The Blogging Zone

Better late than never!!

We don't know what time zone Tyler operates in but three weeks later he has written his response to the Kingswood experience!!!

Mrs B

A bit late but i had a wonderful time in kingswood excluding my squeaky voice any way see ya soon!

Tyler

Not So Hopeless!

Just to say I am having trouble with maths but the visual method works.

Emma

I sympathise. People's brains can work in very different ways and I know that mine definitely does not work the way many quick mathemeticians does, however, because I've used visual and kinaesthetic strategies over the years, I now know I can do maths (whereas I used to feel I was absolutely hopeless!) if ideas are presented to me in different ways.

Mrs B

People Can Change

As many people from my yr may know I got bullied in yrs 1 and 2 by a girl I'm not going to say any names cause she is now 1 of my best friends. How I sorted it out was telling a teacher and then speaking to the bully and every thing worked out just fine.

Teal

Teal's comment comes  from exploring the Zone and coming across an article on bullying. I like the way her comment has such a positive result in the end.
Mrs B

Week 1

mrs brock this isnt about this part of the page but how did you get soooooooo clever and sneeky +funny..... i wish i was you. and if you dont remember math on the 3/9/08 when the puzzle turned out you were 77years old you will need a lot of memory mints and im talking millions. all the best teal xxx

Teal is referring to the maths lesson on Day 1. We were learning how to solve puzzles by working backwards and many pupils picked it up really well. I asked the ones who finished first to create their own question using the ages of members of staff. The answers revealed that I was either 77 or 88 years old! Of course I had to demenstrate that this was a total lie so I did a handstand against the wall and challenged the class to name me any 77 or 88 year old who they knew who would do that!

Although the weather has been foul we have had a good week with the emphasis very much on focusing on strategies to help learn effectively and to work as a team. Friday afternoon involved a team challenge to build the tallest structure out of newspaper. Photos and comments to follow.

Also on Friday we had the school councillor elections. I was incredibly impressed by the candidates speeches and hope they'll post them on the Zone next week. Oli is our councillor and Harriet his assistant.

More next week. I'm really handicapped at the moment because my home computer is being repaired: at first I thought Windows Service Pack 3 was the culprit... no; the hard drive perhaps, heaven knows I have hammered it over the last 3 years...no. It turns out that the motherboard itself had goiven up the ghost; the good news was I still had 46 days left on the warranty so it will be replaced free. Whew!!So if I am a little slow adding to the Zone or replying to emails perhaps you will understand.

Mrs B

Lilac Loos

Since it is one of my favourite colours, I have taken great interest in the lilac decor the new girls' loos. The girls in my class are always up for any opportunities for acting or drama and so we planned an opening ceremony to remember. Everyone searched their wardrobe for shades of lilac or lavender and names were written on lottery tickets for the opportunity to be the first in each stall. Sades was appointed official photographer and Curtis our film director. All the girls had a last glass of water to encourage nature to have an opportunity to take its course and we arrived downstairs to the strains of 'Purple Rain'! Lady Violet of Castel, aka Mrs Brock, gave a gracious speech and cut the lilac tape. Girls then disappeared inside and enthusiastically used all the facilities. Meanwhile the boys began to feel very miffed that their loos weren't up to standard and begged for an opportunity to actually see the marvelous touch taps and waste bins. The girls then gave them a guided tour and everyone declared that it had been a memorable start to the day!!!

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Grand Opening of the Lilac Loos!

Since it is one of my favourite colours, I have taken great interest in the lilac decor the new girls' loos. The girls in my class are always up for any opportunities for acting or drama and so we planned an opening ceremony to remember. Everyone searched their wardrobe for shades of lilac or lavender and names were written on lottery tickets for the opportunity to be the first in each stall. Sades was appointed official photographer and Curtis our film director. All the girls had a last glass of water to encourage nature to have an opportunity to take its course and we arrived downstairs to the strains of 'Purple Rain'! Lady Violet of Castel, aka Mrs Brock, gave a gracious speech and cut the lilac tape. Girls then disappeared inside and enthusiastically used all the facilities.

Meanwhile the boys began to feel very miffed that their loos weren't up to standard and begged for an opportunity to actually see the marvelous touch taps and waste bins. The girls then gave them a guided tour and everyone declared that it had been a memorable start to the day!!!

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Budding Sailors

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Orienteering

The idea was to learn how to use a compass and map but ... markers proved difficult to locate; misreading led to boys wincing as nettles reached places they never should have; girls had to overcome fears of cows and the odd rat! In other words it was an entertaining day out with the usual random moments.

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Jess' Favourite Animations

A Mouse and Cheese animated to 'You Sexy Thing'!

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=1526183102745208142&hl=en-GB

The Lego Assassin. Need I say more? Check them out

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-4501113631891490838&q=lego&total=60454&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=5

Mrs B

Strictly

Hello I would have loved to come to the Christmas play but I couldn't.
It sounded great from what Poppy said. I totally agree that it couldn't
have been better than Strictly Come angels. Has anyone been watching
the recent Strictly series. I want Gethin and Camilla to win but after
this weekend i don't know if they will.
Hannah R

My daughter, Becky is hooked, so she and I will be sat watching this weekend too.

I took Marousche to the vet early this morning to be spayed, but I obviously wasn't really awake, because I drove into Kings Tennis Centre, first, by mistake!!!

Mrs B