed your body left to right when saying "and the Holy Spirit. Amen" (ending on your right shoulder). And it turns out, I was right. According to those in the know, it should be like this...
So I was wrong when I told the children that I was wrong! Sorry for the confusion!
Earlier in the day the R2 Jump Jam Team selected the jump jam they would like to jump jam to - The Coconut Song.
Now to start to polish the routine.
Bye for now,
Mr Grant
Oh, and one more thing. Tomorrow the Room 2 Writers (and Rooms 11 and 1 as well) will be doing a summative persuasive writing sample. That is, we're doing an argument writing test! They had their last chance to practice in class this morning, but do feel free to practice one last piece at home tonight. Remember, an argument has...
Another day gone, another one's on it's way tomorrow. Funny that...
But I digress.
This morning we had the Library Roadshow come along for a visit. I didn't know what to expect...it turned out to be a couple of people who were essentially promoting the library by reading a couple of stories. Using our children as props!
(Again, the compression of the file has left the quality a little bit to be desired, but, well...
And I had to take these photos - they were watching the above clip just before morning tea!)
As it happened, this was all subsequent to the first of the two earthquake drills that we had today, the second of which was during fitness.
After lunch it was outside again (after singing) for some P.E. - specifically, practicing getting into year group heats in preperation for the Athletics Sports day next Monday.
Our day ended with the final auditions and selection of the Room 2 Jump Jam team.
Well, things are back up and running here in Room 2. We started the day with an earthquake drill or two, and then we had an extended discussion of our earthquake experiences...
After morning tea we got back into our routines proper, with Red Group sharing today's reading text with us - The Ant and the Grasshoppers.
After lunch Room 2 R.E. talked a bit more about the groups we belong to.
The Year 1 children will have brought home their work to share with you (and finish!), as well as a homework activity sheet about their family - basically, who's in it! It is due back on Friday.
And then on to probably the most important part of the day - the auditions for the Room 2 Jump Jam Team! We whittled 18 down to 13, but, as we are only allowed 12, and to give Grace a chance to audition, we will be having another audition of these 14 later in the week.
We have got a library road show coming to school tomorrow morning, so that should be interesting. (It does mean we have no time for maths though, bother it!).
Right, time to pack up and head home. Have a nice (and safe) evening,
Mr Grant
Oh, and in case you're wondering, we only felt a couple of decent after shakes at school, and then, 'twas only some of us! The most reliable indicator of any shaking going on is the data projector - and that's only if no one is jumping around outside!
