Last Day Thursday

Good evening,

First up Thank You for your generous gift [vouchers] this morning. I was really surprised and tickled pink! Thank you for your generosity, the gifts have been very, very well received! :-)

On to our last day. Not that much to report really.

We went off to Mass in the hall...



...then came back, packed up and said, well, goodbye.




Thanks for the great year one and all, have a fantastic Christmas and New Year holiday, and God bless,

Mr Grant

Last Full Day Wednesday

Good afternoon,

It's been a funny old day. Bit of Maths, bit of Writing, bit of reading and singing...


...a touch of art...









...and then we watched the Ballad of Little Joe, courtesy of Vegie Tales.



And a good time was had by all.

Tomorrow of course is our last [half] day. Pick up is at 12:30. In case I don't get to you in the morning, or at lunchtime, thank you for your support over the year, your children are lovely and it's been a lot of fun teaching them.

God bless,

Mr Grant

Fun Day Forgetfullness

Good afternoon,

I forgot to send this weeks OLA newsletter home. Sorry. Here it is, paper copy will be handed out on Monday.

Basically, Prize Giving starts at 6:30 p.m., children to be seated by 6:15, Kapa Haka to be at Cashmere Auditorium by 6:00.

And on to earlier in the day. Earlier in the day...


...repeated with each of five groups.

After lunch we had a lolly scramble...






...and then we ate them, singing...


And a good time was had by all.

Have a great weekend,

Mr Grant

Last Reading Thursday

Good afternoon,

This morning, after maths, where the children hopped outside to direct each other through the playground using compass directions...


...Room 2 Readers finished up their reading lessons thusly...


(It's funny what the human ear can block out that the digital microphone can not. Man the rest of the Room 2 Readers were noisy...)

...and said thanks.


After lunch Room 2 was veritably inundated with children to make, and help make Christmas cards...



...while Room 2 proper were in Room 12 making their own Chritsmas bookmarks.

Tomorrow is the J Team Fun Day. Please send the children to school in their P.E. gear.

Mr Grant

Boo-Dee-Roo Wednesday

Good evening,

This morning we continued with directing each other through mazes, this time with compass directions. Here one child guides another through the maze, sans maze. Once the path is drawn, I am able to bring up the maze itself under the path to see if the directions were correct.


IWBs, eh? Try doing that on your white board. (Well, ok so you could do it with an OHP grid with the maze then overlaid on it...but this way is way more cool!)



Later on in the day White Group read The Boo-Dee-Roo.


(which I'll post once it's finished uploading...)

Last day of reading and writing interchange for the year tomorrow.

Mr Grant

Good Idea Monday

Good afternoon,

This morning as part of our Big Book lesson (this morning focusing on decoding strategies) we read A Good Idea.


Speaking of good ideas, this afternoon, we made our own Christmas cards thusly.





Bye for now,

Mr Grant

Boat Safety Friday

Good afternoon,

And a glorious afternoon it is too. Summer is here!

This morning, after morning tea...



...Room 2 hopped into life jackets...





...into a boat...



...and then straight back out!



And then a wee song back to school.


Have a great weekend,

Mr Grant

All In Thursday

Good afternoon,

This morning for during swimming the children learnt how to fall over backwards...




...as well as jump in forwards like.





When we got back, Green Reading Group, with the help of some members of Blue Group, shared their text for today Absolutely Not!


CU in the morning for Boat Safety day in the pool,

Mr Grant

Gumby Wednesday

Good evening,

Bit of a late post, but there you go.

Today, after swimming...






...we did some reading. White Group shared their latest text, The Gumby Shop


Bye for now,

Mr Grant