Week 3 - Term 3

CONGRATULATIONS - 100 Nights Reading. Congratulations to Adyn and Chloe who have completed 100 nights reading this year. Well done!! Keep up the great work. I wonder who will be next.

CONGRATULATIONS - Holiday Reading Log Prize Winners. WOW!! We were lucky enough to have 5 names pulled out of the draw box! Congratulations to Connor, Alona, Luke, Jade and Shaumya.

Room 4s Assembly - What an awesome, fun-filled and slightly crazy assembly on Friday. Room 4 did an amazing job which resulted in these photos...

 

 

...which came about from this song

Portfolios - Thank you to those children who have already given me their portfolios. If you haven't yet, no stress just bring them in sometime this week.

Library - Wednesday. Bring back last week's book so you can get a new one.

Library Lion Competition - Mrs O'Leary has a competition on to name the new library lion. Click here to check out the library blog and register your name choice. You need to put your name choice for the lion in the comments section underneath the competition details - make sure you add your name and room 12 also. You have until Friday 7th August to submit you lion name.

Mary MacKillop Mass and Feast Day - Friday 7th August. Mass is at 9am in the church and all friends and family are welcome to attend. We then have a day full of activities (past & present).  You are welcome to join your children for part or all of the day. We are also having a shared lunch with rooms 9, 10, & 12. Each child in room 12 was given a newsletter regarding this. Please read this newsletter. Lunch will be at 1pm followed by activities from the past at 1:30pm.

Week 2 - Term 3

CONGRATUALTIONS - 100 Night Reading. Congratulations to Jade for completing 100 nights reading this year. Well done Jade - keep up the fantastic work. I wonder who will be next?

Parent Interviews - Monday & Tuesday. Information to make bookings is in last week's news letter. 

The NED show - Tuesday 9am in the hall. NED stands for Never give up, Encourage others and Do your best. It is a school assembly about positive behaviour. The website for further information is www.thenedshow.com. Each child brought home a notice regarding NED show yo-yo's for sale. These will be available next week if you wish to purchase any.

Holiday Reading Logs - due by Tuesday 28th. We have already had 13 come back. We are aiming for 100% (20). Please bring you holiday reading log back on Monday or Tuesday - it doesn't matter if every line is not filled in. If you have misplaced your reading log - write down the books you have read on a piece of paper with your name and room number on it. There are some fantastic prizes to be won. The winners will be drawn at assembly on Friday.

Matariki Colouring Competition - due by Tuesday 28th. The prize for the best one from the juniors, middles and seniors will be drawn at assembly on Friday. 

Portfolios - I hope you have enjoyed sharing your child's portfolio with them. Please start bringing them back this week so term 3 & 4 work can be put into them. They will come home at the end of the year for you to keep. 

Week 1 - Term 3

WOW!! The holidays have just flown by. I hope you have had a relaxing time with your children.

TEACHER ONLY DAY - MONDAY 20th JULY

TERM 3 STARTS - TUESDAY 21st JULY

CONGRATULATIONS - 100 Nights Reading. Congratulations to Abbie for completing 100 nights reading this year. Well done Abbie - keep up the fantastic work.

Reports/Portfolios - These will be coming home on Wednesday 22nd July. Please return them in week 2 so term 3 & 4 work can be put into them.

Uniforms - We are still in winter uniforms. Please make sure your child's uniform items are clearly named. There are over 100 children at our school in the same size as your child.

Holiday Reading Logs - Remember to bring these back to school to be in the draw for some fabulous prizes. You can also fill the same books into our class reading logs.

Class Reading Logs - Remember to fill these in and show them to me to receive your certificate and prize from the treasure box. 

Songs - Check out the new page with songs we enjoy from class and that help us with our learning.

Singing Practice - Wednesday 8:45am. Please be at school on time.

Library - Wednesday. Remember to bring your book back so you can get a new one.

Oops a daisy. In my exhausted state at the end of last term, I had thought I'd already posted the pictures & clips from the last week of term. Apparently not. Enjoy.

Bishop Steve's Visit - Powhiri

Bishop Steve - School Classroom Visits

Bishop Steve - Our Classroom Visit. Lucky Luke got to be Bishop Steve's helper. Room 5 & 13 joined us for Bishop Steve's visit. What awesome listeners and questioners we had.

 

 

 

 

Matariki - Mrs Beckhams Visit. We were lucky enough to have Mrs Beckham (Mr Beckham's step-mum) come to visit us in our class. She shared some of her childhood memories with us. Very interesting and very different to how we live now. Mrs Beckham caught the train to & from school each day, her family grew their own vegetables, they had livestock for their meat, they caught wild horses and trained them so they could ride them, and they had to collect water each day in barrels on sleds, using the horses to pull the sleds. Mrs Beckham also made us some rewena bread to try. Boy oh boy that was yum!!

 

 

 

 

Firewise Visit - Wow! We were lucky enough to have two firemen visit us to help us become better firewise kids. They talked to us about candles and the dangers of them being close to curtains or the carpet. We learned more about why we need to get down, get low and get out AND stay out. We read a story together and helped each other work out the most sensible and smartest thing to do. Then we got to pretend we were in a fire and we practiced get down, get low and get out. Lastly we got to wave the firemen off as they headed back to the fire station.