Funday Friday

Good afternoon,

Another fun day was had here in the Batten Team. For example, I introduced a new app from my phone - Story Cubes.


So, I rolled the dice (on my phone), screen shotted the result...

...bluetooth'd the file to my computer and then sent it straight to the children's Literacy folder, so that the children could get into groups of three or four and make up a story between them. Orally.

To further that, 500 points is offered to each child who uses this image, pastes it into a Google Doc and writes a small story using these cubes.

:-)

(Postscript - Here's Gabrielle's story from...three days hence?)

During lunch, the choir practiced ...


...for a performance thereof at next week's assembly. Please join us.

Have a good weekend,

Mr Grant

Forgetting Thursday

Good evening,

Today was a bit about forgetting stuff. Firstly I forgot to take out my phone while Rooms 3 and 4 participated in a couple of fun team building games in preparation for camp, consisting of getting hoola hoops across their groups while everyone held hands. 'Twas great stuff!

I also forgot to post this...


...which was recorded a number of days ago.

This one is still fresh, so to speak. It was recorded this morning.



:-)

Mr Grant

Digital Wednesday

Good evening,

More digital goings on in the Batten Team this fine, fine day...



(Again, you'll probably have to switch computers to if you're trying to watch this on a Chromebook)

...including a look at passwords.

And a good time was had by all.

Enjoy this lovely evening, (and remember it's P.E. gear all day tomorrow),

Mr Grant

Year 4-8 Swimming Sports

Good afternoon,

The Batten team, along with the Hillary and half the Shepherd, spent the bulk of the day down at the pool challenging ourselves (well, the children were, I kinda wasn't!) to beat our personal best.

And a good time was had by all!

Well done everyone,

Mr Grant

Commemoration Monday

Good evening,

This lunch time, at around 12:51 we joined Hoon Hay School for a commemoration service to mark the 5 year anniversary of the 2011 earthquake....

...around the tree that we planted...

...four years ago today.

It was a lovely service.

And this...


Mr Grant