Week 5 Term 1

MONDAY 27TH FEBRUARY.

Books, toys and Baby Elephant - Board games, children’s sporting equipment, CD's, DVD's, play station games, jigsaws, corn chips, tinned tomatoes. CHILDREN'S PRELOVED CLEAN QUALITY CLOTHING

1.30pm   Shrove Tuesday Promise Ceremony-Hall (Room 5 and Room 13 are running this - parents are welcome to join us. We will have photos etc on the blog)

2.00pm   Reading Log draw. - Hall.

TUESDAY 28TH FEBRUARY.

Tinned goods, bags of sweets - e.g. beetroot, fruit, peaches, Mackintosh’s, jet planes, licorice allsorts.  Any preloved baskets or platters you no longer require would be gratefully accepted for the quick fire raffle. Baby elephant items, soccer boots, books etc

Kahikatea and Totara Swimming Sports = No big kids at school!!!!!

WEDNESDAY 1ST MARCH.

Grocery, fresh fruit and vegetables day - Please bring to school any grocery items, tinned goods or fruit/vegetables from your garden e.g. tomatoes, feijoas, lettuce, zucchini etc

9.00am Ash Wednesday Liturgy. St Mary’s Church.

THURSDAY 2ND MARCH.

Cakes, biscuits, muffins, sweets, fudge, coconut ice, sweets, toffee apples and any fresh produce.

FRIDAY 3RD MARCH.

Let's see who reads the class blog. The secret message is Billy Blogs Brilliantly. Write it on a little piece of paper and slip it to Mrs T by Tuesday afternoon. Don't tell anyone - there might be a prize for my brilliant blog readers.
World Day of Prayer

2.15pm Assembly.

GOLDEN TIME

TUG OF WAR

Space Challenge

How do Astronauts Sleep?
Tie your leg to something.  Tie the bed to the ground and wear a seatbelt.  Sleep in a sleeping bag that is stuck to the ground. Have a belt in your sleeping bag. 

How do Astronauts Eat?
They tie a table onto their rockets and tie their dinner to the table.  Glue the table to the ground and then glue your plate and tie yourself somewhere and then take your helmet off and eat.  Eat with your hands when the food is floating.  Tie their plate to the table and tie their chair to the ground and then tie a bone to some string to eat it. 

Here comes the real challenge and NASA need our help.  Can you come up with a great solution to share with NASA?

Mrs. t's Video on Monday, 20 February 2017

Week 4 Term 1 2017

No swimming this week - but bring your togs to play in the sprinkler.

MONDAY 20TH FEBRUARY.

GALA;Tinned goods, bags of sweets - e.g. beetroot, fruit, baked beans, peaches, Mackintosh’s, jet planes, liquorice allsorts.  Any preloved baskets or platters you no longer require would be gratefully accepted for the quick fire raffles.

TUESDAY 21ST FEBRUARY.

GALA: Nacho Day - Corn chips, tinned tomatoes, chilli or kidney beans, onions, nacho mince recipe sachets.

12.30 pm Lunchtime Disc. Raising money for St John’s Parishioners.

WEDNESDAY 22ND FEBRUARY.

GALA: Bathroom / Toiletries Day - Soap, hand wash, tissues, shampoo, conditioner, toilet tissue, hand creams, bubble bath etc

8.45am School Singing

THURSDAY 23RD FEBRUARY.

GALA: Books / Packet / Boxes day – Bring a packet or box of something e.g. biscuits, cereal, flour, crackers, chips, sultanas, cornflakes, breadcrumbs, Handee towels, jelly, pretzels etc.  Plastic bags appreciated

FRIDAY 24TH FEBRUARY.

GALA: Bottle Day - Please bring a bottle or jar of something e.g. shampoo, sauce, condiment / relish, perfume, jam, cooking oil etc. Please note no alcohol is allowed to be brought to school by children

1.30 pm   Inter-house Tug of War. ‘Golden Time’.

2.05 pm   Assembly. Commissioning of Leaders.

Don't forget to check out our school app.

Android : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nz.school.stmarysrotorua

Apple - St Mary's Catholic Primary School

https://appsto.re/nz/xbD6eb.i

You are allowed to bring mufti to school to wear at the disco.

Printing

This morning we were learning how to make our letters the right size.  Tall letters touch the top and the bottom of the line but short letter start in the middle and go down to stand on the line. If we make our 'l' or 'i' letters the wrong height they will look the same - confusing!  When were were finished Mrs T gave us each a piece of gold.  We had to look carefully at every book and then put our piece of gold on the work that showed the best printing (not the printing that belonged to our best friend - tricky).  Ena and Ava were voted best printers today.  Come in and have a look at their work.

Week 3 Term 1 2017

Don't forget your togs and towel!

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MONDAY 13TH FEBRUARY.

TUESDAY 14TH FEBRUARY.

WEDNESDAY 15TH FEBRUARY.

8:45am School Singing.

THURSDAY 16TH FEBRUARY.

FRIDAY 17TH FEBRUARY.

2:05pm School Assembly.

A big thank you to the parents and caregivers who came to Meet the Teacher night. I really appreciate the insights that you shared. The information will be put to good use. For most parents, it seemed, that the greatest goal for the year was to ensure that our kids are happy and excited about learning. I have very similar goals and a million ideas to hook our curious little learners. Keep an eye on the blog - I will be calling for helpers, resources and expertise.

Last week I started to introduce the kids to Easy Blogger. This is an iPad app that the children can use to post their learning stories to our blog (they are a bit rough at the moment). Positive comments left from parents, grandparents, family friends... are all welcome and give the kids a real audience and purpose for their learning. It also gives them a real buzz - remember how exciting it was to get a letter in the post?

Thomas' Scooter

Thomas brought his new scooter to school last week.  It has been misplaced.  Can you help us to find it, please?  It is a black MGP scooter.

Reading

I've noticed that most of our Room 5 readers are having a few issues with fluency.  

Fluency is making our reading sound like talking (not like a robot).  When we read with fluency it helps us to make sense of the story.  

We will be keeping a book for 2 days.  The first day is about figuring out the tricky words.  The second day is about reading with fluency.

Here is a video that explains it really nicely.

Beau's Video on Tuesday, 7 February 2017

Rhys's Video on Tuesday, 7 February 2017

Ella's Video on Tuesday, 7 February 2017

Week 2 Term 1 2017

6th February - 10th February

Mon: Waitangi Day

Tues: Teacher meeting before school - the class will be locked until 8:30.

Wed: School singing at 8:45 - don't be late.

Thur: Bike to School Day

Meet the Teacher night

Fri: Opening School Mass at 9:00

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St Marys App

As part of making sure that we reach our parents, we now have a school app. You will be able to access blogs, newsletters, draws, school calendar, book school interview, order Pita lunch, buy school uniform from our shop, and submit a child’s absence using the App. Download the app from the android or apple store.

Android : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nz.school.stmarysrotorua

Apple - St Mary's Catholic Primary School

https://appsto.re/nz/xbD6eb.i

Facebook

St Mary's has a facebook page. Mr Macmillan keeps this up-to-date with photos and notices and I know that he would love a few more 'likes'.

https://www.facebook.com/St-Marys-Catholic-School-Rotorua-870642283022074/?fref=ts

Meet the Teacher

The purpose of these interviews is to hear from you. What aspirations do you have for your child? Is there anything you want to share about your child? This information will help me to meet your child's needs. You will lead this conversation and I will be there to listen. Five minutes is a short time so we have a form coming home to fill in the bits that we don't get to. This means we can focus on the things that are most important to you during the conversation.

Thursday 9 February: 3.15pm to 6.00pm

To book an interview with your child's teacher please follow this process -

* www.schoolinterviews.co.nz

* parent/teacher interview school bookings

* event code 6w7hp

Bike to School Day is Thursday

You can bike from home, or students from outside the area can get dropped off outside the Arawa Bowling club in Lytton street between 8:00 and 8.20.  Students will be able to cycle or scoot from there to school with parents/teachers.  You MUST have a helmet. Our bikes will be kept outside our classroom. PLEASE, name the bike and the helmet.

Welcome

Sorry - this is a bit late.  I've had technical issues.  All sorted now.

Quick Notes

No Sausage sizzle this week.

We will be swimming tomorrow.

James's Video on Thursday, 2 February 2017

Zara's Video on Thursday, 2 February 2017

Zara learned from her mistakes.  Well done done, Zara.