Year 8 Farewell

Good afternoon,

A fun fine day was had today, courtesy of Principal J, our principal-for-the-day.

We started the day in mufti...



...before dropping off our presents to the hall for the gift giving ceremony.






Shortly after that, the Year 8s visited us for a bit of a sing-along.

Which was a bit of a gentler farewell that what was in store from them after assembly...


And a good time was had by all.

Enjoy the weekend, sounds like it's going to be a hot one.

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

Value Monday

Good afternoon,

This morning we trotted off to the last Values Assembly of the year...


...to be kinda flash mobbed by the seniors!




It was pretty cool! Well done, you lot!

Mr Grant

Oh, and another thing, or two

Good afternoon,

Again,

I forgot to mention that...

1. We are presenting some money for Jose tomorrow at assembly, so any additional gold coin donations would be very gratefully received.
   
   
2. I'm hoping to have the children complete an assessment on our ancient civilization's topic. Please remind them to think about...
   
   • What two things the Ancient Greek City States and the Roman Empire had in common?
     
     • They both fought lots
     • They both had a government
   • How did they do these same things differently?
     
     • The Greeks fought their neighbours for land
     • The Romans fought everyone for glory and slaves
     • The Greeks had democracy and voted for their leaders
     • The Imperial Romans had a Dictator (Caesar) who no body voted for

Have a nice evening,

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

Pom Pom Wednesday

Good afternoon,

This afternoon, after a quick discussion about the Fruits of the Holy Spirit...


...we popped next door to keep squireling away with our pom poms.





Talk about a full house!

Mr Grant

Shiel[d] Be Right Thursday

Good afternoon,

This afternoon we reminded ourselves (or tried to) of who the Greeks fought...


...themselves...and who the Roman fought...



...everyone!

Then we began thinking about and discussing what design we might like on our Greek shields. A bit like this...


(I couldn't call myself a wargamer if I didn't show well painted ancient Greek wargame miniatures when talking about ancient Greeks - though I'll buy mine, rather than hand paint them...)

Here are our initial ideas...


...though these will have to be whittled down to a more manageable number, eh Sarah?!

Speaking of sharing ICT wizardry, here is what we did for R.E. this afternoon.



We finished off our Describe Map that we started yesterday, and then the children worked in pairs to complete their own.



I'll hang 'em round the room. The describe maps, not the children!

Speaking of the children working together, here they are during writing this morning...




...and all praying for Galoop first thing this morning!




And that was our day!

Mr Grant

All In Wednesday

Good afternoon,

And a lovely afternoon it is.

Today was, well, a lot about being together. First for writing...





...then R.E....






(we had to cut it short before really getting into the nitty gritty of why)

...and then Art, replete with Rooms 1 and 12 in Room 1.




Thank you ladies for coming in to help at the end - same again next week?!

Mr Grant