Term 3, Week 1

Hi Folks,

Welcome back to you all.  I hope the break was good to everyone.

Matariki Celebration - There is information about this on our Facebook page.  You child will also have a notice in their bag about it. Here's what was on facebook incase you don't have an account there.

A reminder that the Matariki Family Breakfast is on Tuesday 24th in the school hall from 7am. Come in your pyjamas, (bring school uniform to change into). BYO breakfast. Toasters, tea, coffee and milo provided. Hopefully it will be a clear morning and we can see the stars and the planets that are in the sky. Ed Diver will be our resource person and share his passion for the skies. Thank you, Ed. This event was suggested at the whanau hui last year.
If anyone has a toaster that they could bring we would be most appreciative. Helpers needed for setting up at 6:45ish. Please let Chris know if you are available. Our PTA is extremely busy with the cookbook at the moment - let's share the load👍

This term we will have swimming on a Thursday afternoon.  On these days it is important that your child brings their swimming gear with them to school.  I'll do my best to send out a see-saw reminder, but it might be a good idea to calendar a reminder for the Thursdays in this term.

We have 2 catch up golf sessions next week - Monday and Tuesday mornings.  Please have your child wear their PE uniform on these days.   We will also be doing Gymnastics during the term and one other sporting activity yet to be concreted in.  I'll post more details regarding this as I have them.

Homework this term is the expected reading, spelling and tables practice.

A reminder to parents that Slime isn't allowed in Room 5 as it tends to be a distraction and makes a mess.  Please encourage your children to be playing with this at home rather than at school.

I'm looking forward to seeing the children tomorrow - I love to see how much growing has happened in the holidays!

Have a great week everyone,

Mrs Lyon.

Term 2, Week 10 - Yeehaa!

Hi everyone,

Last week of school until a well earned holiday break! 

Here are the goings on for this week in Room 5 and for the whole school. 
Golf - this week, golf will be on Tuesday and Thursday.  Please send your child to school with their sports uniform on this day.

School mass - Wednesday morning at 9am in the church.  Please feel free to come and join us and the parish as we celebrate mass.

Poetry eisteddfod assembly will be held this Thursday at 1:30pm.  We'll be practising and sorting finalists during Monday and Tuesday at school.  I try to get the children to feel as relaxed as possible when it comes to presenting their poem in front of the class, they can feel pretty nervous, but we're all friends and everyone does a nice job of encouraging each other.  The main reason we do this is to build confidence when speaking and sharing information in front of a group. 

Have a great week,

Mrs Lyon.

Term 2, Week 9

Hello all,

Two weeks left until the holidays! I don't know about you, but this term seems to have flown by.  Over the next two weeks we have whole school mass, golf lessons, cultural assembly and an eisteddfod assembly.

Whole School Mass:  See you there on Sunday.  

Golf:  We had a clash with our first golf lesson and the rippa tournament last Thursday so we'll have a catch up one at some point.  The dates for golf are June 26th, 28th, 3rd July and 5th of July.  Sports uniform is to be worn on these days please.

Cultural assembly - Please come along to join us for our cultural assembly this Thursday at 1:30pm.  

Pat on the back to all of you for being great parents - We are having lots of laughs in Room 5 at the moment.  I feel so privileged to be teaching your lovely children - they all bring their own little spark to our room and with a small-ish number, we really get to know each other well - accepting that we're all different and celebrating this fact also!

Have a great week,

Mrs Lyon

Term 2, Week 8

Hi there folks,

This week we have a mixed bag of activities happening.

Wednesday - wig day/mufti/gold coin donation.

Paid Union Meeting: If possible your child will need to be picked up from school by 1:15pm on Wednesday as staff are attending a paid union meeting at 1:30pm.   Please let us know if you are unable to pick up your child.

Thursday - Rippa Tournament: 13 of Room 5 will be playing in the inter school Rippa Tournament this week.  Please make arrangements for your child to come directly to the sports ground at the back of Molyneux Park on Thursday.  They will also need to sort how they will be getting home from here.  Myself and Mr Yeoman will both be at the event on the day.

Golf starts soon.  The dates for this again are June 26, 28, July 3, and July 5.  There will be one other catch up day as our first date clashed with the Rippa this week. Please ensure your child wears their sports uniform on these dates.

That's all folks,

Have a great week.

Mrs Lyon

Term 2, Week 7

Hi there folks,

Nothing too major to report this week.  Last week we had an excellent week at school.  I love settling into terms 2 and 3 where the interruptions to class learning time are minimal and we can really get into some regular work time in class.  Our routines are well and truly set and the expectations around learning and classroom behaviour seem to come together so well at this time of year.

We've been doing some inside yoga/go noodle sessions as the weather has been fairly miserable for our fitness time.  This is great though as we are introduced to some fairly gently yoga type practice by way of a blue cartoon monkey called Maximo - get your kids to show you if you want to know more - he's great.

Rippa Tournament:  Please remember to register your children on the www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/62313 site if they are registered to play in the up and coming rippa tournament.  This will need to be done asap.   We have updated news that if your child is registered as a rugby player already, they won't need to be registered twice.

We're also after a parent to help with a team - please let me know if you are available to help on the day - June 21st.

Keep up the good work with the basic facts and times tables folks.  I've had some good feedback from parents letting me know about the efforts your kids are making to remember these facts.
Basic Facts are all addition and subtraction facts using all numbers up to 20.  For example 4+7 = 11 and 19-6=13.  They are basic but essential little facts that will take us a long way in everyday maths.  Helping your child learn these will also help them progress through school maths with much more ease than if they were still having to figure these sums out moving forward.
Doubles to 20 are also a part of your basic facts eg 2+2=4, 6+6=12, 8+8=16.

If there any updates to our timetable I'll flick you all a message on Seesaw.

Have a great week,

Mrs Lyon

Term 2, Week 6

Hi there folks,

I thought i'd get in early this week with the blog post for next week.  I've been trialling using SeeSaw as a method of communication and it seems to be working for reminders about what's going on at school.  Anyway, this week I'm back on the blog.

Today we made soup to eat together for a shared lunch.  The learning involved with this included - Soup Making 101,  Recipe Following 101,  Flavour talks, Knife Safety, Food Safety - washing hands, cleaning, no sneezing, coughing etc.  We all shared a karakia before we ate and the end result was - that THE SOUP WAS DELICIOUS!

Rhianna "It was a lot of fun, because we learned how to make soup and cut veges and it tasted delicioius."
Joshua "I like it a lot - the vegetables and the flavour were yum.  I like chopping too!'
Angus "My Mum cooks as good as this, I wish soup everywhere was this good!"
Charlie "It was fun making it, it was out of the normal.  My uncle has already taught me how to use a knife like that."
Dilan "I did the chopping, but I'm not confident.  I'd like to do it again.  The soup tastes so nice."
Dani "I like it how I didn't get my fingers chopped off, the soup tasted nice and unfortunately I was trapped in onion jail - my nose was like aaagggghhhhh!"
Frans "I chop vegetables at home and can peel veges really well too."
Cait "I liked the soup, the flavour was good.  I learned the bendy finger thing when cutting with a knife."

Week 6:  Monday is Queen's Birthday - Enjoy your extra weekend day!

Not much else is on the agenda for next week. 

Golf: Lessons for Golf will begin later in June.  On the days we have golf your child will need to wear their sports uniform to school.  The dates for golf are June 21st, 26th, 28th, 3rd July and 5th of July.

Before you read the next part of the notice - you need to be aware that for your child to play in the rippa tournament they must be registered with NZ rugby asap.  Otherwise they will not be playing.  Please click on the link below and register your child.

www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/62313


Rippa Tournament: The teams for the interschool Rippa Tournament on June 21st (cancellation day being 22nd) are as follows...

Year 5-6 teams

Team Name:   St Gerard’s Warriors	Team Name: St Gerard’s Rockets
Coach/Manager:	Coach/Manager:
Tadgh	Jack O
Lachie	Jack S
Dylan	Otis
Bobbie	Sully
Hayvin	Charlie D
Mason B	Keira
Jelena	Jacqui
Sophie	Ana
Zaria	Rhianna
Annajhay	Alia

Did you click on the above link???

Good job! 

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Lyon

Pink Shirt Day

     Pink Shirt Day

    

On Thursday 17th of May The Sticks n Stones Ambassadors here at St Gerard’s
Primary will be having a Pink Shirt Day, this coincides with NZ Bully Free Week.
Pink Shirt Day is to show our support and stand up to bullying .
It would be awesome if you could dress up in pink to show your support.
There will be Best Dressed prizes for each class and an Overall Winner.
If you would like you can bring a gold coin donation.
The money will be donated to the Mental Health Foundation and Sticks n Stones
to help run programmes here at school.

There will also be a baking competition - we would like this to be student prepared
(as much as possible). The three different categories will be for the pinkest, best
tasting and best presentation.