Newsletter/Homework Week 2

Welcome to Miss Lyon, our trainee teacher who joined our class last week.  Sadly her time with us is very short, as she returns to her course in Invercargill on Friday.

Last week saw us taking part in lots of Education Outside the Classroom.  Thank you Angela for racing around the hills with us as we learned about finding '"controls" on an orienteering course.  It was great to have Mrs Pearson help us with this too.  Congratulations everyone on your commitment to finding each marker, and not giving up.  There are some very good map readers amongst us, to be an excellent competitor it is also important to be fit. We will continue learning the basics of orienteering around the school grounds, before Mr Godsall comes back on May 9th to work with us again.

On Thursday Mrs Martin issued tracksuits to everyone in Room 4.  This means that she is not issuing and reissuing tracksuits each time people go to represent the school.  So that income can be generated for repairs of the present tracksuits, and replacement of those getting worn out the PTA have decided that a minimal hire fee of $5 be charged. It would be appreciated if this could be paid to the school office as soon as possible.

Riding By:

• Homework this week is to make sure that you have checked your bike for the safety items that Mr Milford showed you in preparation for our bike ride to the Bike Park on Thursday at 1:00. We will need 2 parents with bikes to accompany us on this trip please, to meet our supervision ratio. Please come to school in sports uniform with school tracksuit.
• Complete the road signs in your homework books - be sure that you have used the correct colours.  Write the meaning of each sign underneath it.

Class visit to library: Tuesday at 9:00am. Remember those books that you have at home.  Two parents will be needed to walk with us. If the weather is wet we will arrange transport in cars in the morning.

This week we are beginning the Holy Spirit strand of the Religious Education Programme.  We are learning about the titles and symbols of the Holy Spirit.

Maths:
Monthly tables test on Friday.  Most people showed great improvement over last term. Write your goal for Friday's score in your book. Ask mum or Dad to mark your work early in the week so that you can learn any errors. Remember to learn these as a family:   4 + 7 = 11,  7 + 4 = 11, 11 - 4 = 7,  11 - 7 = 4
Our Maths topic is "Measurement"and this week we are learning about using a ruler accurately, and how to measure or calculate perimeters of shapes. Draw some for Mum or Dad to measure.

Spelling:
Learn your individual list ready to be tested on Friday.

Morning Programme:
Group 1 this week, check the planner that is in your homework book.

Reading:
Record your daily reading in your reading log.

Typing:
Keep working at improving your typing - 5 minutes a night is all it will take.

Riding By

Wow - everyone with a bike and helmet today - thanks so much for arranging that at such short notice.  As part of this unit, Mr Milford's homework is to find out about the road code for cyclists. One good source of information are parents as they already have a licence to drive on our roads or try searching using:  ltsa cycle safety, this should bring up a site "The official NZ code for cyclists - About cycling"
one of the websites Mr Milford suggested.

I did have the link here for you but when I tried to use it from the Blog page "the document didn't exist".

Remember he will have a set of questions for you on Thursday as well as the skills test to complete.

Welcome Back to term Two

Thank you to everyone who gave feedback about the use of the Blog.  This week there is a hard copy of the newsletter and homework expectations in homework books along with the Morning Programme term plan. It also has the important dates for the term.  Should there be changes after the staff meeting I will update on here.

Important information:

Bike Safety  - "Riding By" will begin on Tuesday with Mr Milford.  The first session will see us learning how to adjust a cycle helmet correctly, and how to check our bikes for safety items. Everyone needs to have their bike and helmet at school for this session.

Orienteering: also begins on Tuesday with a classroom session on map reading for orienteering with Bill Godsall.  Thursday sees us put our knowledge into action outside the classroom, so runners and PE gear will be needed. This year the Central Otago Competition will be in Wanaka on Wednesday 6th June.

Looking forward to another busy term.

We will shift into our refurbished room just before lunch time. We welcome everyone to visit our wonderful new teaching space - warm and with a wonderful outside area that we can use.  We won't know ourselves.

What if.......?

What if.....

One day you were in

A toy shop and the toys came alive?

The bears stomped around,

Trucks started roaring around,

Board games played themselves

And everything that bounced started bouncing!

What if ..

You tried to put them

back on the shelf

But they kept coming out.

Would you shut the door and 

Let them wear out?

Brieanna

What if?

What if you were walking along the footpath

And it sang a song?

So you jumped off the footpath

And a car went wrong.

So you jumped in and sang a song

While you were driving along.

Maisie

What if?

What if

You went to the bookstore

And thought it was a bore?

Then you opened a book and had a look,

And your ears went really sore.

A hundred lions roaring and growling,

And you wanted to do more browsing.

Would you shut the book?

Simone

What if....?

What if the Queen was sitting on her throne

And she was all alone?

So she opened a book

To have a look,

And she found a skeleton bone.

If it was you would you shut the book?

Zoe

`Newsletter and Homework 2 April

It's hard to believe that this is the last week of the term.  The 10 weeks have been really full on.  Thank you so much to all the parents who have helped in such a wide variety of ways.  Without this support there are so many things that we would be unable to take part in.
I hope to shift into the new classroom over the holidays at the end of the  second week. These rooms are looking just amazing, although we have been very comfortable this term, and it is nice and close to the office.

This week I have sent a hard copy of the homework sheet as I would like to get your feedback on what has worked and what has been difficult in terms of using the class blog as the tool to keep everyone informed, and how this could be improved for next term.  It has been a learning curve for me, but certainly has saved paper and it has also meant that I am able to update if extra information needs to go home after our Monday staff meetings.  Please complete the part at the bottom of the homework sheets in the homework books.

What's Happening This Week?

11:30 Thursday sharing Eisteddfods - 1 boy and 1 girl from each class, followed by a retelling of the events of Holy Week.

Today the Scripture Reading Eisteddfods were of a high standard.  I was pleased to be listening to people who were phrasing the reading and using the punctuation to make the meaning clear.  There were some very thoughtful reflections about why the reading had been chosen. Well done everyone. Talk about organised, some people have chosen their poem for next term already.

Congratulations to Hannah and Bailey who performed exceptionally at the aerobic gymnastic competitions at the weekend.  Go girls!

Because the library visits have been so worthwhile and the books are so fantastic, we will be using this library again next term every second week starting in week 2, Tuesday 1st May.  Thanks again to those people who have walked with us.

Have a wonderful holiday, enjoying your fantastic children.  I hope this amazing weather continues into Easter and the holidays.