Green Room (R)

Today saw an unprecedented amount of superheroes in the Thanet area. The Superheroes, travelling to RAPS from as far afield as train-land planet, the Ice Planet and a strong contingent from flower-land planet, were on earth for the annual Superhero convention at RAPS. Predominantly, the convention was filled with superheroes, but a few Supervillains (Hammer-Hand Boy, Flamebird and Super Lion) put their differences aside and came along to talk all things Superhero.

The day started with introductions and a look at cutting edge outfit design and tech innovations. After our introductions, we practised our X-Ray Vision to find out which superhero was hidden under the impenetrable blanket. Lightening Robot had the best X-Ray vision; figuring out who was missing with no help.

We then did some Super Dancing: the hits of the day were the Ghostbuster theme tune and the original Batman theme. NANANANANANANANABATMAN! The next activity was our obstacle course to build up our Superhero strength.

We then used out mighty strength to make paper chains and decorate the classroom.

After a hearty meal, we grilled the Superheroes about their home planets, powers, and their motivation to be a superhero (or villain). 

The day was a super-fun. The organisers, Bicycle Boy, Bathman and Flamebird thought it was a resounding success.......but.......despite having the best Superhero security in the galaxy, one of our Supervillains escaped and is on the loose in the Thanet area: watch out for Hammer-Hand Boy, he has the strongest hammer hands in the known universe, approach with caution!

Our Christmas party will be on the 9th of December at 9am and our Christmas performance will be at 2.30pm on the same day.

A list of suggested items will be on the bulletin board. If you could write your name next to the item you will bring, or add an item on to the list, it would be much appreciated: this way we won't end up with 30 multipacks of Iced Gems :)

Surprisingly, Superman sent us a letter in the post today (along with the Elf on the Shelf). Superman had some flying issues and had commissioned our class to design and test a new plane for him. We brainstormed what designs would be best, we tested 4 designs, we made predictions about which would fly best, flew the planes and then recorded our results. Mr. Jones moonlighted as an air traffic controller for the day and made sure that the airspace was clear and that the airport had the capacity to have so many planes land in such a short period of time. We found out that a normal design with a medium length flew the best. The plane is currently under production ready for Superman to save the day once more. 

In maths, we have been looking at shapes all week. We recapped our lessons on circles and triangles and then learnt about squares and rectangles. Today we tested whether we can make shapes with other shapes. The children made some amazing shapes, ask your child what they created!

Today, we went to Dinky Town! The trip was a resounding success. Personally, I flew to Australia and Ibiza, and dropped some sheep off in New Zealand on the way. I had dinner in a diner (a smoothie and stew), I tried to give advice to a mother who thought it was a good idea to put her baby in a tree-house, I did some shopping, and narrowly avoided getting run other (multiple times) by a rouge digger driver. Ask your children what they did or where they went...hopefully, like myself, they avoided jail.