Week 4 Term 2

It was exciting today to have our whiteboard installed so now we are all properly shifted into Room 4.

Tomorrow we will be visiting the library to change our books.

What inventive people you all are - some fantastic games to help us get our basic facts faster - well done.

The Kahurangi Maori Theatre group performed this afternoon, sharing with us a variety of Maori myths and legends, music and dance.  We are fortunate that REAP will subsidise this performance by $1 per child with our PTA covering the rest of the cost.  Thank you.

Monday 21 May - Alexandra Rippa Rugby Inter-school Competition, Miss Rodgers has entered the Thursday night team that played during the first term.  There will be a full notice once all details are to hand.

Wednesday 23rd May Rooms 3 & 4 visit to Dunstan House - Clyde. As part of our inquiry this term we will take a walk through Clyde (The Dunstan) looking at the historic buildings and also tour Dunstan House which has retained many of the original fittings of earlier times. We will need transport for this please.

Sunday 20th May - Working Bee to complete the new playground - this will take place after church on Sunday morning - "many hands make light work" - the PTA are keen to have this project completed and I know the children can't wait to have a go on the new fitness equipment.  For further information contact Maria Williams.

Homework

1. Maths: calculating perimeters. Remember that a perimeter is how far around the outside of a shape.  Keep working on those fast facts. Try http://www.shephardsoftware.com/mathgames there is a whole selection of maths activities.
2. Spelling: learn your individual list - remember that the spelling quiz is 20th June - who is keen to attend?  I know there is a team of boys who are looking very competitive.
3. Reading Log: the more you read, the more you know and the better you write.
4. Morning Programme: Group 3 this week - well done to the 2 groups who have presented so far this term - what a variety of things we have learned about.
5. Inquiry: last term we found out about our families. We now need to find out when our families first came and settled in the Central Otago area. Why did they come?  What did they do for jobs?  How many generations of your family have lived here?  I think that Alan's family, (the Beilby's) came here before 1920 - I would have to check what we put on the tile outside Central Stories. His grandfather was a raceman and walked each day from Alexandra out towards Chatto Creek to work.  As well as the McArthur Room, there is a room with historical information at Central Stories - ask at the desk if you want to use it to look at old town records.