Sunday, April 29, 2018

Term 2- Week 1

I hope everyone has had a great two weeks holiday and are ready for another great term at school. There are 10 weeks of fun and learning this term.

This week will be my last week of teaching full-time in room 12. I really enjoyed term 1 and am going to miss the children dearly. I will still be popping in to see how they are getting on throughout the year, as well as bringing baby in to visit in late October :)

Fortunately, the children will be getting another lovely teacher. Nicole Hunter (nee Lovegrove) is a former St Mary’s and JPC student, and completed a teaching practicum at our school 3 years ago. For the past 2 years she has been teaching at Whakarongo School in Palmerston North. Nicole will be joining us in class this week and getting to know the children and routines, then taking over next week.

Our value focus for this term will be Excellence. We will be investigating how we can incorporate Excellence into every part of our lives.

The concept for Term 2 is Adaptation and we will be having some very interesting learning experiences related that this concept.

Hopefully your child did lots and lots of reading during the holidays and filled in their holiday reading log. These are to be handed in this week. 
If your child's reading log has been misplaced or they didn’t take one, I can copy one for them to backdate their reading on. 
This week I will be testing the children's reading and comprehension.

Next Wednesday and Thursday we will be having Student Led Conferences, which both Nicole and I will be at.

Student led conferences are a way of reporting, where your child is actively involved in sharing their learning with you. When you and your child arrive they will introduce you to us, show you where to sit, share their learning in their books and on their blog with you, show you their artwork around the room, then let us know when they are finished. 

During the SLC I will be involved, but not necessarily sitting with each student and parents all of the time. There might be 3 or 4 groups of parents and students discussing their work in the classroom at a time.

However, at the end of the Student led conference I aim to talk with each family about how your child is getting on at school, their progress, assessment results, and what they need to work on.

Bookings for these are to be done online on the ‘School Interviews’ website. More information about this will come out this week.

I am looking forward to seeing the children tomorrow and hearing about something fun they did during the holidays.

Have a lovely week.

God bless.
Eliana

Week 1
Monday
New Zealand Opera Performance.


Tuesday


Wednesday
Art in Motion (J-ROCK) practice. More information here.
Singing practice 8:45am

Thursday
10am Principal’s morning tea. Lola, Kaitlin and Mya were chosen for being outstanding role models in room 12.
Kapa haka practice.

Friday
Mini marathon.
PI practice.
School Assembly. 2pm. 



Next week:
Student Led Conferences- Wednesday and Thursday. More information to come.

Thursday, April 12, 2018

ANZAC Biscuits

Here is a great short video of ANZAC day

As part of our ANZAC study, we made delicious ANZAC biscuits for morning tea.















Sunday, April 8, 2018

Week 10- Last week of school!

Wow, we are down to the last week of the term already. It sure has flown by!
Thank you all for your wonderful support over the term, it makes a real difference to your child’s learning. 

This week we will continue learning about the Commonwealth Games and also beginning our research project about the ANZAC's.

Mr Macmillan is very keen to take as many children as he can to the ANZAC day parade during the holidays. Please see Wednesday’s newsletter for details of where to meet him on the day.

Holiday reading logs will go out this week. Please ensure that your child is reading every day in the holidays.

Have a safe and happy break.


Week 10
Monday


Tuesday


Wednesday
Art in motion (J-ROCK) practice. 7.30-8.30am Lyrical only. 3.15-4.30pm Hip hop only.

Thursday
Annunciation liturgy. 10am in the hall.
EPro 8 Practice at St Michael’s. 8am. Students involved with get a notice on Monday.
Kapa haka practice.

Friday
PI practice.
Inter house tug of war. 1.30pm.
School Assembly. 2pm. 
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS BEGIN!!! 3pm :)


COMING UP IN TERM 2:

Week 2: Student Led Conferences for Kahikatea and Totara.
May 4 Mini Marathon


Winter Uniform Expectations (Reminder  from last week's newsletter.)
Boys - Grey woollen shorts, royal blue skivvy and grey knee high socks with black leather lace up school shoes.
Girls - Blue and red tunic, royal blue skivvy, navy blue knee high socks or navy blue tights with black leather lace up school shoes, or Mary Jane type shoes with a strap across the top of the foot.
In winter students may also wear a school polar fleece in addition to their school jersey, when they come to school or are playing outside. The polar fleece is an optional and additional item and is not to be used instead of a school jersey. 
Polar fleeces should not be worn in the classroom or at Assembly, Masses or Liturgies.
The only jewellery items allowed are a watch and one stud per ear if the student has pierced ears.
Students with hair that is shoulder length or longer need to have it tied back. Blue and red hair ties are acceptable. Hairstyles must be simple and of natural colour.
ONLINE UNIFORM SALES
UNIFORMS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE VIA OUR WEBSITE USING PAYPAL.
WE AIM TO FILL THE ORDERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BUT PLEASE ALLOW AT LEAST 3 DAYS FROM TIME OF ORDERING TO RECEIPT OF GOODS.

Thursday, April 5, 2018

Homework

Homework books and spelling notebooks
Please make sure your child brings their homework book and spelling notebook to school tomorrow. They need to glue in this week's times tables and write in their spelling words to learn.

Your child needs to bring these to school every day too please.

Belonging posters
Belonging posters also need to be completed by Monday. 
So far 10 children have handed theirs in.

Task:
Use the sheet of paper given to create a belonging poster.
They are to include photos of themselves, their family, their friends, sports groups they  belong to, the Church they belong to and any cultural groups they belong to. 
I am happy to photocopy photos if you send them to school, or print photos that are emailed to me.
Children will be presenting these to the class next week.

Pepeha
Here is the school pepeha everyone is to learn for homework. 
If they have their own pepeha, they are to learn that one.
The children will be recording these and posting them on their blog.

Tēna koutou katoa 
Ko Ngōngōtahā te maunga.
Ko Rotorua te moana.
Ko Te Papaiouru te marae.
Ko Ng
āti Whakaue te iwi.
Ko Te Arawa te waka.
No Rotorua ahau.
Ko Hata Maria tōku kura.
Ko _______________ tōku matua.
Ko _______________ tōku whaea.
Ko _______________ taku ingoa.

Nō reira, tēna koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa.

Reading and reading logs
Please ensure your child is reading for at least 15 minutes every night and fills in their reading log. 

Thank you for your support.

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Week 9

                                                                

We are swimming every day this week. 
Please check that your child has their swimming gear each day.

I hope you all enjoyed Easter. The Easter holiday was a well timed break to recoup before getting back to school for a week and a half before the school holidays.

I loved looking through the photos of the children on camp each day. It looked like everyone was having a great time.
I have added more photos in the "Camp photos" post for you.



A notice from the Parish
Programme for children who are not baptised.


The Parish invites children who are 8 years old, as of 1 March 2018, to do a programme in preparation for Baptism, First Holy Communion, Confirmation and Reconciliation.
If your child/family is interested please email your details to Fr Eamon, freamonkennedy@gmail.com, or call the Parish Secretary 07 3480289 ext 2.
You will also need to meet with Fr Eamon for an interview, which will be organised for the month of April.


Week 9 

Wednesday
CBOP Swimming Sports Competition. Notices have been sent home with children who made it through.

Thursday
Resurrection liturgy. 10am. All welcome.
Kapa haka practice.

Friday