April 26, 2006
Term 5
School re-opened after the Easter break on Wednesday 19th April. The Governors Curriculum and Finance committees met on 19th and 20th April respectively.
The staff meeting on Monday 24th April was taken by Jan McLaine. The subject was reading. On Tuesday 25th April Teaching Assistants received a full morning's training in Guided Writing from Anne Spiring.
There was an evening meeting for all those involved in the PGL visit (Y6) last night. A similar meeting for the Pyke House visit (Y5) takes place tonight.
Overcast 12C
April 9, 2006
Podcast
Members of Flashclub were working hard during the last two weeks of term to produce the school's first PODCAST.
Do you regularly download podcasts to your mp3 player. If so, you can subscribe to the school's podcast by using this link:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogbook
If you haven't yet got into podcasts, then this BBC page will help you understand them a little more:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/downloadtrial/podcast.shtml
Of the podcast software mentioned there, I can personally recommend Juice.
TEACHER TARZAN
Can you identify the four mystery Teacher Tarzans? If so, send your entry to podcast@hawkesfarm.co.uk numbering your answers 1 - 4. You must have all four teachers correct and in the correct order to be eligible for the prize draw. The only clue is that on this occasion all the Tarzans were female!