In our Word of the Week we had a number of fabulous words. I loved meander, which is a bend in a river – but it also means when anything takes a bendy rather than a straight line… I thought predominantly was a great word, and it means mainly or mostly ( a child has just come and told me that my top is predominantly black – which it is today π ) We had the words, rhyme and vocabulary which are words that most of us can use already. One class came up with the word ancient, which is interesting because it can mean long, long ago (like thousands of years) but it can also mean outdated – so a mobile phone, one of the old ones, could be called ancient – and even poor Mr Brian is old enough to be called ancient π
But enthusiasm – what a lovely word. We have enthusiastic children at Ivanhoe who are full of enthusiasm about all sorts of things…It means being very keen, or very passionate about something. (It actually comes from the ancient Greek language and means: “possessed by a god,” and it comes from the Greek word entheos, “divinely inspired or possessed,” combining the roots en, “in,” and theos, “god.”)
- Mr Brian was very enthusiastic about Ivanhoe school; he loved coming to school each day.
- The football fan was full of enthusiasm for his team.
- The child got on with her homework enthusiastically.