Term 1, 2017

Hi everyone, firstly a big thank you to all of you for a great term and a terrific start to 2017.  Your kids have worked really hard and are well deserving of a lovely long break.  Thank you also for being available today to pick them up early.  It was all a bit of a rush and we didn't get to do our Last Supper or have our Pizza lunch.  We will do these in the first week of Term 2. 
I hope you all have a blessed Easter and that you are all well rested for a busy Term 2.

I didn't get a chance to paste the Maths stages in for the children. This is the knowledge the children need to know for the end of two years.  If you can practice some of this over the holidays, that would be wonderful.




Some of our kids are already working at Stage 4 and have a lot of this knowledge instantly.  The next Stage might be helpful for them....



Here is some of what we got up to in Term 1.....

The famous St Mary's Donkey Parade....

Popcorn fun.....

Swimming....

Last Supper Liturgy...

Just Dance - inside fitness....

What a cool group of learners we have in Room 13.  Have a great holiday you guys, see you in Term 2.
Love Mrs Russell xx

School closing early today

We have been advised by the Ministry of Education to close school by 1pm today. Please collect your your child/children from their classroom at 12.30 today. Thanks. Apologies for the short notice.

Week 10

Holy Week - Week 10

*Holy Week is the most important time in the Catholic Calendar.  It is a time for reflecting on the last days of Jesus life and the important happenings of the week.  

We will be re enacting the Washing of the Feet and the Last Supper so will need the children to leave their Jesus clothes at school.  I will send them home Thursday. Please talk to your children about these events and see what they have picked up at school in their lessons.

*Art Auction - thank you for your great response to our Art Auction.  If you have not yet bid on your child's work but would like to, you still have Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  We will check out the winners of the Auction and get your prize to you on Thursday.  Winners will be notified on the blog on Wednesday afternoon.  Can all money be in by Thursday please?
We have decided to have the trip in the second week of Term 2.  This week is particularly busy with Church events and because we are visiting Rainbow Springs, I wanted to do some preparation work with the kids prior to our visit.  We will have a Pizza lunch on Thursday to end our term and will have the trip to look forward to after the holidays.

*School finishes on Thursday at 3pm.  There will be no school on Good Friday.

*Interviews - you can go online and book an interview.  The code can be found in the latest newsletter.  Remember these are 3 way goal setting interviews and the idea is that the children are present for these.  We are working on goal setting at school so the children will have some ideas of their own to share with you.  If you cannot make the interview times, please let me know and I will make another time to see you.

*Reading - if you would like some readers for the holiday period, please let me know and  I will organise these for you.  Remember that reading to your child is also very important.   It allows them to hear what good reading sounds like.  Please keep this up during the break.

*Writing  -  I will be sending home the free writing books over the holidays.  It would be great if the children could write a holiday journal - something each day - in their journal.  They need to remember to start with the date, use a capital letter for each new idea and finish with a full stop.

*Maths - the maths sheets will come home with the knowledge your child needs to work on in order to move to the next stage.  All children are expected to be working at Stage 4 by the end of two years at school (not at the end of Year 2 but at their anniversary).  Please take some time to practice some of this maths during the school holidays.

*Thank you all for your input this term and for a great start to the year.  The Room 13 kids are well and truly on target for a great year of learning and I look forward to some great stuff in Term 2.  

Have a Holy week.
Annie

Week 10 Notices

Hi everyone, here we go for Week 10....

Mufti Day Wednesday for Caritas. Gold Coin.

R.E: the next two weeks are busy ones in the Church with the lead up to Easter.

Thursday 6th April is Stations of the Cross @ 9:00am in the church

Friday 7th April is the “Palm Procession” on the field at 9:45am

Thursday 13th April Washing of the Feet Liturgy/Last Supper re-enactment in the hall @ 10:00am

Please could the children bring their Jesus clothes to school this week. Below is a picture to help. If your don't have anything appropriate, please let me know as I have some in the class.

Next week we will re enact the Last Supper so the Jesus clothes can stay at school until then.

If you would like to share the ideas around the Stations of the cross, check out the link below.

http://www.loyolapress.com/our-catholic-faith/liturgical-year/lent/stations-of-the-cross/multimedia-stations-of-the-cross-for-children

*Maths: I am currently testing Knowledge and will send home some ideas to help the kids move onto the next stage.  It is a great idea to practice these for short bursts often as repetition helps consolidate the learning.

*Reading: If you would like some reading for the holiday period, please let me know and I will organise some books for your child to take home.  I am really happy with how the reading is going in Room 13.

*Writing: We have been completing some writing assessments at school and these will be available to look at in the Portfolio during the holidays.  The writing is coming along nicely.  We are working on ordering ideas and keeping the momentum going throughout the writing.

*There will be Parent interviews in Week 11.  It is expected that the children will accompany you so that we can set some goals together.  The process for interviews is on the school website.

*We are hoping for a trip next week to Rainbow Springs.  Further information will be sent home soon.  The art work for our Silent Auction will be up on Tuesday.  Please check it out and make a bid on your child's painting.  The money raised will pay for the trip.

Have a great week

Annie

Three way conferences

Three way conferences (parent interviews around goal setting with children present) are scheduled for Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th April.

Art Exhibition

Hi everyone, the Room 13 kids have decided to have an art exhibition to raise money for a fun trip at the end of the term. We have not yet decided where we will go, but we will have some amazing art work shortly that you can bid on to raise the funds.
The auction will be a silent one.  The art will be on show in the foyer and a box will be located down there that you can place your bids in. We are aiming for around $10 each for either the movies, flip out, the Aquatic Centre or Rainbow Springs.  
Thank you in anticipation for your support.
Annie and Room 13

Life Education with Berni and Harold

We had our second visit to the Life Ed van today and it was soooo cool.  We had a disco, learned about being a Hero, named some of the parts of our body and found out where they are inside us and we had our photo taken with the very famous Harold.  Here we are....