Week 4 Term 4

Wow, what a fantastic fair yesterday.  Thank you so much to Dale for helping to man our class stall during the day, to Molly who was a real salesperson for Rooms 3 & 4, Hannah an excellent ticket keeper/helmet putter-onner at the horse rides, and to everyone who stepped up to assist with entertainment.  Good stuff - we are participating and contributing to school life.

Our prayers are with Ms Moeke whose step father passed away suddenly yesterday.  Once again she is heading north to be with her mother at this time.

Thank goodness that this week we are almost having a week for the basic subjects (although Wednesday is the Central Otago Sports).  Congratulations to 20 of you who have been selected to represent the school at this event. Good luck.  I have one parent who has indicated that they are available to help at the park, it would be great to have a few more.

Tracksuits: At the beginning of the year everyone in Room 4 was issued with school tracksuits.  This has been really fantastic as we have used these regularly. Now is the time to check that you have your bag and both parts of your tracksuit.  These need to be handed in on the Friday after the Touch Competition - washed and packed into the bag - November 29th.  We were the first class to have them all back last year - I know we can do it again this year even though there are 31 of us.  Having them back on time makes Kath's job so much easier.

Touch Rugby Tournament: Wednesday 27th November. It would be great to have some parents willing to coach/manage our teams.  I will not know how the competition will be until Ms Moeke returns, whether there is one competitive competition or whether there will be a non-competitive section, so will leave selecting teams until this is clear. We will be beginning on ball handling skills for touch for P.E. next week.  The members of the two Thursday night touch teams will be great instructors for those not so skilled.

Pet Day - Friday: starts at 9:00 with prayer by the stage.  A separate information sheet will come home with the newsletter. All dogs head home at 11:15am and class as usual after play.

A reminder that the film about dyslexia, "The Big Picture", will be screened at school next Wednesday 13th.  It is well worth a watch as those who saw it in Clyde will tell you.

Homework

1. Reading logs:  Plenty of new ones in the homework tray.  I expect at least 10 minutes reading each night.
2. Maths: Monthly tables test is on Friday.  I wonder if we can top the July scores which we used for statistics today.  The mode was 100%. Way to go Room 4.
3. Spelling: the date on this sheet is 21st October.  We have had 2 very disrupted weeks, but are back on the straight and narrow again.
4. Design-a-pet. Class time as well as homework for this activity.  Needs to be ready to display at 9:00am Friday for the Pet Day.  Check the instructions on the separate post.