Week 8

Hi all,

On Friday we had a lovely visit from Holy Family School in Wanaka.  Monica Brown entertained the children with some theatre and singing.  Following the concert our classes combined to welcome the Wanaka visitors and make some new friends.

Matariki Celebration
This Thursday - 23rd June - the senior syndicate will hold a Matariki celebration.  As Matariki is a time to share stories, play games and connect with others, we will be doing just that within our syndicate.  We will join with Rooms 4 and 6 to share what we have learned about Matariki and will hopefully learn something from them too!

Holy Spirit Curriculum Assembly
This will be held in the church on Friday at 2:10pm.  Please feel welcome to join us all as we share a celebration of the Holy Spirit.

Parish Family Mass - next week - just reminding you all!
This will be held on Saturday July 2nd at 6pm.  There will be a soup meal at 5pm and also a few games before the Mass.  

Poetry Eisteddfod
As a warm up to poetry eisteddfods the children of Room 5 presented their Matariki research projects last week.  I have to say a big "WELL DONE" to all of the children and the efforts they made to present these.  What a great handle on technology they have.  Those kids who made a slide show presented as if they had done it for years.

For the next two weeks we will be deciding on, preparing for and practicing poems to present. I encourage all children to fake it until they make it when it comes to finding the confidence to speak in front of a crowd.  This is a technique I have used on occasion and I like to think it works.  Please reassure your child that they are not to get too nervous when thinking about their eidsteddfod - Room 5 is a supportive place to practice getting things right.  We are all learners and improvers.

In unrelated news, are there any of you procrastinating around doing exercise and eating too much chocolate?  What is with cold weather and hibernation - I wonder how much genetic material we share with bears?

I actually found this meme after I wrote about chocolate and hibernation...I am not alone.

Have a great week.

Carolyn