Enviro

Enviro group garden request.

Wheelbarrows: This Wed July 1st we are shifting a whole bunch of soil. If you have a wheelbarrow we could borrow for the day could you please let Mr Yeoman know. Any parent help during Wed lunchtime would be very welcome.

Pots: We need a range of pots for planting seedlings in. A range of sizes and materials would be fine. If you have any spare could they pleased be dropped into Room 6 anytime. We will begin planting seedings in Term 3.

Building materials: We want to build a mini hot-house to raise our seedlings and are looking for materials to do this. The hot house will be aprox 1000mm x 600mm x 600mm. We are particularly looking for timber to frame the hot house and plastic to cover it.

Thanks

Week 10 Term 2

Hi Team,

Sorry I never got a post up last week - It was a crazy week getting reports finished and to Trina. You can expect to get your child's report in a week or so. There will be interviews at the beginning of Term 3 for you to discuss any concerns or issues that you may have with these reports.

This week:
Winter sports being on Tuesday (we will be having table lessons the same days as skating), sports uniforms can be worn of the following days; Tuesday 23rd, Thursday 25th, Monday 29th and Wednesday 1st. We are lucky enough to have a coach coming in to work with us on those days. Please ensure the $10 is paid to the office as soon as possible so we are able to cover the cost of this coaching and to ensure we have the appropriate gear.

Room 5 will be running assembly on Friday and will be sharing some of our work from the last few weeks. Please feel free to join us for the last assembly of the term. Room 4 are leading us in Mass on Friday at midday.

Homework: this week children need to ensure their eisteddfod presentation is polished and ready for presenting on Monday 29th June. I have seen most poems and by the sound of the children they are all on track to having a great presentation ready in a week. I would also like children to be reading daily and recording it into their reading logs as there is no spelling or maths homework this week. 

Camp:
Thanks to all of you who attending the fundraising meeting last week - it was great to see so many of you there with such great ideas. I have almost received all of the camp forms back, once they are all returned I will be able to finalise which parents will be coming on camp and can get more information out (hopefully before the holidays). Please get these forms back ASAP. If you are interested in going on any of the remaining camps this year it's essential that you get a Police Vetting form from the office and returned it to the office ASAP so it can get checked through the system. 

Thank you all for your continued support, I hope you are all keeping warm and are looking forward to the holidays. 

Any concerns, please get in touch with me via email. Have a great week!!

Jo

Creative Creations :)

Here are some photos of the creations made during a class 'team building challenge' on Thursday last week. Its amazing what the groups came up with and the great team work that was shown!!

 A tropical Island (there is a waterfall, trees and even a sunburnt person)

 The inside of a house (there is a bench in the kitchen and bedrooms)

 BMX track with jumps and obstacles

A Farm Truck (Lights on the front, animals on the back and stylish tyres)

Jo

Week 8

Hi team,

Sorry for the extremely late post this week. After my weekend away in Auckland it has taken me a few days to catch up on what is happening. It's very busy!

Homework:
Spelling, maths (basic Facts), project (master chef - due on THURSDAY), poetry eisteddfods. We will be talking about these during the week and will begin to do some petty research and reading during class. Please help your child to pick and learn an appropriate poem to share with the class in Week 10. 

Camp:
I have sent home the first camp notice today. This has a slip at the bottom that needs returned  - please include the payment information (I put the dotted line in the wrong place) :) 
If you have any questions about any of this initial information, please get in touch with me.

Fundraising:
We are having a meeting on Tuesday 16th at 6.45 in Room 5 (This is for Room 3,4 and 5 parents). If you are wanting to fundraise it's important that you come to this meeting please or get in touch with me to let me know you are interested. At this stage we still haven't got anyone to coordinate the fundraising, camp is only 9 weeks away!

We are very lucky that Loretta has offered to start some fundraising on Sunday after Mass outside the church. She will be selling baking and would love some donations from parents please. Baking can be left in the staffroom on Friday (wrapped well). If you are able to provide baking or would like to help you can let Loretta know directly or send me an email and I can pass it on.

Reports:
Testing is almost finished :) You can expect to have your child's Mid Year National Standard report before the end of the term. 

Friday:
We are lucky enough to have two teams attending the Central Otago Rippa Rugby Finals in Frankton on Friday. I will be heading over with the teams for the day. Mr Yeoman will be looking after the remaining children from Room 5 & 6. 

Miniball has been cancelled for the Yr 5/6 team on Friday as half of the team won't be back to Alex in time for their game. The whole season draw will come out tomorrow.

There is assembly on Friday but no school mass. Feel free to come and join us.


That is all for now.

Have a great week

Jo :)

Rippa Rugby

Hi everyone.

The Rippa rugby tournament has been postponed until Thursday due to the rain.

See you all at school for a day of fun and learning :)

Jo

Week 7

Hi Team,

I hope you all enjoyed having an extra sleep in this morning and you were able to do something nice with your family over the long weekend. I was lucky enough to get a round of golf in today which was lovely in the sunshine!

On Friday I was blown away by the number of 'Random Acts of Kindness' that were carried out for homework. I hope you had a chance to talk with your child about this. I have been blown away by the timing of this homework project, as there was a story about 'Random Acts on Kindness' on Seven Sharp on Monday night. 

This week;
Tuesday - testing in preparation for reports. I will be doing testing in class this week while the children are completing independent tasks.
Wednesday - Rippa rugby tournament. I will be away at the tournament with Mr Yeoman - Mrs Ward will have the children from Room 4, 5 and 6 who are not participating in the Rippa Tournament.
Thursday - testing day in preparation for reports.
Friday - Room 5 are stepping in for the envirogroup and will be helping to plant trees along Boundary Road from 10am for an hour or so. Children can wear their sports uniforms and tracksuits to school. I am leaving at lunchtime to go to Auckland - Trina will be in Room 5 for the afternoon. 

I won't be back at school until Monday after lunch - Trina will be looking after Room 5 on Monday morning as well.

Homework:
Project - Master chef - over the next two weeks you child will plan, prepare and make a meal for your family to enjoy. Of course you can help but it would be nice for your child to take charge and let you put your feet up for the night. They will need to present (powerpoint, iMovie, poster, book, recipe with photos or another creative way) what they made for dinner on Friday12th June.
Spelling, reading and maths - just like usual, due on Friday 5th.

Camp:
No one has come forward offering to help organize the fundraising for camp. I have heard from one parent that they would like to fundraise which is great. We are planning on having a fundraising meeting in the next week or so. The cost of camp is going to be reasonably high this year (around 300-400) so fundraising might be a good way to make camp affordable. I will send permission slips out in the next few weeks to get the ball rolling. Please let me know if you are interested in helping organize or if you would like to fundraise.

That's all for now.

Have a great week!

Jo :)