It has to be said that this week has seen many discussions, both in lessons and at break times.
Monday morning form time went up in fireworks (becuse it was Bonfire
Night, get it?) and hysterics. ANT announced that she managed to spot a
giant purple chicken on some motorway at the weekend...awesome!
So, onto the first discussion topic of the week: Monopoly (I cannot
remember how we managed to dig this topic up, so don't ask.) It happens
that no one is 100% sure on the rules of this classic board game, so
everyone just ends up making up their own along the way (I'm still a
little wobbly on the whole houses and hotels thing).
Then, the topic somehow changed to that of primary school playtime. We
ended up discussing how, even as young children, there is a sense of
ownership of games. For example, when someone asks if they can join in
with the game you're playing, and it wasn't your idea initially to play
this game, you say, 'Go ask so-and-so, it's their game'. What an
interesting idea, it never dawned upon me that this sort of 'primary
school game hierarchy' (as Wicks so brilliantly put it) was in action
all that time.
Moving on...oh yes, once more here's a shout-out to our newest readers, DisneyLoverMolly and ConscienceSarah!
On Tuesday, the main topic was Boccia (if you don't know what it is, check this out: http://www.parasport.org.uk/sports-landingpage.asp?section=34§ionTitle=Boccia&gclid=CKuC2KOax7MCFSnJtAod-ncAtw)
It was first intorduced in our PE lesson, which later led to a heated
discussion on whether or not blind people would be able to play. I must
commend ANT for firmly standing her ground and arguing that it is
definitely possible for blind people to play and there is no reason for
them not to compete with people who are not blind. I truly think that
ANT could make it as a political leader in the future, it would be a
better world, who agrees with me?
Onto the middle of the week, we have our update on assembly. I can
safely say that the assembly music act record is still being kept up. I
think Wicks agrees that it has officially gotten to the point where no
one cares how good the quality of performance is. All that matters is
that every week we have people playing some form of music or other in
assembly, full stop.
Thursday lunchtime saw ANT and Master betting on how long they think a
balloon will stay in a tree for. The prize: the satisfaction of being
correct.
Later on that lunchtime, ANT managed to concoct an idea for the ultimate
quiz show: The Eggheads + Anne Robinson vs. The Chaser! (for those who
don't know who the Eggheads are: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggheads_%28TV_series%29
Anne Robinson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weakest_Link_%28UK_game_show%29
The Chaser: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chase_%28game_show%29) What do you think?
At the end of the week, our History lesson saw the realisation of many a
good thing. First of all, ConscienceSarah sees the world in red (by
holding up a piece of transparent red Quality Street wrapper). Then,
DisneyLoverMolly found out there was actually a place called Balaclava.
Afterwards they couldn't find where Crimea was. If anyone is still in
doubt, here is the Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea
Finally, as we conclude on this past week, Wicks has brought up an interesting take on the incredibly popular Harry Potter
series. She questions whether or not Hogwarts was just a dream. Maybe
Harry fell into a coma in the cupboard under the stairs and just
imagined fighting Voldemort etc. Perhaps the part where he dies for a
bit is where he wakes up in a white hospital room and Dumbledore is
really a doctor? Well there's something for you all to think about ;)
Until next week, have a good one :)
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