The Last Post - 2015

Room 5 on their last day of 2015

 Another school year is over. It has been full of lots of exciting things and new learning. What an amazing group of confident, connected, actively involved learners these children are.
They've also been great teachers - of me as well as of each other.

Thank you for the privilege of teaching your children - my last class at Christ the King.
I will miss them.

Thank you, too, for your support throughout the year and for all the lovely gifts I have received.
I have been truly spoilt. 

Have a happy and holy Christmas and a safe and relaxing holiday.

This morning we sang an early 'Happy Birthday' to Harriet, our only Christmas holiday birthday. Have a great day on the 20th and enjoy being 8.

Term 4 Week 10 - Year 3 Graduation Day

This morning we attended a graduation ceremony for the Year 3s. This was a special time when the Year 2s prayed for the Year 3s, the Year 3s prayed for their parents and we sang 'In God's Circle of Love' before the Junior School leaders, Kate and Joe, handed the leadership mantle onto two Year 2s.  Each Year 3 child was then presented with a special certificate to mark the end of their Junior School days. Morning tea followed - thanks for all the yummy food.
Parents, thank you for attending today's ceremony and for all your support this year.

Gabrielle, Ariana, Harriet, Lulu, Ruby, Jacky
Jessica, Kate, Preston, Neave, Kempton

Term 4 Week 9

Today Kate turned 8. We sang Happy Birthday and wished Kate all the best as an 8 year old.

Gold Mathlete

This morning Bridget received her second Gold Mathletics certificate.

Congratulations, Bridget, for this amazing effort. We are all very proud of you.

This morning we took a class photo. We stood in the same positions we were in for our class photo at the beginning of the year, with the exceptions of Kempton, who stood in Patrick's place and Ruby who is in Finn H's place. Check this out against the one for March and see how much we have grown!

Term 4 Week 8

At today's school assembly two Room 5 children received special Mathletics Awards.

Congratulations to Samantha and Samuel, who received Gold and Silver medals respectively for being the Top CTK Mathletes for 2015. They have consistently used Mathletics to improve their maths and gain certificates. 

Ka wani kei Samantha and Samuel, we are very proud of you.

Term 4 Week 8

Natalia, Kate, Bree, Roisin, Bridget and Zofia

WOW! The children were amazing performers in 'The First Noel' junior production. I am very proud of them all. A special mention goes to Kate, who stepped into the role of Mary, and Samantha who stepped into Kate's role when the original Mary was sick.

Kings Kempton and Preston

After Tuesday's Touch Rugby games Neave and Samuel were named 'Player of the day' for their respective teams. Ka pai, Neave and Samuel, keep up the great playing.

Happy Birthday

Today Jacky turned 8. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished Jacky all the best as an 8 year old.

Gabrielle has been working on her typing. Today she received a Dance Mat Typing certificate as she has completed Level 4. 

Ka pai, Gabrielle, keep up the great work.

This morning's dress rehearsal went very well. The children know their parts and where and when they need to move. We have another practice tomorrow, then on Wednesday morning we'll go over to the Aurora Centre to have a rehearsal with the sound and light people. Please be at school before the 8:45am bell so we can start the rehearsal on time. Costumes will be sent home on Wednesday afternoon.

If you've not yet bought your tickets, call into the office - $8 each. Don't miss out.

Term 4 Week 7 - Gold

At this morning's assembly five Room 5 people received a Gold Mathletics certificate.

This is an amazing achievement and we are all very proud of 

Samantha, Kate, Nicholas, Finn and Marissa.

Samantha was receiving a Gold certificate for the second time this year.

Our production practices are progressing well. We will be having a dress rehearsal on Monday morning and on Wednesday morning we will have a practice in the Aurora Centre. Children need to be at school before the 8:45am bell on these days so we can start the practices on time. Thank you for your support with this.

Enjoy the weekend.

Double Gold

This morning Samantha gained her second Gold Mathletics certificate.
This is an amazing achievement as Samantha has worked on Mathletics and gained a certificate every week for 40 straight weeks. We are all very proud of Samantha.

Marissa gained her first Gold Mathletics certificate.
Congratulations, Marissa, we are proud of your efforts on Mathletics.

Gold Mathlete

Congratulations to Finn for gaining a Gold Mathletics certificate. Ka pai, Finn, this is an amazing achievement.

Term 4 Week 5

This week has been very busy and we are all quite tired. I hope everyone has a relaxing weekend.

The children have enjoyed their swimming lessons at Wharenui. They have all worked hard and made great improvements. Check out these photos:

Ruby, Neave, Kate and Harriet

Kempton

Bree

Bridget, Roisin and Trinity

Nicholas and Finn

Today we celebrated our school's Feast Day - Christ the King. We attended a liturgy in the church, then had a sausage sizzle for lunch - a big THANKS to the Parent Council for this. In the afternoon Room 5 and Room 12 took our scooters and bikes to Westburn Bike Park. We had lots of fun riding around the track then playing on the playground. Thanks Mrs A and Mr B for coming down with us. When we arrived back at school we were treated to an ice-block, A big THANK YOU to the Board of Trustees for this.

Next week we will be having production pracitces every day. On Monday we will attend Burnside High School's production, 'The Twits'. Monday is also library day. Please return library books so that a new book can be issued.

Have a great weekend - may the weather be kind for the Garden Tour.

Gold Mathlete

This morning Kate received a Gold Mathletics certificate. Ka pai, Kate, this is a fantastic achievement.

Ruby ordered some books from the Scholastic Book Club and they arrived today. It was exciting watching Ruby open her box and show us the books she'd received. Enjoy your new books Ruby.

Term 4 Week 5 'Star of the Week'

This week's 'Star of the Week' is Finn.

Ka pai, Finn, it's great to have you in Room 5.

Congratulations to Nicholas who gained a Gold Mathletics certificate this morning. What a great effort, Nicholas.






This Week:
Production practices: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. These are progressing well. Today the children were given a copy of the songs we will be singing. Please help your child to learn these words.
Thursday: CRT - please bring your recorder.
Friday: Show Day - No School.

Looking ahead to Week 6 - we will be swimming every day. A notice went home last week with the times - Year 3s leave school at 9am, with Room 3 and Year 2s leave at 9:30am with Room 6. If you are able to help with changing after swimming please return the slip at the bottom of the notice.

Children may bring their gold coin for 'The Twits' performance to me any time. Please DO NOT take this to the office. Thanks.

Term 4 Week 4

At today's school assembly Natalia received a certificate.

Ka pai, Natalia, we are proud of you.

Lulu was presented with her Gold Mathletics Certificate.

Ka pai, Lulu, for your consistent effort on Mathletics.

 Thank you for your support with the 'Let's Get Physical' mufti day. Nearly $420 was donated to Caritas. Once again it fell to Room 5 to attend 9am Mass on a mufti day. The children all behaved reverently during mass and I am very proud of them

Gold Mathlete

A big CONGRATULATIONS to Lulu for gaining a Gold Mathletics certificate.
Ka pai, Lulu, on this superb achievement.

Silver Mathlete

Congratulations to Bree who has gained her first Silver Mathletics certificate. Ka pai, Bree, keep up the great work.

The Year 2s learnt about static electricity this morning. We rubbed a balloon on a polar fleece then held it near our heads. The girls found that their hair was attracted to the balloon and stood up on end. The boys found that their hair was too short to stand up on end.

You will have to look closely at these photos to see the balloon attracting the hair.

Roisin and Bridget

Marissa

Thank you to those parents who were able to come and watch our plays this afternoon. The children did an amazing job and I am very proud of them. The Year 3s are well prepared for their parts in the school production. 

A reminder that we will be attending 9am Mass on Friday. Please be at school before the 8:45am bell. We are also able to wear sports clothes to school on Friday for the Young Vinnies 'Let's Get Physical' mufti theme. Please bring a gold coin donation for Caritas. 

Term 4 Week 4 'Star of the Week'

This week's 'Star of the Week' is Roisin.

Ka pai, Roisin, it's great to have you in Room 5.

The Year 3s began tennis lessons today. They all enjoyed their session. They have two more sessions. While the Year 3s were playing tennis the Year 2s made ooblek. We discovered that ooblek can behave like a liquid as well as like a solid, depending on how hard you push your hand into it. Ooblek is made from cornflour and water.  

Sirayah

Bree and Natalia mixing the ooblek

Bree and Zofia  

Roisn

Finn

Term 4 Week 3

This morning Room 5 lead the liturgy at the school assembly. We shared about the Rosary then lead a decade of the Rosary. Everyone spoke very well and I am very proud of them.

Bridget received the Special Character Award.

Bridget, you are a kind and considerate class member and a positive role model.

You support and encourage your class mates.

You are a confident, connected, actively involved learner

who makes the most of all opportunities.

Your attitude shows that you are ‘Stepping Up for Success’.
We are blest to have you in Room 5 and Christ the King School.

Ariana received a certificate. Ka pai, Ariana, we are proud of you.

Ruby was presented with her Gold Mathletics Certificate. 

Ka pai, Ruby, for your consistent effort on Mathletics.

This afternoon three of the school's successful speech winners presented their speeches to us. We were all entertained by Danny, who spoke about The Midnight Scoffer, Elizabeth, who spoke about the Rain Forests, and Isla, who spoke about the additives in food.

These three were very impressive in their delivery. The Year 3s are looking forward to their turn at speech writing and presenting next year. 

Thank you Danny, Elizabeth and Isla.

Looking ahead to Week 4:

Production: The Year 3 children will be reading their lines each day. Please ensure scripts are brought to school each day. The Junior Syndicate will practice the songs each afternoon.

The Year 3 children will have tennis lessons on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Please bring sports shoes to change into.

Wednesday 4 November at 2pm, in Room 5, the children will be presenting the plays they worked on with Mr H.

Friday 6 November we will be attending 9am Mass. Please be at school before the 8:45am bell so we can complete the roll and be seated in church before 9am.

Enjoy the weekend - Go the All Blacks!

Player of the Day

Last night Bridget was named 'Player of the Day' for her Touch Rugby team. Congratulations Bridget.

Gabrielle

Today we participated in Benediction. This was a new experience for us, but as we have been used to meditating we were able to sit quietly in front of the Blessed Sacrament. Before we went to church for Benediction Alistar brought the monstrance to our classroom so we could look at it and hold it. Alistar also explained how and why it is used.

Gold Mathlete

A big congratulations to Ruby who has gained her Gold Mathletics Certificate. Ka pai Ruby.

Congratulations to Neave who was named 'Player of the Day' for her Touch Rugby team last week. Ka pai.






Today the children received their copy of the script for the end of year production, The First Noel. Only Year 3s have speaking parts, but the Year 2s have all taken the parts of the Room 4 Year 3s so we can practise in class. The Year 3s need to learn their lines and who they speak after. The scripts MUST be at school each day so we can practise. Please help your child learn their lines and remind them to put their script into their reading folder to bring to school. Year 2s need their script each day, but do not need to learn their lines.

On Friday we will be leading the school assembly. This will start at 12md in the school hall. Everyone is welcome to join us.

Term 3 Week 10

At today's assembly Natalia received a certificate.

Ka pai, Natalia, we are proud of you.

Congratulations, too, to Gabrielle, who was presented with her Gold Mathletics certificate at the assembly.

During the holidays Zofia will have her 7th birthday (2 October). Today we sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished her all the best as a 7 year old. 

Preston will also have his birthday (10 October) in the holidays. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished him all the best as an 8 year old.

Thank you for your support this term. It has been busy and has flown by. Have a safe, relaxing and happy holiday. See you all next term.

Our Owls

During this term we have been making pompom owls with Ms C, who teaches us once a fortnight. Today we finished them and they look amazing! Thanks, Ms C, for all you did to help us create such superb owls.