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 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.

Term 3 Week 9

Congratulations to Jessica who received a certificate at today's school assembly.

Ka pai, Jessica, we are proud of you.

Congratulations to Preston, Lulu and Natalia who all received spot prizes in the draw for the Knowledge-a-thon. A big THANK YOU to the amazing Parent Council who organized this fundraiser. We really appreciate your efforts and support.

Enjoy a relaxing weekend - only one more week left of Term 3.

Term 3 Week 8 'Star of the Week'

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

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

Five girls have been attending a weekly Writing Club. Today  Neave and Lulu shared the books they'd co-written. What wonderful authors they are.

Ginger’s Chair By Neave and Ruby

 One day Lucy the little cat was sleeping happily on the chair. Along came Ginger, the fat cat. Suddenly Ginger hissed at Lucy.

Lucy woke up and notice that Ginger, the fat cat, was looking madly at her.

Ginger leapt up onto the chair and hissed at Lucy again. Lucy jumped off the chair and escaped from Ginger’s claws.

She raced up the steps to her cat door and dived through it.

Once she got inside , she was safe. She was smiling to herself.

The Cat that Can’t Climb Trees By Lulu and Harriet

Cute Cat was eating some food from Fat cat’s bowl. It was scrumptious.

Fat Cat cam running along and nearly pounced on Cute Cat but Cute cat sped away with Fat Cat right behind her.

Cute Cat climbed hurriedly up the tree. Fat Cat tried to climb the tree too.

Cute Cat climbed right to the top of the tree, but Fat Cat did not climb to the top. The branch was going to break!

Cute Cat said, “You can’t climb trees.”

Thank you for having your child at school early today so we could attend Mass. The children .were amazing during mass and I am very proud of them.

Air Force Museum Visit

Today we visited the Air Force Museum. We had a fantastic time and learnt lots of things. A special 'Thank you' to the parents and grandparents who came with us and made the trip possible. The children were amazing and I am very proud of them. Check out these photos:

Lulu, Neave and Nicholas

Samuel, Bree, Marissa and Kempton

Chris demonstrating aerodynamics

Marissa and Bree were awarded homework certificates for great homework sentences last week. Ka pai,, girls, keep up the great work.

Term 3 Week 6

At today's school assembly Nicholas received a certificate.

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

We have been learning about God being Present in the World. We have read the creation story from the Bible as well as a Maori creation story.

We have created art work to show one part of the story. Come into the classroom to see our masterpieces.

Harriet

Trinity

Natalia

Jacky

Sirayah

Lulu

A reminder that the Junior School will be attending 9am Mass on Sunday 30 August at Christ the King Church. Please meet outside Room 1 by 8:45am. Children are to wear full uniform.

Term 3 Week 2 'Star of the Week'

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

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

Lulu was named 'Player of the Day' for her netball team. Ka pai, Lulu, keep up the great work.

This week is looking pretty busy. On Wednesday we will be walking over to the Aurora Centre to watch BHS perform Joseph and His Technicolour Dreamcoat. This is an amazing opportunity which I am really looking forward to. Please note that we will not be back at school until 3:20pm.

On Thursday and Friday we will be having our big spelling test. 

On Friday we will be attending the 9am Mass. Please be at school before 8:45am so we can check the roll and be seated in church before mass starts.

Celebration and Room 5 Writing

On Saturday Bree competed in a Rhythmic Gymnastic Competition. Yesterday she learnt that she came second. Ka pai, Bree, that is great news.





This morning we made popcorn in an electric frypan. We had lots of laughs as the corn popped out of the pan and onto the floor. Fortunately we didn't set off the fire alarms! We then wrote about what happened. Here's some photos, thanks to Kate, and some snippets of writing:

Bridget, Jessica, Harriet and Lulu

Patrick, Kempton, Jacky and Declan

 The popcorn went pop, pop, pop! It was really funny. I was not expecting that. Marissa

We made popcorn. Once it sizzled it started to pop. It was popping like a cannon. I just wished that it flew into my mouth. Patrick

Mrs K-C put the kernels in the pan. We waited for awhile. Then it popped all over the place. Roisin

After it had all popped  Mrs K-C put it in a bowl. We got to eat it. It was delicious. Nicholas

Term 2 Week 8 'Star of the Week'

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

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

Lots of Room 5 people play sport over the weekend. On Saturday Jessica received the 'Player of the Day' cup for her netball team. Patrick was named 'Player of the Day' for his rugby team.

Neave competed in a Highland Dancing competition.

Congratulations to these people and everyone who played sport this weekend.







A reminder that our Character Day is upon us. Tomorrow (09.06) we will come to school dressed as a character of our imagination. I am looking forward to seeing who turns up in Room 5 in the morning. We are going to have a fun day being someone new and writing with our buddies.

Homework this week is spelling and basic facts. Both lists will be tested on Friday. Reading will be a little different - we have chosen our own groups and a Maori legend to read. We will be working on this for the week and presenting our legend to the rest of the class later in the week.
On Thursday we will have recorder lessons.

Term 2 Week 7

 Patrick was presented with a certificate at today's school assembly.

Ka pai, Patrick, we are proud of you.

We have been learning about symmetry. This has provided us with some challenges, but also lots of discussion. We have been trying to work out lines of symmetry for capital letters. We discovered that 10 letters have no lines of symmetry, 4 have two lines and 12 have one line of symmetry. Check out these photos of us working out the lines of symmetry:

Lulu and Jessica

Trinity and Zofia

Jacky and Preston

Samuel and Finn C

A reminder about the Character Day on Tuesday 9 June. Keep thinking about what your character looks like, their emotions, what they like and what they do. I am looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
Enjoy the weekend - keep warm.

Term 2 Week 1

Welcome back to school. It was lovely to see everyone this morning and to catch up on the holidays. Sounds like everyone has had a good break. This is an eleven week term, so it should be a little more relaxed than last term.

Today we celebrated two milestones that occurred during the holidays:


Patrick turned 7 on 12 April, so we sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished him all the best for the coming year.

Lulu gained her first Silver Mathletics certificate - ka pai, Lulu.

This morning we wrote about our holidays. Here we are sharing our recounts with a buddy:

Ariana and Bridget

Finn C and Samantha

Lulu and Ruby

Patrick and Kate

This week we will be focusing on ANZAC Day and what that means. We will be reading a different ANZAC poem each day and this will be part of the reading homework. Spelling homework also begins again.
There will be NO school assembly on Friday as the Senior Syndicate is on camp at Hanmer Springs.

Term 1 Week 8

At today's assembly Lulu received a certificate.

Ka pai, Lulu, we are proud of you.

Today Gabrielle turned 7. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished her all the best as a 7 year old.

Thank you for your support with Mass this morning. The children were amazing and I am very proud of them.

Next week is our last week of Term 1 - where has the time gone? On Wednesday 1 April we will have our Stations of the Cross, beginning at 11:45am in the Prayer Garden. Whanau are welcome to join us for this service. 

Have a great weekend.

Term 1 Week 5 Assembly Certificate and Other News

At today's School Assembly Trinity received a certificate.

Ka pai, Trinity, we are proud of you.

This morning the Fantail Reading Group presented a play, Lucky Dip. They did a great job and spoke clearly so we could hear. Well done to: Gabrielle, Kate, Ariana and Marissa.

We had two things to celebrate today: more Bronze Mathletics certificates and great homework sentences.

Congratulations to: Lulu, Neave, Nicholas, Roisin and Marissa, Bronze Mathletes.

Congratulations too, to: Bridget, who had the best homework,

and to Declan, Gabrielle, Marissa, Samantha, Ariana and Kate for their homework.

Patrick had an exciting afternoon, spending time with Andy and Ben from the Crusaders. That's Andy's signature on Patrick's arm.

Looking ahead to Week 6:

Monday: Library 

Tuesday and Thursday: Run, Jump, Throw - please bring sports shoes and shorts to change into

Friday: School Assembly