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.

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 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 1

Welcome back to school. It was great to see everyone this morning and to catch up on the holiday activities.

We had several things to celebrate:

Congratulations to Declan, Samantha and Bridget for gaining your Gold Mathletics Certificates. This is an awesome achievement as it shows perseverance and determination. Ka pai, keep up the good work.

On Saturday Trinity turned 7. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished her all the best for the coming year.






On Thursday we will be having a 'Hockey Festival'. We will join with three other junior rooms to play a round robin of games. Please bring sports shoes and (girls) shorts to change into. This will finish off our hockey sessions.

Our topic this term is Flight. We will be focusing on man-made flight rather than natural flight. If you have any relevant items that you are happy for us to have in the class, please send them along.

Remember to keep learning the Essential Lists spelling words - the big test will be next week.

Mathletics Silver and Room 5 Stars

Congratulations to Zofia who has gained her first Silver Mathletics Certificate. Keep up the great work.






Thank you to those who were able to come along and watch us perform our plays this afternoon. What amazing stars we have in Room 5! The children have worked really hard and really stepped up today. I am so proud of them. Look out Hollywood!

Ruby, Harriet, Jessica, Lulu, Declan & Nicholas

Trinity, Roisin, Bridget, Neave & Gabrielle

Declan, Finn C, Finn H, Kempton, Preston & Samantha

Bree, Ariana, Kate, Marissa, Zofia & Samantha

This morning we finally had our last hockey session. We have remembered lots of skills so we were able to enjoy some relay races using the skills before playing a game. Next term (on Thursday 23 July) we will have a celebration afternoon when we will play games against the other junior classes.

Ruby

Preston

Trinity

Sirayah

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 3 '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.

Yesterday was Natalia's 7th Birthday. Today we sang 'Happy Birthday' to her and wished her all the best as a 7 year old.

This morning Ronald McDonald visited our school. He came to give us a road safety message. We all enjoyed his presentation and will spend this week's writing sessions retelling Ronald's message. 

Here's an extract from Nicholas: 

Guess what! He lost a sock. What a worry for Ronald McDonald.

This week is NZ Sign Language Week. We will be learning to sign the days of the week and the months of the year and how to spell our names in sign language.

On Friday 8 May we will be having a mufti day - run by The Young Vinnies. We ask everyone to wear red, white and/or blue as these are the colors of the Nepalese flag, and to bring a donation to which will be sent to Nepal via Caritas.

We will also have a hockey session with a Canterbury Hockey Coach. Children will  need to wear sports shoes for this. 

More Silver Smiles

Congratulations to Trinity and Marissa who have received their first Silver Mathletics certificates. It's great to see so many of you working on Mathletics to consolidate your learning and help you with your Basic Facts.

Over the last week the children have been working in groups to prepare plays. This morning they presented their plays to the class. For some this was a challenge, but everyone did an amazing job. I am impressed with how much the children learnt during this time and how confident they were performing in front of their classmates. Thank you for your help behind the scenes.

Next term we may be ready for a parent concert.

Bree, Natalia, Ariana and Samantha in
Three Mice in Trouble

Zofia, Gabrielle, Bridget, Trinity, Kate and Roisin in
Home Comes the Hunter

Patrick, Samuel, Finn C, Nicholas and Jacky in
Carrot Soup 

Neave, Lulu, Harriet, Jessica and Marissa in
The Three Wise Pigs

School finishes for Term 1 at 2:50pm tomorrow, Thursday 2 April. I wish you a Happy and Holy Easter and a relaxing holiday. Term 2 will start on Monday 20 April at 8:45am. Children are expected to be in their winter uniform for Term 2 and Term 3.

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

Term 1 Week 5 'Star of the Week'

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

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

Ariana received the homework certificate for her great spelling sentences. 

Here is a photo of Ariana''s work as a model of what is expected. Ka pai, Ariana.

It was exciting to be able to present the first Bronze Mathletics Certificates this morning. Congratulations to: Jessica, Ariana, Samantha, Declan, Bridget and Trinity. Keep up the good work. We will present the first Bronze and the first Silver certificates for each child in class. A Gold certificate, which represents 20 weeks' worth of certificates, is presented at the school assembly.

A reminder that we have another Run, Jump, Throw session with Anita tomorrow (Tuesday) so sports shoes and shorts need to be brought to school.