Read, Speed, Feed

Today I experienced my first Read, Speed, Feed!
What a fabulous event for our children. The opportunity for dads and other significant men to come into school for a couple of hours to read, eat and play with their children makes such a difference and is a wonderful innovation. The event has been running for 6 years now and is a credit to the school and the staff who organise it. Paul Norton takes a lead role in the organisation and all the staff take part, helping the smooth running of the day.
It was a great opportunity for me to meet some of the dads and join them and their kids in a game of football on the field. Thanks to all the men who came along and to the PTA for providing the sausages (even though I was too late and missed out on my feed!).

Read the article Paul Norton wrote for The Boys in Schools Bulletin about Read, Feed, Speed.

Kids teaching kids (and adults)

Our children are amazing! This week a group of our year six Tech Wizard's took part in a children's conference in Australia but they did it all from the comfort of the Village. 

The conference was being held in Victoria and our children were beamed in via Skype to teach some of the participants how to make their own blogs. They spent several hours working on laptops, video conferencing and emailing the Australian children. It was incredible to watch and hugely successful.

Earlier in the week we entertained a group of 35 teachers from around the South Island; Tech Wizards came to the fore again, this time teaching the adults. There is nothing so amazing as watching 11 year old children confidently talking to a large group of adults and teaching the teachers how to use new technologies.