Week 7 Term 3

Hi team,

Sorry I didn't get a post up last week. It's been a hectic time since returning from camp and last week just flew by! As I'm sure you've all heard, we had a fantastic time at camp and the children shared some of their highlights at our assembly on Friday. Another massive thank you for all of your help in getting your child ready for camp and also a huge THANKS to the parents who attended camp. You all made my job so much easier and helped make our camp Awesome!!

School Mass:
Thanks you to all those that attended this morning. It was great to see so many of you there! 

This week:
Tuesday and Wednesday - I am away on the Year 3/4 camp to the Ski Farm. Mrs Eastwood will be teaching in Room 5 for these two days.
Thursday - Inquiry afternoon - this will be the last day for our building groups to get their creations completed. We have Rippa Rugby coaching on Thursday 11.40-12.45. Sports uniforms can be worn on Thursday :)
Friday - we are having our catch up swimming session (River Safety) on Friday afternoon (1.30-2.30). Children will need pants (NOT jeans), a long sleeved top and socks to swim in as well as their togs. Sports uniforms can be worn to school on Friday too :)

Friday is also the Otago Cross Country champs in Dunedin. We have 3 Room 5 children attending and we wish them luck for their races on Friday.

Homework:
Spelling, maths and reading. Eisteddfods are fast approaching so children need to start thinking about and planning their speeches. Mrs Eastwood will be working on speech writing while she is in class so hopefully your child will be able to write their speech independently. I will send home the marking sheet with WALTS and success criteria next week.

Have a great week!

Jo

Ski Camp

Hi team,

We had our parent (those attending camp) meeting for camp last night and finalised everything. This is hopefully the last camp update for you all :)

We will be meeting at 5.30pm on Tuesday night at the church carpark to pack the vehicles and trailer with over night bags, sleeping bags, pillows and food. If you are unable to be there at this time, please let me know so we can sort something else for you. 

On Wednesday we will meet at 5.45am at the church carpark with day packs. We will hopefully be ready to leave at 6am sharp.  Please try to be there on time as we have to be at the ski field by 8am to get our gear!

Baking can be brought in either on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.

We will be getting off the mountain at approx 3pm on Friday so are expecting to be back at the church carpark by 5pm. Please keep an eye on the Facebook page as I will get this updated when we are leaving the ski field. 

Please ensure your child has their day pack packed with a good lunch and a bag of scroggin. They will also need all of their ski gear on Wednesday (I would suggest putting it in day packs if it fits or just carry it as it will be too hot to wear travelling) -please don't pack the ski gear in their over night bags :) They will also need two drink bottles with water in their day packs to keep them going for the day. 

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Have a great weekend with your very excited and nervous children!

Jo

Camp meeting

The meeting for parents attending camp is on Thursday 13th at 5.30pm. Please note this time has moved forward an hour.

See you all there

Jo :)

Term 3 Week 3

Hi everyone,

Welcome to another full on week of learning!! As you probably know this week we have the Education Review Office (ERO) in our school this week. A reminder that if your child is sick to please keep them at home as there are some really nasty bugs going around and it would be great if we can go into camp 'bug free'!!

A big thank you to those parents who camp along to interviews to clarify their child's report. I hope your questions were answered and you know now next learning steps and what you can do to help them. If you did;t make an interview time and would like some questions answered,  please get in touch to make a time to discuss your child's learning.

On a Wednesday afternoons Room 5 and Room 6 are having an 'Inquiry afternoon'. This is where our envirogroup get a chance to work on our school gardens and our 'building' team will complete their building challenges. As the building team need to find resources for their projects it has become part of their homework for the next few weeks. If you are able to help in anyway please let Mr Yeoman or myself know.

Camp isn't far away now. It's important that you are starting to gather clothing and talking to your children about camp. If you have any questions or need any skiing gear please et me know ASAP so i can try to find what you need.

Cross Country is next week - Children can wear their sports uniforms and tracksuits to school each day until the Cross Country.

Homework:
~Enviro planning and finding resources (if needed)
~Cross Country training - It would be great if your child could be going for a run each  night to prepare them for the cross country next week.
~Maths - basic facts (Multiplication)
~Reading every night for at least 15 minutes - this needs to be recorded into their reading logs please
~Spelling from their Monday test. Your child will have between 0-15 spelling words for this term - I will be testing them on a Monday and what they get wrong will become their spelling words for the week.


Upcoming dates:
Thursday 6th & 13th August - Swimming. Meet at the pool or come to school and catch a ride :)
Wednesday 12th August - Cross Country (pm)
Wednesday 19th - Friday 21st August - Room 5 Camp :)
Sunday 30th August - School Mass

Thanks for all of your support and help. Have a great week.

Jo