September 12, 2014
by aimeeblanch
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Wow! What an action packed fun day!
As you will have noticed if you were in the vicinity of the playground on Thursday, there were 100 excited Year One children dressed in their ‘olden day’ finery. The rule of ‘ladies before gentlemen’ was observed at all times.
In our classrooms we recited the pledge and followed it with the singing of the National Anthem (both using the olden days’ words).

 Ma’am Oates very skilfully taught both boys and girls the old fashioned skill of finger knitting. We have seen many fine examples of these around the school since!

Ma’am Blanch was in control of the ‘games room’ where children played board games, such as Monopoly, card games, such as UNO, and the odd games of marbles, knuckles, dominoes and jigsaw puzzles.

Ma’am Moncrieff took the children out for some fresh air and outdoor games – hula hoop fun, hoop races, quoits and skipping were the order of the day.


Ma’am Gibney ran a strict classroom program where the children completed all their handwriting, spelling, dictation, maths, drawing and Social Studies on their chalkboards.

All the teachers commended the children on their wonderful efforts throughout the day. We were very proud of them and think that they will have slept well that night!