Week 5 Term 3

A little late this week sorry.
A great Friday = everyone had their homework books at school and handed them into the homework box. This meant no playing catch up on Monday to get spelling and homework checked before it went home again. Can we do this again this week please?
Thank you so much for all the support for the cross country last Wednesday afternoon.  I was really impressed with how well Room 3 students performed after all the sickness - natural fitness for some perhaps.
Congratulations Lars on your excellent Bible reading at Monday morning prayer.  It's always huge to get up there and look at everyone from the pulpit.  Thank you to Sully and Sophie who lit the candle and the sign of the cross, and also Nicolas and Rhianna who set up the prayer table in the church early on Monday morning.  A real team effort.
Last week we started using the "Reading Box" as part of our reading programme.  Feel free to look at what your children are doing to supplement the guided and instructional daily reading.  We are also using an example of the writing in this box, "Judo" to unpack what a speech could look like in the hamburger format.
Mrs Ward is planning a camp meeting for next Monday evening. I will copy and paste the information in a separate post.  There has been a change in staffing for this camp. Miss Passmore will now be the second teacher attending. Mrs Ward informed all the children about this on Monday.  Next week will see the year 3 children work on camp preparation activities in Room 4 some afternoons.
I hope that everyone experienced a little act of kindness tonight as part of our RE learning about God and the gift of people who share God's love.
On Thursday I will be in Dunedin with Alan at a hospital appointment.  Mrs Robyn Cooney is looking forward to working with the children in my absence. (Mrs Lyon is unavailable as she is doing a retraining placement in Room 2).

Homework

1. Reading: every night please.
2. Spelling: the 'ou' sound - patterns "ou" or "ow".
3. Maths: Study ladder, What's My Number? This week in class we are working on knowing our facts to 5, 10 and 20. 
4. RE: A sheet will come home on Wednesday night for you to share at home.  We are learning about God as the gift giver, and that his greatest gift was Jesus.

Have great week.  I have completed lots of testing over the last couple of weeks. Now comes the task of writing reports which take time.  If you are in the classroom, please ask to see any testing, I am happy to share.  After school is probably the best time.  Have a great week.