Week 7 Notices

Kia Ora Whanau,

I hope you have all had a glorious weekend despite the gloomy weather we have been having. This week is one of our final consistent weeks in our classroom, as with the end of the year nearing and production nights approaching there will be children in and out of the classroom for various things.

We had a very successful visit to Lara Lodge for our Volunteer Project. The children blew me away with how respectful and positively they interacted with the elderly; I am incredibly proud of them. Due to how successful this was, as a class we have decided to make individual Christmas packages for each of the residents. These are meant to be crafts, but children may come home with some items they need to bring in for their creations (such as empty jars etc). We will be working on these this week, and hope to have them completed by the end of week 8.

Here are the notices for this week:
Swimming: We are scheduled to have swimming on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week in the afternoons. The weather is not looking promising, but hopefully we will be able to still go. Please remind your child to pack their togs on these days this week.
Production Rehearsals: Our class will have rehearsals every day throughout week 7 and 8. Main actors will then have further rehearsals on top of this. It is really important that we all practise our parts at home as well, and keep a positive attitude towards this.
Ahurei Performance: Our Kapa Haka group are performing this week on Wednesday. Tickets are available and the show begins at 7pm.

Looking Ahead to Next Week (Week 8):
Student Led Celebrations: On Tuesday, week 8, we have student led celebrations. This is not a parent teacher interview, but a time where your child can share their proudest moments and achievements from this year with you. It would be great to see you all there, and will be happening straight after school next Tuesday.
Year 6 Pilgrimage: This is on Thursday in week 8 (6th December). A notice will be coming home this week with more information about it.
Assembly: Friday next week is our assembly day. We will be planning our assembly over the next week and would love for our whanau to attend! It will be on Friday 7th December starting at 2.05pm.

IMPORTANT DATES FOR TERM 4

IMPORTANT DATES FOR TERM 4
Wednesday 28 November	Ahurei Performance
Monday 3 December	Student Celebration Conferences - Year 2
Tuesday 4 December	Student Celebration Conferences- Year 0,1,3,4,5,6
Tuesday 4 December	Year 2 - Zoo Trip
Thursday 6 December	Year 6 Retreat/Pilgrimage @ St Michaels
Tuesday 11 December	Showtime: Noah
Wednesday 12 December	Showtime: Noah
Friday 14 December	End of Year Mass 9am
Friday 14 December	Reports issued to Year 3-6 students
Monday 17 December	Students meet their 2019 teacher
Tuesday 18 December	Prizegiving 9am
Tuesday 18 December	Kakano's Nativity Play 11:30am
Wednesday 19 December	Missioning of Year 6 students
Wednesday 19 December	Last day of school

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Room 4 is running a Cafe on Friday this week - everyone is welcome!

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WEEK 7. TERM 4, 2018.

MONDAY 26TH NOVEMBER.

Library. No issues and all books to be returned

Show Rehearsals

8.45am School Singing

TUESDAY 27TH NOVEMBER

Show Rehearsals. Teachers to take own classes for a practice (refer to schedule).

WEDNESDAY 28th NOVEMBER.

Ahurei Performance

THURSDAY 29th NOVEMBER..

Show Rehearsals

8.45am School Singing

10.00am Advent liturgy

2.05pm  Kapa Haka

5.30pm Coaches Thank You evening

FRIDAY 30th NOVEMBER..

8.00 - 10. 00am Rubik’s Cafe

11.00am Pasifika Practice

12 Noon School Choir

2.05pm Assembly

SHOW TIMETABLE:

Group A - Rooms 15,11,1,3,12 and Manuka (Tuesday Performances 1:00 pm and 6:30 pm)

Group B - Rooms 14, 13, 2, 4, 12 and Kakano (Wednesday Performances 1:00 pm and 6:30 pm)

WEEK 8. TERM 4, 2018.

SUNDAY 2ND DECEMBER

Weetbix TRYathlon

MONDAY 3RD DECEMBER.

Hour of Code Week

Library closed all week

Show Rehearsals

8.45am School Singing

TUESDAY 4TH DECEMBER

EBOP/CBOP Athletics Whakatane

3.15pm SL Celebration Totara, Kahikitea, Kakano

WEDNESDAY 5TH DECEMBER.

Show Rehearsals.

Ahurei Performance

THURSDAY 6TH DECEMBER.

Year 6 Retreat/Pilgrimage

8.45am School Singing

1.30pm ELL Picnic

FRIDAY 7TH DECEMBER.

Totara Celebration Day

11.00am Pasifika Practice

12 Noon School Choir

2.05pm Room 12 Assembly!

Our Special Visitor!

Today we had a special visitor in our class for the afternoon...Imogen's Mum (Mrs Blundell)! She came in to give us an insight into her daily job where she is a Doctor in the emergency department of the Rotorua hospital.

Mrs Blundell brought in a life size skeleton (which Richard quickly named 'Henry) and taught us a lot about our bones and what happens when we injure them. She answered lots of our questions about being sick and looking after our bodies, including talking about donating organs and having special operations such as heart or kidney transplants. We learnt all about our heart and even got to observe and feel a deer's heart and a pig's eye! We also had the opportunity to practise tying slings on each other and listening to each other's hearts through a stethoscope.

Thank you so much for coming into Room 12 this afternoon Mrs Blundell. We really enjoyed learning from you and value being able to learn about our human bodies from an expert! We particularly liked how you answered all of our questions and let us have a go at some of the practical skills doctors have to do everyday. Thank you!!

Our Lara Lodge Visit!

Today we had our trip to Lara Lodge for our Student Volunteer Army Project. This went exceptionally well and all of us (children, adults and elderly residents) had such a fun and joyous time!

Our goal was to bring joy to the elderly people, and we most definitely achieved this beyond our expectations! We interviewed them, read them our stories that we wrote especially, did some crafts, played some games, provided and shared morning tea, and then finished with a concert to showcase our talents.

Feedback from parent helpers and staff from Lara Lodge was that our children were absolutely amazing and a true blessing to the elderly residents day. It is a memory they will keep for a long time and will be forever grateful.

We had so much fun that we have come back to school and are busy planning a second interaction with our elderly friends...we are going to make individualised Christmas gifts for each of them! Some of them may even come to our assembly in week 8 to reminisce on our day today and this is when we will be able to present them with our gifts....watch this space!

Room 12, you have all done an AMAZING job. I am so proud of how you worked as a team during the planning process, persevered to create your own stories, and displayed all of our school values during our visit. You should all be so proud of yourself and I hope you treasure this experience for a long time :)

We all want to say a huge thank you to our parent helpers for coming today. We wouldn't be able to do these things without your ongoing support!

Important Production Notice

Production is getting closer...so we are now thinking about costumes. Can you please ensure that your child has some black jeans/leggings/tights that they can use as part of their costume for our production. We will be providing the shirt.

Please keep practising our song and the dance at home as well! Not long to go now...

Thank you for your support with this :)

Week 6 Notices

Welcome back to week 6 of our last term! We are really trying to make the most of every minute as a class now that there are only 4 and a half weeks left of the year....crazy how fast time is flying by!

Just a few notices for this week...

Inter-school Athletics: This is on Tuesday for all of those students who were selected to participate. All the best for it and we hope you have a wonderful day, giving everything a go with a positive attitude! We will be supporting you in spirit!
No Swimming this week: We had some wonderful swimming sessions with Swim Rotorua last week! We will now not be having any more swimming again until week 9.
SVA Action Day: Wednesday is our big day! Thank you to all of those parents who have volunteered to help us out. We will be leaving by 8.45am so please make sure your child is at school by 8.30am. One of our teams are organising morning tea so do not worry about bringing morning tea for the day. We will be doing a variety of things, including:
* Reading stories we have written to an elderly friend.
* Encouraging our elderly friend to do brain exercises by asking them 10 questions.
* Running group activities with them in our teams - outdoor activities, morning tea prep, origami, board games, and cat care.
* Sharing morning tea.
* Entertaining them with a concert that is completely organised and run by our students!
We will return back to school at approximately 11.30am, so please still pack your own lunch.
Reliever on Friday: On Friday I am attending a Science course down in Wellington along with some other staff, to support Mr Bach with his science investigations. A new reliever will be in Room 12 for the day, and I am sure our children will be very welcoming and helpful towards her.
Production: We worked with Monica Moore last week on our production song and the feedback I heard is that we are doing an awesome job! We will be continuing to practise and improve every afternoon this week. Please also practise remembering the dance and lyrics at home. Everyone who has a main role, there have been some changes to practise times...

Noah Production Cast Rehearsals:

Hi All,

We are getting there…kids are doing well!

Rehearsals are:

Monday lunchtimes

Monday after school 3:15-4:15

Thursday lunchtimes

Thursday after school 3:15-4:15

Dancers:

Tuesday and Thursday Morning tea with Mrs McCashin.

Singing Soloists have rehearsals with Mrs Locke in R 13 at lunch times-these will be on the daily notices.

Thank You for your support,

Bernie Hall

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Lets have a wonderful week again Room 12! I am looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow :)

Thank you to our whanau for your ongoing support,

Nga Mihi

Nicole Hunter

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WEEK 6. TERM 4, 2018.

MONDAY 19TH NOVEMBER.

Library: Last week for issues-all existing issues returned

8.45am School Singing

TUESDAY 20TH NOVEMBER

Inter-School Athletics

WEDNESDAY 21ST NOVEMBER.

9.00-12.30pm Room 12 Volunteer Army Project

THURSDAY 22ND NOVEMBER..

8.45am School Singing

2.05pm  Kapa Haka

FRIDAY 23RD NOVEMBER..

11.00am Pasifika Practice

12 Noon School Choir

2.05pm Assembly.

WEEK 7. TERM 4, 2018.

MONDAY 26TH NOVEMBER.

8.45am School Singing

WEDNESDAY 28th NOVEMBER.

Ahurei Performance

THURSDAY 29th NOVEMBER..

8.45am School Singing

10.00am Advent Liturgy

2.05pm  Kapa Haka

FRIDAY 30th NOVEMBER..

11.00am Pasifika Practice

12 Noon School Choir

1.00pm Shared Lunch for First Aiders

2.05pm Assembly

Mandarin

Today Eva taught us about the tradition with tea in China and showed us how to make it. We were also fortunate to be able to try some different flavours! Thank you Eva for sharing this Chinese drink and tradition with us.

Book Character Day

Today was book character day! This was a fundraiser to go towards helping with the funds for a special needs Christmas party. Well done to everyone for putting in an awesome effort with your costumes and having such a positive attitude towards it! You all looked awesome and have clearly thought really creatively about your costumes. What a fun day!