URGENTLY NEEDED FOR THE FAIR

URGENTLY NEEDED FOR THE FAIR

There is a PTA meeting this Tuesday 1 August.  We have a very small PTA this year and in order for the fair in October to be successful, we desperately need some more parents involved.  This does not mean that you will be coerced onto the PTA, but rather that you are helping with some aspect of the fair.  If you feel that you would be able to help, please come along to the PTA meeting this Tuesday, or contact a parent rep from your class. 

It is important that one parent rep from each class attends the PTA meetings so that you are able to update other parents.

Term 3,Week 2

Week 2 is as follows-

Monday - Kapahaka

Tuesday- Gymnastics - Sports Uniform

Wednesday- School Mass and Dance 

Friday- SCHOOL PHOTOS and School Assembly led by Rooms 7 and 3. All Welcome

As we are training every morning for Cross Country in a couple of weeks, children may wear runners each day with their normal uniform.

Have a great weekend

Regards

Neroli

Term 3, Gymnastics

Gymnastics this week, focus was on balance activities.

Term 3 Week 1

Welcome back everybody. 
Hope you all had a great break and are looking forward to another busy term ahead.

Sharelle Potter from Kelly Sports will be taking eight 45 minute sessions of gymnastics, this term which starts on Tuesday at 10.00am for us, for the first 5 weeks, followed by 3 Friday sessions.  Please be sure to wear your sports uniform so that you can move freely. The first couple of weeks the skill being practised will be 'balance'.

School Photos - Friday 4th August.

School Mass - 9am Sunday 13th August - we look forward to sharing this celebration together.

As the school cross country will be held on Wednesday 16th August we will be practising our running for this as part of our fitness, so it would be a good idea to have runners to wear for this. If you know that you can make yourself available to assist on the day of the event we would be keen to hear from you.

Kapahaka: will be with Ms Tamati on Mondays every even week at 11.40am.

Eisteddfod: A speech will be presented Monday 25th September. In class we will work on the format for this - an exciting opening, some really interesting facts followed by a strong ending (so that people know that you have finished).  We call this the 'hamburger'. I would encourage children to choose a topic that is a real passion for them as this way they will be excited about finding out interesting information to share, and will be enthusiastic in their presentation. 

Homework

1. Reading: who will be first to 150 nights of reading?
2. Spelling: Spelling words will be pasted into homework books this Friday. For children new to spelling, there are 5 words which are to be sounded out using their tool hand and recorded each night. The tricky part to be look out for,  has been identified by the children. Many children are working at the same level with some having moved up a level.  
3. News Topics - Topics for the term will be pasted into homework books.
4. Cross Country Training: the more you do something, the better you get. Have a run after school to increase your fitness.

Regards

Neroli

Term 2 Week 10

Well another term down, its hard to believe.
And a busy week to end!!

Monday - First Aid lesson, Kapahaka, Eisteddfod finals in the classroom
Tuesday- Last day of ice-skating
Wednesday - Mass, Mr Hogue taking Science in the morning, Discovery time pm.
Thursday - School Eisteddfod Assembly
Friday - Cultural Day. Children may come in mufti and bring a gold coin for school materials for children in FIJI. Children may order spaghetti with tomato based sauce for lunch,$2, orders need to be in at 9am Friday. 
There will be a Cultural Assembly in the Church at 1.30pm, all welcome. We have some children from Room 7 performing. 

There will be no formal reading groups this week and no spelling as I am testing children for next term.

We are all working hard to master our letter and numeral formations, so please have a practise over the holidays if your child needs some support.

PLEASE have a big hunt for reading books over the holidays. We have many incomplete sets and need these for our group work. Many of these readers cost $10 each!!!!

Many Thanks
Have a great holiday
Neroli