And Another Thing

Good morning,

Yesterday I was trying to find the clip I took last year of the J Team singing Toe Knee Chest Nut. I found it here!

Mr Grant

A Rather Wet Friday

Good evening,

This morning the J Team the Room 2 Jump Jam team led the J Team in the Coconut Song...again...




...before a bit more ICT. Some even managed to get their Comic Life fairy tales finished. I think. I'll just go through them to double check.


Have a good weekend.

Mr Grant

A Forgotten Notice

Just a quick update, more later. Last night I was supposed to give a swimming notice to all the children, but only gave it to the oldest and onlys.

If I didn't manage to catch up with your child today (and chances are, I didn't!), here is a copy of the notice that you can print out at home and bring back to school.

Bye for now,

Mr Grant

Late Post Thursday

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.


Tomorrow is...but 11 hours, 45 minutes away!

CU in the morning,

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!

Monday Cold Day

Urghhh.

Good afternoon. Sniff.

I got me a cold. Ostensibly from having wet sponges thrown at me on Friday while standing in a cold wind...

Anyway, this morning saw the Room 3 Readers playing a little Bullrush...


...quickly followed by a performance of The Turnup.


After lunch, the Room 2 R.E. children discussed Mary's Tapu (her specialness/preciousness to God) and her Mana (her internal goodness as shown by her actions). To which I asked the children, who is tapu? They replied...


Room 2 came back together, and first sang our National Song before singing our National Anthem...


...ah, but which is it that the children are "singing" in the above clip?! Oh, I guess the clip's title gives it away...


Bye for now,

Mr...snif...Grant

Newsletter for Term 4, Week 4

Good afternoon,

Here is the Room 2 Newsletter for Term 4 Week 4..

See you at Mass in tomorrow morning,

Mr Grant