Newsletter 18 February

Thank you so much to those parents who have provided transport to and from the pool and also supervised groups in the water.  This has meant that all swimmers have been in the water for the full 30 minutes and as much as possible individual needs have been met.  It has been encouraging to see good improvement in technique and confidence over the 6 lessons. Please remember the teaching points - especially fast feet when it comes to the racing on Monday - don't get too excited and revert to the thrashing arms!
Please check your jerseys, Adriana has lost her named jersey "Ruby" from our cloakroom.  She would be delighted to have it back as the mornings can be a bit cool.

BBQ Sausages = Thursdays. Please contact Michelle Healey if you are able to go on a roster for this.

What's Happening in Room 4?

• Library Day = Mondays at 1:30pm.  I expect everyone to take a book home for home reading.  We will also be visiting the Alexandra Library on Fridays 1 March and 5 April leaving school at 9:00 am and returning at 10:00.  We need 2 or 3 parents to accompany us please.
• Water bottles need to be taken home and washed each day. Brain Food = have this on your desk before school.  Brain food needs to be fruit or vegetables that have not been processed.
• Uniforms:  great to see people wearing the uniform with pride. "Respect for Self". A note is needed at times when you are not wearing the correct uniform items.
• School Swimming Sports: Monday 25th.  Mrs Rebecca Williams would be pleased to hear from anyone able to help on this day.  Please be at the pool at 8:55am.  If you have to come on the bus to school please let me know so that we know who we need to wait for at school.  Remember to wear your house colours, practise your house chant & Go For Gold, while encouraging each other to do their very best.  Two towels are a great idea.
• Camp Consultation Meeting/Fundraising Meeting: Thursday 28th February - Fundraising Meeting shared with Room 3 parents at 7pm followed by the Room 4 camp meeting.
• Central Otago Swimming Wednesday 6th March - Cromwell
• Goal Setting Interviews: Monday 11th & Tuesday 12th March. Next week will be a testing week, so we will have  up to date assessment to set the beginning of the year goals from.
• Bible Reading Eisteddfods: Tuesday 26th March class presentations.
• Thursday 28th March: Stations of the Cross, school Eisteddfod presentations.
• Kapahaka Festival: Sunday 14th April.

Homework

1. Maths: tables sheet - keep working on the ones that you are not sure of.  The next tables test is next week, the first Friday in March.  Set yourself a goal. Once you have your goal, decide what you are going to do to achieve this.   Try www.studyladder.co.nz your log in and passwords are in your homework book.  The Census: what is this? What sort of questions are asked? How is this information used? Look out for someone coming to your house. We are looking at statistics for maths as well as working on our tables and place value knowledge.
2. Reading: Record your reading in the log at the back of your book.  Check that you are reading a variety of texts - fiction, non-fiction, newspaper articles, recipes etc.
3. Spelling will start shortly.
4. Morning Programme: Group 3 will present after interval on Friday.  remember to write your item up on A4 paper so that we can read it again in the class book. Excellent programmes so far - keep up the high standard.
5. Touch Typing: so that we don't develop bad habits when typing our work, over this first term I want everyone to begin to learn to type correctly.  At school we will do this on the site www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ which you can also access at home. 5 minutes a night if you have access to the internet would be fantastic.