Friday 28 April 2017

Week 1 Notices

Welcome back to school. I hope that you have all had a restful holiday. We have a busy first three weeks in the senior school and I will keep you updated along the way.

PE Gear
Bring your PE gear every day. We will be training for the Mini Marathon on Friday of the first week. We will also be training for cross country this term which is on the 26th of May.

Mini Marathon: Friday 5th of May

  • Please drop senior children off at the Events Energy Centre (Government Gardens) by 8.30am. There are around 2700 children participating so please be aware of the traffic.
  • Children are to come dressed in PE gear and have their school uniform and normal food items in their bags.
  • Bring a bottle of water to drink - you will need this.
  • Please note: All senior children are participating and will be dropped off at the event by parents, and they will walk back to school around lunchtime. Some middle school children are attending and have made their own arrangements.
  • Parent helpers are required so please fill in the form on the letter (sent home Monday) or email your child's class teacher. If you are able to help and to walk back to school with us, then we will make arrangements for you to be dropped off at the venue so that you can leave your car at school. If you wish to make your own arrangements, please let us know.
  • A letter explaining what is happening will be sent home on Monday.
Squash Lessons on Tuesday 2nd of May at school for the whole class.

Resurrection Liturgy: Tuesday 2nd of May at 10am in the hall. Room 3 and 4 children will be involved with this liturgy. All welcome.

Milo: Wednesday 3rd of May. Fundraiser to help pay entry costs for mini marathon. Senior classes will be organising this. $1 per cup of delicious hot milo.

Winter uniforms to be worn from now on. Please make sure that you are wearing the correct uniform.

Home Learning Weeks 1 and 2

Mathematics
Make at least 3 progressions in maths Whizz at home each week.
Continue to learn your times tables. Learn your 2, 5, 10 times tables first and then move onto learning the others up to 12x12.

Sustainability Concept
During the first two weeks of term we will be focusing on food packaging in relation to sustainability. Look at the different types of food packaging at home. Which types of packaging do you think should be used and which types should not be used? Why? Explain your choices. To share your ideas, make a poster, slide show with photos, or display your ideas in any other way. Bring this to school at the end of week 2 to share with a group of children. Any learning that is on posters will be displayed in class and a photo will be put on your blog. The slide show will also be put on your blog.

Spelling
Learn to spell the words in your list. Learn what they mean. These words will be used often in your writing this term.

Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
sustain
ability
ability
ability
ability
water
sustainability
sustainability
sustainability
sustainability
quality
water
reliability
probability
wearability
fresh
clear
inability
availability
ecology
people
cloudy
liability
capability
persuade
energy
poison
stability
creditability
conceivability
food
impact
disability
detectability
creation
packets
rubbish
capability
environment
waterways
(continue with your essential word lists.
people
Resurrection
Resurrection
Resurrection
purchase
pollution
impact
packaging
packets
environment
nitrogen
recycling
creation
renewable
renewable
non-renewable
change
rubbish
sources
sources





Thursday 13 April 2017

School closing early today

We have been advised by the Ministry of Education to close school by 1pm today. Please collect your your child/children from their classroom at 12.30 today. Thanks. Apologies for the short notice.

Sunday 9 April 2017

Week 11 Notices

Parent/teacher interviews on Monday and Tuesday and going to be '3 way conferences' which means that the parents/s, teacher and child are present to discuss learning. These conferences will be on Monday and Tuesday afternoons and will be 10 minutes long.

You could also use the St Mary’s School App to book an appointment. Go to the links tab and press school interviews. The code is 7zb55. 

Swimming: We will be swimming when possible this week. Please bring togs and towel every day this week.

Liturgy: Washing of the Feet will be on Thursday at 10am in the hall. This liturgy replicates when Jesus washed his disciples feet in an act to show that we are all servants of the Lord. Whanau are welcome to come along to our liturgy.

Winter Uniform: We will change into winter uniform next term.

I wish all families a wonderful Easter. Stay safe on the roads especially with the bad weather that is heading our way.

Home Learning: Here is a list of work that can be completed at home.

  • Complete all work that needs to be put on the blog.
  • Read through three other blogs in our class. 
  • Maths Whizz - keep this going throughout the holidays (3 progressions a week)
  • Learn the spelling list you are on and move onto the next one.
  • Goals: You will have several goals to work on at home.
  • Visit www.freerice.com to do extra vocabulary, grammar and times tables work.

Thursday 6 April 2017

Room 3's Post on Thursday, 6 April 2017


Easy Blog Photo
Today we graphed results of the melting ice cube experiment.

Wednesday 5 April 2017

Room 3's Post on Wednesday, 5 April 2017


Easy Blog Photo
We are working together to design our ideal community. We have decided what the most important things we need in our community and what the roles, rules and responsibilities are. We needed to collaborate to design our community.

Tuesday 4 April 2017

Mrs Nieuwboer's Post on Tuesday, 4 April 2017


Easy Blog Photo
This is a mystery tube. When you pull one string another one shortens, but every time it changes. Very mysterious! We had to draw what we thought was happening inside the tube.

Mrs Nieuwboer's Post on Tuesday, 4 April 2017


Easy Blog Photo
A Cartesian diver. This was one of the activities we did in science today.

Sunday 2 April 2017

Week 10 Notices


Wednesday 5th April CARITAS fundraiser will be a mufti day. Please bring a gold coin for the Caritas Appeal.

No swimming this week. Week 11 (last week of school) will be the last week to swim this term.

Religious Education books - these went home on Friday. Please look through them and share the learning with your child. There is a page for whanau to fill in before returning the books to school. Please return the books on Monday as children will need to use them throughout the next two weeks.

Spelling - children should have taken their individual spelling lists home to learn last week.


HOLY WEEK  A quick review of what Holy Week is.
We are entering the most significant time in the catholic calendar.
Thursday 6th April is Stations of the Cross @ 9:00am in the church
Friday 7th April is the “Palm Procession” on the field at 9:45am
Thursday 13th April Washing of the Feet Liturgy/Last Supper re-enactment in the hall @ 10:00am