Get out the dog shampoo - Pet Day is next Friday 8th November. Full information will be in next week's newsletter.
Next week you will "Design A Pet" and draw a cartoon character of it. Think about why people have pets and what abilities and uses your pet will have, then get sketching. As a group you are amazingly creative, so what you come up with may well be mind boggling.
"Designer Pets" will be on display at the Pet Show.
Thursday, 31 October 2013
All Souls Day Liturgy
On Monday 4th the whole school will be taking part in a liturgy at the cemetery to recognise All Souls Day (which is 2nd November).
Please bring a jacket in case it is cooler and some flowers to place on the graves. Many people will be able to find graves of family members or people they knew. It would be great to have some parents walk to and from the cemetery with us. We will be leaving the school after lunch at 1:15.
Please bring a jacket in case it is cooler and some flowers to place on the graves. Many people will be able to find graves of family members or people they knew. It would be great to have some parents walk to and from the cemetery with us. We will be leaving the school after lunch at 1:15.
Fair Sunday 3rd November
Thank you so much to Dale, Kath, Maria and Lisa who have been in the classroom over the last couple of weeks helping with our wheat bags and Christmas decorations. Our efforts are absolutely amazing.
Setting up our stall will take place from 8:30 on Sunday, so that we are all done before mass at 9am. We will be sharing a trestle with Room 3, but we will operate as 2 separate stalls. Many people have indicated that they will help with the selling. We'll sort a roster on Sunday so that everyone can do some selling & also head off round the stalls and activities.
Kapahaka Group: please meet me and your leaders outside Room 4 by 10:20. You need to be lined up ready to walk onto the stage by 10:25. Songs are Haere Mai, E Toru Nga Mea and the National Anthem with the haka. A great practice with Ms Tamati today - you have really stepped up into the leadership role. Thank you.
Once again great efforts with posters, crafts and stepping up to provide entertainment - thanks Keila & Celia for organising this for Mrs Eastwood this week and to everyone who is willing to give a performance a go.
Setting up our stall will take place from 8:30 on Sunday, so that we are all done before mass at 9am. We will be sharing a trestle with Room 3, but we will operate as 2 separate stalls. Many people have indicated that they will help with the selling. We'll sort a roster on Sunday so that everyone can do some selling & also head off round the stalls and activities.
Kapahaka Group: please meet me and your leaders outside Room 4 by 10:20. You need to be lined up ready to walk onto the stage by 10:25. Songs are Haere Mai, E Toru Nga Mea and the National Anthem with the haka. A great practice with Ms Tamati today - you have really stepped up into the leadership role. Thank you.
Once again great efforts with posters, crafts and stepping up to provide entertainment - thanks Keila & Celia for organising this for Mrs Eastwood this week and to everyone who is willing to give a performance a go.
Monday, 28 October 2013
Summer Uniforms & Sunhats
This week everyone must wear their summer uniforms, this includes hats. If you do not have a hat from Wednesday you must find something to do under the verandah outside the library.
Mrs Bennie has hats for sale at the office.
Mrs Bennie has hats for sale at the office.
Tuesday Softball/Teeball
Enjoy Teachers Only Day.
Please remember that softball/teeball is starting.
Valmai's and Michelle's teams need to meet their coaches at 3pm at the netball courts - remember to ring them if you are unable to play.
Maria's teams will have been told where to meet.
School teeshirts/black shorts are the uniform.
Have a great day.
Please remember that softball/teeball is starting.
Valmai's and Michelle's teams need to meet their coaches at 3pm at the netball courts - remember to ring them if you are unable to play.
Maria's teams will have been told where to meet.
School teeshirts/black shorts are the uniform.
Have a great day.
Monday, 21 October 2013
Week 2 Term 4
What a fantastic afternoon's entertainment at the Lauren Ross Fundraising Concert yesterday. Congratulations to those people in the school choir who entertained at this event - you were amazing - very proud of you.
A reminder that this weekend is Labour Weekend and that there is Teacher's Only Day on Tuesday 29th.
Softball/Teeball: the starting date for the competition is now not tomorrow, but next Tuesday 29th. If you are available to play for your team could you please let Mrs Maria Williams know. Unfortunate that the starting date has been postponed to our Teachers Only Day.
Thursday Night Touch: Thank you to the parents who have indicated their willingness to assist with this - I'm sure that where a parent is unavailable that between you, team responsibilities will be covered. A team note went home today, please check that you have seen it. Be sure that you meet your team manager at Pioneer Park this Thursday at 5:20pm. Team uniform is the school sports uniform - tee shirt and black shorts. Play hard, play fair - encourage each other to improve skills.
Thank you to those people who have returned their PTA Raffle cards by the due date. Please get these into the office as soon as possible as the PTA members are working flat out at present, and chasing up raffle cards is just that one extra task.
Recycled Outfits: I know of only 1 entry from our class. It is not too late to get with a mate or a mum/dad and do something crafty.
School Athletic Sports: starts 9:30am Thursday 31st October. I have 4 offers of help to assist at this, a few more would be most appreciated.
A reminder that this weekend is Labour Weekend and that there is Teacher's Only Day on Tuesday 29th.
Softball/Teeball: the starting date for the competition is now not tomorrow, but next Tuesday 29th. If you are available to play for your team could you please let Mrs Maria Williams know. Unfortunate that the starting date has been postponed to our Teachers Only Day.
Thursday Night Touch: Thank you to the parents who have indicated their willingness to assist with this - I'm sure that where a parent is unavailable that between you, team responsibilities will be covered. A team note went home today, please check that you have seen it. Be sure that you meet your team manager at Pioneer Park this Thursday at 5:20pm. Team uniform is the school sports uniform - tee shirt and black shorts. Play hard, play fair - encourage each other to improve skills.
Thank you to those people who have returned their PTA Raffle cards by the due date. Please get these into the office as soon as possible as the PTA members are working flat out at present, and chasing up raffle cards is just that one extra task.
Recycled Outfits: I know of only 1 entry from our class. It is not too late to get with a mate or a mum/dad and do something crafty.
School Athletic Sports: starts 9:30am Thursday 31st October. I have 4 offers of help to assist at this, a few more would be most appreciated.
Wow Night
We hope to see as many
of you as possible tomorrow night (Tuesday) at 6:30pm. Bring your fish n
chips or your choice of food.
We decided up the hill
that it would be great for everyone to get to share the wonderful learning that
we all did at Coronet Peak. Some people had the opportunity to share the
time with us on the mountain so now is the time for you all to see and hear
about our EOTC.
There will be a variety
of learning shared and some wonderfully skilled "techy" students are
now working on putting as much work as possible onto one powerpoint, so that
work can be viewed on the whiteboard.
The students also want
to present to you their findings from the statistical investigations they did
as to whether this trial camp should be one confirmed onto the school two year
EOTC cycle. I'm sure that you all probably can predict what the outcome
of this was.
Looking forward to
seeing as many of you as possible - siblings are welcome.
Monday, 14 October 2013
Dates For The Calendar
15 October – PTA
meeting 7:30 in staffroom – all welcome
16th
October – St Gerards Day – liturgy in the hall
18th
October – Maths Buddy Information Evening 7:30 Room 2
20th
October, Sunday – Choir performing at fundraising concert 2:30 Dunstan High School
22nd
October – Tuesday Camp Wow Night – bring your Fish n Chips 6:30
28th
Labour Day
29th
Teachers Only Day
30th
School Photos - family photos 8am
31st
School Athletics – starts 9:30am – helpers please.
3rd
November – School Fair
4th
November – All Souls Liturgy 2pm
6th
November – Central Otago Athletics – Molyneux Park
13th
November – The Big Picture – film about dyslexia
19th
November – Maori Community Consultation Meeting
21st /22nd
November – LIFE Education – Harold “Friends”
27th
November – Touch Tournament – hosted at St Gerards, coaches/managers
required
2 December – Singing
Eisteddfod - class presentations
5 December Eisteddfod
assembly
12 December 6pm Final
Mass
16 December – Final
assembly, prize giving and picnic lunch
17 December – whole
school water day
Term Four Week One
Welcome back everyone to
what looks like a very full term.
Congratulations to all
of you who ran in the Round the Clock Race - fantastic effort.
Special congratulations to those of you in the team placing second to a
team of 11 year 8 students from The Terrace. Next year should be all
yours!
Sunhats: a reminder that sunhats are a required uniform item this term. No hat = no
play outside, under the verandahs only.
Choir: At the end of last term Mrs Russell gave out
notices regarding 2 opportunities for performance. Please be sure that
you have these returned to her or to one of the choir leaders before Thursday.
The first performance is planned for this Sunday 20th at Dunstan High School -
a concert to raise funds for a student who has been selected for the National
Youth Choir. Looking at the list of performers this will be a very entertaining
afternoon. 2:30 - 4:30pm. All welcome.
Kapahaka: Ms Tamati has asked all of you to make a poi,
and practise catching it so that we can add this plus a haka to our latest
waiata. If you have younger brothers or sisters, or know of a younger
group member it would be fantastic if you could make an extra one and help them
practise too. Ms Tamati said there is a good clip on you-tube with clear
instructions. Our next session with Ms Tamati is not until 11th November,
so four weeks to practise and look pretty efficient.
Maths Buddy: information evening for parents this Thursday
7:30 in Room 2. Craig McBride from Maths Buddy will give an overview
of the programme and explain how this site can give parents regular reports
about progress. There will also be an opportunity for parents to use the
programme and see how its lessons and practice activities are structured.
Several people in room 4 have been registered all year and have regularly
used the activities to improve their knowledge and skills. We are hoping
to get parent feedback as to whether this programme would be worthwhile for all
students in the school.
The “Dyslexia” film - The
Big Picture will be screened on Wednesday 13th November at
school. This is well worth looking at – please let others know.
School Photos: will be taken on Wednesday 30th October.
Family photos from 8am. We have been lucky enough to have Ray
Dustow to do these again this year - he was last year's photographer. We
are hoping that he will also take sports team photos.
Thursday Night Touch: permission slips went home today and need to be
returned to me by Thursday. Please work hard to get someone to referee &
manage a team. Unfortunately Rhian Ward works on a Thursday, so he is
unavailable this term. We have enough names for 2 teams - a great
opportunity to get some ball handling in before the Catholic Schools Tournament
later this term.
Athletic Sports: will be held on Thursday 31st October. starting
at 9:30am. We have enough people to lead events but do need assistants.
I would be most appreciative of having names of people willing to help.
Athletic skills will be practised each afternoon for the next two weeks.
Please have your school t-shirt and black shorts to change into, so that
you can make the most of these sessions.
Friday Crafts Help: for the next three Fridays Room 4 will be
working on items to sell at the fair. Thank you for the pieces of material,
Selena and for the offer of sewing machines, Kath. It would be great to
have more fabric offcuts and some hands-on help for the sewing (machine &
hand). Does anyone have cotton thread? I'll pop in to Spotlight to
purchase extras that we will need. This Friday we'll make a start at 1:30.
Wheatbags & felt
Christmas decorations.
Homework
• Read and record reading in log
• Spelling - take care to tool and check against
the typed word each night
• Tables practice sheet - monthly table test on
Friday. Lots of people are now regularly in the 90's - keep this up.
There is also great tables practice on Maths Buddy
Probability
- Maths Buddy - our free trial ends on Friday 25th. Well done to those
people who have made the most of using this site.
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Support our Fair - Recycled fashion & Wearable Arts
Choose from the following themes:
- Popstar Outfit
- Ideal School Uniform
- Flag
- Hat
Age Group Categories:
- Under 10 - no help
- Under 17 - no help
- child with adult help
Rules:
- 100% of the garment must be from a recycled source - this could be from old clothes/sheets/blankets OR be really creative and use a common household item and turn it into a wearable art. NOTE: you can use new cotton or thread.
- Provide a list of the materials you made your item from.
- You can work alone, in a team, or an adult can help you.
- You can make more than 1 thing.
- You must register by 18th October, (the first Friday in term 4), by completing the registration form that you took home. I have spare copies.
- Details of the parade and judging times on Sunday 3 November will be given once registrations are in.
HAVE A GO - YOU ARE A VERY CREATIVE CLASS.
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