Week 10 Term 2

A busy week to complete the term. Eisteddfods will be heard on Monday and Tuesday with those presenting on Thursday being named in the school newsletter on Wednesday.  I'll also pop a quick post up in case people need earlier notification.

Monday: 11:45 - lunch time First Aid Training. A good idea for girls to wear track pants as in the past this has been quite hands on.
Tuesday: Last day of skating. It is wonderful to see and hear how excited the students are about what they can do on the ice.  This is also commented on by the parents of the Year 1 & 2 students. Thank you Cheryl and Rachael our two wonderful coaches.
Wednesday: Discovery 1:30. this week we will be making pois, so a few extra pairs of hands would be most appreciated, as we need to plait and secure our pois.

Thursday: 12:15 surprise and 1:30 Eisteddfod assembly
Friday: 1:30 Cultural assembly. Room 3 & 4 will be sharing kapahaka - item/s? yet to be confirmed. Thank you Tara and Kiri for offering to talk about your culture.  It's not quite too late to offer to share something. Let me know asap so that I can let the school cultural leaders know.

Years 3 & 4 Ski Trip:
We have been working to secure some form of accommodation since February when we discovered that our usual accommodation on the mountain was already booked by winter ski teams. Not expected by us!! Will book soon for the accommodation for 2019!! So the plan now is to have a ski day at the Snow Farm on Thursday 31st August with the cancellation day of Friday 1st September. Once we have all quotes to hand there will be a parent meeting early in term 2.

With all the extras going on this week, not all groups will have reading every day. Please expect a book home from the browse box though, and I will be in the classroom ready to hear those before school readers.

Spelling: After Friday's mid year spelling test several people have moved from level 2 to 3 and some from 3 to 4. Well done!! To be at the standard Year 3 need to be working at level 3 by the end of the year, and Year 4 at level 4.  We all need to make sure that we sample words and then as good readers look at the words to choose the one that 'looks right'. We will continue to work on this skill next term.
No spelling homework this week, we'll continue with the 'long u' sound after the holidays.

Thank you for all your support this term - especially to those parents who have helped out at Discovery and on the last minute walks to learn outdoors. We really appreciate your willingness to support us in that way.

Have a fantastic holiday.