PPP - Pause Prompt Praise

Room 12 are starting a new reading program that will be carried out throughout Term 4. Today we trialled it for the first time and it was very successful!

This is a reading program where we are helping each other with our reading by taking on the role as either a 'tutor' or a 'tutee'. This runs for 15minutes each day and we sit with our buddy to either read to them, or support them with reading and discussing the book. It is a great way for us to have the opportunity to be both a 'teacher' and a 'learner' whilst also being able to improve our reading & communication skills.

Loud Shirt Day

Who Dunnit?

This afternoon we explored forensic science. In groups we firstly practised four key skills used to find analyse evidence in crime scenes. These included:

* Finger printing

* Handwriting analysis

* Fabric analysis using magnifying glasses and microscopes

* Solubility and pH tests

After learning how to conduct these tests, we were then given a crime scenario that we had to solve. This provided us with an evidence kit, suspect information and interview notes, as well as a background to the crime committed. 

We collaborated so well in our groups and all managed to use the evidence to prove which suspect committed the crime! Ka pai tamariki :)

Week 9

Two weeks to go! Wow time is flying! I hope you all enjoyed the beautiful sunshine and warmth that we were treated with on Saturday. I know we have all been working super hard so it was nice to have sunshine to help us relax and unwind over the weekend.

This week should hopefully be a smooth and consistent week. In Room 12 we will be exploring Forensic Science through a House of Science Kit called 'Who Dunnit?' We will also be further exploring self-regulation as we continue to participate in mindfulness each afternoon and will look more closely into the four zones of regulation. It is really important that we learn how to understand and regulate our emotions while we are young, so I am hoping that including these activities and mindsets in our classroom will support this. It would be great if you could promote these zones of regulation at home and support your child in talking about their emotions on a regular basis.



Dr Lucy Hone is doing a talk around building resilience at JPC on Tuesday evening. Staff are attending a talk in the afternoon and then there is another session in the evening for Parents to attend. Have a look at the flyer below for more details if you wish to attend.


Thank you to those parents who have kindly offered to attend our class trip with us in Week 10. I will be in contact with you this week to finalise details. We need to keep our fingers crossed for sunny weather this day...as the majority of the day will be based outside!

I hope you all have a fabulous week.
God Bless,
Nicole Hunter

WEEK 9

TUESDAY 18th September

4.30-6-30pm RotoMaths

WEDNESDAY 19th September.

3.00-3.45 Library open

THURSDAY 20th September

8.45am School Singing

2.05pm  Kapa Haka

3.00pm Pasifika Homework Club

3.00pm Library open

FRIDAY 21st September

Gymnastics at MIGS for Gymnastic team

11.00am Pasifika Practice

12 Noon Choir in the hall

Assembly.

WEEK 10.

TUESDAY 25th September

9.30am Room 12 visit to Ambrosia

WEDNESDAY 26th September.

3.00-3.45 Library open

THURSDAY 27th September

8.45am School Singing

11.00am Principal’s Morning Tea

2.05pm  Kapa Haka

3.00pm Pasifika Homework Club

3.00pm Library open

FRIDAY 28th September

Young Vinnie’s Loud Shirt Day

11.00am Pasifika Practice

12 Noon Choir in the hall

Assembly. Room 1 Sheryl

Lego Challenge

This afternoon we had 20minutes to collaboratively build a model of a transportation device. The challenge was we could only use 20 pieces! We had to problem-solve, be resilient, work collaboratively, and use our knowledge of transportation. Have a look at these photos of what we created!

Mindfulness Afternoons

This week we have started a new routine...mindfulness first thing after eating our lunch! This is a 15minute time where we can lie down, unwind, and really focus on improving our emotional wellbeing. We are using an online tool called 'smiling mind' to follow a sequence of lessons that will help us to understand and monitor our emotions through practising mindfulness.  In this photo you can see us all lying down with our eyes closed, when we were focusing on breathing techniques and feeling tension in different parts of our bodies.

Week 8 Notices

Kia ora wonderful Whanau! This week is Maori language week and Social justice week so we will be doing lots of learning around these areas. It would be great if you could promote Te Reo at home and also talk with your children about our social justice focus which is 'How can we encourage and support those people with disabilities to participate in our communities.'

On Tuesday our wonderful Tinky will be representing St. Mary's at the Rotorua speech competitions at the Harvest Centre. This begins at 5pm and it would be great for some of our children to attend the event to support Tinky. If you are able to take your child along, that would be hugely appreciated.

We also have our ERO review this week so there will be visitors in and out of the classroom to see what we do at St. Mary's. We are feeling very positive about this and know that our wonderful community will be very welcoming of our visitors.

We have a STEAM challenge on Tuesday afternoon that requires newspaper....if you have any spare newspaper for recycling we would really appreciate it for this challenge! Please send it to school with your child before Tuesday if you can.

I am also in the process of organising a class trip for Tuesday 25th September (Week 10) as a reward for our hard working tamariki (they do not know about this yet). I will be in need of quite a few parent helpers for the whole day this day, so if you are available please let me know. I will be arranging a notice with further details very soon, so this is just an initial heads up :)

Lets have an awesome week!

God Bless,

Nicole Hunter

WEEK 8 TERM 3.

'He mauri te reo Māori nō Aotearoa māu, mā tātou katoa'

'MAKE TE REO MĀORI AN ESSENTIAL PART OF NEW ZEALAND FOR YOU, FOR US ALL'

Ahakoa iti, ākona, kōrerotia - Learn a little, use a little

http://www.tewikiotereomaori.co.nz/

Maori Language Week.

Social Justice Week

ERO Review

TUESDAY 11th September

5.00pm Rotorua Schools Speech Comp. Harvest Centre

WEDNESDAY 12th September.

3.00-3.45 Library open

3.00-4.00pm Arts in Motion break up in hall

THURSDAY 13th September

Steam Puddings for Maori Language Week

8.45am School Singing

2.05pm NO Kapa Haka

3.00pm Pasifika Homework Club

3.00pm Library open

FRIDAY 14th September

11.00am Pasifika Practice

12 Noon Choir in the hall

Assembly. Lorna. Tanya Tapsell speaker at assembly

WEEK 9

WEDNESDAY 19th September.

3.00-3.45 Library open

THURSDAY 20th September

8.45am School Singing

2.05pm  Kapa Haka

3.00pm Pasifika Homework Club

3.00pm Library open

FRIDAY 21st September

Gymnastics at MIGS for Gymnastic team

11.00am Pasifika Practice

12 Noon Choir in the hall

Assembly. Michelle/Kate