Skating: Tuesday & Thursday - see post with timetable and costs. Please get your payment into Mrs Bennie at the school office as soon as possible so that she can get these payments processed before the end of the term. To help get your child the correct sized skates, could you please write their skate size on their hand?
Swimming: Tuesday & Friday. The progress that everyone is making is stunning. If you have an opportunity to watch us, pop up to the pool. Tuesday we swim at 12:30 and Thursday at our usual 12:00 time. Thank you so much to the parents who come to help us with dressing.
Wednesday: We welcome Mrs Donaldson while I am released to complete testing and work on reports.
PMP: 2pm Mondays & Wednesdays - it would be great to have more parent assistance. You can sign up on the roster outside Room 1. Thank you to those who are already assisting with this. It has been very successful programming this alongside PE lessons. When working with both Rooms 3 & 4 together last week, the balls skills learnt in these PE lessons were very evident.
Assembly - Friday 27th: Room 6 will lead assembly this week.
Sunday 29th School Mass:
Please be seated by 8:55 with me at the front of the church. It is expected that children come in school uniform. Please bring something for the Foodbank, and a plate from each family to share for morning tea.
Homework
- Reading: remember to record your reading in your reading logs. Many people have moved several levels in the last couple of weeks. Keep remembering to stop at the fullstops and think about the picture of what is happening at the end of each sentence.
- Spelling: has been tooled and worked on ready for this week. Go over the words each night - remember to say, sound, cover, write, then check that it is spelled correctly. We tested last week and your child's score is recorded on their spelling sheet so that you know which words may need more tooling. We are learning how to hear and record sounds so that we can use this skill to write words that we don't know, not how to memorise words.
- Poetry Eisteddfod: last week we didn't have a new poem, instead we reread the poems that we have had so far this year. We practised reading them with expression and really presenting them, in preparation for our eisteddfods next Monday. Most people were able to tell me on Friday which poem they were going to present. Quite exciting that some have chosen to present their own "What's In My Shoe?" poem. Keep working on really knowing your poem off by heart. Perform it to your cat and say it to that awesome person who you see in the mirror. If your child does not have a poem please email me chrisbeilby@stgerards.school.nz and I will ensure that something comes home. Great to see so many children self managing and sorting their poems.
HELP
It is really hard to have a poetry and spelling programme running when the books with the sheets in are at home. Please, poetry books go home on a Friday and come back on a Monday & homework books every day, so that I can give stickers to all who read to me before school.
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