Week 5 Term 2

Wow, half way through the term at the end of this week.

Thank you PTA - what a fantastic disco everyone enjoyed on Friday night! Lots of preparation goes into such an event which was such a fun way to end the week.

Mrs Roberts and I have begun the testing in preparation for report writing. A reminder that this year all students will receive a mid-year and an end of year report. Testing will still be done at their "weeks at school" anniversary, with these results being used to report progress to our Board of Trustees.

Swimming: Tuesday and Thursday are the last 2 sessions - remember to bring pjs for Tuesday's lesson, plus a plastic bag to put the wet pjs in. YES, you do wear togs underneath!!

Wednesday: I have Reading Recovery In-service after lunch, so Mrs Roberts will be teaching in the afternoon. It was lovely for Mrs Eastwood to share Discovery last Wednesday afternoon while I attended a funeral.

Lucky Book Club pamphlets are by the fish tank to collect.

Uniform: This is the last week where school sports uniform may be worn on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and the last week where you can choose whether you wear summer or winter uniform. After Queen's Birthday the uniform is the winter uniform. Please check the school website if you are unsure of what this consists of. All items are available at the PTA uniform shop outside our classroom door. Please be sure that all items are clearly named as we are in Growth Mindset in Room 3, and we can't all look after our clothing YET!

Homework

1. Reading: don't forget that Sunshine - On - Line counts too. Take a look as I have had an email to say that they are adding many new texts - quite a few of these are non-fiction Science based. Some people have a "Before school Reading Log" in the back of their homework books - these are people who I would like to have an extra opportunity to increase their reading mileage - just bring a book to me before school and I will make sure that I am available to listen.
2. Spelling: the weekly list to tool is in the homework book - everyone is competent at tooling and can show you how they are learning this skill - they are not learning how to spell these words by memory, but are practising tooling skills that they can use on unknown words when writing. Those people who have paid their $10 for the STEPs Programme will find that the words on their spelling sheet are in the programme that they are practising. Thank you Kate Nicholson for doing this.
3. Fridge Words: convict, voyage, prospecting - these didn't get written into diaries last week!
4. Maths: Read the information that Mrs Roberts has posted. Study Ladder also has activities as does Sunshine-on-line under the maths texts.

Next Monday is Queen's Birthday Weekend - have a wonderful break with family.