I told the class that they could bring a small snack to nibble on during their exam....
Friday 28 November 2014
Our school Christmas tree is up!
Tuesday 25 November 2014
Christmas time is coming
The Grade 4s helped to put up the school Christmas tree in the foyer. They also laid out the Santa's Shoe boxes for the under privileged childrenn: http://santashoebox.co.za/
Tomorrow we decorate it!
Tomorrow we decorate it!
Friday 21 November 2014
Santa Shoebox Project
Don't forget to pack your shoe box ready for Carols by Candlelight Night on 5th December.
Thursday 20 November 2014
We are growing our own vegetables
At our school some of of the classes are frowning vegetables. So far the most successful plants are the lettuces.
Friday 14 November 2014
Tuesday 11 November 2014
Rememberance Day
Today at school we made our own poppy badges to remember though who have fought in wars to keep us safe.
Here are Jawad and Khaya showing off their smart handmade badges
Here is Zoe showing us she made her badge. Red , green and black paper, glue and black glitter and a safety pin to attach the badge to our clothes.
These are my grandparents, Hugh and Thelma Reyburn. Both were involved in WW2 in South Africa and my gran went to Ciaro.
What is Remembrance Day?
Remembrance Day, or Poppy
Day, is held in Commonwealth countries to remember members of the armed forces
who have died in the line of duty, as well as all those who have been involved
with and affected by war and conflict. Originally declared a special day in
1919 by King George V to remember the soldiers killed in the First World War,
now we remember soldiers from all wars who have given their lives.
As the First World War was formally declared over "at the 11th hour
on the 11th day of the 11th month, we traditionally hold two minutes of silence
throughout the Commonwealth on 11th November every year. In addition,
the second Sunday of each November is known as Remembrance Sunday, and church
services remember our fallen soldiers while the Queen, members of the Royal
Family, politicians and old soldiers lay poppy wreaths at the Cenotaph in
London (near the Houses of Parliament).
Leading up to Remembrance Day
and Remembrance Sunday we buy small paper "poppies" to show that we
are remembering the sacrifices of those who died, and also to raise money to
support serving and ex-Service personnel and their families. People who have
lost a loved one in service put small wooden crosses near war memorials around
the country, and local branches of the Royal British Legion lay wreaths.
Why Poppies?
A Canadian doctor, John
McCrae, wrote a poem in 1915 about the devastation he saw in the Flanders area
of Belgium and in northern France during the First World War. The land lay
destroyed by terrible battles, and many men were buried there. But despite the
devastation of battle, the wild poppies survived. Dr McCrae's poem was
published in Punch magazine, and the poppy became the symbol of remembrance.
Thursday 6 November 2014
Working Motors - Science in Action
While the Grade 6s are at Physical Education, the four children left behind created working motors and night lights using our child friendly electrical circuits.
Prize Giving tonight
Tonight is our school's Prize Giving Evening.
Not quite Tri-Wizard Cup level, but still exciting! :)
Monday 3 November 2014
General Knowledge Club
At our school we have a General Knowledge (GK) Club. Many of the Montessori children attend. It is run by myself, Miss Tyler-Smith.
This year we entered the inter schools Quiz and made it to the 2nd of three rounds.
We hope to achieve better next year.
Halloween
We celebrated Halloween in our class on Friday.Our teacher has collected a lot of decorations over the years. We decorated the class and did Halloween crafts and filled in a workbook our teacher made us.
Instead of trick-or-treating for sweets, we swapped compliments written on little papers shaped like pumpkins and haunted houses and put them in our specially decorated brown paper bags.
Instructions for lunch were to only bring orange and black foods and drinks.
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Classroom design idea,
Creativity,
Food,
Halloween,
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