Week 9 Term 2

What a large number of people have been unwell with the flu. Keep warm till you feel better.

Skating begins this week Tuesdays and Thursdays until the end of the term.
Your child needs to bring a helmet, gloves, waterproof pants, warm jacket and a full drink bottle. Our skating session begins at 11:20 but we will be at the ice earlier to get our skates and have them laced and ready to go. We will travel by bus leaving at 10:55. We would appreciate help with getting the skates on and off. To help with getting the correct sized skates, could you please write your child's shoe size on their hand.

Poetry Eisteddfods will be heard on Thursday afternoon 27th June. Some children will be selected to present their eisteddfod poem at the eisteddfod assembly in week 10.

Matariki Breakfast - 7:30 Friday 28th. We will be celebrating this special time in the Maori calendar. Come dressed in your school uniform ready for the school day and bring whatever you want to eat for your breakfast - just like a picnic breakfast. There will be toasters, hot water, tea & coffee available. The PTA are assisting with this event which was an initiative from our last whanau hui. We will share some Matariki stories.

If you are able, we  welcome you to the school assembly, which begins in the hall at 9:10.

Fridge Words: extinct , nimble (from our Jack Frost poem)

Spelling: the spelling group are looking at the spelling patterns for the 'long e' sound for the next 2 weeks. Help them listen for the sounds as they are reading or you are reading to them, then see if they are able to spot the spelling pattern. Those not yet on spelling sheets are amazing as they give words with a 'long e' sound. Keep up the listening to the sounds in words.

Over the next couple of weeks Bernadette and I will be retesting the letter knowledge - a big focus for many on this test, will be on correct letter formation. Keep practising with Casey Caterpillar. Letters made from the bottom are incorrect - some have had to work hard to change this habit.

Action Stations: please keep the bits and pieces coming for construction. I didn't ever think that the storage boxes in my cupboard would run out, but they have. We also need cones, bottle tops, buttons - all those little pieces that are used so creatively.

Have a great week.