Archive for January, 2010

Where’s Simon, Sandy? – Storytime

January 31st, 2010

Donna Seim, author of ‘Where’s Simon, Sandy?’ came once again to visit us and share with us her wonderful story about a local, Grand Turk, donkey that wouldn’t quit.  Children in JK through to Year 1 thoroughly enjoyed the story and took the opportunity to ask Donna lots of interesting questions about it and about [...]

Sketching with my Buddy!

January 28th, 2010

Searching though some recent photos, I was drawn to this one.  How great to see two buddies, sitting on a rock together in the playground, doing some nature sketching together.   Their teacher, Miss Tracy said that as part of their minibeast topic, the class had been out on a nature walk with Mrs. Catherine around [...]

Celebrating Successes

January 28th, 2010

One of the many highlights of my job as principal is when there’s a knock at my door, and some smiley faces appear, eager to share with me the outstanding work they’ve been doing in class.
Today, it was these two boys who had worked really well together in their Year 2 Numeracy class.  They excitedly [...]

Different Ways of Making 7

January 26th, 2010

Year one demonstrated some amazing problem solving skills in their Numeracy class today.  Games and challenges involved them finding different ways of making 7.  They used a variety of addition and subtraction strategies, lots of mathematical vocabulary and were encouraged to record their findings in their own individual way.

Play the Steel Drums Online!

January 23rd, 2010

The steel drums are a much loved part of our school.  We currently have two after school steel band clubs.  In the club, the children learn how to play the drums and play tunes together.  They often practise during their playtimes and lunchtimes.  We have found some digital steel drums that you can play on [...]