Sorry for the delay in the post, the 'net connection at work was playing up, and then us teacher types had to shoot off to St Marys for our Commissioning Mass...and now my darling children have breached our data cap and we're now down to dial-up speed. Sigh.
Today Mrs Grant was at the helm for reading...
...R.E....
...handwriting...
...topic...
...and everything in between while Mr Grant had CRT for testing and such like.
And a good time was had by all.
Tomorrow is our Library day, so please remember to bring back your library books.
...during which Red Group produced their own version of this morning's text, A Crocodile and a Whale we joined with Hoon Hay School for a ceremony to mark the one year anniversary of the February earthquake.
We started with the National Anthem.
A poem was read...
...a few thoughts shared...
...and a tree was planted by representatives of both schools.
Some balloons were released...
...and we observed two minutes silence at 12:51.
It was a lovely ceremony.
I've got Classroom Release Time (CRT) tomorrow so Mrs Johnson will be at the helm. I'll be here, but assessing and observing and stuff.
Values assembly ran very smoothly this morning, I got distracted by a couple or three classics when we were practicing our doubles...
...Green Group read this for reading...
...while Blue Group read this.
After lunch, during which it would seem that some spent their time rolling in the mud...
...we had J Team singing...
...and a wee visit to Room 3-under-canvas...
...on the way to P.E.
Tomorrow we will be remembering February 22 with a joint ceremony with Hoon Hay School, starting at 12:30 on the field. Please join us if you can.
At 1:30 we will be remembering Ash Wednesday with a whole school Mass in the hall. Please join us there too, if you can. Mass will end at about 2:30 or so, at which time the children will be allowed to go home if...
Their parents pick them up
These said parents let their teachers know that they are being taken home early
Well, a fine sight did greet us as we arrived to school this morning. The senior rooms are all out of bounds!
Actually, nothing much has changed in these rooms, 'cept the goal posts have just been moved! The main block will need a little bit of work to make them compliant with the new building standards. So the seniors are camping out on the field for a bit.
As for us, the day continued with little disruption...'cept we couldn't have instructional reading groups as I usually pull the books out from the back corridor of the main block on Saturdays, which I couldn't do over this weekend.
So, after our shared book...
...the children managed themselves while I took the opportunity to take some running records (reading assessments).
During lunchtime many of the J Team took part in the House Captain's Sand Castle Building Competition.
And a good time was had by all. (This would also explain why there are some rather gubby children in the photos that follow!)
After lunch, and a quick discussion about Lent...
...specifically Ash Wednesday...
...we introduced our newest class member who even knows his own name...
Phillip! Phillip! Phillip! Phillip!
We ended the day by reading the story of the Good Samaritan, the following clip of which I did not actually show the children...
