Room 3's Post on Wednesday, 12 April 2017

Our ANZAC art and poetry.

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.

Room 3's Post on Thursday, 6 April 2017

Today we graphed results of the melting ice cube experiment.

Room 3's Post on Wednesday, 5 April 2017

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.

Mrs Nieuwboer's Post on Tuesday, 4 April 2017

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

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

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