Video Monday

Good afternoon,

Bit of a video feast type of post this afternoon.

First with some poetry...


...then some reading...


(including this...


...which is pretty jolly clever stuff! You only have those letters at the bottom to make as many words as possible.)

...and ending in a bit of R.E. recital. Sort of.


Have a nice evening,

Mr Grant

Yet Another Tuesday

Though there won't be that many more for the term...or our school year...

Good afternoon,

Not a whole lot to report this fine afternoon.

Room 2 went swimming...





...then, for R.E., we were identifying which fruit of the Holy Spirit St Francis and St Maximilian showed, and how.







After lunch, the Rutherford team all came together for a bit of a sing-a-long. Including this...

(There is something to be said for having a dedicated device to capture images - my Android takes a wee few seconds to get the camera cranking...)

And a good time was had by all!

Have a lovely evening,

Mr Grant

Singing, Swimming Tuesday

Good afternoon,

Not much to report really.

We went swimming...








...and singing.


Looks like we'll have to work on the national anthem!

However I was pleased with the Triangle's grasp of working out fractions of numbers this morning, and with Ma's understanding of this afternoon's reading text.

Have a lovely evening,

Mr Grant

Indoor Tuesday

Good afternoon,

Not much that much to share really. This morning we tried some Liturgical Dance as part of our "different ways to pray" topic, but I was too busy "modelling" to take any video! Just as well I was - making up a dance on the spot is really tricky!

Anyway, if anyone wants to give it a go at home, this is the music we used.


After lunch, and singing in R11, and as it was jolly cold outside, R2 exercised their key competencies while I was finishing up some reading assessments with a couple of children from Ma reading group (who all did really well).




And a good time was had by all!

Mr Grant

Third Day Monday

Good afternoon,

And welcome to Term 3.

This morning we kicked off with a new statistics unit - Greedy Cat.




For this week for R.E. we're looking at imaginative prayer.


We sang today...


...we'll dance tomorrow and so on.

We also started revisiting recounts. By the end of the year the Year 2s hope to be producing recounts of similar quality to the following ministry approved exemplar...


After lunch we dived in to the first of our Art Attack lessons - mixing colours.




Very many thanks to Hilaire for helping out, I kinda hadn't got anything ready in time!

Mr Grant

Monday Tuesday

Good afternoon,

Sorry for the lack of post last night, I had to rush off to an eLeaders' meeting in Linwood straight after school.

So...yesterday we started breaking down the Our Father prayer. So we looked at God being Our Father through the parable of the sheep.

A farmer had a bunch of sheep.



Or a flock...a herd of sheep?

Of course I've heard of sheep! Heard of chickens? (Laughs himself silly...!)

Anway, he counted them all up...




...to find that he was missing one.

So he left the good sheep safe and sound in their pen and went off to find that one lost sheep, and bring it home. With her tail behind her.


I tried to use this parable as an example of God the Father giving up everything to save us, his lost sheep. Upon further reflection, the story of The Prodigal Son would have served the purpose better.

Anyway, today we started with a touch of maths...



...and had a visiting show in the afternoon.





All courtesy of Kahuna Kidsongs.

Right, time to head home to sort out portfolios.

Mr Grant

Brave Papa Friday

Good afternoon,

Well, we finished our class novel, Brave Mama Puss with Chapters 9 and 10.


So, the story...in total...






Oh, and speaking of things from the IWB...



And speaking of video clips...


...the choir performed for assembly.

Speaking of assembly...and getting together...Room 6 once again got together with Room 2 during our library time.




And a great time was had by all. Seriously. These seniors relate beautifully to our juniors.

Mr Grant