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Anyone else experience this. Usually happens at about 4.am in my house. My cat doesn’t annoy me in bed, instead she flicks the wooden blinds or kneads anything that makes a sound until I rise to let her out. I’m past worrying about the native animal population she may be decimating in the hours before dawn. If I don’t let her out there’s no sleep to be had. She’s in again when I take the dog for a walk and settles down to sleep for the next few hours – after a feed that is! Interestingly enough, she seems to know when it’s raining and then there’s no budging her from the bed. I think it’s true – cats own you, not the other way round.

A student shared this video with me this week; I really like it when they seek you out to show you something they enjoy. It led to a really pleasant exchange where we shared our cat stories.  They’re the kind of small ‘balloon’ moments I love about teaching. They’re the moments that lift me and make me really grateful to be sharing my days with young people who appreciate life.    

I’m settling down to a pleasant weekend of correction and reports. What fun! Hope your weekend plans sound more promising.

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This is The Crevasse – Making of 3D Street Art.  It’s the work of Edgar Mueller, German street painting artist. Take a look at some of the images below that show what he can do with a can of paint. The Daily Mail has  written an article explaining the motivation behind ‘The Crevasse’. It’s worth reading. Here’s a snippet where Mueller explains what he was trying to achieve;

He spent five days, working 12 hours a day, to create the 250 square metre image of the crevasse, which, viewed from the correct angle, appears to be 3D. He then persuaded passers-by to complete the illusion by pretending the gaping hole was real.

‘I wanted to play with positives and negatives to encourage people to think twice about everything they see,’ he said.

‘It was a very scary scene, but when people saw it they had great fun playing on it and pretending to fall into the earth.

What incredible creativity. I love work like this; something that makes you stop in your tracks and marvel at what human beings are capable of achieving.

So go forth and embark on doing something remarkable this weekend. That’d be nice wouldn’t it. Maybe getting my house clean will be my remarkable feat, but I don’t know if I’m capable of achieving such a complex act!  

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Yes, it’s Saturday. I’m late to the mark with this one.

Last night I was sleeping out at school with our Yr 9 students raising money for Daraja Academy and the Bal Ashram in India. I’ll write about the wonderful experience that it was tomorrow.

In the meantime,  The Chasers (who’ve been off our screens for too long) can entertain you with the Citizen infringement officer evaluating hairstyles found on our streets. My daughter was introduced to The Chasers tonight and we spent a very pleasant hour together chuckling away.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend. I’m going to try and catch up on a bit of sleep!

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Here’s a cautionary tale.

If you can only communicate through the twittersphere you are seriously in trouble!

Going to be a cold and rainy weekend here in Melbourne by the looks of things. A nice excuse to bunker in by the fire I’m thinking and maybe just shoot off a few tweets! Enjoy whatever it is you may be doing.

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I first saw this well over a year ago but it’s a video you never tire of.  The Medieval Help Desk. I still chuckle every time I see it and so do the students I’ve shown it to. It has universal appeal. Below is the Anglicised version that may appeal to some as you don’t have to read the subtitles. Personally, I like the original.

Mother’s Day this weekend. Be kind and give of your time to those important people in our lives. Me, I’ll be up early and off to an under 11 soccer game!

Enjoy the weekend.

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Here’s Hamish Blake at his entertaining best on a television show that airs here in Australia called ‘Thank God you’re here’. The actors have to improvise after walking through a door and finding themselves in a scene where the other actors have a clue about where the scene may be going.  Hamish is always good value and this skit doesn’t fail to disappoint.

Hope you get time to relax and enjoy your weekend.

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I think this is truly wonderful. It was a promotional stunt for a television program in Belgium. They were looking for someone to play the lead in a version of ‘The Sound of Music’. It occurred at Central Station Antwerp in Belgium and is reminiscent of improveverywhere’s Frozen Grand Central.  

200 people participated with only two rehearsals before the stunt was staged at 8.00am in the morning. I just love the way you can see those watching become actively involved and full of the joy of song and dance.

Thanks Milly for showing it to your Mum who then showed it to me. Very glad that you come and visit here on the odd occasion too!

Hope you all have a great weekend.   

 

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Now this is clever.

It’s an interactive Easter Egg hunt on YouTube uploaded by naders07. What you do is watch the video that has been annotated by Nadine. You can tell it’s annotated because square boxes appear on the screen. When you click on one of these it takes you to another YouTube  video from Nadine where she reveals whether or not you have discovered an Easter treat. All told, Nadine has uploaded fourteen videos to YouTube for our Easter Egg hunting pleasure. I, for one, am pretty impressed by this feat. My 10 yr old son and I have had a lot of fun seeing if our guesses our correct.

 

Thanks go to Jarrod Robinson (MrRobbo on Twitter) for tweeting about this. Just what I needed today Jarrod. Thanks.  

I hope all of you (whoever you may be!)  have a lovely Easter break.  Enjoy the time spent with family and good friends.

 

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Today is end of term here in Melbourne; school holidays now for two glorious weeks. It’s been a hectic last few weeks so these holidays are a much needed break.

This is a great video so make sure you watch it. It was uploaded to our Yr 9 ning this week, recommended for inclusion by one of our students who saw the parallels between it and the attitudes to women in 1960’s Australia. This, all a result of our text study of ‘Bye, Beautiful’, which was set in country Western Australia 1966.  Nothing better than a student making connections between something they’re watching and what’s been discussed in class. Makes it all worth it.

Enjoy the weekend. I’m looking forward to sleeping in and no correction!

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It’s been such a busy week I haven’t had time to get here and post anything about  the SLAV conference on Monday, or our face to face PLP meeting with Will Richardson that was held at my school on Tuesday.  But get here I will this weekend, when I can see light after the pile of correction that has occupied my thinking.

I like this. It’s one of those clever ads with the slow reveal and the aha moment at the end.

Enjoy the weekend and whatever comes your way.