The week that was...

Well the week started in style - with Monday off! A day in lieu for the couple of hours we had to spend at school on the Saturday of the centenary celebration - Principal Ayson is a good man :-)

With Waterwise on Friday - that meant 3 days in the classroom!

On Tuesday, about 13 of the class were out at the cricket tournament. Meadowbank's Team A and Team B made the final; Team A ending up victorious.. 2 of the happy medal winners below:

For those lucky few that remained in class, we had a fun game of 'Sock' - the children invented the game - it's actually really good; ask them to explain it to you if you are curious..

We then did some 'hands-on' Maths out in the playground, The children had to prove the formula for calculating the circumference of a circle (ie. C='pi' x D). Firstly, they measured the diameter and then used the formula. Then they used a tape measure to measure the circumference and then compared that with the answer they had from using the formula. I thought this exercise would help them remember the formula + make the learning more fun.

In Reading, the children rehearsed and then performed plays in the classroom:

On Wednesday, we had a few children missing as they were out at Zones Athletics. We had a relatively normal day in class. In Maths, we continued practising with protractors, measuring angles. In Writing, the children continued work on 'The Dare' and in Reading, the children had the opportunity to finish off any work that was not yet complete.

On Thursday, we (finally) had a full class. I had my appraisal in the morning and so Anna Taylor stood in. Anna taught the children how to enhance their google presentations by adding videos and sound. 

In Writing, 'The Dare' work continued. In Grammar, we looked at contractions and apostrophes of ownership for the umpteenth time. The children, on the whole, get contractions. However, struggle with ownership apostrophes, especially with plurals...

eg. The horses' tails.

The horses are in the field. (trick sentence!)

In the second sentence, some children still cannot understand that as a verb follows the noun there is no concept of ownership in that sentence. Yet, they still throw in an apostrophe on the off-chance they may be correct. Perhaps, you could have a go at explaining at home :-)

As an aside... also, remind them ALOT is NOT a single word, but 2 words: A LOT. I thank you.

Here we have our cricketers, and then Athletes telling us what happened on their days out:

Thursday evening was the Cultural Picnic. A great success, despite the fact it felt like we were having it on the surface of the sun! Many thanks to those of you who came and offered your support. Check out the 'arty' snap... is there no beginning to my talent ;-)

We ended the week on a high, with perfect conditions for Waterwise. Hurrah.

And finally, here's the art the children worked on last week - we had quite the glitter fest going on on Wednesday when they finished it off!

Reminders:
All Library books have to back to the library this week for stocktaking purposes. Please ensure your child remembers to bring in their book(s).

Tomorrow in the hall we have the non-native speaker Mandarin Speech finalists giving their speeches. This starts at 1.30pm. If you have a child giving a speech, then please do come along if you can.