Triathlon Thursday

Good afternoon,

And what a good afternoon it is. I was a bit worried that the day would be rained out, given the forecast at the beginning of the week.

Well, didn't your children do well?!

We started the day our usual way...


...and their best they did!

Room 2 came first in the Year 1 Boys race...



...first in the Year 1 Girls race...



...first in the Year 2 Girls race...



...and Second and Third in the Year 2 Boys race.



Well done all of you, it was wonderful seeing you giving your all, and smiling away while you raced!

After lunch we all popped into the hall to chill out with Monsters Inc.



So a good day was had by all.

Further excitement was added when Amelie's Mum and Dad dropped off their old rabbit cage so's we can have some rats (or should that be 'can have some more rats...) in the room. If Mrs Earl is OK with having them in the room...she seems ok with the other 20! :-)


CU in the morning,

Mr Grant

Absent Wednesday

Good afternoon,

Sorry I wasn't able to turn up to school this morning. Got me a migraine. Feeling better now, so I should be back tomorrow - Triathlon Day.

Don't forget...

• A shirt in your house colours


• Hats


• Drink Bottles


• Sun Screen


• Enthusiasm!

It'll be great. The J Team kicks off at just after 11:00.

And just to prove that I haven't been twiddling my thumbs all day, I found a very cool sight word page and have used bits of it to form our very own Room 2 Sight Word Practice Page. The link is on the right, just under our Room 2 Listening Post Page.

Bye for now,

Mr Grant

Fabulous Tuesday

Good afternoon,

The weather is Glorious! We took full advantage of the hot temperature this afternoon and jumped back into the pool after Triathlon training - our first time for a genuine bike transition 'n all.






Earlier in the day we also went outside...

We are listening for God made sounds

...which was an activity to...

...stimulate auditory and visual awaremess, and to heighten sensitivity through connecting with nature in the school surroundings.

The children lay on silently their backs and held up one finger for every natural sound they heard. I've even got a recording of it!




Right, tomorrow.

Lucy, don't forget to bring your bike back to school in the morning, the rest of the class' bikes have stayed here at school over night.

And, well, that's pretty much it. See you tonight at the Family Fun Night,

Mr Grant

Hot Stuff Monday

Good afternoon,

And...

What a lovely day!

We took the advantage of the hot weather to get our Triathlon training out of the way for an extra couple of minutes back in the pool.



Earlier in the day, after reading...


(well done boys!)
...we started our new Social Studies topic Me in my environment. Our first learning intention was WALT talk about our school environment and how we feel about it. To that end, we went outside to two different parts of the school - the playground, and the back of the field.

In both we saw some rubbish. So...


We talked about how each area was different, had a different use and made us feel a little differently about.

We decided that the playground was noisy and exciting...



...and the back of the field was peaceful and quiet.


After the pool we had our first R.E. interchange, where the Year 1 children all popped into Room 2 to discuss what God is like...


...learn/re-learn/practice a good morning prayer.


I think that's it.

Oh, and one other thing. Remember to bring your bikes to school in the morning!

Right, on with the next meeting...

Mr Grant

Fabulous Friday

Good afternoon,

And what a lovely afternoon it is. We didn't end up going in the pool (no time), but then again, I suspect the water would have been quite cold, given yesterday's rain.

But I digress...

This morning we kicked off with the laptops...



...creating digital Galoops.


Then we had a sing song, a bit of free time...



...and a kinesthetic memory exercise just before lunch.


I find remembering this kind of stuff really hard!

After assembly we went back out for another Triathlon run down, this time with a slight change in the lay out in terms of getting on and off the bikes.


Feel free to pop round in the weekend to practice it if you like.





Just a reminder about the Triathlon, please have those bike notices back as soon as you can, and remember to bring the bikes to school on Tuesday. Practice putting those helmets on and off!

Have a great weekend,

Mr Grant

Missing Mass...

Good afternoon,

I arrived this morning with the idea of taking each of the children's photo with their ash cross after mass, but, what, with maths interchange, interval, and then reading interchange, by the time I had them all together again (PMP children not withstanding), their crosses had all but rubbed off.

Sorry, their photos would have looked great besides their Ash Wednesday pictures that they took home last night. Might try again on Friday...anyone got any palm leaves ashes spare?

Ah well...

The room next door is coming along nicely. The big excitement at morning tea time was the arrival of the concrete mixer!


Just before lunch (when we finally got together again) we had another crack at Windows Paint on the laptops, this time using the Ellipse and Curve Tools, making circles and smiley faces.


If you have a Windows computer, have the children show you how to use Paint at home. Depending on how you've got your Start Menu set up, click Start/All Programs/Accessories/Paint to open Paint.

After lunch we were Triathlon training again.






Right I've got a class description to start writing. "Room 2 are a bunch of rat bags..." :-)

Mr Grant

PS 100 pts to the first three people who can tell me what this photo has got to do with Brave Mama Puss

Tremendous Tuesday

Good afternoon,

Well, another fun day has been and gone here in Room 2. Maths, Reading and then some hands on ICT. During todays Topic lesson, we had our very first introduction to the OLA [Windows] Laptop Pod, and Windows Paint.



We will continue to play around with Paint for the rest of the week, with the end result of drawing digital Galoops on Friday morning. Cool!

After lunch, we continued with our Triathlon Training. Into the pool 'n all!






As for the R.E. pictures your children brought home tonight, please colour them in at home and bring them back to school. I'll put them on the wall along side the photos that I'll take of the children after Ash Wednesday Mass in the morning.

Speaking of Mass, you are all warmly invited to attend. Mass will start at 9:15 and will end before 10.

Oh, and those hearts that were taken home yesterday? Colour 'em in, cut 'em out and write on the back of 'em when you see your children do something kind and loving towards someone else. When they are thusly written on the back of, please send 'em back school, and I'll hang 'em on a Lenten tree. When I get a Lenten tree.

Like always, if you have any questions, please ask.

CU tomorrow,

Mr Grant

Monday Madness

Good afternoon,

Sorry for the delay in getting out of school today, we had just finished Triathlon training, and it was madness!






Lots of running in between and around different cones. And that was without actually getting into the pool! Suffice it to say, the J Team will be more familiar with the process when we do it again tomorrow afternoon!

Earlier in the day we were entertained by Blue Reading Group, who read today's reading text to us Ten Little Men.


We also had our first Values Assembly (which we are integrating into our R.E. programme). It was nice to see some of you there. After assembly we came back to Room 2 to discuss what Responsibility actually meant, and what it might look like.


We even made up another chant...


...to go alongside our other Room 2 Responsibility chant.

I am responsible.
I look after me,
I look after you,
I look after OLA,
And all of Room 2.

If anyone can figure out how to say "And I make things right", but make it rhyme with "thing", please let me know.

Also, seven of the children will be bringing home another Internet Permission form to fill in. I seem to be missing some.
CU in the morning,

Mr Grant

How rude!