Welcome back to the new term. Everyone should have been able to access the information for the term from the hard copy of "what's happening?"in the homework books and also from the very clear planner that Mrs Eastwood has attached to the newsletter last week.
Interviews:
I am looking forward to meeting with everyone Tuesday and Wednesday this week to discuss progress so far this year and where to for the next two terms. Being able to book on the internet programme has been really simple. I have tried to contact all those people who have not made a time, and have seen for myself how simple it is to book a time. If you have not managed to book please contact Mrs Bennie at the office, it only takes a second to sort.
Alexandra Library:
We will be visiting the library at 9:00 on Tuesday morning. Thank you Angela for indicating your availability to walk with us, another couple of parents will be needed to meet our EOTC supervision ratio. The school library will open for us to use next week. It is looking fantastic, thanks to Mrs Rendall and some other helpers. Mrs Rendall has "dotted!" the books in the same way as at the town library so that we can easily find the level of texts that we enjoy. Book Fair this week - the theme this year is "Grandparents", so please encourage any local grandparents to come and browse the selection of books, (and hopefully buy), and also contact the office if they are happy to read to children in different classes over this week. Friday = Favourite Book Character. Come dressed as your favourite book character - be prepared to talk about your character. I will expect that you will be that character for the day - it could be a very interesting class.
Cross Country:
At school we have marked out a course, which is about 422m long, that we are using to practise for the cross country on. Remember to bring runners and track pants or school sports uniform to wear for training each day. We are keeping a log of the distance we are running each day as a measurement maths activity - I wonder how far towards Cromwell we will run over our training period? The school Cross Country is on 7th August - watch the newsletter for more details.
As part of homework, everyone is expected to be working on their personal training programme and recording the results in the log in the homework book. Training runs for those representing the school at the Central Otago Cross Country will be held after our school event in preparation for the CO event on Wednesday 15th August.
Swim For Life - River Safety Programme:
Starts next week on Friday 3 August and runs for 5 weeks, finishing on 31st August. We will walk to and from the pool, leaving school at 10:40am and returning after the lesson finishes at 11:45. Three parents will be needed each week to walk with us. I am meeting with the tutor on Thursday, so will advise everyone as to the clothing required each week. Goggles are not needed at any time for this programme.
Maths Buddies:
The school has a free trial of this maths programme, which covers all aspects of the NZ curriculum. http://www.mathsbuddy.co.nz/ Passwords are glued into homework books and it was pleasing to see how many people were on the site the very first day. There are some revision activities that I have put into the programme on here and I have left the whole site open so that you can check out all the different activities that are available. This term we are starting our maths learning on Geometry - shape, moving on to multiplication and division as our numeracy focus, then statistics.
Tools For the Trade:
A number of people need to purchase rulers and rubbers as these are important tools for learning especially in our maths topic.
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