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 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.

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

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 9 'Star of the Week'

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

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

Ruby attended her netball prize giving and received a medal for being the Most Improved Player. Ka pai, Ruby.

Samuel received certificates for participation at his soccer prize giving. Ka pai, Samuel.

This week is Social Justice Week. The theme this year is 'Family Ups and Downs'. Today we played a game and had a discussion about the things that happen in families. We all realise that we are fortunate to be in the families God has placed us in.

Finn H

Kempton, Neave and Harriet

On Wednesday we are having a Social Justice Liturgy at 12md in the Church. Afterwards we will share lunch. Each family is asked to bring a plate of food to share. Children will need to bring their lunchbox or a named bowl to eat from.

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.

Happy Birthday

Today Samantha turned 7. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished Samantha all the best for the coming year.






This morning Declan, Sirayah, Finn H and Neave presented a play called 'Baby Bear's Present.

Dance Success

On Saturday Neave danced in a Highland Dancing competition. She won two silver medals and a certificate. Ka pai, Neave.

Term 2 Week 9

At today's assembly Bree received a certificate.

Ka pai, Bree, we are proud of you.

The homework certificate was awarded to Neave. Ka pai, Neave, keep up the good work.

Unfortunately the weather meant that Thursday's hockey session was cancelled. I will let you know if/when we are able to have another session.

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 'Star of the Week'

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

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

We had lots of other things to celebrate as well:

Sirayah received her first Bronze Mathletics Certificate. Ka pai, Sirayah, keep up the great work.

Nicholas was named 'Player of the Day' after his rugby game. Ka pai, Nicholas, you played well.

I forgot to give out the homework certificates on Friday, so it was a long wait for the following: Neave, Bridget, Kate, Marissa and Samantha as well as Roisin who received the certificate. The standard of homework has risen and I am impressed with the sentences people are coming up with. You can have a break from spelling and sentences this week.

 

This morning our buddy class came to do some discussing and writing with us. This is in preparation for our character day next Tuesday (9 June). Last week you  received the Create a Character newsletter about this. Our buddies wrote some lists of characteristics of our made up character in our homework books. Please check the list to see what your child is planning to be. You are not expected to spend up large for this, but can use items you already have. If you have any questions about this day, please contact me.

On Thursday we plan to have our last hockey session (this is weather dependent). Please bring sports shoes and (girls) shorts to change into.

Term 2 Week 6

At today's school assembly Neave received a certificate.

Ka pai, Neave, we are proud of you.

This weekend Finn C (30.05) and Bridget (31.05) turn 7. We sang 'Happy Birthday' to them this morning and wished them all the best as 7 year olds. Have great birthdays Finn and Bridget.

Today's hockey session went well. We learnt how to do a push pass before playing a game. We have one more hockey session, on Thursday 4 June.

Enjoy the long weekend - hopefully you'll all get a sleep-in on Monday!

Term 2 Week 6 'Star of the Week'

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

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

Two people were recognized at their weekend sport:

Congratulations to Neave who received Highly Commended certificates for her Highland Dancing, and Nicholas who was named 'Player of the Day' for his rugby team.

 

This week we plan to have hockey sessions on Thursday and Friday. Please bring sports shoes and (girls) shorts to change into. There will also be a recorder lesson on Thursday. 

Term 2 Week 5

At today's assembly Bridget received a certificate.

Ka pai, Bridget, we are proud of you.

Homework awards went to: Kate and Marissa, Neave, Samantha, Declan and Bridget. Ka pai for writing great sentences for your spelling words, some of them made me smile.

 

Last week Harriet was awarded the 'Player of the Day' cup for her netball team. Congratulations, Harriet.

Lots of exciting things happened today: At Discovery Time we can choose what we do. One of the most popular choice is the construction table. Today Zofia and Kempton spent their time making things to wear.

This afternoon we had our first hockey session! We all really enjoyed this new experience.

 

Tonight the school disco was held at the school hall. We all had a lot of fun. A special thank you to the Parent Council for organizing a wonderful evening.