Tag: School’s out Friday

Yes, I know it is Saturday. Couldn’t post last night because I went to see Matchbox 20 at Rod Laver arena here in Melbourne. Really great concert  – they are such a cool band. Rob Thomas has such presence and an absolutely incredible voice. Melbourne’s an hours drive from where I live, but it was well worth the effort – great way to start the weekend. A concert highlight was when they covered INXS’ ‘Need you tonight’ as a means of relating to the aussie audience – forgotten how much I loved INXS.

Thought we should revisit April Fools’ Day for this week’s School’s out Friday post. This was the effort from the BBC – a really well put together promo for a supposed documentary about a colony of Penguins with the abilty to fly who migrate to the rainforests in the Artic winter.  If you want to check out other online practical jokes that took place this April 1st, follow this link to April Fools’ Day on the Web. 

This week’s School’s out Friday post is for my son. It’s school holidays here in Victoria and my son has been listening to this song by Flo Rida and T-pain for the last few days. It’s called “Low” and I have to admit to it being my fave song at the moment as well. If it’s on the radio when we are in the car we all break out into song and we dance as well as we can in our car seats – we’re enjoying the moment together despite what other drivers on the road might think of us! Enjoy your weekend and dance in your cars – it’s my only venue now seeing as I don’t frequent the nightclub scene anymore.

Yes, school’s out today and it’s Good Friday. Time for a feel good video. Easter is nigh and Victorian schools have broken up for the first term holidays. My husband sent me this video during the week and my kids and I have enjoyed watching the special moment that occurs between John Rendall and Ace Berg, two men, who, in the late 1960’s brought a lion named Christian from Harrod’s Department store for 250 Guineas. They reared him for a year in their London Apartment and then enlisted the help of George Adamson, of Born Free fame, to introduce him to the wild at Kora reserve in Africa. He was integrated into a pride and John and Ace returned to their life in London. After a year, they decided to return to see Christian. George Adamson reported that he had not been sighted for nine months and the chances of Christian recognising them would be slim. When they arrived, George told them that Christian had returned the previous night and could be found on his favourite rock in the park. Watch the video and judge for yourself whether or not a wild animal has any recall of their early life. It’s a feel good video and one my children and I have returned to again and again. Enjoy Easter with your families and share feel good vibes this video brings with it.

  

This week’s School’s out Friday post is dedicated to Clay Burell, who’ll be getting hitched tomorrow. Perhaps Clay and his fiance could practice quickly and Ustream a routine like this after the ceremony! All the best Clay, and thanks for some brilliant mentoring this week.

(For those interested in response to Project Global Cooling from our students. First meeting today – really good turn up – lots of enthusiasm. Keep you posted.)

Here we are again. Another School’s out Friday post. Time for a chuckle to lighten our mood for the weekend. This time it’s home grown product from ‘The Chaser’s War on Everything’, a comedy program produced on the Australian Government run ABC network. They got themselves in trouble last year when they got through security at the APEC conference in a car pretending to be from the Canadian Embassy and with an occupant dressed like Osama Bin Laden. A student in my Yr 7 class is a huge fan of the Chasers and sent me the link to their videos on YouTube as potential material for School’s out Friday. It’s great when your students are engaged with what you are doing and get what your intentions are.

This is the Chasers at a Bunnings Warehouse, living life as if it were a musical. Very funny stuff!