Week 10 - Sharing some of our work from this week.

Congratulations to Jess, Makenna and Sophie for their wonderful effort at Migs gym competition last week. They were so proud to tell us all about it.

We have been looking at the language of Instructional writing. On Wednesday, we followed instructions to make a mustard seed head.

The instructions said that if we are careful not to over water the seeds, they would be grown in about 3 days. We couldn't believe it would be that quick!  Anyhow, we left them close to the window over the weekend and this was the result of Monday...

Today we discussed the Spring season. We watched a lovely video about what happens in the change from Winter to Spring. With our information, we wrote Acrostic poems and displayed them with some cute baby bird artwork. They look stunning on the classroom wall. Please come in and take a look.

Lost Property -Jessica has lost her school jersey. Please can you have a check that your child has the right one. There are still lots of girl's school socks in class, if you are missing any!

Week 10

Almost there... the children are still working hard in the class, although I am sure they are ready for the school holidays!

We seem to have a lot of girl's socks without homes. I will put them in a tub at the back of the class if anyone would like to claim them.

The children will be bringing home their portfolios and R.E books on Friday to share with you.  Please may we have them back in the class during the first week of Term 4.

It is important that we keep up with our reading during the holidays. Reading logs will be sent home this week.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday
8.45am Whole school singing

Thursday
Go for it!
Kapa Haka

Friday
Sausage sizzle/Juicies
Portfolios and R.E books go home.

Have a great break, Stay safe and I look forward to seeing you in your summer uniform in Term 4.

Reminder:

Forms for parent input into 2018 class placements were issued the week before last to each student. Parents  - please note these forms need to be returned by Friday 29 September if you wish us to consider your input. The forms need to be returned to the big blue postal box in the student foyer.

Thanks to those parents who have already returned the form for their child/ren.

If you have mislaid or not seen the form you can collect a copy from the School Office or go to this link  

Week 9

Happy Birthday to Sebastian who is celebrating his birthday today (Saturday).
We enjoyed your fidget spinner shaped biscuits on Friday!

Some highlights from last week.

We are working hard in Maths and making those little brains think!

We are solving simple multiplication and division problems by counting all the objects, moving to using our knowledge of skip-counting in twos, fives and tens.  We learn to divide by sharing objects equally.

 We are developing our knowledge through group and individual work.

In our Concept learning this week, we started looking at life cycles. We chose the 'Fantastic Frog' to research first. Your children found so many amazing facts that we were able to put them together as a very interesting report. We then looked at the life cycle - Wow, they are amazing little creatures. Ask your child if they can remember the stages from egg to adult frog.
So with all this great writing, we had to find a way of displaying it...

In Go For It, Tim taught us how to throw and catch correctly. It was so much fun.

On Friday, Laine brought a friend to school for Golden Time. Meet Wayne the wombat...

WEEK 9

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Singing 8.45am

Thursday

Kapa Haka

PTA disco 5.30 -7pm

Friday

Assembly

Gym Competition

Week 8

This week is Maori Language week.

Monday 11th September


Tuesday 12th September


Wednesday 13th September
8.45am Singing
Steam puddings with custard for sale, $2 each.

Thursday 14th September
Go For It!
Kapa Haka

Friday  15th September
Room 7's Assembly
Pacifika Practice
Golden time


On Friday, it was Epiphany's last day with us in Room 13. She is moving with her family to Australia. We will miss you Epiphany!

On Friday, we attended The Nativity of Mary Mass. Sophie was chosen to read a Prayer of the Faithful. She was well prepared and spoke with confidence. Well done Sophie!

Last week in our writing, we wrote a report on a new planet. Our learning intention was to use adjectives (describing words) and relate our new planet to what we already know about the solar system.

It was so enjoyable hearing the children tell of their new planet. A few children mentioned that it was very hot on their planet as it was close to the sun.  Liebling's planet is made of shiny metals. Zak's planet is next to Jupiter and the liquids on it are water and melted diamonds! Laine's planet has wombats living on it. They have to wear gas masks because there is lava, water, ice and Molten Emeralds.  

To complete this topic we spent Golden time making the space ships that can land on this planet.

The children's report writing and creations will be displayed on our classroom wall next week.

Week 7

Good evening Parents/Caregivers,

I am delighted to have taken up the role of classroom teacher in Room 13. I will strive to continue with the super work that Mrs Russell has achieved with your children.
We have had a great first week together and the children have welcomed me into the class beautifully. The classroom door is always open so please feel free to come in and have a chat or e-mail me if you have any questions. I look forward to getting to know you.

Tomorrow we celebrate the Nativity of Mary with a Mass at 9:00am.  You are most welcome to join us.

Next week, I will be up and running with our class blog which will keep you updated with what we are doing in the class and the school.

Kind regards
Mary Kusabs