Term 3 Week 5

Camp:

1. 1.  There will be a meeting this Thursday 25^th August at 7 pm in Room 4 for the parents coming to camp.  This will be to discuss travel arrangements, food, and to clarify roles and responsibilities.
2. 2.  Health forms for all children and adults attending camp will come home with children on Monday. These need to be returned by Wednesday please. This week our big teaching focus will be on learning our mihimihi.  We are all pretty efficient with our mountain, river and Central Otago area.  Below is the complete mihimihi, which we aim to know so that we can introduce ourselves.  Everyone will be supported in this task, so please do not panic if your child is tentative.

Mihimihi  - Years 3 and 4 Kia ora katoa (Greetings) Ko ________________ te maunga (mountain).  Choose from Kopuwai (Old Man Range) or other. Ko _____________________ te awa (river).  Choose from Manuherikia or Matau or other. Ko Uruuruwhenua te whenua  (land – Central Otago) Ko __________________ tōku mama  (mother) Ko _______________ tōku papa  (father) Ko St Gerards taku kura  (school) E   _______________ oku tau  (age) Nō _____________________ ahau (Where I was born) Ko ________________ tōku ingoa whānau  (Last name). Ko _______________ tōku ingoa (First name). No reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa (Greetings again).

On Wednesday we will be learning how to include the names of our brothers and sisters. This piece of language fits after talking about our parents, and needs to be customised for each individual. Once we have all parts of each individual's mihimihi inserted, this copy will be glued into homework books so  that they can be practised. Spelling: keep practising the conducting, tooling, listening and spelling. Reading: every night "the more you read, the more you know and the better you write".  Fill in your reading log.   Congratulations Casey and Jelena for your commitment to homework - keep this up. On Monday morning Room 3 will be working with Mrs Flannery.

This week we ramp up the practices for the school musical Noah, and will be singing as a whole school each day after lunch. At this stage we will focus our energies on the singing and learning the words for the songs.  We have 3 dances to put together, and work in earnest for these will take place after camp - we may even get a few opportunities to create & practise while we are away.

Wednesday 24th Open Afternoon - remember to invite anyone who may be thinking about sending their children to St Gerards.

Kapahaka Polyfest:

Members of the school Kapahaka group all took home a note on Friday from Mr Yeoman and myself about the opportunity to perform at the Polyfest in Dunedin (the week after camp). This will be a day trip to Dunedin.  We need to know by Wednesday who will be attending, so that we can organise costumes and transport. We understand that some families may feel that this is too much to ask of year 3 students, but the opportunity is open to all, and hopefully we will attend such an event again in the future. As "this is  a big step up from performing for the school or your parents, everyone attending must know the songs and all the actions" (Ms Tamati). To ensure that we all do, we have organised extra practices each week.

Sunday 28th August = School Mass - please be seated with Room 3 by 8:55. If you are unable to attend please email.

A very busy term that we need to work our way through in manageable chunks.