Nine o'clock for an 8:55 start

At nine o'clock, the hour hand is on the 9
and the minute hand is on the 12.

At 9 o'clock I seem to have only
9 children in the class instead of 12.
Please lets strive to be more punctual.

A weekend under the English flag in an Indian household

Ted at a Birthday party

Ted does like birthday parties...

and Football

Last but not Least

Cenas Infantis was the last workshop at
Casa da Música for Reception Bears.

As soon as we walked in the room we were asked to 
stamp, stamp, clap, pause (1234).
Once the children had picked up a good pace, 
a melody could be heard:
The six suits for unaccompanied cello - J.S.Bach.

The children were asked to create sounds, follow visual and aural instructions at the same time as clap, stamp, dance or play simple instruments. The musicians who guided us, helped us through sections of these pieces from the Baroque to Contemporary.
We worked both sides of the brain simultaneously.

This is a small sample of the end of the session:

Nearly half the class is six, roll on the other half

What a happy little 6 year old!

Ted does love birthday parties

Last weekend Ted went to a birthday party.

World Book Day

These were the ingredients for a great celebration:

We came dressed up as a character from a book.

Mr Hooley came to read "The Gruffalo" - one of the many stories we will be reading this term by Julia Donaldson.

You can hear the story:

In the afternoon Mr Padden and his class invited us down to Form 4P to listen to some stories. Thank you Form 4 - that was lovely.