Room 15 2022

  Weekly Notices, Term 4, Week 6 Bonjour tout le monde and welcome to week 6. I hope you are all enjoying a relaxing weekend despite all the mixed weather we are getting in late Spring.  Only 4 weeks are left until the end of the term and the school year. The last day of the year is Thursday 15th December. Swimming This is a reminder that all Year 3 classes are swimming again this week. It is an expectation that all children swim unless they have a note with a legitimate reason, as swimming is a part of our Health and PE programme. Please help your child to remember their togs every day. Hats Quite a few children are not coming to school with hats. It is compulsory to wear a hat outside during term 4. We only have a very limited number of spare hats and some children are trying to use a class one every day. This is unfair to those who forget occasionally and actually need to use a spare hat as a one-off thing. Learning We will be continuing our learning programme right up to t...

Wow, what a crazy weekend of weather we have had. I hope you have all had a wonderful time with whanau and managed to rest ahead of another busy week in Kahikatea! Our junior Kapa Haka Roopu performed in the Ahurei at JPC on Friday and were fantastic. They looked extra fabulous in their new kapa haka uniforms and showed passion and pride to be representing St Mary's. A special thanks to Mrs Thompson and Matua Wiki for all the work they have done to get the tamariki ready in time.  Both the senior and junior Kapa Haka Roopu will perform for the school on Monday afternoon, prior to Room 17's exciting assembly. No Swimming: There is no swimming for Kahikatea classes this week. We will resume our swimming in week 6, and 8. Program highlights: This week we are exploring science boxes from The House of Science to learn more about the world around us. Ask your tamariki when they return from school, what box they explored that day. Room 15 are increasing their vocabulary knowledge thro...

  Weekly Notices - Term 4, Week 4   Welcome to week 4, another week full of exciting happenings.  Reminders - Tomorrow (Monday 7 Nov) is a Teacher only day                    - Tuesday- Library for Rooms 15 and 16                    - Wednesday - Library for Room 17                    - Friday 11 November is Room 17's turn for Assembly.  Parents are welcome to come and join us.                    - Friday 11 November - Kapahaka Kahui Ako Ahurei On Friday we have our Kahui Ako Ahurei. There will be schools from Opotiki, Tauranga, Putaruru and Rotorua performing. We have both a junior and senior group performing.  Juniors are being bused back to school at about 10 am and Seniors at 2 pm. The juniors performed at Assembly on Friday and were outstanding.  We wish t...

  Weekly Notices - Term 4, Week 3 Namaste Whanau. I hope you have had a lovely weekend as we head toward November. It looks like the cold weather might leaving us even though the rain persists! We look forward to increasingly warm sunny days at school so please ensure your child has a hat at school every day as they must be wearing it in term 4 when playing outside. We only have a limited supply of spare hats at school. Year 3 teachers have been assessing the progress of our tamariki to gauge where to next for the rest of the year and ensure that the reports are accurate. This has seen some changes to our normal daily routines. We are continuing to develop their independence in managing self through the must do element of their learning. It's been fabulous to see how conscientious and thirsty for learning some students are. We will start setting personal daily goals in class this week to support further development in this area. Farewell Niklaus!  Niklaus and his family head t...

Weekly Notices Term 4, Week 2. Welcome to Week 2! I hope that you have enjoyed this glorious long weekend with your whanau and are ready to jump into another action packed week of learning and exploring.  It is the time of the rosary and the tamariki have loved using the beads that we have in class to support with learning their prayers. Some have asked if the can bring their own Rosary Beads into class. This is absolutely fine with me but only if they have permission from their special people and feel that they can look after them carefully while at school as I can not oversee that while teaching. Well done to the chess competitors and thank you to Mr G for his work with the team. We treasure all you do with the Tamariki! How cool was the colour run on Friday?! Thank you to those families and friends that came to cheer us on and help us on the day! Events to note for week 2: Swimming - Everyday Athletics - Year 4 only Friday - Grandparents/Grandfriends Mass 9am. Saturday - Worki...