Animal Tuesday

Good afternoon,

And a glorious afternoon it is!

So, we popped outside for some "P.E." after J Team singing, though to be honest it didn't seem much like P.E. to me...more like Creative Play. Which, indeed, is what it was supposed to be!






And a good time was had by all!

Right, on to Thursday.

• Please arrive early, the bus goes at 0900, whether you're there or not! We've got a pretty packed programme so we need as much time as we can get to get through it all.


• Sports gear. They go in their sports gear, replete with sports shoes. Good for walking around.


• Warm jersey of polar fleece. If it's overcast and forecast for rain, they'll need a jacket too. I'm praying that they won't!


• Named morning tea and lunch, with lunch boxes. I haven't decided if they're taking their bags, but if they don't, their food will need to be identifiable...


• Water bottles

I think that's about it. If it isn't, please email me.

Have a reflectful ANZAC day tomorrow,

Mr Grant

Back to the Grindstone

Good evening, Here we go, here we go, here we go... And welcome to Term 2. This morning we did a bit of this... ...and a bit of this... As we watched this...

...and discussed this... Suffice it to say, we're all looking forward to Thursday. Pray for a fine day! Mr Grant

Room 2 Newsletter for Term 2, Week 1

Good evening,

Here is the Room 2 Newsletter for Term 2, Week 1.

Things to note:

• We're off to Orana Park on Thursday morning. The buses leave at 0900, so please get to school early on Thursday morning.


• Postponement day for Orana Park is the following Monday.

CU on Monday morning,

Mr Grant

Galoop's Breakfast

Good afternoon,

This Saturday morning just past, Galoop took us all out to breakfast to celebrate Mr Grant's birthday.

He drove part of the way...


...but got distracted, so Mr Grant had to drive the rest of the way.


Once we got there, Galoop perused the menu, before settling on the Drexel's Special - bacon, fried eggs, a hash brown and French toast.


He then settled down to a cup of coffee and a flick through Mr Grant's present from Kelsey, while waiting for his breakfast.


And Galoop, being the good little frog that he his, ate his meal all up.


Good lad!

End of Term Thursday

Good afternoon,

And have a great holiday!

This morning we had a time post test...




...and some shared writing...



...before saying hello to my son Matthew in English and then Maori for him to introduce his French home stay family to a little bit of Maori when he gets to France. He should land tomorrow, I think...


We also discussed the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and why he died on the cross for our sins at Easter.


After lunch we played our part in the Easter Liturgical play.




Have a wonderful weekend, God bless, and we'll see you in a couple of weeks!

Mr Grant

Number One Wednesday

Good afternoon,

This morning Green Reading Group acted out and photographed their text for today Little Chimp and the Buffalo. I'm still marking it up and then gotta find a way to print it as a PDF file. My Tablet PC (most brilliant thing for teaching since sliced bread!) is currently being upgraded to Windows 7, so I'm having to use the board computer. Which is cool, 'cept instead of just wiggling your mouse to get the cursor to where you want it, you have to get up off the seat and go across to the board to do it!

So...here it is!


Blue Reading Group also shared their text this morning through some choral reading. Number One! (It's almost a right of passage once they get onto Orange on the colour wheel!)


After lunch we were once again outside, this time for a dress rehersal for tomorrow's Liturgical Play.



Speaking of the play, those who are playing the part of the crowd need to bring something long and flowing to wear tomorrow. Something like a 1st Century tunic...even an art shirt would do, though please keep it plain.

I think that's about it.

Oh yeah, the play is scheduled to begin at 2:15.

Mr Grant

Terrific Tuesday

Good afternoon,

Let's face it, today was all about just one thing. Terrific Tuesday! to raise money for Jose in Nicaragua.











We did settle down for reading after morning tea, during which Red Group produced Go Away, Socks!


After J Team singing, Room 2 and Room 12 got together for a couple of games. For the record, Room 12 won the game of non-stop cricket from last week...not that this is what they are doing here!




And a good time was had by all!

CU in the morning,

Mr Grant