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What’s Up in Room 2
Theme – Our Bones and Skeletons unit is almost complete. The children are finishing off assignment work at the moment, including a written report and observational drawings. Literacy – The children have been reading novels with the aim of completing a literature study on their...
The Huts
We have a rough, unmowed area at school where children can build huts. There are tyres and batterns and other pieces of wood that they use. I wonder if there is an old camoflage net and some sandbags out there that we can use. Drop...
A Brilliant Fundraiser!
Our prinipal is an awesome fundraiser. We have just received word that a grant for $5500 has been approved by the Electricity Trust. This means we can go ahead and purchase stage lighting and a lighting control desk for the hall. At production time we will...
School Choir
We are preparing for the Kainui District Concert which will be held on August 27. Each child has been given a songbook and CD with the songs to learn, and we are having daily practices. The school band is also busy working on the accompaniment...
Proverbs according to Year 1 Pupils
A junior school teacher had a class of 26 pupils. She presented each child with the first half of a well known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder. This is what they came up with. Not only are they funny, they...
World Peace
“What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” – Mother Teresa.
The Problem with Lunches
A quick survey of what children are eating in their lunches was quite illuminating. Recently I noticed that some children were tired -even in the morning. They seemed to have reasonable bed times and I wondered if the food they were eating might be contributing...
A Bouquet for the Manawatu District Council
The corner of the two roads outside our school was the drop off point for the district’s rubbish bags. Monday morning was the pick up day. So each Monday there appeared a great pile of bags outside the school. Sometimes the bags burst, sometimes stray...
About Boys from ‘Cat’s Eyes’ by Margaret Attwood
This is a really neat excerpt from Margaret Attwood about the characteristics of boys that may help to put their behaviour into perspective. ‘Once I took boys for granted, I was used to them. But now I pay more attention, because boys are not the...