Exhibitionists.

Saved this from the rubbish pile outside somebody's house. "Why would anybody want to throw that out?" I hear you cry. Nevertheless it gave Jessica, Alex and Claire a chance to exhibit their painting skills.It is now in the Rumpus Room, housing cuddly toys. What happens to it in December is to be decided....I think Claire wants it.


Meanwhile Tina's painting skills have continued to be used at least once a week as she finally completed the Warner's Bay playground markings.... well one of the playgrounds! The Kindergarten classes want their one doing now.....but she and her friends should have more fun designing it as the markings are so faded that she and Tracy have some big ideas!



More of her handiwork with a couple of green imps in the frame



Now it has been suggested by some of our e mail correspondents that this year is just one long holiday and there isn't any work actually happening. We don't write about work that much because it is .......... work. A means to an end. In the main the similarities outweigh the differences so there isn't much to blog. Anyway if it makes you happy, here I am at work with 120 stage 2 children, assembled under the cola(Covered Outdoor Learning Area) as the children are given the "We are going on a trip and remember you are representing the school blah blah blah." talk ( Taken from 101 favourite teacher lectures no.27- International edition.) This incidentally is where lunch is always eaten too.


well the trip went off smoothly, trawling around Newcastle Regional Museum. A bit of history, a bit of Science, a bit of pulling kids to one side and giving the "You'll be walking around with me for the rest of the day if you don't calm down!" nag. Anybody who has been to INTECH may recognise the exhibit below. The top floor of the museum had lots of the same sorts of things and called itself Supernova. I've seen better science exhibits but after listening to thirty minutes on the history of coal mining the children were raring to go.


The next day was another notable one at Glendore as we put on our Art Show. I've pulled my hair out at times this year, thinking about what on earth am I going to do in certain subjects. Art has been less stressful having had Tina to back me up and has allowed me to do tasks because it looks nice and it's fun regardless of what level of Artistic integrity it has or what National Curriculum foundation Statement I am supposed to be satisfying.
Anyway a couple of teachers spent the day setting up contributions from all the classes and all the parents were invited along for a viewing and a "sausage sizzle"(obviously wine and cheese doesn't cut it over here) in the evening.

So here are 3/ 4 C's contributions.



and here are some more.



and some more. Members of Marchwood Junior School will recognise the resurrection of "plaited people"