Fruit picking

Boat Racing - Year 1/2 Camp

Study Ladder

I have had a play with this tonight.  Unfortunately I am still to see how to set just one or two activities, so it may appear that there is a huge amount set.  Please choose just a few to do.  It is certainly not my expectation that all the activities are completed this week.

We are working on developing a secure knowledge of the concept of numbers that come before, after or between another number. One group is working to 20, another to 100 and another 3 or 4 people to 1,000.  The activities set are about place value and number knowledge.

It is pleasing to see that many people have been working steadily on Study Ladder, even doing spelling and having a look at the science section.  Make the most of this free site.

School Triathlon

School Triathlon

The school triathlon has come round very quickly. Due to us being double booked at the swimming pool we have had to change our Triathlon date from what was stated in the term planner at the beginning of the year to Monday 16^th March (pm). We will be starting the first race at approx. 12.40pm. Please check your child/ren’s bikes and that their helmets fit properly over the next few days.

Every child will be competing in the triathlon in the following age groups and in this order;

Yr 5-8 Competitive (Yr 5&6, Yr 7&8)

Yr 1&2

Yr 3&4

Yr 5-8 Non-Competitive

If you are able to help with course marshalling please return the form below, before Friday 13^th.  It is important that we have plenty of parents around the course to ensure all children are safe at all times and of course to support the children. The more helpers we have the better.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Please be sure to come to school in your school sports uniform and track suit - Years 5 - 8, sports uniforms, green trackpants/warm clothes - Rooms 1 – 4.

School sunhats are compulsory, so be sure to have yours at school.

We will all be leaving school at 12.10pm.  Years 5 – 8 will bike their bikes to the pool with Mr Yeoman and Mrs Eastwood. Rooms 1 – 4 will travel by bus, their bikes will need to be dropped directly to the pool. Lunch will be at 11:30.

There will be an event briefing at approximately 12:30 with the first race starting at approx. 12.40pm.

There will be marshals at each of the Transitions, Mrs Beilby at the run/bike and Mrs Flannery inside the pool.  We ask that parents please stay out of the transition areas, there will be help available to your children if they need it, but Room 3 have demonstrated that they can complete these transitions with no assistance, so we’re sure that older competitors can as well.  It would be helpful though to have parents remove bikes as soon as possible from the area. Children only may access the pool through the rear doors.  This is the understanding that we have within our pool hire agreement. All parents must use the usual pool entrance. Thanks for helping us out with this – especially when it is so exciting!!

Children are to be picked up from the pool after the event at approx. 2.30-2.45 please. Bus children will be brought back to school by staff.

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I ______________________________________________ am able to help with course marshalling at the Triathlon on Monday 16^th March.

Signed: ________________________________ Date: _____________________

Week 7 Term 1

Another busy week ahead of us!!

I am still catching up with everyone regarding what goes home when.  Poetry books go home on a Friday and need to be returned on a Monday morning when the new poem for the week is glued in.  Our class poem is part of the reading programme all week, so it is important that poetry books are at school.  Please sign the poem after you and your child have read it.  I hope that last week your child was able to tell you about "onomatopoeia".  We used the idea of the sound words from this poem to write some sentences about sounds at school. Come and check out our wall where some of these have been illustrated.  I was really impressed with the way so many groups used language so effectively. WALT: use onomatopoeia to hear the picture in the text i.e.: put a sound track to the visual picture we have in our minds.

Homework books: come home every night for you to record reading in the back.  These books go into the blue homework box on a Friday only.  I check each book before the Monday.  It is especially important from next week that these books are there as we glue in our spelling sheet then conduct and tool our spelling words on a Friday in preparation for the following week's learning. Last week and this week we are practising conducting and tooling on a homework sheet at school.  Each child should be able to tool and practise their spelling independently at home.

Friday = Library Day - please be sure to have your books ready to return as having a library book is part of reading for the weekend.  These go home in reading bags along with the poetry book. Books can be returned at any time to the library tray at the front of the classroom.

Scripture Reading Eisteddfods: will be heard on the Monday or Tuesday of Holy Week. I have posted the information for Year 3 separately.  Year 2 need to choose a prayer to say. They also need to say why they chose the prayer and be able to say it off by heart.  Note: Year 3's do not need to know their readings - they read from a bible and can choose to tell about the reading and read only 2 or 3 verses that they think are the most important. Please see me if you need any help with choosing.

Triathlon Training: This week Room 3 will be training for Monday's school triathlon. Please wear runners and your school sports uniform each day if you have one. Sports uniform is the school teeshirt, black shorts or green track pants.  If it is cold, the school jersey or sweatshirt is worn over the teeshirt - these are still uniform items - no pink sweatshirts!  I will check where the green track pants can be purchased from - anyone on the PTA will know. Wednesday and Thursday please bring your bike to school as we need to practise what happens in the transition between the run and the bike.  Last year everyone in Room 3 was very independent at this. Make sure that someone has checked that the handle bars are secure and the brakes work - don't forget your well fitted helmet. Bikes need to be stored in the bike racks near the sandpit, but helmets are hung on hooks in the corridor.

PTA AGM = Tuesday 10th March 7pm in the staffroom. The PTA welcome everyone to this meeting. It is a great time to hear what your PTA has done over the year to support your child's learning - and it is heaps!!  Information about a new structure for this group was in a recent newsletter.

Newsletter Information Forms: Last week everyone received a hard copy of the school newsletter as there were several important forms attached.  Hard copy was easier so that no-one needed to find a printer.  Please ensure that you received this and have returned the necessary forms to the school office. Thanks.

Year 2 School camp is on Thursday night. Mrs Flannery has rung the parents who indicated that they are available to attend. Please pay your $30 per child and $15 per adult to the school office as soon as possible. I will not be sleeping over on the Thursday night as I need to be at home with Alan, but will be there in time for breakfast. Year 3 will be buddied up with Room 5 to have an exciting Fantastic Friday. Library will be on the plan, so have those books back for Miss Passmore to return.

Year 2 Boat Making: As part of camp there is a technology challenge - building a boat that will float and race in the water race at the Forrest's orchard.  Now is the time to be collecting some bits and pieces and thinking about what you might use that would float. Boats are not to be built at home for this activity. 

Homework 

• Reading: Yes there has been reading every day, even when I was away. At times children may be bringing a well loved book from their browse box that you have seen before.
• RE: check the front of the homework book, as there was a home RE activity last week for you to talk about.
• Choosing a prayer or reading for the Scripture Eisteddfod
• Triathlon training - take a run, bike ride or a swim - get yourself ready for Monday.

Have a great week.  Hard to believe how fast this term has gone.

Eisteddfod Bible Readings - Year 3 and Above

Scripture Reading Challenge 2015

• Your scripture reading can be anything you like, eg. a parable, a psalm, a reading from the Gospels.

• Introductory speech – Years 3/4: 15-20 seconds, Y5/6: 30–45 seconds, Y7/8: 1 minute (times are approximate). This is a time to use the main ideas or theme of their scripture reading to make up a small speech explaining what the reading means to them, without retelling the reading – ie. ‘What the story of the Last Supper tells/demonstrates/means to me is ...... ‘

• Format for scripture reading on the day – students will start in the middle of the church in front of the altar using a microphone with their introductory speech, then they move to the lectern and say “This is a reading from eg. Matthew Chapter3, Verses 1 -14 ...” then start the reading. At the end, if it is a gospel reading only say, “The Gospel of the Lord”

• Timetable – Monday 30^th or Tuesday 31^st March, Rooms 3 & 4 class Eisteddfods will be heard. Year 3 will say their eisteddfods in Room 4 and Mrs Ward will assess them.  All of Room 3 will go into Room 4 to support their classmates.

-       Whole school eisteddfod assembly will be on Thursday 2^nd April at 2pm, in the church – one girl & one boy from Years 3 & 4, names will be in the school newsletter.

• For students to remember

-       When reading from the lectern you do not have to look up at your audience all the time – don’t always look at one particular group.

-       Use good expression when you read.

-       Do not read too fast.

-       Pause correctly.

-       You do not have to learn you reading off by heart but you must learn your introduction.

-       Make sure your words and voice are very clear, so that your audience understands.

Year 1 & 2 Camp

Camp notice, timetable and permission slip as well as police vetting slips have all gone home today.
Please have back at school tomorrow. Police vetting forms for parents wanting to go must be back by Thursday at the latest.
As this year we have limited spaces for adults because of the beds available, make sure you get your slips in early so we can advise parents on Friday who will be attending camp. Some parents may not be able to stay so it is very important that you state if you have a reason why you need to stay.
Thanks heaps
Julie, Sue and Chris

Basic information:

Children and parents meet at the Alexandra Tourist Park, Ngapara St  at 6pm Thursday 12th March. Tea provided (fish or hot dog and chips), bring sleeping gear & togs. Children to be dropped off - only parents staying to remain. Julie will provide fruit, Room 1 & 2 loaves of sliced bread suitable for sausages or toast, Room 3 baking.

Timetable:

• Tea 6pm, group activity, Technology - boat making for boat races in rooms, supper.
• Friday breakfast, pack up gear, bus to Orchard Garden (9:45 am) - maze & ice block, to Forrest’s orchard (10:45) - tour and tasting, lunch - sausages, bread, sauce,  fruit.  Return to school 1.45pm.
  
  
  A fuller note will be in the children's reading folders tomorrow.