Camp Meeting for Parents

There will be a parent camp meeting on Thursday the 9th of March at 5 - 5.30pm in Room 4 (next week Thursday). We ask the parents who are transporting and helping on camp to attend as we will be discussing the travel arrangements as well.

Home Learning

Mihi - Check on your google drive/other learning areas folder. You will find a mihi template. See if you are able to fill in the gaps relating to your family and where you are from. You may need help with the mountain or river you associate with. Learn to say your mihi fluently and we will record it at school.

Religious Education
Ask your parents if you can make pancakes at home on Tuesday. Explain to your family the significance of Shrove Tuesday. If you are allowed to measure the ingredients, then that is extra maths as well.

Mathematics
Maths Whiz for 20 minutes, three times a week. If you have completed the recommended time, try the other activities like challenging another person to a game of maths.

Go to freerice.com and click on the maths subject. Give the multiplication a go.

Reading
You should have your reading log on your google drive/reading folder (this was what you had to do two weeks ago). Keep recording what you are reading. Do you notice a pattern yet? Set yourself a reading goal around the types of books you are reading. For example, if you read mostly comics, then you might set a goal around reading a short novel or factual texts.

Spelling
On Friday you were given a spelling test. On Monday you will get the results and have a list of words to learn over the next two weeks. As you will all have an individual word list to learn, you will type these on your google drive on Monday so that you have access to these words at home. For those who have most or all the words correct, I have a list of challenging words for you to learn.

Week 5 Notices

Events this week:

• Pancakes (Shrove Tuesday brought forward due to swimming sports) on Monday - Room 3 and 4 will combine. Teachers will supply ingredients.
• Promise Liturgy in the school hall at 1.30pm on Monday
• Swimming Sports on Tuesday (see details below)
• GALA Thursday 4 - 7pm

GALA DAY  2 March

Monday 27/02	Books, toys and Baby Elephant - Board games, children’s sporting equipment, CD's, DVD's, play station games, jigsaws, corn chips, tinned tomatoes CHILDREN'S PRELOVED CLEAN QUALITY CLOTHING
Tuesday 28/02	Tinned goods, bags of sweets - e.g. beetroot, fruit, peaches, Mackintosh’s, jet planes, licorice allsorts.  Any preloved baskets or platters you no longer require would be gratefully accepted for the quick fire raffle. Baby elephant items, soccer boots, books etc
March
Wednesday 01/03	Grocery, fresh fruit and vegetables day - Please bring to school any grocery items, tinned goods or fruit/vegetables from your garden e.g. tomatoes, feijoas, lettuce, zucchini etc
Thursday 2nd GALA DAY!!!	Cakes, biscuits, muffins, sweets, fudge, coconut ice, sweets, toffee apples and any fresh produce

Points to note - No fresh cream items please; cake boxes will be given out to all students for our coffee and cake stall and will be priced by our PTA.

Baby Elephant includes – children’s toys, sports gear, CD’s, DVD’s, puzzles, games, lego, books

PLEASE NO damaged or broken second hand goods

All gala contributions to be taken to classroom as each item received wins 1 point towards your house; the class that receives the most points (pro-rata on number of children per class) wins a surprise lunch!!!  The class that brings in the most cakes also wins a special prize.

Swimming
Room 3 will be swimming this week.

Swimming Sports
Tuesday 28th of February. A notice went home last week with all the details. Below is a quick summary:

• children to be dropped off at the Aquatic Centre at 8.45am
• wear house colours, sunhat and plenty of sun block!
• bring morning tea, lunch and plenty to drink (Please note that there is NO sausage sizzle at swimming sports this year)
• please pick up children at 2.30pm from the Aquatic Centre

Home Learning

This has been renewed for the next two weeks. Home Learning is an extended link to learning in the classroom and will enhance what children are doing at school. I have changed the name from homework to Home Learning so that children see it as a positive extension to their learning - at home, or indeed wherever they are as they can access their learning online.

Cards for St John's Community

Room 3 have been writing letters for the St John's community and these will be delivered this week. I was very impressed by the heartfelt sadness the children expressed in their letters and I'm sure the St John's community will appreciate the children's messages.

Mrs Nieuwboer's Post on Friday, 24 February 2017

Room 3 are sharing their homework about communities they belong to.

Year 6 Commissioning

Our Year 6 Commissioning assembly will take place this Friday the 24th at 2pm in the school hall. This is when Year 6 students receive their badges for their leadership positions. All parents and whanau are welcome.

Week 4 Notices

No swimming this week. At the moment, we are trying to organise swimming lessons with a swim instructor before we go to camp. These lessons will focus on survival in the water. Our swimming times will altar when this happens and I will keep you informed when I have dates and times confirmed. Please ensure that your child does have their swimming gear when we do swim.

Disco Tuesday lunchtime to raise funds for St John's Church. There will be a gold coin entry. Children can bring mufti to change into for the disco.

Camp Medical Form
Please fill this in if you have not done so already. Please note that this form is for parents to fill in as we need the correct medical information on camp.
Click here to access the online medical form.

GALA Day
Our school GALA is fast approaching and goods are flowing in. Thank you for all the wonderful and interesting goods that are coming in each day.

Monday 20/02 Tinned goods, bags of sweets - e.g. beetroot, fruit, baked beans, peaches, Mackintosh’s, jet planes, licorice allsorts.  Any preloved baskets or platters you no longer require would be gratefully accepted for the quick fire raffle

Tuesday 21/02 Nacho Day - Corn chips, tinned tomatoes, chilli or kidney beans, onions, nacho mince recipe sachets

Wednesday 22/02 Bathroom / Toiletries Day - Soap, hand wash, tissues, shampoo, conditioner, toilet tissue, hand creams, bubble bath etc

Thursday 23/02 Books / Packet / Boxes day – Bring a packet or box of something e.g. biscuits, cereal, flour, crackers, chips, sultanas, cornflakes, breadcrumbs, Handee towels, jelly, pretzels etc.  Plastic bags appreciated

Friday 24/02 Bottle Day - Please bring a bottle or jar of something e.g. shampoo, sauce, condiment / relish, perfume, jam, cooking oil etc. Please note no alcohol is allowed to be brought to school by children

Monday 27/02 Books, toys and Baby Elephant - Board games, children’s sporting equipment, CD's, DVD's, play station games, jigsaws, corn chips, tinned tomatoes

CHILDREN'S PRELOVED CLEAN QUALITY CLOTHING

Events coming up:
School Swimming Sports 28th February
Room 3 camp 20 - 22 March

Mrs Nieuwboer's Post on Tuesday, 14 February 2017

Science experiments. We were learning about fire and we tested different chemicals to see if we could change the colour of the flame.