Monday, 26 January 2015

Welcome To Room 3 2015

28 January 2015

Welcome to Room 3 and to a new block in the school for the year 2 children.
Room 3 Blog: I usually put up a weekly blog on a Monday night after staff or syndicate meetings.  If other things come up in between, I will put up an extra post. Once the term calendar is confirmed this will also be there for easy reference to the dates that involve this class.
This week we will doing activities to help us get to know each other, get along together and take responsibility for our own learning.
Brain Food/School Milk: Please ensure that your child has a piece of unprocessed fruit or vegetable each day for brain food.  Please let me know if your child will not be having school milk.
Mr Milford will be working with us to reinforce our bus and road safety skills next week.  There will be a road safety test in the afternoon of Monday 9th February where we will need the assistance of parents.  If you are available, please email me.
Swimming: Years 1 – 4 will be preparing for the swimming sports with afternoon swim sessions Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 February. The swimming sports will be held at the pool on Monday 23rd February beginning at 9:00. Junior swimmers will have races in the therapeutic pool between 10 – 11am. Transport to and from the pool will be by bus.
Sunhats: need to be worn this term and in term 4. No hat = no play.  Children may choose something to do under the classroom verandah.
Your child will have a nightly reading log (Monday to Thursday), which I would ask you to please sign as this helps your child to take some responsibility for their learning as they read and tell you about the story. Their poetry book will come home on a Friday. There will be spelling to learn and study ladder maths, as the term goes on. This will be individualised.
Study Ladder: many year 2 children will be very familiar with this free learning site. Glued into the front of the homework book is your child’s user name and password. www.studyladder.co.nz  Please be sure to log in to this site by 6th February.  By doing this your child will be given greater access to home activities.  If this is not possible, please contact me so that I can make sure that your child logs in for the first time here at school. At present I have not set any tasks on this site.
Scooters etc: during school time these need to be stored behind the seats in front of the classroom windows. No scooters in the corridor during the day or lying on the path outside.  After school scooters & wheels can be left in the corridor to be locked up over night. Remember that ‘wheels’ are for term 1 and 4 only.  There are 2 scooters and 1 red bike in my corridor since last year. Whose are these?
My email address is: chrisbeilby@stgerards.school.nz  and cellphone 021 449296 for emergencies.

I am really excited about what is planned for this year, and am looking forward to working with you and your children as they continue on their learning journey.

Chris

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