Week 5

Hey Team,

Sorry for the extremely late post! 

We have a fantastic day at the swimming sports yesterday and it's fair to say even the teacher were tired after a big day at the pool. Thank you to all of those who were able to help yesterday and also to those of you that were able to come along and support your child/ren. It was awesome to see so many of you there!!


This week:

I am on Classroom Release on Tuesday and Wednesday morning so Mr Hogue will be in Room 5 taking science which is very exciting! 

For the rest of the morning sessions we will be getting our P.A.T tests done. There are 4 to complete; reading vocal, reading comp, math and listening. As these take time to get done our classroom programme will be very messy this week, we will be back into the swing of things next week though. :)

Homework:
Reading every night, maths, and spelling (the long 'e' sound). Please encourage your child to complete all of their homework and to come and see me if they are struggling.

Have a great week!!

Many thanks,

Jo :)

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Week 4 :)

Hey everyone,

Thank you to all of those who were able to come to school Mass on Sunday, it was great to see so many of you there celebrating the beginning of our school year. Thanks also to those who came to the meet and greet picnic, it was great to see so many of you there too :)

Homework: This week this is reading, spelling and maths homework, all is due in on Friday. Please encourage your child to complete all of their homework and if they are not sure about it, they can talk to me at school. The probability sheet should not be hard as we are doing very similar worksheets in class. Please talk to me if you have any concerns :)

Tuesday: There are house meetings at 1.30 for our house captains to be chosen for 2015. This is very exciting and it will be good to have the houses up and running for the year.

Wednesday: Ash Wednesday - there is a liturgy being held at 12pm at the Church, you are all welcome to join us. Room 5 children will be doing the readings, children will be chosen tomorrow.

Thursday: NZ Playhouse, this will be an awesome performance which starts at 1.30. We are extremely thankful to the PTA who are covering the cost of this show. Im sure they children will love it!!

Friday: Buddy Reading time with our new house captains organising their house for the swimming sports. Assembly will be led by Room 6 and will begin at 2.10, you are all welcome to join us.

Monday 23rd: Swimming sports - all children need to be dropped at the pool by 9am, bus children will get taken to the pool when they arrive at school. As houses have a trophy to compete for this year it would be awesome to see as many of the children get dressed up and into the house spirit. House colours should be worn to the pool. PLEASE NO CRETE paper as it makes a mess of the pool!


Softball/Teeball - games will be played at school this week as all St Gerard's teams are playing each other. Games will start slightly earlier at 3.15 so should be finished just after 4. The tee ball game will be on the bottom field and the two softball boys teams will play on the top field.

Here I was thinking that this week will be 'normal' with no swimming but as per usual there are interruptions - good ones of course! :)

Next week is going to be equally crazy as I have release for two mornings so Mr Hogue will be teaching science. It is also PAT testing week so we will be busy, busy, busy in Room 5.

Have a great week and remember to come and see me of you have any questions or concerns.

Thanks,
Jo  :)

Week 3 Term 1 2015

Hey team,

I hope you had a fantastic long weekend and managed to enjoy some sunshine.

We continue with our swimming in the afternoons this week. We are all well on our way to doing a great job at the swimming sports! If you are able to help out please ensure you get the form to me ASAP as I've only had 3 parents offer to help.

This week:
Tues: Swimming 1.30-2.00
Wed: Swimming 1.30-2.00
Thurs: Swimming 1.30-2.00, Meet & Greet Picnic Dinner Starting from 5.30pm
Sunday: School Mass 9am - All are expected to attend in full school uniform, please let me know if you can't be there.

Next week: Wednesday 18th - Ash Wednesday Mass 12 Noon

Swimming Sports Monday 23rd Feb.

Homework: There is maths and reading homework again this week,  Spelling will begin next week after we have done testing in class and once Trina has gone over home expectations for spelling at the 'Meet and Greet / Meet the Teacher' evening.

If you have any questions or concerns please note them down and you can discuss them on Thursday night :)

Have a fantastic week and I hope to see you all on Thursday.

Jo