Week 8

The Countdown is on... 
Only 13 school days left and we have quite a bit to pack in.  


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This week

Monday 30th November.

10.30am Church Choir in Rm 15

From 3.15pm Student Led Conferences.

Tuesday 1st December.

Wednesday 2nd December.

8.45am School Singing

1.30-2.30pm ELL Picnic on the School field

Thursday 3rd December.

Friday 4th November.

Golden Time - Brrrrrr! It's a chilly one.

Coming up:

05 December - Christmas Parade 

                     A note will be going home this week for children who are interested in being in this 

                     years Santa Parade.  Children may come dressed as angels, shepherds, stable animals...

14 December - Tryathlon.  

                    This is a fun event and ALL children are encouraged to have a go.

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Museum Trip

A big thank you to all of the amazing parents who are coming to help out at the museum tomorrow.  We look forward to seeing you in Room 10 at 11:45.  We are really looking forward to it.

Reminders:
As Room 10 will be at the museum during the school lunch break we will not be able to order sausage sizzle or juicies.  
A packed lunch will be needed tomorrow, please.  Children will also need their hats and a bottle of water.

SLC

Student Led Conferences are next week.  The kids have been hard at work preparing for this exciting evening.  Please book your time slot asap - they are filling up fast.

We have made some beautiful invitations but they are still wet - you'll get them tomorrow (shhh! act surprised).

Flags

Flag Referendum on PhotoPeach

Week 7 Term 4 2015

MONDAY 23RD NOVEMBER

Our School Flag Referendum starts today

10.30am Church Choir in Room 15

5.30pm Reading Together


TUESDAY 24TH NOVEMBER


WEDNESDAY 25TH NOVEMBER


THURSDAY 26TH NOVEMBER

5.30pm Coaches Thank You in Library

FRIDAY 27TH NOVEMBER

Year 2 visit to the Museum

Middle and Senior School Athletics Day

Class Trip

I'll send out the hard copy on Monday

Oh My Goodness!!!!

This afternoon Mrs T got tough!  She has been reminding us to pack our bags properly and zip them up.  This helps to keep our area safe and it keeps our stuff safe.  BUT...

Mrs T went and collected all of the bags that were left unzipped after lunch.  Only 4 people had managed to keep their bags zipped up.  Well done Thomas, Rose, Sophie and Tilde!!!  You are wonderful.  The rest of you need to practice packing your bags for homework. 

Ahurei

Rosa, Adam and Harrison - here is the link to the Kapa Haka page.  Mum and Dad can check here for anything they need to know about Ahurei.

You are awesome, Adam!

 That is a super cool Happy Cake.  

You must have done a great job at reading the recipe.

Week 6 Term 4 2015

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MONDAY 16TH NOVEMBER

10.30am Church Choir practice in Room 15

1.30pm Kapa Haka Practice in hall - TBA

5.30pm Reading Together meeting in the staffroom (for those involved)

6.00pm Parent mtg for parents of Year 2 parents - re. google apps and chromebooks.

TUESDAY 17TH NOVEMBER

WEDNESDAY 18TH NOVEMBER

8.45am School Singing

8.30-10.00am All Ahurei children to meet in hall. Chn need to be there on

the dot.   

2.30pm Parent mtg in Staffroom Student Led Conferences

7.00pm Ahurei Performance. Sir Howard Morrison Performing Arts Centre

THURSDAY 19TH NOVEMBER

FRIDAY 20TH NOVEMBER

Middle and Senior School Athletics Sports at JPC = no sausage sizzle for juniors.

WORKING BEE NOTICE

Saturday 20th November, we intend to have a working bee to complete a few jobs around 
the school. A notice was sent home on Thursday with the list of jobs and if you are able to 
help please indicate the jobs you might be able to help with and return the form back to 
SCHOOL WORKING BEE: 8.00AM -12 NOON THIS SATURDAY. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

Year 2 Parents Meeting:  Google Apps for Education Accounts and Chromebooks.

You may or may not be aware that in 2014, with the support of our Board of Trustees, we introduced Google Apps for Education accounts for all our Year 3 and 4 students. Since June 2014 we have allowed students to bring a Chromebook to school. 

This programme was expanded In 2015, so now all our students in Year 3-6 have Google Apps for Education accounts and a large number of the students bring their own Chromebook to school. This has resulted in all our Middle School students having access to a device, which is used on a daily basis for learning purposes. 

Some common questions parents have are:

Why have we done this?

What is a Chromebook? What can you do on them? Why this particular device? Can my child bring a different device?

What is a Google Apps for Education account? Why and how are students using this to help them with their learning? Aren't Year 3 students too young for this?

Is it worth buying a device for my child? How much do they use it in class? What are the benefits of bringing a personally owned device to school? 

Where can I buy one? How much do they cost? Which model should I get?

On Monday 16 November, our Elearning Lead Teachers, along with some of our 2016 Middle School Teachers, will provide an information session to help parents gain a better understanding of how and why we are utilising Google Apps for Education accounts, along with devices, to assist our students with their learning.

On Friday all Year 2 students were given a notice to take home. In case this notice never reached you, this is what it said.

Notice for Parents of 2015 Year 2 students

On Monday night we are holding an information evening for parents who have children who will be in Year 3 classes at St Mary’s in 2016

When: Monday 16 November

Where: Room 14

Time: 6pm - 6.45pm

Purpose: To provide parents with a better understanding of why and how  students use Chromebooks and Google Apps accounts in our Year 3-4 classrooms.

We hope you are able to attend.

HELP!!!!!

A camera belonging to a Grandparent was lost at school last Friday. The camera is a Panasonic LUMIX.  It is silver and in a black hard case. There are also a few accessories inside the case - adaptors and memory sticks. The family are very keen to have the two memory sticks returned as these contain precious family photos. Ella in Room 14 would love to hear from anyone who can assist with locating these items.

Writing

Today we watched this short video: A reluctant boy gets more than he asked for in a ball pit. Will he conquer his fears to escape the adventure he finds himself in?

We wrote stories about a time when we had to conquer a fear.  We thought about the feelings and thoughts we experienced in the moment and all of the things that we could see and hear around us.  Sometimes our imagination makes small things look really big so we got a little bit creative.

Mrs T is super proud of our writing so she is flat out typing our work to share with the world on the blog - watch this space!

Grandparents and Grand-Friends Day

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Week 5 Term 4 2015

MONDAY 9TH NOVEMBER.

10.30am Church choir Room 15

Lunchtime. Kapa Haka girls to Room 4 for making of poi

TUESDAY 10TH NOVEMBER.

1.30pm Kapa Haka Practice Girls

2.15pm Kapa Haka Boys

WEDNESDAY 11TH NOVEMBER.

8.45am School Singing

THURSDAY 12TH NOVEMBER.

1.30pm Kapa Haka Practice

FRIDAY 13TH NOVEMBER.

Mufti day. Proceeds for Needy Children's Christmas Party, Hamilton. Young Vinnies to organise.

Library Day 

Golden Time

Kapa Haka

The final countdown to Ahurei is now on.  The performance on Grand-friends day was wonderful!  I'm really looking forward to seeing our clever kids on stage next week.

Library

I have been given a printout from the library records which shows how many books each child has "beeped out" and how many of these are fiction/non-fiction. A few kids have really not made the most of the library - please make sure books come back each week so that we can promote reading and help to widen their reading horizons.

Golden Time

'Old School' games.  Four square, elastics, hopscotch... you remember them.  Mrs Power (Oliver's Mum) is going to be teaching in Room 10 on Friday - if you would like to come along and help out I'm sure she would appreciate it. 

Grand-friends Day

Thank you all so much for your support of this day.  We had a HUGE number of visitors and all of the kids performed beautifully.  Some of our talented friends were in two or more performances - clever kids!  It was a really lovely day.  Sorry, we were running late at 3:00 - we were having so much fun in the pool that we completely missed the bells.

Grandparents/Grandfriends Day

Grandparents/ Grandfriends Day - This Friday

9.15am Mass

10.00am Morning Tea in classrooms. Please, bring a small plate of food to share for morning tea.   Grandparents can come into classrooms during this time.  The children love taking show off tours of the rooms.

10.30am Performances, on the grass outside hall, including Kapa Haka, Fillipino Dance group,  Gymnastic Group and several others.  Coffee and tea will be provided for adults.  Families are welcome to sit together during the performances - you might want to bring a picnic blanket.

AT END OF CONCERT- Children will have their playtime, Grandparents are welcome to stay and play too.