Category Archives: School For Rockstar

Rockstarism: #142: A Rockstar And His Chai-nese (Or, Pigs Can Fly)

Posted on December 26, 2012 by admin

Rockstar can read everything in this booklet – Kings tested him word for word because he simply couldn’t believe it – Kings is always on my back about the Chinese. Not… that either of us are at all literate in … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms, School For Rockstar | Tagged accent, balloon, chai, chinese lessons, chio, funny thing, happy face, pinyin, priceless pic, proceeds, product presentations, pronunciation, rms, roc, schoolbag, schoolwork, secret compartment, snarky, stephen chow, taiwanese | 2 Comments

Spreading Good Cheer

Posted on December 20, 2012 by admin

**written a little earlier… One of the things I really like about Rockstar’s new school is some of the opportunities kids get to be nice to each other. Case in point: the important-looking red post box sitting next to huge … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, School For Rockstar | Tagged 1s, 2s, cards, case in point, christmas, christmas trees, classmates, humor, instant gratification, little voice, mail, parents, party clothes, school compound, sending a card, Shopping, thick stacks | 7 Comments

Rockstar Visits His School Growing Garden…

Posted on November 14, 2012 by admin

Was lucky enough to be around on a day when Rockstar’s class had part of their lesson about plants and growing things in the school garden plot (which I would otherwise have never known existed – I remember local ex … Continue reading →

Posted in School For Rockstar | Tagged botanical gardens, carrot, classmates, colleagues, faint scent, fennel, flowers and fruit, garden plot, green nature, greens, haha, mint, nature education, orderly fashion, oxygen, papayas, photosynthesis, poison ivy, soil, sting | 2 Comments

Fruit Dissection

Posted on November 11, 2012 by admin

From Rockstar’s school’s weekly email to support the kids’ learning about plant life… “…We would like the children to bring in their favourite fruit to school to show the class on Monday. Please could the fruit be brought in to … Continue reading →

Posted in aileensml, School For Rockstar | Tagged carpet, dissection, durian, email, mangoes, mangosteen, meat cleaver, papayas, parang, scaly skin, seeds, snake, strawberries | 4 Comments

The Weekend In Pictures

Posted on November 4, 2012 by admin

Friday night: Rockstar’s school’s big Halloween bash organized by the PTA. Extremely elaborate costumes galore (but these were taken in the last hour+ when lotsa kids have already shed parts of their costumes in favor of running about, and early … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, School For Rockstar, Talking To Rockstar | Tagged 3am, baby blues, baby carriage, back of a cab, car rides, cool parties, costumes galore, dog lover, early birds, elaborate costumes, fake blood, halloween bash, iron man, kindy, pta, rockstar, school uniform, t rex, time baby, wig | 3 Comments

That Which Master Crusoe Named His Man…

Posted on October 19, 2012 by admin

1) “We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist… using technologies that haven’t been invented… in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.” I thought the Youtube was brilliant. I first saw a version of … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts, School For Rockstar, The TGIF Posts | Tagged dogs, essay questions, essay writing, ferret, freddy krueger, guest speakers, halloween, halloween costumes, homework, info sessions, information session, institute of higher learning, international baccalaureate, nightmare, plants, rockstars, uh, unexpected circumstances, ye olde, youtube | 2 Comments

Rockstar Brings Us On A Tour Of His School

Posted on October 14, 2012 by admin

The Year Ones in Rockstar’s school conduct a tour for their parents all by themselves as part of their learning journey to illustrate their confidence and independence, finding their way about their new school. Recently, it was Rockstar’s turn to … Continue reading →

Posted in School For Rockstar | Tagged aussie, background noise, big boys, boys and girls, decade, decibel level, girls school, homework books, human friends, learning journey, library book, library books, reading homework, school readers, second glance, solo tour, stairs, upper class men, vegetate, water bottle | 5 Comments

Road Safety Town Trip

Posted on October 7, 2012 by admin

Doesn’t really qualify as a post, I just happened to take some pics of the Road Safety brochures from Rockstar’s recent school trip to the nearby Road Safety Town… (Looking at the brochure, Rockstar would go, “Whozzat? The policeman speaking … Continue reading →

Posted in School For Rockstar | Tagged bad idea, bus safety, cartoon eyes, chim, comic strip, dorky, edward norton, fight club, flight safety, loser loser, nearby road, okokok, road safety, rockstar, safety brochure, safety brochures, safety town, school bus, school trip, stupid joke | 3 Comments

Un-homework And Other School Stuff

Posted on September 12, 2012 by admin

I’ve found myself worrying, the few times Kings stands in for me to do Rockstar’s school stuff. Part of it is because school/kids stuff makes Kings very tired in a way scanning a hairy derivative term sheet never did. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Thoughts, School For Rockstar | Tagged bmx, cavalry, client meetings, coming home, family functions, gremlin, hk, housekeeping, iphone, kids classroom, nerd, new baby, physical activity, school stuff, school uniform, sports camps, training wheels, uniform shop, washing machine and dryer, well meaning | 2 Comments

Guess Who Had His First Day Of School Last Week…

Posted on August 26, 2012 by admin

Looks happy going right? Had to yell at him to stop jumping up and down on my bed after he put on the school uniform… Fuh-inally. De Day. First Day At New School. I made a big fuss about lunch … Continue reading →

Posted in School For Rockstar | Tagged breakfast cereal, broccoli, carrots, chicken nuggets, disneyland, fruit smoothies, grain toast, lighting mcqueen, mutant ninja, new baby, odd hours, salmon sandwich, school bags, school uniform, schoolwork, squeezies, sun hat, two eggs, water bottle, whole grain | 4 Comments