Saturday's Friday

Good morning,

Sorry for the delay in yesterday's update, Blogger was down for maintenance.

Yesterday we practiced our Mihi...


...went for a run...





...and continued with our Counting the Beat paintings.


And a good time was had by all!

Right, back to work.

Mr Grant

Thursday. Just a Thursday

Good afternoon,

Another busy day. A measurement post test, a touch of fitness...


...a digital shared book...


...which is pretty cool (even though I say so myself). We can write on this one! I will now integrate these into our reading programme (phonics being shifted forward in the day to be a warm up for writing).

We also constructed a venn diagram about what Jesus ate, what we eat, and what we we eat that Jesus also ate. Come in and have a look see.

We ended the day with a touch of music (keeping the beat) and drama.





Funday Friday tomorrow!

Mr Grant

Few Photos Wednesday

Good evening,

Sorry for the late post, we had late meeting, and, well...

Anyway, things were pretty busy at school today. Bit more measuring, but more reading, bit more R.E...



We also learnt and practiced keeping a beat. I tried to show the class this, but, well, for some reason my browser didn't want to look at it. Ah well, I'll try again later...possibly in IE...

Oh, and, surprising as this may seem, I forgot to hand out a notice. So, here it is...

On Tuesday 17th May all of our children will participate in the school cross country. Postponement for th event is Friday 20th May. We will be travelling by bus, leaving school at 9:30am. The cost of bus travel is $3.00. This will be added to your Term 2 school account.

The venue for the cross country this year is at the Halswell Quarry. The course set for the children is at times on uneven terrain. We have assigned a viewing spot for spectators where you will be able to see most of the running course. We do however require the assistance of 10 parents to act as marshals for the course. If you are available for this, please fill in the form below [or tell Abraham Atherton] and return it to your child's teacher by Friday.

All children are required to run in house colours. House points will be awarded for all children who complete the race. Please come along and support your favourite house [green].

All children will require an energy boosting morning tea and plenty of water to drink.

Warm clothing to wear pre and post race is compulsory.

We can only give approximate start times.

All children will walk the course prior to the first race.

12+ year olds - 3km - 10:15am
9 & 10 year olds - 2.4km - 10:30am
Year 3&4 (who are not 9) - 1.8km - 10:45am
Year 1&2 - 0.9km - 11:00am
11 year olds - 3km - 11:20am

We look forward to your support at this cross country event.

Many thanks,

Abraham Atherton

That's so unlike me to forget to hand out stuff...

Mr Grant

Teddy Bear Tuesday

Good afternoon,

We started the day applying some more maths to our furry friends. This time we drew the teddy bears' outlines onto some paper, and then measured their various attributes using link cubes.



After a touch of Cross Country prep...





...Red Reading Group lead the rest of the Room 2 Readers in a quick game of Simon Says.


After lunch, and a spot of J Team Singing...


(Three guesses what they're singing here!)

...we went outside to finish the day with working on our ball skills.


Bye for now,

Mr Grant

Teddy Bear Monday

Good afternoon,

We had a number of visitors to the room this morning. Specifically, teddy bears...


...which we used to progress our measurement learning.


After morning tea, Green Reading Group read No, No to us.


And then, after lunch, the Room 2 Year 1s dressed as Jesus dressed.



Bye for now,

Mr Grant

Room 2 Newsletter for Term 2, Week 2

Good afternoon,

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

Have a great [indoor] weekend,

Mr Grant