Out of the Way Wednesday

Good afternoon,

I've had what I would like to think to be a fairly productive day setting up some additional pages on our burgeoning Ultranet site. While I was out of the way, Mrs O'Neill took Room 2 for some Christmas Maths...



...J Team Fun Day recount writing...


...and Christmas Craft to finish the day.



And a good time was had by all.

I will be back on deck in the morning, so I'll see you then,

Mr Grant

Cup Cake Thursday

Good afternoon,

As a birthday celebratory kind of thing, Connor and Harlan gathered cupcakes to distribute amongst us...


Thanks boys!

Earlier this afternoon we talked about a bit more about Advent...


...before some of our seniors came round to share their books that they made for their Hillmorton Buddies.



Very cool.

Earlier still, Room 2 Maths Interchange had our last time together for this year. We played Room 2 Cantamath once more.





And a good time was had by all!

CU tomorrow,

Mr Grant

Hot Hot Wednesday

Good evening,

Man, it got pretty warm this afternoon!

So we popped outside to read a book...Hairy MacLary and Zachary Quack.



We then acted some of it out.






But it was getting too dusty outside, so we finished reading the second book in Room 10. Where it was air conditioned. Lovely!

After a bit of handwriting back in the oven that was Room 2 this afternoon, we ended the day once again in the company of Room 10, this time playing...oh, I forgot what it was called...




Earlier in the day, Room 2 maths played a bit of Canta Maths.




And a good time was had by all.

CU in the morning,

Mr Grant

Wednesday

Good afternoon,

Not really much to report.

More swimming...


...and more measurement.



CU in the morning,

Mr Grant

Monday Monday

...so good to me...or not...having just discovered another half dozen children to write literacy comments for...

Anyway,

Good afternoon,

And welcome to week two of our swim fortnight.


We came back and joined Room 12 to measure our hands.






And a good time was had by all.

Oh, by the way, we had a shared book for reading this afternoon (quite a good one too) instead of reading groups, so the children took (or were 'sposed to, anyway) a browsing book home to read tonight.

Mr Grant

Absent Wednesday

Good afternoon,

And a lovely afternoon it has turned out to be. Much brighter than it was at about 10:30 - that partial eclipse was pretty cool. Literally, you could feel a drop in temperature.

Anyway, today, while I was beavering away at report comments Room 2 look to have had a great time.

Some swimming...


...some measurement-with-non-standard-units...





...as well as some reading. And response to reading. Specifically Whero group built the Barnabys' house.


Initial feedback from this afternoon's union meeting seems to be that the government is offering teachers a 0.5% wage increase. The CPI increased 0.8 percent from the September 2011 quarter to the September 2012 quarter according to Stats NZ. So...they're offering a pay cut?

And then they want to install a secretary of education that would have the power to override any collective agreement that NZEI signs. Sounds like a bad idea to me...

Mr Grant

Room 2's Swim Fortnight, Day 1

Good afternoon,

And away starts our swim fortnight!


Lovely weather for it!

When we got back, we did some maths...


...ate inside while watching Vege Tales...




...and finished the day learning the pick 'n mix that is a You, Who, Do, Through prayer...



...which I tidied up thusly.





The children choose one bit from each page and drag them onto a new page to create a new prayer of their own.

Pretty cool, eh?

CU in the morning,

Mr Grant

Shaky Wedensday

Good afternoon,

This morning started with a pretend shake up, as we participated in the first national earthquake practice day...


...and continued with some more 3D shape maths.





For reading today White Group started to read The Ant and the Grasshopper, and so, since we'd done a bit of work on it earlier in the term, they performed some interpretive dance in response...


...with varying degrees of success!

After lunch we spent some time describing the symbols of baptism, using a SOLO describe map.




I hope it sunk in, we've got the Sacrament post test tomorrow!

1. Name two holy objects (and why)
2. What is a ritual (and why)?
3. What are the four symbols of baptism (and why)?

Speaking of tomorrow, we've also got the opportunity to watch some puppet shows put on by the Year 7 and 8s in Room 7. Must remember to get photos of our children's faces as they watch it...!

Have a nice evening,

Mr Grant