Week 4 Term 3

A busy week for us last week, out and about. The liturgy at the cemetery to mark All Souls Day was special ,as was watching the respect the children had for the area, and helping some to find family members and place some rosemary for remembrance by the head stones.

What's on this week:
Monday Kapahaka - 11am - this term there is the opportunity for those thinking about joining the group to come and watch/participate, so that they have an idea of what is expected of them as a group member.
Tuesday: Central Otago Athletic Sports: Best of luck, Jack, Zack, Jay-T, Jada, Charlotte K, Pippa, Bella D and Amelia. Go and enjoy this experience of representing the school - we are proud of you. Be sure to wear your school sports uniform including your sunhat. Mrs Lyon will be the teacher looking after the team on the bank and Tyla O'Neill will look after the under 9 girls team, with Hannah O'Connor and Owen Gullick  looking after the boys as you go around the field rotations. Be at Molyneux Park by 9:00am. The long distance races for years 5 - 8 will start at 9:15 with the girls sprints and the boys field rotations at 9:30am. Check out the Central Otago Primary School Athletics Facebook page for more information.
Wednesday: We take our turn at 1:30 planting the native garden outside Rooms 5 & 6. Parish Mass at 9:00am.
Friday: Our assembly will be next week now, owing to there being a swap at the school of technology for Room 6.

Scooters: We have been so much better at taking responsibility for riding only on the court and storing our scooters on the grass at the end of the court.  Well done.  A reminder though, that scooters are not to be shared and that shores must be worn when scootering.

Homework:

• Reading - well done Savannah on reading every night all term. What a star! Don't forget to record what you are reading in your logs. It is exciting to see quite a few people choosing to read their own material - go you! "The more you read the better you write!" and the more you know if you are choosing to read stuff that is really interesting to you. Don't forget that on the Sunshine on line site, there are books up to level 30, and lots of new non-fiction texts are appearing. Might be worth another look.
• Spelling - a mixture of words to practise the skills we have worked on this year. Take the time to revise the spelling patterns that we have leaned this year as another test will be coming up. I know several people really keen to move levels - check out that you can use what you know on unknown words.  This week in class we are revising the long 'e' spelling patterns, working on sampling and looking to see what looks right.
• Morning Programme - be sure that you are ready to share yours on Friday if it is your turn.

Looking forward to seeing what revolting recipes are written this week! Not sure that these will make the St Gerard's Recipe Book. We have been having fun learning about the structure of instructional writing.