Cross country information

The cross country is to be held in week 3 - 6th August. It will begin at approx 1pm

All children need to wear school sports uniform. Children who have a school tracksuit at home need to wear these over top of their sport uniform. They may wear this to school instead of their school uniform. If your child does not have a school tracksuit they may wear appropriate sports gear. Please bring a drink bottle some extra snacks and lots of warm clothing on this day.

Children will walk back to school with their teachers at the conclusion of the races. If parents wish to take their children home directly from the cross country, please bring a note prior the event.

The track will be the same as last year as long as the conditions are good. The children will be starting and finishing on the Rail Trail just over the Railway Bridge where we started and finished last year. Please park in the car park to your left directly across the Railway Bridge. The school will be congregating and sitting just along from here.

If you are able to help with marshalling please let Miss Passmore or Mrs Beilby  know ASAP.

Thanks :)

Term 3 -- Week 2

Hi everyone,

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend and have been able to enjoy the beautiful sunshine!

We had a great week last week catching up with everyone and hearing some awesome holiday stories. It sounds as though you all had a nice break.

This big event for this week is interviews on Tuesday and Wednesday. These are three way interviews so your child needs to attend these with you.
 If you still haven't made a time, please do so as soon as possible. At this stage there are 5 of you that have not made an appointment. If none of the times that are left suit you, please email me and we can arrange a time on another day. The website is www.schoolinterviews.co.nz and the booking code is: BJWN4

Cross country training is well underway. Everyone is looking great in their tracksuits and it certainly makes things a lot easier. Remember these can be worn all of week 2 and the beginning of week 3. The cross country will be held on Wednesday 6th August (week 3). Please encourage your child to run at home to help build up their fitness level. It's important that they enjoy running the cross country.

Homework:
This week the children need to be completing their projects on the Commonwealth Games. These will be presented on Friday.
Spelling will begin this week. Some children have new levels due to their results after testing last week. In some cases some children will be having the same words that they have had earlier in the year. This is ok as they are learning about spelling patterns as well as learning individual words.
Maths - basic facts worksheet
Reading - either set reading from me or a book from home.  

Have a great week, see you at interviews.

Jo :)

Term 3 - Week 1

Welcome back!!

I hope you all had a wonderful break! We now have 27 children in Room 5! Olly Lyon has returned to St Gerard's which is awesome, we are excited to have him with us. 

Term 3 is going to be full on with cross country, skipping, swimming, speeches and of course the musical near the end of the term. 

This week is going to be nice and quiet which will be a nice way to ease back into school!!! :)

Monday - Kapa Haka 
Tuesday - Mrs Donaldson teaching - Release day for me
Friday - Assembly 2.10, no 12pm mass this week.

Interviews are next week, please make sure you get in early to book your interview time. These will be mainly to look at your child's report that you would have received during the holidays.

Homework this week - maths, reading and a project to complete over the next two weeks. there is no spelling homework as we will be doing testing in class to establish new levels.

Hopefully you've all been in touch with Selena regarding camp fundraising. If you did not receive this notice on the last day of term, please let me know and I will send another one home today. :) During the holidays I booked accommodation at the Ranfurly Holiday Park so the camp dates will be Tuesday 2nd Dec - Thursday 4th Dec. More camp information will go out in the next few weeks.

If you have any questions please get in touch me. :)

Have a great week!

Jo

Term 2 Week 8

Hi everyone,

Sorry for being terrible with the updates on the class blog. 

Information for the remainder of the term.....

School Mass is this Sunday 29 June celebrating the feast of St John the Baptist and Saints Peter and Paul. Children are to wear their winter school uniform and meet us at 8.50 outside the church.  Families are asked to bring a plate for a shared morning tea and a food bank item for the Offertory.

We have our eisteddfods next week. By now your child should be well on their way to knowing their poem off by heart and be practicing it each night. This week there is no spelling or maths homework as the children need to ensure they know their poems well. They will be presenting them on Monday 30th (and Tuesday 1st if needed). We will be selecting 6 children to present their poems in the Eisteddfod Assembly on Thursday 3rd July. 

We are busy with skating this week and next week. Everyone did a great job on Tuesday and enjoyed themselves (only a few falls and tumbles on the ice). We are back up to the rink today and have enough transport to get everyone there and back. Next week (week 9) we are skating on Monday and Wednesday. If you are able to help with transport and you haven't let me know could you please do so ASAP so I can ensure we have enough seats to get to and from the skating rink. ALL students must now bring and wear a helmet while skating!!

Camp..... we are still finalising what we are going to do for camp and deciding if it is manageable to add on a Marae visit in Dunedin at the end or if we do that as a separate trip/event. I will be sending a letter home next week about fundraising as I still need to find a parent to coordinate the Room 5 fundraising. If you are interested in doing this, please text or email me.

We have had a busy and full on term and everyone is getting ready for a holiday. 

Please get n touch with me if you have any problems.

Have a good week and weekend - Go the Highlanders!!

Jo :)

Week 9

Where is this term going!!? I hope you've all have a nice relaxing weekend.

We have a relatively normal week this week (which is nice). Please ensure your child is working on their Eisteddfod as they will be presented on Monday and Tuesday next week.

On Tuesday we have a cricket tournament in the afternoon. All of Room 5 will be attending. Room 5 children are to wear their sports gear and tracksuits to school please. The cricket will be finishing at approximately 2.50 so we will be back to school just after 3. I will organise transport for the bus kids so they are back to school in time. There have been a few parents that have let me know that their child/ren will be leaving from Molyneux Park to go home. Please let me know if you are happy for your child to leave straight from Molyneux Park. I will be walking the rest of the children back to school :)

Thank you all for coming along to the goal setting interviews. I was really impressed with the goals the children had come up with.

We will be attending mass on Friday this week and there is assembly at 2.10.

Hope you all have a great week.

Jo :)

St Patrick's Day

Hi Team,

Sorry I forgot to remind the kids that they can wear GREEN mufti on Monday for St Pat's Day. They don't need to bring anything special for lunch however we might eat our lunch together.

Hope you all have a great weekend :)

Jo

Week 5

Wow what a busy week we have this week.

We had an exciting morning making pancakes for Strove Tuesday. We learnt about what Strove Tuesday is and why it is celebrated. We have cricket coaching this afternoon.

Wednesday:
Ash Wednesday Mass at 9.15. It is also the Central Swimming Sports in Cromwell. I will be away with these swimmers so the rest of Room 5 will join up with the rest of Room 6 and Jeremy will be teaching them for the day.

Thursday:
We have our school triathlon up at the swimming pool in the afternoon. Room 5 and 6 will be walking up to the pool at 12 with their bikes (it's ok if you are dropping their bikes there for them). We are aiming to start the first race at 12.45. Children can be picked up from pool but your child must let me know before they leave with you :) The bus children will be transported back to school to catch their buses.

We don't have many helpers for the triathlon so if you are able to help please email me jopassmore@stgerards.school.nz

Friday:
Assembly at 2.10 - feel free to come and join us.

Think that's it. Please come and see me if you have any issues or questions.